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Dr. Stephanie McGrath is now in her second study of CBD in dogs with epilepsy. She’s currently enrolling 60 dogs into the new study.
Dr. Stephanie McGrath is now in her second study of CBD in dogs with epilepsy. She’s currently enrolling 60 dogs into the new study.
The communications program at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has been recognized with the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges’ 2018 Communications Excellence Award.
“She was the first, and I was really looking forward to watching her grow and then contribute to the herd herself by having calves,” Barfield said. “But we will try again this breeding season, and hopefully we’ll have success again and can continue to use this method of bringing new genetics into the herd.”
“We’re finding they’re useful on many conditions, including many that we didn’t expect. It’s incredibly exciting because we’re finding many more uses for the stem cells than we initially thought possible,” said CSU veterinarian Dr. Valerie Johnson.
Stem cells already help people with osteoarthritis and big open wounds. In the future, doctors might be able to use Dr. Valerie Johnson’s research to treat folks with infections caused by implanted medical devices.
Petland has hired Thomas Edling, DVM, MSpVM, MPH, as the company’s consulting veterinarian. Edling, who received his degree in veterinary medicine from Colorado State University, previously served as vice president of veterinary medicine for Petco and was on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
Photos from the 2018 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine commencement ceremonies.
“Red maple has an oxidant that destroys hemoglobin—red blood cells,” says Anthony P. Knight, BVSc, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, professor emeritus at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and author of A Guide to Plant Poisoning of Animals in North America. “Horses will present with weakness, jaundice, and anemia, and urine may turn dark brown as the body filters out the dead cells.”
Dogs within 150 miles of the University of California-Davis, Colorado State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison may participate, said Douglas Thamm, a veterinary oncologist at CSU who will lead the study.
Dean Michael Lairmore, of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, has been appointed to a five-year term on the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils. He completed a residency and Ph.D. program in experimental pathology at CSU.