KOA News Radio: CSU Working on COVID-19 Testing
Researchers at CSU are moving forward with work on a device could provide portable, accurate and inexpensive tests. We discuss the project with CSU's Dr. Brian Geiss.
Researchers at CSU are moving forward with work on a device could provide portable, accurate and inexpensive tests. We discuss the project with CSU's Dr. Brian Geiss.
"Pets are helping to fill at least some of this void," said Lori Kogan. "Companion animals have perhaps never been more important, as people struggle to adapt to their new reality."
Dr. David Twedt, Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, is the recipient of the 2020 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Robert W. Kirk Award for Professional Excellence.
"What started as a homegrown project that we had to pay for ourselves turned into a huge state-funded initiative that is going to save a lot of lives... because of this global problem you have all the best scientists in the world putting their heads together. That’s never happened before. Ever." -Dr. Nicole Ehrhart
VIDEO: Dr. Rebecca Ruch-Gallie, a veterinarian with Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, joined CBSN Denver to discuss the concerns of anxiety among animals. She said it’s possible for pets to develop separation anxiety as their humans head back to work.
The state is providing $4.2 million to Colorado State University to pay for testing kits and the costs of processing them. CSU will test about 30 small to medium-sized facilities, while the state will handle the other homes, said Dr. Nicole Ehrhart, director of the university’s Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging.
The tests will be processed at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at CSU. The lab joins the growing national trend of animal health laboratories helping test for COVID-19 in people.
Mathiason has an amazing talent for creating communities to work together for a common goal. For example, she has an interest in bringing other voices to scientific communication and leadership.
The team is selecting pieces of proteins from the virus that are known to elicit an immune response against COVID-19.
VIDEO: Veterinary pathologist Dr. Amy MacNeill and her team are using the vaccinia virus to make a vaccine that might protect against coronavirus.