Department of Clinical Sciences

Dec 16, 2015

News and Updates, December 2015

Highlights cover key events; faculty, staff, and student accomplishments; and other CVM news...

Nov 1, 2015

Ben Shrauner Recipient of ACVS Recognition

The honors—the Resident Large Animal Research Award and the Resident Speaker Exchange Program Award—recognizes the value of Dr. Shrauner’s presentation, “Standing Lumbosacral Epiduroscopy in Horses” made during...

Oct 22, 2015

CVM Professor Recipient of NC State Libraries Faculty Award

The annual award, established in commemoration of the library’s centennial year in 1989, enables the library to recognize the NC State faculty member who has...

Oct 15, 2015

CVM Researcher in Global Partnership to Combat Pet Epilepsy

Composed of 21-member institutions, the partnership seeks, for the first time ever in veterinary medicine, to provide veterinarians, breeders, and pet owners with critical information on various aspects of epilepsy...

Sep 17, 2015

CVM Author Updates Guidelines for Treating Canine Atopic Dermatitis

The updated guidelines are divided into three sections: managing acute flares of canine AD, treating chronic skins lesions of AD, and interventions to prevent...

Sep 15, 2015

Alice the Chicken: Diagnosed with Uterine Cancer

Taking Alice to the community veterinarian wasn’t an option—chickens aren’t everyday pets. To get this family hen the proper care, Bergin brought her to the NC State Veterinary Hospital and put her in Jeff Applegate’s hands.“When Alice came in, she was...

Sep 3, 2015

Saving Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell is a two-month-old American Miniature Horse foal with a problem – well, make that two problems. Her hind limbs don’t support her properly due to a congenital defect. That’s because Tinkerbell also has...

Jun 29, 2015

Neurology Study May Lead to Better Outcomes for Paraplegic Dogs

A one-size-fits-all approach is not ideal for treating spinal cord injuries, according to findings from a clinical trial conducted by NC State researchers...

Mar 27, 2015

Research Study Enhances Pain Treatment for Ferrets

The NC State CVM research team conducted a study of meloxicam in nine male and nine female ferrets. Among the team’s discoveries, the correct meloxicam dose may be similar to that needed for cats and dogs, and...

Mar 9, 2015

Surgeons at NC State Veterinary Medicine Remove Cataract from Sunfish

When they came across a five-year-old sunfish named River at the Museum of Life + Science in Durham, N.C. that had a cataract on just one eye, Greg Lewbart decided that River was an excellent candidate for surgery...