Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America’s bald eagle population. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources found …
Pathobiological Sciences News
African University Gets Course on Pollution Problems With Help of UW Grad Team
Posted on Wisconsin State Journal
Alhaji N'Jai, a native of Sierra Leone and fellow in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Pathobiological Sciences, taught a new toxicology course created by UW grad students as part of an effort to address the African country's pollution.
From Immersive Education to Crane Rehabilitation, SVM Researchers Earn 2019 Global Health Grants
Posted onTackling everything from mosquitoes to antibiotic resistance, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) recently awarded 30 grants and awards to faculty, staff, clinicians and students from across campus, including three recipients from the …
UW-Madison Global Health Institute Named Global Virus Network Center of Excellence; SVM Faculty to Co-Direct
Posted onThe University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) has been named a Center of Excellence in the Global Virus Network (GVN). Tony Goldberg and Yoshi Kawaoka, professors in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pathobiological …
Amid Massive Die-Offs, New Look at Saving Freshwater Mussels
Posted onFlowing out of the southern Appalachians, the Clinch River winds between mountains covered by forests and dotted with small farms. Here in southwestern Virginia’s coal country, forests blaze in reds, oranges and yellow each fall. …
Vaccination May Help Protect Bats from Deadly Disease
Posted onA new study shows that vaccination may reduce the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats, marking a milestone in the international fight against one of the most destructive wildlife diseases in modern times. “This is a significant …
H3N2 Viruses Mutate During Vaccine Production but New Tech Could Fix It
Posted onIn late March 2019, the World Health Organization and a vaccine advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration selected the final influenza strains to include in the vaccines produced for the next flu season. …
Schultz Honored for Immunology Research
Posted on American Veterinary Medical AssociationThe 99th annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Dec. 2-5, 2018, in Chicago, was dedicated to Ronald Schultz, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, for his work in veterinary virology and immunology.
SVM Faculty and Staff Honored for Teaching, Mentoring
Posted onA number of School of Veterinary Medicine faculty and academic staff have been recognized recently with campus-wide awards from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Kim Lord Plummer, a senior lecturer in the Department of Comparative Biosciences …
Fighting Tick and Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Posted onHome to robust populations of ticks and their hosts (namely, mice and deer), Wisconsin has become a hot spot for tick-borne diseases. Over the past 25 years, deer ticks have trekked from the northern parts …