Records from Vesta's necropsy with Colorado State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories showed the bird tested positive for the avian influenza H5 subtype, which has been found in birds all across the country.
Nearly 6.4 million birds in Colorado and 2.2 million in Utah have died since April 2022 in an outbreak that Colorado State University's Dr. Kristy Pabilonia called the worst she’s seen in the U.S. in her two-decade career monitoring avian diseases.
Plans call for construction of a 14,000-square-foot building within the Judson Harper Research Complex on the south side of CSU’s Foothills Campus. The new facility would be adjacent to the existing Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases.
Five MIP PhD students are part of the inaugural Anschutz Graduate Fellows cohort at Colorado State University, conducting research focused on pandemic prevention and practical countermeasures to make communities more resilient.
Researchers at CSU are among the foremost experts on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease, and have for many years been dedicated to understanding its underlying immunopathology.
Dr. Dan Regan is the 2022 recipient of the Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence, and will kick off the 24th annual College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Research Day with a keynote address.
"Everyone goes through rough patches, in college and in life. You're not going to be ready for it, and life will not care."
"As educators, we need to recognize that addressing climate change needs to be infused into everything we do. We are responsible for empowering young people to take control of this situation," says Dr. Colleen Duncan, who represented the college at the United Nations climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
VIDEO: Dr. Laura Brandt is Director of Clinical Pathology for Zoetis Reference Labs. She completed a clinical pathology residency at Colorado State University and simultaneously obtained a master's degree in microbiology.
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.