Animal Health and Sciences News Topic Listing

OSU Veterinary College Embarks on Landmark Study of Skeletal Muscle Function

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

Thanks to an award from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, Dr. Michael Davis will lead a study of the most extensive examination of skeletal muscle mitochondrial function ever accomplished in any athletic species.

Equine Animal Health and Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine

Got oak? Be careful

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

Oklahoma is known for beautiful, shady oak trees. Springtime brings new leaves, buds and blooms while fall brings acorns that cover the ground in grazing areas.

Livestock Animal Health and Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine

Cattle breeders should check bull fertility after recent snowstorms

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

Frostbite can cause temporary or permanent sterility in a herd sire.

Cattle Livestock Cow-Calf Bull Animal Health and Sciences bulls beef cattle College of Veterinary Medicine Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Agriculture OSU Extension Outreach and Engagement OSU Agriculture News Topics

Basics of horse hay explained

Fri, Mar 05, 2021

Now is not the time to cut back on horses having ready access to hay to meet their nutritional needs.

News Topics Equine Outreach and Engagement horse hay OSU Extension Animal Health and Sciences Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Horses OSU Agriculture Agriculture Animal and Food Sciences animal nutrition

Vet Med Faces of Research: Dr. Madhan Subramanian

Tue, Mar 02, 2021

Madhan Subramanian, BvSc, Ph.D., joined Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2017. Since then, the assistant professor in the Department of Physiological Sciences has been conducting independent and collaborative research.

Animal Health and Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Research

Pregnant Mares: What owners need to know as foaling time approaches

Tue, Mar 02, 2021

During a mare’s pregnancy, moderate exercise such as vigorous walking or riding will help control her weight and maintain muscle tone and strength needed for the last two months of pregnancy.

Horses news Animal Health and Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine

Pfizer chief scientific officer optimistic that the vaccine protects against variants

Mon, Mar 01, 2021

Pfizer Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Viral Vaccines Dr. Philip Dormitzer spoke today at OSU’s inaugural INTERACT Eminent Speaker Series, verifying that the vaccine protects against the variants from U.K., South Africa and Brazil.

pfizer news College of Veterinary Medicine Global Animal Health and Sciences

FSA disaster relief available for livestock deaths in winter storm

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

Amy Hagerman discusses federal disaster assistance.

Livestock Indemnity Program disaster assistance ag policy OSU Agriculture News Topics OSU Extension beef cattle DASNR Animal Health and Sciences

Beef industry to largely weather the effects of mid-February snowstorms

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

How the beef industry is weathering the effects of February snowstorm.

Animal Health and Sciences beef cattle Animal Science OSU Agriculture OSU Extension snowstorm News Topics Food Land and Natural Resources DASNR beef cattle health

New lamb protection during wintertime explained

Tue, Feb 16, 2021

Hypothermia – a dangerously low body temperature – is a major cause of death in young lambs.