The Western Slope Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory provides a variety of testing services, with an emphasis on locally pertinent diagnostics, such as necropsy examination of small and large animals, molecular and serologic diagnostics, and parasitology.
Graham Rahal announced two $100,000 donations this week from his charitable foundation, with the money to benefit military veterans and the Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center. Another impressive gesture from the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver who has shown his dedication to worthy causes many times over.
When researchers looked at astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA, they found that the ends of his chromosomes got longer during his 340 days in space. “More research is needed, of course, but it certainly cracks open the question of whether spending time in space could reverse the aging process,” says CSU’s Susan Bailey, PhD, who conducted the research.
According to a perspectives paper by Dr. Pete Hellyer and collaborators from the University of Colorado recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, 13% of 189 veterinarians in Colorado who completed an online survey were “aware that an animal owner had intentionally made an animal ill, injured an animal, or made an animal seem ill or injured to obtain opioid medications.”
One horse residing in Larimer County has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus; this is Colorado’s first confirmed case of WNV in a horse in 2018. This index case was diagnosed by Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Fort Collins on August 15, 2018.
Research has consistently shown that animals, particularly dogs, provide psychological benefits for humans—although the exact reasons are not known. “It’s a popular topic right now,” says Lori Kogan, a professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University.
CSU alumnus Dr. Lincoln Parkes first invented and patented a cart that allows disabled animals to walk in the early 1960s, launching a lifelong love affair with the craft.