Every year faculty, staff and students in the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine make an impressive showing in the cross-campus competition to raise the most money and food for Linn-Benton Food Share. This year featured a wonderfully creative cupcake war; a huge silent auction that included some amazing gift packages; a diverse and delicious chili […]
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Head Shaving and Other ‘Gifts’ Bring in the Bucks
Friday, March 22nd, 2013Students See Acupuncture in Action
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013Fourth-year students on morning rounds in the large animal hospital last Friday had an opportunity to see acupuncture in action. Dr. Jacob Mecham was treating a horse with a paralyzed arytenoid cartilage in her larynx by placing acupuncture needles in her neck. Student Melissa Flora helped by reading a list of designated locations from a […]
Guinea Pigs Are More Than Fuzz Balls
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013A researcher in psychology at the University of Queensland has found that animals in the classroom have a positive impact on autistic children. Read more.
Call of the Wild Symposium
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013The CVM Zoo, Wildlife & Exotic Animal Medicine Club is delighted to announce our upcoming spring symposium! This year’s symposium is entitled “Call of the Wild: Practicing Non-traditional Species Medicine in the Pacific Northwest” and will feature a wide range of speakers and labs spanning topics from forensic wildlife pathology to turtle shell repair. The symposium […]
New Equine Medicine Video
Friday, February 22nd, 2013The Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital now has a pair of videos on their website. The Small Animal Hospital video takes the viewer on a tour of the hospital from a dog’s-eye point of view, and has been on the website for nearly a year. Just last week, a new video featuring equine […]
Students Deliver at OSU Sheep Center
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013Despite a substantial reduction in the number of sheep in the OSU sheep barns, CVM students are still getting some terrific experience by helping with the lambing this spring. Last year an outbreak of Q fever and Johne’s disease in the flock required managers to test and remove infected ewes. Then they implemented a radical […]
