Tracks Magazine
Spring/Summer 2022
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The Adventure of the Speckled BandanaThe legendary feline detective Furlock Holmes, unravels a veterinary mystery
Date: June 2022 -
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A study in maroon and orange , articleOn the very eve of the introduction of a new program at the veterinary college, a valuable shipment of stethoscopes had vanished, as if into thin air. Can Furlock Holmes, the legendary feline detective, unravel this formidable mystery?
Date: December 2021 -
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Fostering love and learning , articleVA-MD Vet Med's new Canine Awareness and Responsibility Experience for Students program — known as CARES — fosters carefully selected dogs from local shelters to teach students about routine care and socialization.
Date: December 2021 -
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Friends of fleece flock together , articleBernie and Lynn Cosell's Fantasy Farm in Pearisburg, Virginia — home to a flock of some 100 merino sheep — has long been a destination for hands-on learning for the veterinary college's DVM students.
Date: June 2021 -
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Transdisciplinary collaborations essential to tackling cancer , articleA 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.
Date: June 2021 -
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No bands, no confetti, but still grand for the region's pets , articleIn September, the opening of the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center on the Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences Campus in Roanoke, Virginia, finalized the relocation of VA-MD Vet Med's oncology service from the Veterinary Teaching Hospital on the Blacksburg campus.
Date: December 2020 -
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Uniquely prepared for a pandemic , articleFrom public health veterinarians and pathologists to veterinary epidemiologists and disease surveillance experts, VA-MD Vet Med's One Health-trained alumni have their boots on the ground in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Date: December 2020 -
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Wellness initiatives at VA-MD Vet Med care for students, clients, and practitioners , articleWork is ongoing at the veterinary college and across Virginia Tech to create a supportive culture that reduces stigma and encourages people to access the resources they need.
Date: February 2020 -
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Physical rehabilitation enhances pets' quality of life , articleWhen Saint, a retired service dog from Saint Francis Service Dogs of Roanoke, Virginia, began experiencing mobility issues and hind limb weakness, his new owner, Krista Sinnott, was referred to VA-MD Vet Med for physical rehabilitation to improve the 11-year-old’s quality of life.
Date: February 2020 -
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What a difference a yearling makes , articleAfter adopting a pregnant mare rescued from squalor, Amiya Veatch turned to Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center and its Foaling Out Program for specialized care.
Date: October 2019 -
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Scrappy McDaniel fights off cancer , articleOncology clinicians at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine are dedicated to advancing cancer treatments in animals and humans alike.
Date: October 2019 -
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Fighting the good fight , articleWith a particular focus on underserved populations, educational programs led by Kathy Hosig — an associate professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences who also serves as the director of the Virginia Tech Center of Public Health Practice and Research — have made headway in the prevention of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Date: October 2019 -
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Saving Yoda , articleJustin Ganjei (DVM ’11), a staff surgeon at Veterinary Surgical Centers in northern Virginia, returned to Blacksburg to work with Veterinary Teaching Hospital internist David Grant and surgeon Sabrina “Bini” Barry to collaborate on a fluoroscopy-guided surgical treatment to save an internal medicine resident's cat, Yoda.
Date: October 2019
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