By looking at him, you might not know Thabiso had two ruptured cruciate ligaments. “He was a massive dog, 125 pounds,” Allison Smith says about her beloved Labrador retriever. When Smith got Thabiso in 2010, …
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UW School of Veterinary Medicine Students Awarded Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Fellowships
Posted onEarlier this month, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) announced 13 recipients of the 2022 Veterinary Student Research Fellowships (FFAR Vet Fellows). Kailey Wichman …
New Understanding of ‘Superantigens’ Could Lead To Improved Staph Infection Treatments
Posted onThe bacterium Staphylococcus aureus has long been known to cause infections in humans, ranging from mild skin infections to pneumonia to more serious infections of the heart. In high-income countries, it’s the leading cause of a sometimes-fatal …
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine provides mutation-resistant T cell protection in mice
Posted onA second line of defense — the immune system’s T cells — may offer protection from COVID-19 even when vaccine-induced antibodies no longer can, according to new research out of the University of Wisconsin School …
Wisconsin fox kits test positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza
Posted onThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed in a news release on May 13 that several fox kits were infected with the currently circulating H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). It’s likely the foxes contracted the virus …
Osorio To Lead UW Global Health Institute
Posted onJorge Osorio, an expert in epidemiology, virology and vaccines, has been named the next director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Global Health Institute. Osorio, professor of pathobiological sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, has …
Understanding the Human-Animal Interplay of COVID-19 and Other Diseases
Posted onTony Goldberg knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don’t start — or end — with our species. These diseases are really a part of our whole ecosystem, and that includes the animals we interact …
Canine TV Preferences Could Lead To Answers in Protecting Dogs’ Eyesight
Posted onTelevision: It’s not just for people anymore. These days, programming created specifically for dogs is more frequently popping up on our screens. YouTube offers a nearly endless supply of dog-centered videos, and there’s a growing …
Researchers Work to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine to Contain Future Outbreaks
Posted onSince being detected in South Carolina in mid-January, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has spread through commercial and backyard flocks along the East Coast and in the Midwest. On March 14, the first case of …
Canine Solution: How Dog Genetics Is Influencing Human Medicine
Posted onIt is much more likely for a Labrador Retriever to experience anterior cruciate ligament rupture than Greyhounds. While both breeds are Canis lupus familiaris, different dog breeds have different predispositions to disease, and this may …