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‘This is a Big Deal’ – CVM Wins USAID Grant for Poultry Project in…

Burgetta Wheeler

Callahan is an associate professor of microbiomes and complex microbial communities, which is one of those 20 interdisciplinary clusters

Oct 5, 2023

Making Magic: How Hiring a Scientist With Expertise Outside Vet Med was Essential to Cat Gallbladder Discovery 

'One of the key goals was to place someone like Ben in an environment where he could collaborate with clinicians. He is not in a silo somewhere else, and having the disciplines together like this creates magic.' 
Dr. Breanna Sheahan, far left, technician Karie Tucker and Dr. Kimberly Hallowell, right, led the care of Elf the donkey.

Feb 17, 2023

From Praying to Braying: Donkey’s Cascade of Crises Doesn’t Faze Care Team

When nearly everything that can go wrong does go wrong, Elf the very sick donkey and his persistent and grateful owner learned that the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine is exactly the right place to be.  Through Elf’s pneumonia, severe diarrhea, bacterial infection, viral infection, autoimmune response to plasma and several rectal prolapses, the NC State… 
Dr. Tracey Rossi, a 2003 NC State DVM graduate, is a hero to Elsa's owner, Dr. Stephanie McEwan

Feb 8, 2023

Tenacious and Exceptional, NC State Alum’s Care Dazzles Cat’s Companion

To cat owner Stephanie McEwan, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine alumni Tracey Rossi is an exceptional veterinarian determined to go above and beyond the obvious to provide extraordinary medical care to her patients. Rossi, on the other hand, says that she’s just tenacious and that McEwan, a board-certified medical scientist, is giving her way too… 
Professor Korinn Saker

Feb 1, 2023

‘Why Didn’t Someone Do This Sooner?’

Korinn Saker, NC State's board-certified veterinary nutritionist, helped devise a system that could revolutionize liquid nutrition for critically ill animals. 
Dr. Katie Anderson prepares to give Winston his first checkup since his surgery in July

Nov 22, 2022

WHEN RARE ISN’T A STRONG ENOUGH WORD

By Burgetta Eplin Wheeler When Dr. Todd Baron, a professor of medicine and gastroenterologist at UNC Hospital-Chapel Hill, arrived at the NC State Veterinary Hospital to treat an ailing cockapoo puppy, he was about to perform a life-saving procedure no one likely had ever used on a dog before. And the puppy, named Winston, had a… 
Ethiopian mother with child

Jul 19, 2022

‘This is a Big Deal’ – CVM Wins USAID Grant for Poultry Project in Ethiopia

Bolstering its work in global health, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine has received its first USAID grant for a research project that could lead to healthier chickens and better nourished children in Ethiopia and to a model for how to address food insecurity elsewhere.