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News and Updates, March 2019

April 1, 2019 2-min. read
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The orthopedic service performed an uncemented total replacement of German shepherd's hip.

Faculty and Staff

  • NC State and the NC Horse Council forge partnership focused on the state’s equine industry. https://goo.gl/YgZVYr
  • Margaret “Peggy” Gross appointed director of the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine. https://goo.gl/1Z8cee
  • Rocio Crespo, the CVM’s new professor of poultry health management, brings a magnetic enthusiasm to her work that’s integral to a prosperous North Carolina. https://goo.gl/U8tXeC
  • Scott Bailey receives funding for innovative research on equine reproductive disease. http://ow.ly/quW050obRXk
  • A new study led by Ed Breitschwerdt describes a Bartonella infection with symptoms mimicking schizophrenia, adding to growing evidence that a Bartonella infections can mimic a host of chronic illnesses. https://goo.gl/f85B4x
  • New research co-authored by Liara Gonzalez reveals the body’s “backup plan” for recovering from severe intestinal injury. http://ow.ly/tkMU50onQxV
  • The equine service offers some guidance following confirmed cases of Potomac horse fever. ow.ly/IOsh50omVpC
  • Patient Spotlight: A joint effort to manage hip pain. https://goo.gl/ZHKQcC
  • Meet Megan Millman, NC State Veterinary Hospital floating clinical technician. https://goo.gl/gu6rjX
  • Meet Ludovica Chiavaccini, NC State Veterinary Hospital clinical veterinarian in anesthesiology. https://goo.gl/joPfnv
  • NC State Veterinary Hospital neurology surgeon Peter Early gives Labrador Cora Belle her feisty spirit back. https://goo.gl/M6SQUx
  • Amanda Ziegler presents her findings on how firocoxib can help equine colic patients. https://goo.gl/rWaapR
  • Hans Westermeyer discusses launching a study identifying anatomical features that predict when a glaucoma attack will occur. https://goo.gl/zu4Fsc

 In the Spotlight

Alumni and Students

Donors and Support

  • The CVM raises nearly $3 million, the most of any individual college, unit or program, during NC State’s first-ever Day of Giving. https://goo.gl/GD7PxJ
  • 2019 CVM scholarship dinner celebrates radical generosity. https://goo.gl/4WcvkK
  • Neurology resident Lauren Green honored for compassionate care. https://goo.gl/JVpZ8e
  • Thanks to help from a Petco Foundation grant, Brielle the Siamese cat is recovering after treatment for a malignant thymus tumor. https://goo.gl/JbGtnL
  • Small animal internal medicine resident Nanelle Barash, who never gave up on a particularly mysterious case, receives Coat of Excellence. http://ow.ly/SYYo50obThD

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