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Dr. Crespo speaks at conference

Aug 19, 2022

Crespo Becomes President of the American Association of Avian Pathologists

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Rocio Crespo has begun a one-year term as president of the American Association of Avian Pathologists. She assumed the position in July after serving for the previous year as president-elect of the organization.  “I always found my involvement in the American Association of Avian Pathologists to be very…
Dr. Lenin Villamizar-Martinez, left, works with technician Jeannie Losey on a patient.

Jul 14, 2022

College of Veterinary Medicine Expands Critical Dental and Oral Surgery Program

As the demand for specialized training in veterinary dentistry and oral surgery continues to increase, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine is ramping up its program, adding a second dentistry and oral surgery professor last month and starting its first residency training program in the field this week. Lenin Villamizar-Martinez, assistant professor of Dentistry…
vets in south africa

May 24, 2022

Grant Expands Reach of Research Trip to South Africa

Three NC State students, including a third-year CVM student, are working among wildlife in South Africa this month thanks to a seed grant awarded to help expand the involvement of minority students in global field research.
Attachment options… Chelsea Drumgoole, CVM Class of 2023, works on spotting whales during a trip to the Galapagos in March 2022.

May 11, 2022

Gone to the Galapagos: Follow along as NC State team studies sea lions, sharks and stingrays

Internationally known Professor Greg Lewbart will provide pictures and stories during his trip to the archipelago with new doctors of veterinary medicine from the Class of 2022 and others.
red wolf pups with mother

May 5, 2022

The Oath, Spring 2022

In the latest edition of The Oath, the college’s bi-yearly magazine, we celebrate the college’s ongoing role at the center of the nationwide effort to repopulate the red wolf, the world’s most endangered canid species. We provide medical care, conduct research and tend our own wolves.
Third-year student Annie Gorges scoops food into a wolf pen on a rainy day.

May 2, 2022

Working for the Wolves: Carnivore Crew Labors for a Species’ Life 

“No other vet school in the entire country has an opportunity like this to see such up close and personal management of the most endangered canine in the world."
red wolf in enclosure

Apr 29, 2022

NC State Veterinary Medicine News and Updates, April 2022

Red wolf conservation, tiger care, a new museum exhibit to teach kids about veterinary medicine and more in this month's News and Updates
red wolf in enclosure

Apr 19, 2022

Back from the Brink: NC State’s Key Role in Red Wolf Recovery

The College of Veterinary Medicine is at the center of a nationwide effort to help the canid survive, providing medical care, conducting research and tending its own pack of the critically endangered species.

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Dean, Kate Meurs

Mar 30, 2022

NC State Veterinary Medicine News and Updates, March 2022

The College of Veterinary Medicine names a new dean, honors an internationally recognized pain expert with a prestigious Distinguished Professorship, and sends a team to a local museum to help a bear with anxiety in this month’s News and Updates.
turtle being treated with acupuncture and cold laser therapy

Feb 28, 2022

NC State Veterinary Medicine News and Updates, Feb. 2022

A look at news and unique stories from the College of Veterinary Medicine for Feb. 2022.