Allison Vilander, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, studies rotavirus, an intestinal pathogen responsible for the death of approximately 215,000 children each year, primarily in low- and middle-income countries.
The double-blinded trial is testing Calviri’s vaccine aimed at broadly preventing cancers in dogs. It is being conducted at three leading canine oncology centers – the Flint Animal Cancer Center at CSU, the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
This trial is one of many examples of not just the collaboration and partnership between CU Cancer Center members around the state, but the overlaps between humans and companion animals, or non-working animals, and the growing body of research showing how one can inform the other.
The Arterial Blood Gas at Altitude Study at the Colorado State University James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital is looking for healthy dogs, especially brachycephalic (short-muzzled, flat-faced) breeds — English bulldogs, French bulldogs, and pugs — to participate in this research that will show veterinarians if dogs breathe differently in high altitude environments.
May 20 is international Clinical Trials Day. At Colorado State University, researchers conduct hundreds of clinical trials that yield important insights for human and animal health.
"I’m originally from Denmark where the Icelandic horse is very popular. I saw a lot of Icelandic horses with ERU as a student and intern at University of Copenhagen and have always wanted to further investigate this breed. " -Dr. Michala de Linde Henriksen, study collaborator
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has announced the selection of 20 early career scientists as Sustainability Leadership Fellows for the 2022-23 academic year.
Faced with disease threats to U.S. agriculture, land-grant universities such as Colorado State University must provide a first line of defense to protect public health, economic and national security and the livelihood of farm communities.
Tiffany Martin, DVM, MS, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, applied superficial radiation therapy to the turtle’s squamous cell carcinoma in June 2021. The female turtle, which resides at Denver Zoo, showed no signs of the lesion three months after therapy, and continues to be cancer-free as of today.
An equity perspective motivates Gabriela Ramirez to pursue her research based out of Rushika Perera’s lab in the Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases.