Dr. Kelly Diehl chats with Dr. Gabriele Landolt of Colorado State University about the "flu" in animals. The pair discuss how influenza viruses perpetuate in the environment and how some, but not all, animals are affected by influenza. Dr. Landolt discusses how to keep companion animals such as dogs and horses safe when influenza strikes.
Colleen Duncan, DVM, Ph.D., is an associate professor of pathology at CSU's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Colorado has also seen an increase in wildfires in recent years, and spurred by horse owners’ concerns about their effects on air quality, as well as the impact of air quality on horses in general, she and other researchers launched the BREATHE (Better Racing and Exercise in Air That Horses Enjoy) project.
"I’m originally from Denmark where the Icelandic horse is very popular. I saw a lot of Icelandic horses with ERU as a student and intern at University of Copenhagen and have always wanted to further investigate this breed. " -Dr. Michala de Linde Henriksen, study collaborator
VIDEO: "I realized that disease, infectious diseases really, can happen to anyone, including the vet student who spends a lot of my free time working on infectious disease things," Caroline Wollman said. The website has been up since February and is a place horse owners and barn managers can look to for guidance on a plethora of topics when it comes to caring for horses.
Dr. Goodrich, who earned her veterinary degree at Illinois in 1991, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine’s Research Day on April 27.
Spur is focused entirely on public education, research, and community outreach. And its programs center on food, water, and animal and human health.
The AAEP welcomes sports medicine associate Dr Jackie Christakos, and Dr Eric Mueller to their Board of Directors. Upon receiving her DVM in 2012 from Colorado State University, Christakos took a position at the Littleton Equine Medical Center to complete her internship.
CSU is one of three places in the United States that can surgically treat horses with Wobbler’s, and one of the only places internationally as well.
Located on six acres just north of CSU’s James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the South Medical Campus, the new facility begins its tenure fully operational in its quest to advance regenerative treatments for animals and people alike.