Coloradoan: Rattlesnakes are out in Colorado. Here’s how to stay safe on the trails.
Timothy Hackett, director of CSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, said the facility treats 20 to 30 dogs bitten by rattlesnakes a year.
Timothy Hackett, director of CSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, said the facility treats 20 to 30 dogs bitten by rattlesnakes a year.
On Friday, April 13, the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences welcomed back alumni from 1973 to 2013 for its first-ever Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Milestone Reunion event.
LISTEN: Today we’re talking with Cindy Vaca, an almost graduated fourth-year vet student to get a very different perspective, and some tips on the experience of going through veterinary school.
This year, we called CSU Equine Field Service to make an appointment with a vet recommended by our farrier. What an amazing experience!
Christina Geldert, a first-year student in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program, serves as the club’s vice president. She is also the president and founder of the Honey Bee Veterinary Medicine Club at CSU, the first club of its kind at a veterinary school in the United States.
For veterinarians and technicians who are just starting to use pain scales, Dr. Petty recommends using the Colorado State University acute pain scales.
Tests at Colorado State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the USDA National Animal Disease Center confirmed both elk had hoof disease.
By Katarzyna Nowak, Safina Center Fellow: Liz Langer and I were at CSU to present a poster about the database at the 2nd Women in Science Symposium. The day started optimistically with the stage filling with elementary school girls expressing why they’re excited about science.
“I thought, if the drug is being safely used in pediatrics, why not dogs? If we can separate out the psychoactive and nonpsychoactive forms of cannabinoids, we can make it safe,” recalls Stephanie McGrath, DVM, an assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Alex Byas, who is also a veterinarian and a PhD student at CSU studying West Nile virus, opens a lab fridge to reveal a Ziploc bag full of vials of ticks. They look dead, but they aren’t. She needs them alive to keep the potential viruses inside them fresh.