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
“Developing a reliable method of measuring chronic stress will help ensure we are taking proper care of working dogs as well as pet dogs,” says CSU associate professor, Barbara Wolfe, DVM, PhD, DACZM,, principal investigator of the project. “If successful, this tool could be utilized to predict success in working dogs and identify when working dogs are experiencing unhealthy levels of stress.”
“As a generality, dogs do not have this thing in their brain that tells them they have a fracture and can’t move, so a dog never has an excuse,” said Sasha A. Foster, rehab coordinator at Colorado State University’s veterinary teaching hospital.
The puppy, Will, made the long journey from Puerto Rico to receive the rare cardiac procedure at CSU's veterinary teaching hospital.
A fundraising initiative called One Cure supports comparative oncology research.
In 2014, Carlos came to the United States for an externship in neurology and surgery at CSU. "I started to feel uncertain and began to let my dream go. Then, I met my mentor, Dr. Dan Smeak. He helped me believe my dream was achievable – not because it was easy but because I had the capabilities."
Dr. Nicole Ehrhart, who was not involved in the Dog Aging Project study, called the new research “wonderful confirmation of something that we know across all species: that exercise is good for healthy aging and that lifelong habits of exercise can be preventive for Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive issues.”
“It turns out that probably the best model for human aging has been aging alongside of us for hundreds and hundreds of years.” - Dr. Nicole Ehrhart, a veterinarian who studies aging, about the research of “doggy dementia.”
"Go on adventures. Find a little bit of joy every single day!" -Dr. Sue VandeWoude, incoming dean of the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
On Wednesday, June 15 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., an emergency exercise will be held on the South Campus behind the Johnson Family Equine Hospital just south of the intersection of Phemister Road and Gillette Drive. During the exercise, you may see emergency response vehicles and first responders in hazardous material suits. Please do not call 9-1-1.