Animal Sciences

Leslie New will spend three years on the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, studying endangered whales found off the coast of Russia’s Sakhalin Island.

Two Washington State University researchers are featured in a New York Times health story documenting the scourge of antibiotic resistance in an impoverished Kenyan community.

The approximately $2.3 million research effort is expected to radically improve dog vaccination delivery to address human rabies deaths in East Africa.

WSU animal sciences researcher Amber Adams Progar is helping launch the new Washington State Dairy Safety Network to help dairy employees stay safe on the job.

Four elk with elk hoof disease were detected in recent months in northwest Washington in areas where the disease had previously not been detected.

This collection is considered one of the finest in the world devoted to the history of veterinary medicine and contains landmark works from the 17th‑19th centuries.

Jim Pru, a WSU animal sciences professor, received a $450,000 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to explore the role of hemoglobin in pregnancy.

When Pratt, aka Star‑Lord from “Guardians of the Galaxy” and a proud Pacific Northwest hobby farmer in real life, brags to his four million followers about winning a blue ribbon, you know it’s a big deal.

Amber Adams Progar, a WSU dairy management specialist, will join experts at the 15th annual Agriculture Safety Day, Tuesday, Feb. 5, in Kennewick.

WSU’s Cooperative University Dairy Students held their first reunion in the 41‑year history of the program.