Madison, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison is the recipient of a 5-year, $9.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will finance studies to identify virus mutations that may serve as early warnings or pandemic influenza viruses.
Madison, Wis. -- Dr. Michael Lairmore of The Ohio State University has been named the new president of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Schaumburg, Ill. -- Just three months after voting to slash funding for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Veterinary Leadership Experience (VLE), AVMA board members decided to reinstate it for the next two years.
Students learn how to help animals during times of crisis.
State Rep. Phil Richardson openly criticizes Oklahoma State's recent cancellation of an anthrax study.
Davis, Calif. -- The University of California's veterinary dean Bennie I. Osburn, DVM, was recently honored by the California Cattlemen's Association.
Athens, Ga. -- Through whole-genome sequencing, researchers at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have uncovered new information about treating "Ich," a single-celled protozoan parasite that attacks freshwater fish.
Raleigh, N.C. -- Morris Animal Foundation again is working to further veterinary research, this time by donating more than $1.2 million to North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine for a variety of studies.
Davis, Calif. -- Educational institutions in California have been hit hard by the recession, but University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) Chancellor Linda Katehi reports that the university took in a record $622 million in research funds for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009.
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2009 Year in Review
2009 Year in Review
2009 Year in Review
West Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University researchers have received a $1.3 million grant that will help educate school children about animals and the link between human and animal health.
The rumored move of the equine drug-testing laboratory from Cornell to another college is not yet a done deal.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -- The University of Saskatchewan's Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Dr. Douglas Freeman, a former dean candidate at The Ohio State University, as the new dean for the Western College of Veterinary Medicine.
Stillwater, Okla. -- The Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health recently dedicated its newly constructed Military Veterinary Honor Court to recognize the efforts of OSU veterinarians who serve in the military during their careers.
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Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine mourns the October death of the college's third dean.
Stillwater, Okla. -- The president of Oklahoma State University terminated a federally funded research project that would have studied the effects of anthrax on live baboons at the school's Center for Veterinary Health Sciences.
New program said to facilitate the merging of animal and human-health expertise.
State leaders are considering privatizing health sciences to ease economic crisis.
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Here are the top five mysteries about compensation exposed and solved.
London, England -- A British veterinarian has developed a realistic model of a cow's backside that students can use for practice in detecting pregnancies and infections.
The genetic sequence of the domestic horse has been completed.
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Washington -- Tufts University and the University of Minnesota received a five-year grant for up to $185 million to improve synergies among veterinarians, doctors and public health officials in responding to emerging infectious diseases.
Madison, Wis. -- The Wisconsin State Assembly voted unanimously to send a new bill to the state Senate that would provide another pathway to licensure for veterinarians who study at foreign veterinary schools.
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