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soldier holds baby goat

Jul 24, 2016

News and Updates, June/July 2016

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

Veterinarian working with students on a horse

Jul 13, 2016

A Different Kind of Field Work

Ft. Bragg’s 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion and NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine created a pilot program to train Civil Affairs soldiers and medics in some basic veterinary care for farm animals... 

theriot

Jul 11, 2016

Gut Check: Grants Awarded for Gastrointestinal Disorders Research

The competitive CGIBD grant program funds researchers pursuing innovative research on digestive diseases... 

Karen Munana and Megan Jacob

Jul 10, 2016

Pinpointing a Cause for Canine Epilepsy

Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder in dogs, and about one-third of dogs suffering from epilepsy do not respond to... 

Danielle Mzyk strokes cow

Jul 6, 2016

Mzyk One of Five Vet Med Students to Receive National Conference Scholarship

Danielle’s interest in internal medicine is an outgrowth of her focus on food safety issues resulting from antibiotic drug residues in beef and dairy cattle... 

Pig nose in the pen. Focus is on nose. Shallow depth of field.

Mar 3, 2016

CVM Students Honored at American Association of Swine Veterinarians Meeting

The awards were announced during the 47th annual AASV meeting held Feb. 27 to March 1 in New Orleans... 

Curious calf at the dairy farm off Lake Wheeler Road.

Jan 18, 2016

CALS & CVM Partner on Animal Agriculture Research

The separate investigations into the production health of swine, cattle, and poultry will involve nine faculty members from the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and four from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). This is the second year of... 

C. diff

Jan 6, 2016

Antibiotics pave way for C. difficile infections by killing beneficial bile acid-altering bacteria

Researchers know that the use of certain antibiotics lead to a higher risk of C. diff infections, particularly among hospital patients. Casey Theriot, an assistant professor of infectious disease at NC State, wanted to know exactly how C. diff spores were interacting with the microbiota 

barn with dramatic sunset

Dec 16, 2015

News and Updates, December 2015

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

Ravyn Njagu

Dec 7, 2015

Immunology Research Student Recognized at Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students

More than 1,700 presentations in 12 disciplines were featured at ABRCMS, which is a conference for underrepresented students interested in...