By Megan Mattravers In August I had the opportunity to attend the AKC National Parent Club Canine Health Conference, and learn about cutting-edge research focused on improving canine health. The conference included three days of presentations by veterinarians and researchers whose projects had been funded by the AKC, Purina and the Canine Health Foundation. The […]
Archive for September, 2015
Wide Range of Presentations at Canine Health Conference
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015Student Research Yields Useful Results
Friday, September 25th, 2015Veterinary students rarely spend their entire summer lying on a beach. Many first- and second-year students work in a practice or volunteer in animal welfare projects. Third- and fourth-year students are involved in preceptorships and OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital rounds. This summer sixteen students worked on research with faculty mentors from the Department of Biomedical […]
Scientists At OSU Want To Find Out What Makes Benny Tick
Friday, September 25th, 2015Filbert — a beaver in residence at the Oregon Zoo — gave a little extra blood at his yearly physical exam. That blood will help scientists at Oregon State University sequence the genome of the North American beaver. “Beavers are important to the ecology of the region, and understanding their genome is an important part […]
Celebration of New Endowed Professor
Friday, September 25th, 2015Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the College of Veterinary Medicine are invited to help celebrate Dr. Susanne Stieger-Vanegas’ award of the Camden Endowed Professorship in Diagnostic Imaging. Join Dean Tornquist in the Magruder lobby on Friday, October 23rd, 2015 at 3 pm for a dessert bar and ‘mocktails’ and help thank Rebecca Camden (and […]