Veterinary Medicine

The Nairobi program, offered for the first time this summer, is meant to enhance students’ technical expertise while supporting ongoing studies by WSU’s Global Health Kenya program.

WSU veterinarian Dr. Rance Sellon is riding 217 miles from Cle Elum to Pullman to support his friend Bill Johnson and his efforts to raise funds for animals in need of care.

A team of WSU veterinary specialists performed a risky and rare emergency brain surgery to save the life of Laura Bloomfield’s 7‑year‑old heeler-shepherd mix, Yukon.

A fire that engulfed a barn left Millie the goat clinging to survival. With months of care from WSU veterinarians she returned home, pain-free, June 14.

Noodles, a 7‑year‑old dachshund-schnauzer mix, can walk again and even give chase to the occasional squirrel or cat. That was all in question when he arrived at WSU with an injury that had left him paralyzed.

The university has one of the few veterinary programs in the nation with a deep practice management curriculum focused on the financial basics of business and veterinary medicine.

For nearly two decades the three‑semester Veterinary Teaching Hospital Undergraduate Internship has provided pre‑vet undergraduates a glimpse into veterinary general and specialty services for small, large, and exotic animals.

The new Large and Agricultural Animal Ambulatory Service offers preventative and general care for cattle, horses, camelids and other large mammals in a 60‑mile radius around WSU Pullman on weekdays.

A federally funded project at WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine could be pivotal in detecting emerging viruses that may threaten important and at‑risk aquatic species like salmon.

As part of the $1.7 billion Pathogen Genomics Center of Excellence, the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory will play a key role preventing the spread of disease-causing pathogens, including new COVID-19 variants.