Department of Population Health and Pathobiology

Jan 23, 2017

Training the Next Generation of Large Animal Veterinarians in Effective Drug Use

Research on drug contamination and effective antibiotic practices for large animals is consistently conducted on campus. Out back, the CVM’s distinctive Teaching Animal Unit and herd of cows is a daily reminder that this type of veterinary medicine work isn’t just important...

Dec 13, 2016

Tackling Osteosarcoma in People and Pet Dogs

In humans, osteosarcoma most often strikes teens and sometimes kids even younger. In dogs, osteosarcoma is most common in large and giant breeds, such as Great Danes, Rottweilers and Saint Bernards. There hasn’t been any notable progress in the treatment and survival of human or dog patients with osteosarcoma in the last 30 years...

Nov 28, 2016

The Oath: Fall/Winter Edition

Please enjoy the new edition of The Oath and thank you for helping to make the College of Veterinary Medicine such an extraordinary place...

Oct 2, 2016

An Unexpected Journey in Swine Medicine

The class of 2004's Jeremy Pittman initially planned to become a zoologist, but after a swine management course, he found an unexpected passion for the science of pig production...

Sep 27, 2016

Stopping Foodborne Illnesses In Their Tracks

In operation now at the CVM, GeomeTrakr, developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is the first network of labs using whole genome sequencing to identify pathogens...

Sep 19, 2016

First Endowed Scholarship Still Helping Today’s Vet Med Students

Kristen Malinak, class of 2018, has so many ideas about what she’d like to do in the future that one of her biggest challenges is choosing which one to pursue. That she has so many choices has been made possible in part by people she will never meet...

Aug 31, 2016

Theriot Earns NIH Grant to Fight Bacterial Infections

The $1.5 million grant will allow Theriot to explore new bacterial therapies to combat one of the leading hospital-acquired infections that affects more than 500,000 Americans each year...

Aug 30, 2016

News and Updates, August 2016

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

Aug 23, 2016

Four Students, One Faculty Member Receive 2016 AAAP Awards

The 59th annual conference of the American Association of Avian Pathologist (AAAP) held August 6-9 in San Antonio, Texas...

Aug 21, 2016

Fletcher Part of First Class in Avian Pathologists Hall of Honor

Oscar Fletcher, has been inducted into the American Association of Avian Pathologists hall of honor as part of...