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OSU veterinarians bring expertise to the barn, field, coop — wherever your animals call home

Before the sun rises over Stillwater, Oklahoma State University ambulatory veterinarians and fourth-year students load a mud-splattered ambulatory truck for another day in the field.
OSU veterinarians bring expertise to the barn, field, coop — wherever your animals call home
Vet Med Faces of Research: Dr. Mike Schoonover

Tue, Nov 3, 2020

According to Dr. Mike Schoonover, horses spend the majority of their lives trying to hurt themselves. Schoonover, an associate professor of equine surgery and sports medicine at Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, has seen

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Having a Veterinarian on Your Team: Why It’s Important for Success

Mon, Nov 2, 2020

In successful cattle programs, effective herd owners build strong teams to assist them with monitoring industry changes, marketing, nutrition, health and daily operations. One essential member of every progressive cattlemen's team is the veterinarian

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OSU Veterinarians Treat a Show Horse for Terry Bradshaw

Mon, Nov 2, 2020

Depending on your age, you might know Terry Bradshaw for different things. Since 1994, he's been a sports analyst and is co-host of Fox NFL Sunday. He's done a number of guest stints on a variety of reality TV shows and currently has his own show on

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The Value of the Pre-Purchase Examination

Mon, Oct 19, 2020

Sir Winston Churchill once said, "There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man," and I wholeheartedly believe this is true. Unfortunately, the "trading" of horses has been viewed as a source of dishonesty

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OSU Veterinary College and Einstein College of Medicine partner to advance human and animal cancer research

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

A new partnership between Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine may herald new treatments for cancer patients, both humans and animals.

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OADDL completes mission of testing human COVID-19 samples

Thu, Oct 8, 2020

While the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab has now stopped processing human samples for COVID-19 testing, its work from the very beginning of the pandemic in Oklahoma has been remarkable, processing a total of 111,093 samples.

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Grain Overload in Goats

Mon, Oct 5, 2020

It turns out that a really high-carb diet might be especially bad for your goats. Rumen acidosis, or an abnormal acidic environment within the first stomach of ruminants, develops with the rapid fermentation of highly digestible carbohydrates that

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OSU Expands Shelter Medicine Program

Thu, Oct 1, 2020

Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine is expanding its shelter medicine program. Currently under construction is a brand new shelter medicine suite.

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Vet Med Faces of Research: Dr. Meredyth Jones

Thu, Oct 1, 2020

Dr. Meredyth Jones has been conducting research for the majority of her 18-year career in veterinary medicine. Board certified in large animal internal medicine, she is an associate professor of food animal medicine and surgery at Oklahoma State

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Diagnosing Hardware Disease

Mon, Sep 21, 2020

While you may have heard of a cow being diagnosed with Hardware Disease, many misunderstandings exist about this syndrome.

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