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Equine Health

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Oct 22, 2020

NC State Veterinary Students Earn Equine Scholarships

Two members of the CVM class of 2021 have been honored with scholarships from the Foundation for the Horse.

Alex Grobman

Sep 23, 2020

Annable Scholar Explores New Ways to Help Others

Alex Grobman has been able to focus a lot of her time on horses at the CVM as president of the equine club and a volunteer with Horseman’s Youth Day.

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Mar 4, 2020

Groundbreaking NC State Equine Tendon Injury Research Receives Funding

The two-year project will explore how to maximize the benefits of stem cell therapy for athletic horses.

The Class of 2020's Gabriel Gonzalez (left) and Natalie Andrews (right).

Dec 11, 2019

CVM Students Awarded Prestigious Equine Scholarship

The Class of 2020's Gabriel Gonzalez and Natalie Andrews have both received this year's Coyote Rock Ranch Scholarship.

Horses at Reedy Creek

Dec 10, 2019

Reedy Creek Equine Farm Officially Opens 

The state-of-the-art home for reproductive services is part of the CVM's $37.9 million investment in advanced equine health.

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Sep 25, 2019

CVM Awarded Funding for Equine Colic Study

The latest round of funding was awarded to studies determined to have, “the greatest potential to save lives, preserve health and advance veterinary medicine,” according to the organization.

Kate Hepworth, clinical assistant professor of equine medicine at the NC State Veterinary Hospital. Photo by John Joyner/NC State Veterinary Medicine

Aug 26, 2019

New to the CVM Family: Meet Kate Hepworth

Kate Hepworth is a clinical assistant professor of equine medicine at the NC State Veterinary Hospital.

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Jul 31, 2019

N.C. Sees First Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Case of the Year

A 4-year-old unvaccinated mare in Cumberland County has been euthanized after contracting North Carolina’s first case of Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis this year, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reports. A mosquito-borne disease preventable by vaccination, EEE causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. It is usually fatal. People, horses and birds…

Amy Stewart

Jul 29, 2019

CVM Grad Student Wins National Veterinary Research Award

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Ph.D. student Amy Stieler Stewart is the winner of the 2019 Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Graduate Award for her innovative research using stem cells to treat intestinal injury. Stewart received the honor during last weekend’s National Veterinary Scholars Symposium co-sponsored Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company specializing in human and animal…

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Jul 24, 2019

CVM Surgeon Offers Insight into Early Equine Colic Prevention

When he talks about horse colic, equine surgeon Anthony Blikslager usually talks about antibiotics and biomarkers, about lesions and intestinal-scarring parasites.  He talks about twisted bowels and impacted colons and hernias. But in his latest published study, Blikslager steps out of the operating room and into horse stables to talk directly to owners about what…