Beth Williams exemplified how science should be accomplished, and now those lessons are being passed on to their students and their children, continuing to progress wildlife disease research around the globe.
Kaityln Wagner studied prions and laid the groundwork for international collaborations during an externship at Hokkaido University in Japan.
At CSU, the research will include a multidisciplinary team of at least 20 researchers, students and staff.
“Understanding disease dynamics is part of our broader discussions about conservation because supporting a diversity of species creates a more balanced and healthy ecosystem.” -Dr. Sue VandeWoude
Associate Professor Elizabeth Ryan said there is a great deal of rice bran produced around the world, yet it is often either wasted or used as animal feed.
The Rocky Ford Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory provides a wide variety of testing services locally and handling of samples for all testing available through the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory system.
VIDEO: Scott Carver, a former postdoc in Dr. Sue VandeWoude's lab, now a faculty member at the University of Tasmania, won an Ig Nobel prize for studying how, and why, wombats make cube-shaped poo.
The Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, tested the samples and identified them to be suspected of CWD infection and will run second tests for confirmation.
VIDEO: "We would be faced with large scale mortality of livestock and lots of sick people," said Kading, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at CSU.
Two CSU faculty members have received a two-year, $345,000 grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to deliver health education to Spanish- and Somali-speaking populations — via members of those communities.