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Veterinary Viewpoints: Disease Testing New Additions to a Herd

Fri, Sep 17, 2021

Adding new herd members represents a significant investment. Typically, producers spend a great deal of time evaluating pedigrees, genomics and phenotypic appearance. However, don’t overlook the health status of the individual animal.

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Veterinarians, pet owners struggle with payment plans

Thu, Sep 16, 2021

Although veterinary technology continues to improve and enter the mainstream the availability of customer payment systems to help provide those services still lags, according to recent Courtney Bir, an Oklahoma State University Extension specialist and assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics.

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OSU Vet Med Opens Purina Nutrition Center

Wed, Sep 15, 2021

Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine opened the Purina Nutrition Center yesterday at the college’s Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Thanks to a generous donation by global pet care leader Purina, the renovated space provides better visualization of the different pet foods available today on the market.

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OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Fri, Sep 10, 2021

Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday at Stillwater.

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Vet Med Faces of Research: Dr. Giselle Cino

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Giselle Cino, DVM, Ph.D., DACVP, is an assistant professor at the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She started doing research while earning her Ph.D. about ten years ago.

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Veterinary Viewpoints: Giving and Receiving Veterinary Medical Advice via Social Media

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Animal owners often turn to social media for answers to all types of questions including medical advice for their pets and livestock. Online information is abundant but not always accurate, and it may be difficult for some owners to differentiate the good from the bad. Most animal owners are also willing to share their experiences and help others via social media, but depending on the advice given, they may be in violation of the law.

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Milo 2.0: A second case of upside down paws treated at Oklahoma State’s Veterinary College

Tue, Aug 31, 2021

In early 2019, Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine made international headlines with its treatment of “Milo,” an adorable foxhound puppy who was born with the rare condition of front paws facing upward instead of downward. At OSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH), Milo met small animal surgeon Dr. Erik Clary who performed corrective surgery that proved quite successful.

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OSU College of Veterinary Medicine Welcomes Class of 2025

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine officially welcomed 106 veterinary students in the class of 2025 at an Induction Ceremony held on Aug. 13 in the McKnight Center located on the OSU Stillwater campus. Two of those students share their thoughts on the journey ahead to earn a degree in veterinary medicine.

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OSU Veterinary College’s INTERACT Partners with Humanimal Trust

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Institute for Translational and Emerging Research in Advanced Comparative Therapy (INTERACT) recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Humanimal Trust, a United Kingdom based charity which drives collaboration between veterinarians, physicians, and the allied health/scientific disciplines. Launched in December 2020, INTERACT aims to promote One Health research by developing new therapeutics and diagnostic platforms for both veterinary and human medical settings.

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Veterinary Viewpoints: Old McDonald Had a Farm

Tue, Aug 17, 2021

Multispecies farms are common around Oklahoma, and they do bring joy as the song indicates. There are, however, a few considerations when multiple species of animals are housed in proximity to one another. Certain medications, feeds and feed additives that are advantageous to the health of one species can actually be detrimental to other species.

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13 Veterinary Students Complete Summer Research Training Program

Tue, Aug 17, 2021

Twelve first- and second-year veterinary students and one international veterinary student completed a 12-week summer research training program earlier this year at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

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OSU Vet Med dedicates a building and launches new, improved teaching methods

Mon, Aug 16, 2021

Students at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine recently moved into a state-of-the-art building, the Roger J. Panciera Education Center.

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