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Heading home: OSU veterinarian uses innovative approach to help rescue horse

Tue, Dec 02, 2014

Dr. Michael Schoonover, assistant professor of surgery at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, couldn’t find any literature on fusing both the knee...

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Pets need shelter from winter weather

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

With the temperature now dipping below the freezing mark, Oklahoma residents are pulling out the flannel sheets, bumping up the thermostat or tossing a couple of extra logs in the fireplace in an effort to keep warm.

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OSU's veterinary medical hospital is growing

Wed, Nov 19, 2014

Clients of the Oklahoma State University’s Veterinary Medical Hospital and passersby might notice a change in the outside appearance of the building. 

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OSU veterinarian uses innovative approach to help rescue horse

Wed, Nov 19, 2014

Dr. Michael Schoonover, assistant professor of surgery at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, couldn’t find any literature on fusing both the knee and the fetlock in the same limb on the same horse, but that didn’t stop him from performing the innovative procedure to help a rescue horse named Spirit.

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Zoetis externship student winner talks about experience

Sun, Nov 16, 2014

It’s 7:30 a.m. and time to start giving patients their morning treatments at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital in Navasota, Texas.  At 8 a.m. the clinic will open and more patients...

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Sisk's story: Dog left on his own

Sun, Nov 16, 2014

Sisk had what is known as “angular limb deformity” in both of his front legs. This meant the bone or bones grew abnormally such that they were deviated and rotated, making normal walking near impossible.

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Veterinary Viewpoints: World Rabies Day

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

World Rabies Day is Sept. 28, 2014. Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system.

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OSU veterinarians treat impaled dog

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

No one knows how it happened — they can only guess. It’s a miracle he’s alive. It certainly isn’t the type of case that veterinarians at Oklahoma State University’s Veterinary Medical Hospital are used to seeing.

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Veterinary Viewpoints: Water consumption and athletes — human and animal

Mon, Aug 04, 2014

Water is essential for body fluid balance and normal function of the equine digestive tract.

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OSU alumna finalist for America’s Favorite Veterinarian

Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Dr. Letrisa Miller (Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine class of 1998) has been chosen as one of only 20 finalists for America’s Favorite Veterinarian.

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Cyanide toxicity found in Johnson grass

Mon, Jul 14, 2014

According to Dr. Sandra Morgan, the biggest risk associated with grazing Johnson grass is turning cattle into a new pasture without testing it first. OADDL routinely tests for cyanide in Johnson grass.

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$100,000 gift completes projected funding for OSU Small Animal Critical Care Unit

Thu, Jun 19, 2008

The Oklahoma State University Foundation announced Thursday that it had received a $100,000 gift from the McCasland Foundation to complete the anticipated funding needed to upgrade the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences’ Small Animal Critical Care Unit at OSU.

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