With advances in medical technology, Caesarean sections and inducing births have become somewhat commonplace procedures for assisting human childbirth. But equine delivery is a horse of a different color. “Horses are a completely different species from all others,” said Dr. Chantal Rothschild, a veterinary medical resident of the equine team at the Washington State University […]
Subramaniam Srikumaran, a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named the first ever recipient of an endowed chair in the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine.A cellular and molecular immunologist, Srikumaran is also a veterinarian and is originally from Sri Lanka. Since 1985, he has attracted nearly $2 million in research funding, […]
A Washington State University team is battling Johne ’s (pronounced YO-knees) disease, also known as paratuberculosis, a multibillion-dollar problem in the dairy industry worldwide. Paratuberculosis is a chronic, contagious bowel inflammation that causes persistent and progressive diarrhea, weight loss, debilitation and eventually death. It affects cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, camels, farmed deer and other domestic, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine will host the Outdoor Life Network’s new program, “America’s Horse,” April 28 and 29. Host Dr. Kenton Morgan will be at the college taping three segments for “Your Horse’s Health.” The segments will feature some of the unique medical techniques and equipment used by […]
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The Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL), in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a $750,000 federal appropriation to join a founding network of similar facilities dedicated to homeland security. The funding is part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture plan to share responsibilities for animal disease surveillance and diagnosis with accredited state animal […]