When Marla Van Dyke was a vet med student doing her externship at a practice near Eugene, she adopted a two-week-old Paint Horse named Lucy who had been rejected by her mother. Raising a new foal was a big job for a busy vet student so Marla’s sister Jill took on the constant feeding schedule. […]
Archive for October 24th, 2011
Alumna Rides Into Reality Television
Monday, October 24th, 2011VDL Joins Fight Against Food Contamination
Monday, October 24th, 2011Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a massive egg recall when a salmonella outbreak at two major egg producers sickened 1,700 people. Contaminated chicken feed was the culprit. The FDA relies on a network of government agencies and laboratories to investigate and diagnose food contamination outbreaks and they have their hands […]
Really Big Horses Inspire Student
Monday, October 24th, 2011For most people, the closest they will ever come to a draft horse is through a television screen. Most of us are familiar with the perfectly matched and perfectly groomed Clydesdales in a Budweiser commercial but draft horses were originally bred for ploughing and other hard labor. There are still a few farmers and loggers who use […]