VBS news archive

New courses will be offered for individuals seeking training that will profide training for early- to mid-career professionals interested in advanced understanding of poultry health and disease.

VBS Teaching faculty Drs. Erin Burton, Roxanne Larsen, and Mark Rutherford received UMN Center for Educational Innovation 'Thank a Teacher' awards.

VBS Assistant Professor Peter Larsen hopes to reduce the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer by producing faster testing that can be conducted in the field as well as test meat processing equipment to avoid potential risks for consumers.

VBS faculty and staff present posters and received awards at the 2021 CVM Education Day virtual event on Friday, May 20, 2021.

Up until now, there has never been a formal poultry training program in the state of Minnesota.

Eight VBS graduate students were awarded fellowships and/or grants in the following categories: 2021-2022 MnDRIVE Global Food Venture Fellowship; 2021-2022 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship; Comparative Pathology/Medicine T32 Training grant; and American CARES Act Degree Completion grants.

Professor Tim Johnson and Research Project Specialist Bonnie Weber, collaborated to publish a study about the respiratory microbiome of broiler flocks from hatching to processing.

VBS Professor Tim Johnson investigates antimicrobial drug-resistant E. coli in Ecuador.

A new Summer 2021 Course, (PUBH 7230), The Biology and Ecology of Infectious Prions, will be taught by VBS Assistant Professor, Peter Larsen.

VBS Professor Tim Johnson discusses the evolution of High-Risk E. coli.