When Dave Meyer was nine years old, he asked his parents for a dog. “My parents said ‘okay’,” he remembers, “but you need to write a paper about the pros and cons, and pick the type of dog you want, then present it to us.” That was a little introduction to the policy side of […]
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Hospital Coordinator Brings Variety of Vet Experience To The Job
Monday, March 3rd, 2014OSU Alum Makes A Career of Medical Rescue
Monday, March 3rd, 2014Dr. Arlene Brooks veterinary career began in a conventional manner then took a turn down a road less travelled, which is an apt metaphor for a woman who spent a lot of her college years driving. As a student living in Salem, Oregon in the 1980s, Brooks drove to and from Corvallis every week day. […]
Seminar: Behavioral Repetoires in Domestic Dogs
Thursday, February 27th, 2014Isabela Zaine, a canine research scholar at Arizona State University will be speaking at OSU on current research on dog behaviour and learning. Zaine has collaborated with canine research groups around the world and is now studying how dogs learn from humans outside of formal training. She will be speaking on Thursday, March 6, 2-3 […]
Veterinarians and Techs Needed for Service Trip to Nicaragua
Monday, February 24th, 2014It is that time of year again! The IVSA is seeking interested veterinarians and technicians to join us on our eighth annual trip to Ometepe Island, Nicaragua to provide veterinary care to the community of Mérida. Ometepe, a volcano located within Lake Nicaragua, is currently home to an estimated 10,000 rural families and 41,000 dogs, […]
Vet Med Researchers Meet Potential Collaborators
Thursday, February 20th, 2014The Biomedical Sciences department at CVM has a history of collaboration with researchers across campus in fields as varied as engineering, pharmacy, and public health. On February 10th, the OSU Division of Health Sciences held a seminar inviting scientists to describe their work with a goal of creating even more opportunities for sharing resources and […]
Hospital Pharmacist To Work On Goal of Providing Compounds
Thursday, February 20th, 2014Dr. Rosita Rodriguez Proteau is the new pharmacist at the OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She received her pharmacy degree and Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology/Toxicology from the University of Texas at Austin and has worked in the OSU College of Pharmacy as an Associate Professor for the past 17 years. Dr. Proteau has taught pharmaceutics and […]