After a a rapid test for canine parvovirus, Dr. Lindsey Dunn ordered a more sensitive diagnostic test based on a method known as polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, from the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, which confirmed canine parvovirus.
Eddie Kendall (Microbiology, '18) currently serves as a graduate research assistant working on issues related to weapons of mass destruction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, while pursuing dual master’s degrees from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in Russia.
Dr. Muhammad Afzal earned the Meritorious Service Award, in honor of his scientific, technical and administrative contribution to the control of animal disease, animal welfare and/or to veterinary public health.
By Dr. Amy MacNeill: I am a veterinary pathologist and virologist who has been working with poxviruses for over 20 years. I study how these viruses evade the immune system and am working on modifying poxviruses to prevent infection as well as treat other diseases, including cancer.
"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.
The Verena Biology Integration Institute will advance a cross-disciplinary research agenda that targets significant sources of emerging infectious diseases.
VIDEO: Dr. Amy MacNeill sat down with 9News reporter Jennifer Meckles to explain what she knows about monkeypox from studying past outbreaks, and its effect on animal species.
The State Veterinarian’s office has been collaborating with the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the Colorado Horse Park, and private practicing veterinarians involved in the case.
Officials with the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed one case on July 23, after a beef producer in Sedgwick County reported a string of seven acute deaths in the herd they managed.
LISTEN: July saw a jump in monkeypox cases in Colorado. The World Health Organization has declared its spread a global emergency. Dr. Amy MacNeill studies pox viruses from a veterinary perspective, given that rodents so often spread the disease to people.