WSU College of Veterinary Medicine

First 2017 West Nile Virus cases confirmed from Spokane County; WSU offers resources for horse owners

By Charlie Powell, College of Veterinary  Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – Following the announcement of the state’s first two West Nile Virus cases for 2017, Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is offering important resources for horse owners.

Animal owners should be aware of wildfire smoke hazards

By Charlie Powell, College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine recommends that animal owners be aware that wildfire smoke advisories, issued by county and municipal health districts for people, apply to animals, too.

WSU researchers find plague bacterium endures in soil

By Laura Lockard, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – The bacterium that causes bubonic plague has been found to survive in the common amoeba, the microorganism most children often see first in a grade school microscope.