Stories indexed under: Veterinary medicine
Total: 6
- Ten faculty selected for Distinguished Teaching Awards March 12, 2013 Ten University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards.
- ‘Ninja parasites’ elude immune response through molecular mimicry March 7, 2013 In feudal-age Japan, cunning, unorthodox mercenaries known as ninjas were notorious for using disguise, deception, and stealth to infiltrate enemy fortifications. In the world of modern parasites, certain organisms - dubbed "ninja parasites" by Professor Timothy Yoshino - use similar tactics, in a biological and chemical sense, to trick their way past the immune systems of their hosts.
- From penguins to hyenas, vet students care for the wildest patients Dec. 18, 2012 A UW-Madison initiative is one of only 22 accredited zoological medicine residency programs in the world, and its mission is to prepare veterinarians to effectively treat the increasing number of exotic pets, animals at zoos and aquaria, and injured and sick wildlife — and free-ranging wildlife as well.
- Vet med students ensure safe, speedy biosecurity check-in for dairy expo cattle Sept. 27, 2012 Scores of trailers will begin rolling into Madison on Friday, Sept. 28, delivering 2,500 show cows to the Alliant Energy Center for the upcoming World Dairy Expo. But to prevent the spread of disease among the cattle, the health status of each animal must be verified before they are unloaded. Fortunately, volunteer students from the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine keep this process running as smoothly as possible.
- Shelter cats benefit from vet’s long, close web of human relationships June 27, 2012 Karen Moriello, a clinical professor at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, has earned a devoted following among people who care for cats in animal shelters.
- Study: Cows done in by bad spuds Jan. 28, 2011 Anyone taking the recent, mysterious deaths of 200 steers in a Portage County, Wis., feedlot as a sign of the apocalypse can rest easy. The cows, according to the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, were done in by bad spuds.