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Dr. Apryl Steele served in the Army Veterinary Corps during Operation Desert Storm. She went on to earn her veterinary degree from Colorado State University in 1997.
Dr. Apryl Steele served in the Army Veterinary Corps during Operation Desert Storm. She went on to earn her veterinary degree from Colorado State University in 1997.
“It’s the same kind of joy you get when you bring home a gift to a small child,” said Lori Kogan, a psychologist and clinical sciences professor at Colorado State University.
Pets Forever strives to keep human-pet families together by providing in-home support and resources for low-income older adults and those with disabilities in Larimer County.
“Most of the words I used in this project were science words, so a lot of the songs are about science.” -microbiology graduate student/musician Jackson Watkins
Called comparative or translational oncology, this field is different from traditional animal research in laboratory rodents in a few ways, says Dr. Kristen Weishaar, a veterinarian and clinical trials director at the Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
Ron Carsten, DVM, PhD, CVA, CCRT was one of the first veterinarians in Colorado to use the integrative approach, has lectured widely to veterinarians, and has been a pioneer in the therapeutic use of food concentrates to manage clinical problems.
Watkins has joined with veterinary chronic pain specialist Rob Landry, who owns the Colorado Center for Animal Pain Management in Westminster, to launch the IL-10 research study in dogs.
The Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program paves the way for veterinarians to work in rural communities where large and small animals — and their owners — need professional services.
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awards the scholarship to STEM students, like senior neuroscience major Ben Fixman, for doing outstanding undergraduate research.
Dr. Noa Roman-Muniz, an associate professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and extension dairy specialist at CSU, recommends that veterinarians, when talking with farm workers, listen, watch body language, encourage questions and stories, have humility, and emphasize that they share the goal of raising healthy and productive cows.