There’s no such thing as a “bad” horse
Melinda Story, the inaugural Leslie A. Malone Presidential Chair in Equine Sports Medicine, investigates the equine axial skeleton – which includes the neck, back and pelvis – and nerve pain.
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Denver Post: A one-of-a-kind bat research facility coming to Fort Collins has CSU scientists fighting misinformation
A one-of-a-kind bat research facility is coming to Colorado State University with the potential for groundbreaking discoveries as scientists study how bats respond to viruses — and what that could mean for treating sickness in humans.
Claudia Gentry-Weeks heads to Spain as a Fulbright Scholar
Claudia Gentry-Weeks, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, will be cloning genes that code for antimicrobial peptides and isolating bacteriophages from fish farms, in collaboration with the Universidad de Murcia.
Washington Post: Living near green spaces could add 2.5 years to your life, new research finds
“We know the benefits of green space in reducing premature mortality,” said David Rojas-Rueda, an epidemiology professor at Colorado State University who has studied the health benefits of vegetation but was not involved in the latest paper. “This study explains how this could happen by describing how green spaces can modify how genes are expressed.”
CBS Colorado: Bison population, with Yellowstone National Park roots, explodes in Colorado
VIDEO: In 2015 researchers at Colorado State University, in conjunction with the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County, released a small herd of bison onto the 2,700-acre Soapstone Prairie north of Fort Collins. The herd originally included just 10 bison, but thanks to advanced assisted reproductive technologies at CSU, the herd has grown significantly and has been kept as close to genetically pure as possible and free of brucellosis.
The Legacy of Dr. Rodney Page
The One Medicine for pets and people approach has guided Dr. Rodney Page’s career. After a lifetime of achievements, Page has announced his plans to retire as the longtime director of the Robert H. and Mary G. Flint Animal Cancer Center and the Stephen J. Withrow Presidential Chair in Oncology.
CSU leads in veterinary emergency and critical care
Veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and administrators demonstrated the university's leadership in advancing trauma patient care at the recent Veterinary Committee on Trauma (VetCOT) Veterinary Trauma & Critical Care Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
NPR: A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. How worried should we be?
These studies indicate influenza D is likely what's called an emerging virus. It's jumping into people who work with animals, such as dairy farmers, but it's not likely spreading much beyond that. Study authors include Stephen Reynolds, Josh Schaeffer, and James Seidel of the High Plains Center for Agricultural Health and Safety.
Foal bred by surrogacy at Equine Reproduction Laboratory highlights CSU’s care for the whole horse
CSU's state-of-the-art facility is devoted to innovative research, exceptional teaching, and outstanding clinical service, for both mares and stallions.
For World TB Day, CSU scientists take their tuberculosis research on the road
Leaders in mycobacteria research are renewing efforts to bring the next generation of researchers to the table to make new discoveries and win the long game against tuberculosis and related diseases.