To Blanket or not to Blanket? That’s a Good Cold-Weather Question
Attentiveness to horse health and management is just as crucial during the cold season.
Attentiveness to horse health and management is just as crucial during the cold season.
Washington has been standing in the way of clinical trials, veterinarians and researchers say. Now, a push is underway to have barriers removed, so both pets and people can benefit.
People anxious to relieve suffering in their pets are increasingly turning to oils and powders that contain CBDs, a non-psychoactive component of marijuana. But there’s little data on whether they work, or if they have harmful side effects.
Principal investigator Stephanie McGrath said she hopes the results will be a stepping stone for longer and more diverse studies, and that they provide useful information for human medicine.
New research from the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital is exploring the use of cannabinoids to treat canine diseases — but that does not mean your dog should start smoking weed.
The wide-ranging work across the state indicates that stem cell research and regenerative medicine will be a major focus for bioscience in Colorado in the decades to come.
Dr. Elena Contreras (pictured) and Dr. Michael Lappin are the first recipients of the Winn Feline Foundation’s New Feline Investigator Grant Award for their study of novel, non-invasive measures of chronic stress in cats to determine levels of stress hormone in the hair and nails of cats. Drs. Tracy and Craig Webb also received grants from the foundation.
The CSU Western Campus will be the new home of the Colorado State Forest Service’s Grand Junction office and will include a brand-new diagnostic veterinary laboratory, led by Dr. Raye Walck, pictured.
In his youth Dr. John Ismay worked for a country veterinarian and says he always wanted to be a vet, so his flight from haying led straight to Colorado State University.
Dr. Stephanie McGrath of Colorado State University is currently studying CBD use in dogs for epilepsy, and looking for dog owners to enroll in the trial.