Media Room

VBS Associate Professor Erin Burton discusses the paralells between strategies for learning music and learning medicine.

Officials estimate that people consume about 15,000 CWD-positive deer each year, a figure expected to rise by 20 percent annually as CWD spreads.

VBS Assistant Professor Peter Larsen sits down with Sharon Yoo, KARE 11 reporter, to discuss Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in venison and hunting. 

Lameness due to poor hoof health affects animal welfare and can diminish a farm’s profitability.

VBS looks back on the 43-year career of Professor Alice Larson.

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a highly contagious, widespread infectious disease whose transmission routes, due to a dearth of available data, have been largely unpredic

The results signal that the value of a dog’s red blood cell distribution width could be an important indicator of the animal’s chance for survival when presenting with a critical disease.

Osteoarthritis is caused by the breakdown of cartilage in joints and manifests most frequently in the hips, hands, and knees. Treatment of OA typically focuses on pain relief, and there currently is no available therapy for the associated joint pathology and progressive cartilage damage.

The sixth season of the signature seminar series the Sizzling Summer Science Spotlight (S⁴) webinar, hosted by the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, featured a colorful array of presenters July 15-August 12, 2021. 

Lameness in dairy cows represents a significant animal welfare concern and can lead to economic losses for farms. It is the physical manifestation of any number of leg or foot conditions, including sole ulcers, digital dermatitis, and foot rot, among others.