Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
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Article Item32nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium , article
The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine hosts an annual research symposium both to support the college’s mission of educating a diverse population of professional and post-graduate students preparing for careers in veterinary medicine, biomedical sciences, and public health and to showcase the research of its graduate and training programs.
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Article Item30th Annual Research Symposium: Chronic Disease and Aging , article
VA-MD Vet Med's 30th Annual Research Symposium on Nov. 6, 2019, featured two poster sessions, two oral presentation sessions, and two keynote speakers, followed by dinner and an awards ceremony.
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Article ItemMid-Atlantic regional workshop at Virginia Tech highlights value of T32 research training program for veterinarians , article
The scientific community needs more veterinarian scientists for biomedical research. A federal grant program administered at Virginia Tech is helping fulfill that need.
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Article ItemFighting cancer: Longtime Virginia Tech donor gives generously to veterinary college’s cancer research center , article
The ACCRC is committed to taking clinical research for animals and translating that into improved treatment options for humans as well. For Steve Michael ‘73, the clinical trial for glioblastoma, a rare and deadly brain cancer, is the focus of his support. Having lost his wife to glioblastoma, he is dedicated to help cure this disease and sees the amazing potential this trial poses for the future.
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Article ItemPet owners join forces with veterinary oncologists to unravel cancer mysteries through clinical trials , article
The Animal Cancer Care and Research Center(ACCRC) is increasing its clinical trials as it seeks to develop better treatments for several types of cancer. Clinical trials are essential for modern medicine, enabling research and development of new therapies, drugs, and techniques to fight diseases. But these advances can only happen with the support of pet owners and their participating pets.
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Article ItemFor Bambi, the border collie, oral cancer clinical trial offers hope , article
Bambi is enrolled in a clinical trial at the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center (ACCRC) in Roanoke. In the clinical trial, veterinary radiation oncologist Ilektra Athanasiadi aims to evaluate the safety and feasibility of treating oral cancers with a device that delivers chemotherapy directly to the tumor.
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Article ItemVeterinary college wins AKC theriogenology grant , article
Thanks to a $125,000 grant from the American Kennel Club, the AKC Canine Health Foundation, and the Theriogenology Foundation, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is welcoming a new theriogenology resident, Gabriela Carneiro de Sousa.
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Article ItemVeterinary college alumni at forefront of effort to contain avian flu and its impacts , article
From personally escorting a sample on a flight from Virginia to Iowa for testing, to joining a delegation on a trans-Pacific flight to Japan to convince trading partners the U.S. poultry supply is safe, alumni from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM) are on the front lines in the battle to control the impacts of the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak.
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Article ItemResearchers to examine Virginia's food system and antimicrobial resistance in sheep and goat populations, a possible surveillance blind spot , article
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)/USDA has granted $150,000 for a three-year study of antimicrobial resistance in small ruminant agrosystems. Patrick Pithua, associate professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and Eunice Ndegwa, assistant professor of Agriculture Research at Virginia State University, will lead the research.
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Article ItemAppalachian drinking water quality and health data lacking, Virginia Tech-led study finds , article
Alasdair Cohen, assistant professor of environmental epidemiology in public health, has studied drinking water and health challenges in rural areas internationally and in California. Since arriving at Virginia Tech in 2019, he has been studying similar issues in rural Appalachia.
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Article ItemBoard of Visitors recognizes college faculty , article
Many congratulations to veterinary college faculty recognized by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at the June 6 meeting.
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Article ItemVeterinary student is commissioned into the U.S. Public Health Service and wins elite internship in a nationwide competition , article
William Boyd, a fourth-year public and corporate Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student also enrolled in the Masters of Public Health Program, was recently commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS). He will join an elite team of more than 6,000 public health professionals.
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General ItemResident Megan Lowman, DVM to present a retrospective study on next generation sequencing (NGS) in equine sinusitis
On Saturday, October 15, Equine Medical Center surgery resident, Megan Lowman, DVM will present a retrospective study on next generation sequencing (NGS) in equine sinusitis at the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) Surgery Summit in Portland, Oregon.
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Article ItemHIV drugs may help fight against deadly fungal infection, Seleem lab study finds , article
Antiviral drugs can make antifungals work again. That, at its simplest, is the approach Mohamed Seleem’s lab at the Center for One Health Research (COHR) has found may be a key treatment strategy in the battle against Candida auris, a frighteningly deadly fungal pathogen discovered in 2009 that is considered an urgent threat by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Article ItemA pint-sized puppy named Kenny Brooks does a full-court press on heart research , article
He may not shoot hoops like the players his Virginia Tech women’s basketball coach namesake guides, but this Kenny Brooks, a 5-month-old cavalier King Charles spaniel, is dribbling his way into the hearts of researchers. As a key player in a unique cardiology study at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, this charming puppy is helping to unravel the mysteries of heart disease in his breed.
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Article ItemChilean veterinary student exchange brings new perspectives, opportunities , article
Virginia Tech has had a longstanding relationship with the Austral University of Chile, and colleges across the university have participated in exchange programs. In a three-month exchange, students from the veterinary college and the Austral University of Chile explore hands-on opportunities. The two Chilean students studying at the veterinary college this year are Priscila Soto and Maksimiano Rodríguez.
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Article ItemVeterinary professor Audrey Ruple leads effort to standardize reporting guidelines in clinical trials with dogs and cats , article
Getting researchers on the same page is essential to science. A group led by Virginia Tech’s Audrey Ruple seeks to do just that in regard to reporting guidelines for randomized controlled clinical trials involving dogs and cats, with two papers establishing the guidelines and the rationale behind those guidelines appearing in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine.
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Article ItemVeterinary professor Audrey Ruple leads effort to standardize reporting guidelines in clinical trials with dogs and cats , article
Getting researchers on the same page is essential to science. A group led by Virginia Tech’s Audrey Ruple seeks to do just that in regard to reporting guidelines for randomized controlled clinical trials involving dogs and cats, with two papers establishing the guidelines and the rationale behind those guidelines appearing in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine.
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Article ItemNew lab kick-starts clinical research collaboration at veterinary college , article
Collaboration is key to solving complex problems, and the new Collaborative Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is helping a wide array of veterinary clinical researchers work together to tackle challenges
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Article ItemCenter for One Health Research receives nearly $2 million from NIH to find new ways to combat gonorrhea , article
Seleem, also the Tyler J. and Frances F. Young Endowed Chair in Bacteriology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dan Flaherty, associate professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Purdue University, are the principal faculty for a $3 million grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health for ongoing studies on how to repurpose existing drugs to fight Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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Article ItemCollaborative study focuses on using computer algorithms to find molecular adaptations to improve COVID-19 drugs , article
As the COVID-19 pandemic scattered and isolated people, researchers across Virginia Tech connected for a data-driven collaboration seeking improved drugs to fight the disease and potentially many other illnesses.
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Article ItemDoberman breeders and owners step forward to fund heart disease detection study , article
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an inherited progressive heart disease that affects up to 45% of Doberman pinschers.
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Article ItemVeterinary college, Department of Corrections continue to benefit from two-decade partnership , article
Aligned by the common goal of improving Virginia agriculture, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM) and the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) continue to reap the benefits of a partnership now more than two decades old.
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Article ItemThorntons support veterinary college from its birth to far in the future , article
More than 25 years before the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine opened, Bill Thornton attended Virginia Tech strongly considering a veterinary career. He didn’t become a veterinarian, but Thornton’s legacy with the veterinary college will continue many years forward.
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Article ItemFocal Medical-Virginia Tech Press Release , article
Cary, NC and Roanoke, VA, May 04, 2023 — Focal Medical, Inc., a privately held, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic products based on its innovative local drug delivery technology platform today announced the initiation of a research study in collaboration with Virginia Tech’s Animal Cancer Care and Research Center.
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Article ItemIn battle against pancreatic cancer, grant-funded H-FIRE study offers hope , article
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.6 million to a Virginia Tech team over five years for a study of High Frequency Irreversible Electroporation (H-FIRE) for tumor ablation and immune system activation in cases of pancreatic cancer.
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Article ItemGraduate student researcher Hassebroek wins national award for study on COVID-19 vaccine candidate , article
Anna Hassebroek, a doctoral candidate in the Meng Lab of Molecular Virology and an anatomic pathology resident at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, is the 2023 recipient of the Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award for Graduate Veterinarians.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech team receives $2 million grant to use bubbles to destroy deadly tumors , article
Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of the major cancers, and only 10 percent of patients live longer than five years after diagnosis. Treatment options can be limited, but an interdisciplinary team led by Irving Coy Allen, associate professor of inflammatory diseases at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, might change that. The team recently received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the use of histotripsy as a therapeutic option for pancreatic cancer.
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Article ItemBiomedical and veterinary sciences Ph.D. candidate receives National Institutes of Health grant , article
Jatia Mills said that the majority of the grant will go toward her research on investigating the neuroinflammatory response that occurs because of traumatic brain injury.
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Article ItemKevin Lahmers, leader in exotic tick disease study, wins Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence , article
When it comes to receiving the 2022 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence, Kevin Lahmers credits just about everyone around him more than himself. “I really appreciate it,” said Lahmers, clinical associate professor of anatomic pathology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine “It's recognition that we are doing things that are beneficial to the veterinary community, for livestock producers in the region and the state, and that is very gratifying.
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Article ItemVeterinary college lab leads exploration of DNA sequencing advances , article
The Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services (ViTALS) within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has secured a $200,000 grant from the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) to develop further expertise internally on nanopore-based genome sequencing for pathogen detection and disseminate that acquired knowledge to other laboratories.
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Article ItemTanya LeRoith named president-elect of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians , article
Tanya LeRoith has become the new president-elect of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD).
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Article ItemA new grant in the fight against lupus , article
Xin Luo, professor of immunology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a $300,000 grant from the Department of Defense to establish a new model for lupus.
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Article ItemLynn Heffron receives President's Award for Excellence , article
Lynn Heffron, a laboratory specialist senior in the Meng Lab of Molecular Virology at VA-MD Vet Med, was named one of four recipients of the 2022 President’s Award for Excellence, which recognizes outstanding contributions and consistently excellent performance at Virginia Tech.
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Article ItemUndergraduates gain veterinary research experience through Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program , article
Two undergraduate aspiring veterinarians got hands-on research experience at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine this summer through the Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program (MAOP).
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Article ItemX.J. Meng awarded $2 million NIH grant to study hepatitis E-related neurological disorders , article
X.J. Meng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, is the principal investigator for a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study neurological inflammation and complications from hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection.
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Article ItemNew study examines quality of life in mini pigs , article
At the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, researchers want to examine which factors are important when miniature pig owners — also known as “pig parents” — measure their pigs’ happiness.
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Article ItemPublic health students go to Malawi, assess problems in care for cervical cancer , article
Rodgers and Stephanie Hernandez, both Master of Public Health students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, went to the African nation of Malawi over the holiday break to help assess the nation’s continuum of health care from home to hospital.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech veterinary scholars excel at national pathology meeting , article
The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine showcased its talent at the annual American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and American Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP) meeting in Chicago last month.
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Article Item$300,000 seed planted in neurotrauma research consortium hoping to harvest multimillion-dollar grants , article
Michelle Theus is the program director of the new consortium for neurotrauma research, which has been awarded a $300,000 seed grant by Fralin Life Sciences Institute for the purpose of building a research team and engaging in groundbreaking scientific investigation of TBI and its long-term effects to compete for multimillion-dollar program grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense.
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Article ItemMargie Lee named associate dean for research and graduate studies at veterinary college , article
Margie Lee ’82, DVM ’86, among the third class of graduates from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 1986 and one of its earliest Black graduates, has been head of the college's Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology since 2018.
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Article ItemRomero-Masters to study tumor viruses at Center for One Health Research , article
James Romero-Masters recently joined the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine as an assistant professor at the Center for One Health Research, a collaborative effort of the veterinary college and the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech researcher to test vaccine for norovirus , article
Lijuan Yuan, professor of virology and immunology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, will evaluate a potential live oral vaccine for norovirus, the No. 1 cause of foodborne illness.
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Article ItemVeterinary college promotes human, environmental and animal health through One Health concept , article
Human, animal, and environmental are not three different kinds of health. They are One Health. One Health is the overarching concept that human, animal, and environmental health are inextricably linked, and that professionals within the three realms should work together toward research findings and clinical applications that can improve the health in all three areas. The veterinary college – both throughout its Public Health program and more traditional veterinary medicine -– is deeply committed to the concept of One Health.
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Article ItemTransdisciplinary collaborations essential to tackling cancer , article
A Virginia Tech research team led by veterinary oncologic surgeon Joanne Tuohy and biomedical engineer Eli Vlaisavljevich is working to refine a unique approach to treating canine osteosarcoma.
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Article ItemCancer treatment and Petco Love funds change elderly dog’s life , article
Petco Love’s support of the Virginia Tech Animal Cancer Care and Research Center (ACCRC) in Roanoke has allowed patients to access cancer therapies and treatments, resulting in enhanced lives and more treatment options.
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Article ItemEPA-funded research examines renewable energy choices in light of community values , article
Ryan Calder, assistant professor of environmental health and policy in the Public Health Program within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, is the principal investigator in a $650,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for research on how divides might be bridged in order to accelerate decarbonization of New England’s power grid in light of differing community values.
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Article ItemResearch funding skyrockets at veterinary college in recent years , article
Research funding awarded to the veterinary college has tripled in a decade, with most of that growth – from roughly $7 million to over $18 million – occurring in the past five years. Research funding jumped 80 percent, from $10 million to $18 million, between fiscal years 2021 and 2022 alone.
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Article ItemInterdisciplinary team wins grant to develop drug for brain cancer , article
The National Institutes of Health is awarding a $3.8 million grant to John Rossmeisl, the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Waldemar Debinski, cancer biology professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine. The team will treat human brain cancer with a drug they have previously used to treat canines.
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Article ItemVeterinary college’s Ruple inducted into two scientific honor societies , article
Audrey Ruple has recently been inducted into two prestigious organizations honoring scientific advancement.
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Article ItemAcademic-private partnership aims to reduce toxic effects of deadly digestive bacteria , article
Mohamed Seleem and Nectagen, Inc., have received a nearly $275,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study whether synthetic proteins developed by Nectagen can reduce the toxicity of the digestive bacteria.
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Article ItemVeterinary students awarded fellowships from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research , article
Briana Gleizer and Taylor Mortensen, both veterinary students from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, were selected for the Veterinary Student Research Fellowship. This marks the first time any student from the college has been chosen for this fellowship.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech Students Stroll with Shelter Cats , article
Julianna Scardina, Class of 2024 at the veterinary college, and Allie Andrukonis a CALS animal science student, are participating in the Summer Veterinary Student Research Program. Their project aims to train shelter cats to ride in carriages, making them more adoptable and socially involved in the lives of pet owners.
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Article ItemVeterinary students explore research careers in summer program , article
The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s Summer Veterinary Student Research Program provides training to veterinary students from the college and other veterinary schools. The intensive, 11-week program highlights the biomedical research side of veterinary medicine.
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Article ItemSummer research training program enters 16th year at veterinary college , article
The Summer Veterinary Student Research Program has been going so long at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, it would be easy to take it for granted. But the major grant that supports it isn’t automatic. The veterinary college has successfully competed in starting a third renewal of the T35 grant as the program enters its 16th year of giving veterinary students the chance to explore research in the summer between academic terms.
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Article ItemIn TEDx talk, post-doc Courtney Sexton explores millennia-old bonds between humans and dogs , article
The oldest love story isn’t “Romeo and Juliet” or any Greek myth, says TEDx speaker Courtney Sexton. It is the millennia-old love affair between humans and dogs.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech professor lands two grants for the study of brain trauma , article
Michelle Theus, an associate professor of molecular and cellular neurobiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, recently secured two grants totaling nearly $4.5 million from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for research related to traumatic brain injuries.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech veterinary college gets funding for research into parasite found in cats , article
Found in cats, Toxoplasma gondii is a human pathogen with serious health ramifications, causing life-threatening illnesses for people with immunodeficienies, miscarriages in pregnant women, and blindness in newborn children.
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Article ItemHarmful bacterial pathogen found by veterinary professor in Virginia farm-raised rainbow trout , article
An emerging strain of harmful bacteria has been found for the first time in farm-raised rainbow trout in Virginia. The discovery resulted not only in a peer-reviewed publication led by Stephen A. Smith entitled “First isolation of Carnobacterium maltamaticum from farmed Rainbow Trout in Virginia” being published in March in the Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, but also being featured on the journal’s cover.
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Article ItemViTALS selected to fight emerging diseases in national partnership , article
Over the years, Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services (ViTALS), the on-site interdisciplinary diagnostic laboratory of the veterinary college, has worked its way up from primarily serving the college’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital to being a part of a national system of disease testing and monitoring. Now, ViTALS has been selected as part of the Partnership to Improve Early Detection of Emerging Diseases.
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Article ItemRoger Ramirez-Barrios named Virginia Veterinary Medical Association’s Mentor of the Year , article
Roger Ramirez-Barrios has been named the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association’s Mentor of the Year for 2023. The award has been offered since 2006 to recognize excellence in mentorship.
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Article ItemWeger-Lucarelli awarded grant to develop tools that will aid researchers in study of RNA viruses , article
James Weger-Lucarelli has been awarded a grant to develop easy-to-use tools and techniques that will allow more researchers to study RNA viruses and their mutations.
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Article ItemResearch on disease-causing parasites nets Zoetis Research Award for veterinary college’s Roger Ramirez-Barrios , article
Roger Ramirez-Barrios, clinical associate professor of veterinary parasitology, has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Zoetis Research Award. This award acknowledges researchers whose innovative studies have advanced the scientific standing of veterinary medicine.