The 2023 Women in Science Symposium, titled “Multicultural Aspects of One Health,” will bring diverse voices and perspectives together to discuss societal one health challenges.
Graffit’s body was taken in a procession from the scene of his death to Fort Collins late Monday morning. A necropsy will be performed on the animal’s body at the Colorado State University’s veterinary center.
VIDEO: “It’s concerning because not all avian influenza viruses cause this level of mortality in birds. There are a lot of avian influenza viruses that birds can live with, and they’re not getting sick and dying. So this is just a particularly pathogenic virus in wild and domestic birds and that is very concerning, and the ability of the virus to transmit directly from birds to mammals is [also] concerning.” -Dr. Kristy Pabilonia
“We’ve been testing for [avian influenza] about a year now. And the volume goes up and down. Sometimes we can see up to 100-200 samples in a day. Sometimes even more than that, and sometimes we see just a handful of samples in a day.” -Dr. Kristy Pabilonia
Records from Vesta’s necropsy with Colorado State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories showed the bird tested positive for the avian influenza H5 subtype, which has been found in birds all across the country.
Nearly 6.4 million birds in Colorado and 2.2 million in Utah have died since April 2022 in an outbreak that Colorado State University’s Dr. Kristy Pabilonia called the worst she’s seen in the U.S. in her two-decade career monitoring avian diseases.
PODCAST: Drs. Jane Shaw, Natasha Janke, and Jason Coe, authors of “Veterinary technicians contribute to shared decision-making during companion animal veterinary appointments” in JAVMA, describe and compare veterinary professionals’ use of shared decision-making during companion animal appointments.
“One thing that we should not assume as a pet slows down is, ‘Well, it’s just getting old. If you are seeing your dog slowing down, that should be a warning flag for you to seek veterinary assessment.” -Nicole Ehrhart, director of the Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging at Colorado State University.
VIDEO: The veterinary professional associate would be a mid-level practitioner, between a vet tech and a veterinarian. “This proposal will grow the workforce.” -Dr. Wayne Jensen
Plans call for construction of a 14,000-square-foot building within the Judson Harper Research Complex on the south side of CSU’s Foothills Campus. The new facility would be adjacent to the existing Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases.