Fiona the goat may have been the “low doe on the totem pole” in the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine’s research and teaching herd during her recent stay there, but according to faculty, staff and students who have worked with her after surgery for a chronic hip luxation and her subsequent rehab, the five-year-old Lamancha goat is a true diva in her own right. […]
For Auburn doctoral student and 2019 Fulbright Scholarship recipient Katie Izenour, a single trip to the Middle Eastern nation of Jordan opened up an entire world of new possibilities. It was there that, after eight years working as a government contractor for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and the Centers for Disease Control in […]
When 17-year-old Caroline Lucarelli arrived in Auburn June 9, she had never been to Alabama or the deep South. But thanks to a Colorado-based, Smithsonian-affiliated organization, high school seniors such as Lucarelli have earned coveted research-intense internships that offer deep immersion in various fields of science being studied nationwide. In Lucarelli’s case, the six-week internship, […]
The recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning about a possible link between increasingly popular grain-free foods for dogs and a heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM, has dog owners across Alabama and the nation taking a closer look at their options while searching the pet food aisles in their favorite stores. Grain-free […]
The J.T. Vaughan Large Animal Teaching Hospital is now offering mesotherapy for horses that are experiencing chronic back and neck pain. Mesotherapy involves the use of multiple microinjections of a combination of products into the mesoderm (middle layer of the skin) with very fine, short needles to relieve muscle pain and inflammation. This middle layer […]
The College of Veterinary Medicine and the veterinary community mourn the passing of senior cardiology resident Dr. Daniel Newhard on June 8, 2019. Dr. Newhard had been receiving medical treatment following a recent cancer diagnosis and died following medical complications. Dr. Newhard was a deeply valued friend and colleague, and was recognized as an exceptional […]
Milestone marks the first patient with GM1 gangliosidosis treated with gene therapy The first clinical trial of a gene therapy treatment created through a research alliance between Auburn University and the University of Massachusetts has been administered in a child at the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIH clinical trial […]
Alfredo Sanchez-Londono, DVM, has joined the Equine Field Service with the J.T. Vaughan Large Animal Hospital at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Sanchez-Londono – who earned his veterinary medicine degree from Universidad de La Salle in Bogota, Colombia – joined Auburn in April. He comes from a 14-year stint with the Veterinary Field Service […]
Editors Note: To watch a live stream of the 2019 College of Veterinary Medicine Commencement, visit this link. Video will begin streaming once the ceremony gets underway. Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will award 121 professional DVM degrees during the college’s 112th commencement on Monday, May 6. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in […]
Four faculty in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine are completing a prestigious six-month research focused training program through the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, or CCTS. Maninder Sandey, an assistant professor of pathology in the Department of Pathobiology, has already completed the training. Nicholas Rancilio, an assistant professor of radiation oncology, Department of […]
