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Rudy

Rudy's chances

Labrador receives a second chance to thrive following a historic cardiac procedure.

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Decoding man’s best friend

Genetic data brings CVM researchers closer to targeted treatments for urinary stones in dogs—and humans.
 

DVM Students, Education
Annie Roach with a horse

Preserving opportunity

Externships provide invaluable student training, even during a global pandemic

Faculty & Staff, Research
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An udder win-win

CVM researchers help Minnesota producers improve animal welfare and save money by cutting back on antibiotics.

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Remembering B. Robert Lewis

Learn more about the namesake of our small animal hospital.

Education
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25 and counting

Podcast serves the swine industry’s continuing need for knowledge.

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Kakambi Nagaraja, DVM, PhD

Minnesota poultry community loses a pioneer professor

Issue: Fall 2020

Professor Kakambi Nagaraja, DVM, PhD, passed away July 22, 2020, at the age of 76 after a brief illness. He led the international poultry industry in understanding and treating a variety of infectious diseases.

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Four faculty co-author AVMA publication

Issue: Fall 2020

Five College of Veterinary Medicine faculty helped co-author the AVMA’s newly released report on antimicrobial resistance in U.S. animals.

Liz Pluhar with a dog

Pluhar wins Zoetis research award

Issue: Fall 2020

Liz Pluhar, DVM, PhD, DACVS, received the 2020 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence this fall.

Colleen Kutzler

Kutzler receives national recognition

Issue: Fall 2020

Rising third-year DVM student Colleen Kutzler of Philomath, Ore., was honored by the Society for Theriogenology at its annual meeting this summer.

Illya Silzovskiy

Slizovskiy receives USDA-FSIS fellowship

Issue: Fall 2020

PhD candidate Ilya Slizovskiy, DVM, MPH, is the recipient of a new fellowship created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service, FSIS.

Wolf in the woods

What shapes the territory size and overlap that can spread disease among social carnivores?

Issue: Fall 2020

A team of researchers including Meggan Craft, PhD, assessed how group living, resource abundance, disease, seasonal changes, and human influence drive the spatial organization in territorial carnivores.

Labrador Retriever

Are genetics to blame for a common orthopedic disease in Labrador retrievers?

Issue: Fall 2020

Michael Conzemius, DVM, PhD, DACVS recently collaborated on a study to determine the extent to which CCLR is associated with genetics in this breed.

bees in a hive

Can worker bees infect the queen with viruses?

Issue: Fall 2020

A team of researchers led by Declan Schroeder, PhD, published a study exploring similarities between pathogens found in worker bees and queens, and analyzing pathogen transmission from workers to queens.

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