Northern Colorado bison herd flourishes
CSU team release bison at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area and Red Mountain Open Space, contributing to conservation efforts across U.S.
CSU team release bison at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area and Red Mountain Open Space, contributing to conservation efforts across U.S.
Last month, Texas and New Mexico animal health officials announced that the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus was confirmed in their states. This disease often spreads to Colorado soon thereafter.
The very ingredients of summertime fun for people often cause anxiety, fear and illness in pets. It’s important for owners to understand summertime hazards for pets and to take steps that will help keep companion animals safe, healthy and happy.
CSU is leading the clinical trials for the largest interventional canine cancer study ever conducted.
Heatstroke can cause organ failure and death. The CSU James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital has already seen three cases in recent weeks.
The research team detected a difference in prion strain properties in deer and elk, which is significant because these properties control the ability of whether prions can transmit a disease between species.
“Fitness plays a major role in the efficiency of cooling down,” says Erin Contino, MS, DVM, Dipl. ACVSMR, an eventer and assistant professor of equine sports medicine and rehabilitation at Colorado State University’s Equine Orthopaedic Research Center, in Fort Collins. “Conditioning leads to physiologic adaptations that help to dissipate heat.”
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital offers a new treatment for dogs with Alopecia X called microneedling that stimulates hair growth.
The medical team performed a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, which is often used in humans.
Almost 90 percent of dogs who received CBD in the clinical trial had a reduction in the frequency of seizures.