Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

UMN poultry experts partner with poultry industry to create cutting edge poultry health certificate & master's degree program
Key Players take on the fight against COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus)
VBS Prion Team Proposes to Develop Rapid Testing Device for CWD in Deer

Follow the journey of VBS faculty members Pam Skinner and Peter Larsen through the State Legislature as they discuss solutions to Chronic Wasting Disease.

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AGREETT program recruits innovative leaders for state agricultural research

December 1, 2022

The Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Technology Transfer (AGREETT) program, developed by Minnesota lawmakers in 2015 includes a multi-year $5 million state investment through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) in agricultural research, Extension and teaching at the University of Minnesota. An advisory panel of agriculture industry representatives, University leaders, and the MDA determine the most important challenges facing agriculture.

Distinguished Research Career Award recipient

November 18, 2022

VBS Professor Kathleen Boris-Lawrie received the Annual Distinguished Research Career award from the Center for Retrovirus Research at the Ohio State University.

U of MN Extension Dean Distinguished Award recipient

November 17, 2022

VBS Professor and Pomeroy Endowed Chair Carol Cardona received a 2022 Dean’s Distinguished Award (recognizing campus-based faculty) from the University of Minnesota Extension.

amfAR funding for HIV research

November 4, 2022

VBS Professor Pamela Skinner, was recently awarded funding from amfAR in support of AIDS Research and HIV prevention.

Disease management of domestic dogs in an indigenous reserve in South America

July 29, 2022

Marissa Milstein, PhD student recently travelled to Guyana to investigate how the indigenous Waiwai people in the Konashen Community Owned Conservation Area used a mixed-methods approach to reduce zoonotic disease transmission from wildlife to their dogs.