Amazing Alumni: Dr. Patti Canchola
Dr. Patti Canchola is a CSU alumna who was named the 2017 American Humane Hero Veterinarian.
Dr. Patti Canchola is a CSU alumna who was named the 2017 American Humane Hero Veterinarian.
Dr. Muhammad Usman Zaheer is a graduate student at CSU and the first Pakistani veterinarian to earn board certification in veterinary preventive medicine.
Dr. Elena Contreras (pictured) and Dr. Michael Lappin are the first recipients of the Winn Feline Foundation's New Feline Investigator Grant Award for their study of novel, non-invasive measures of chronic stress in cats to determine levels of stress hormone in the hair and nails of cats. Drs. Tracy and Craig Webb also received grants from the foundation.
The CSU Western Campus will be the new home of the Colorado State Forest Service's Grand Junction office and will include a brand-new diagnostic veterinary laboratory, led by Dr. Raye Walck, pictured.
Three Colorado State University veterinary graduates dropped everything to volunteer during Hurricane Harvey in Houston in September.
In his youth Dr. John Ismay worked for a country veterinarian and says he always wanted to be a vet, so his flight from haying led straight to Colorado State University.
Dr. Stephanie McGrath of Colorado State University is currently studying CBD use in dogs for epilepsy, and looking for dog owners to enroll in the trial.
Ranchers who want to reduce calf loss at calving and to learn how to properly assist cows at calving should plan to attend “Assisting the Beef Cow at Calving” programs at six locations in December, with Dr. Robert Mortimer, a nationally known veterinarian from Colorado State University.
Through this year's grants, the Foundation is supporting five researchers and one fellow at five universities including Colorado State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Sydney, Australia.
World War II veteran Dr. Jim Ingram, retired CSU professor and alumnus, traveled to Washington, D.C. with Honor Flight Northern Colorado.