NC State College of Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Hospital

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!

Dr. Annie Oh, assistant professor of ophthalmology, is looking for dogs diagnosed with acute blindness within the past two weeks, confirmed by ophthalmic exam, that haven't started treatment of steroids or antibiotics yet.

Your dog doesn't qualify? Please share!

More info: go.ncsu.edu/dogs-blindness

🎉Dogs 99 and 100 have been enrolled in our ground-breaking longitudinal study on canine aging — a milestone worth marking! 🎉

The ongoing study, launched by Dr. Natasha Olby and colleagues in 2018, is following what happens to dogs as they age and has led to tools to measure decline, all of which has implications for aging and ’s research in humans. 🔬

The study has also produced a biobank and database that could be used for scores of new research into canine diseases, with data already contributing to two other exciting NC State research projects!

Find a Q&A with Olby and get up to date on the research:

https://cvm.ncsu.edu/news/celebrating-dog-100-as-study-on-canine-aging-continues-to-break-ground/

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!

Dr. Kursten Pierce, the nation's first fellow of Interventional Cardiology, is looking for dogs diagnosed with or suspected of having Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis for a randomized test of an oral therapeutic for the condition.

Don't have a dog with SAS? Please share!

Details: http://ncst.at/MTXQ50Z9ob2

Affirmation received. ❤️

correspondent Kate Bessette shares that her experience at her first dairy farm visit of the summer has already cemented her love of pursuing veterinary medicine, educating neighbors and serving diverse communities. 🐮

As a Veterinary Scholars Program participant, Kate is working with Dr. Derek Foster, professor of ruminant medicine, on a research project, using her Spanish skills to talk with workers in Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico and California about their knowledge of prudent drug use in animals.

Find out what she's learned:

http://ncst.at/jMC550Z9v5O

Dog lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!

Dr. Jody Gookin, distinguished professor and internationally known expert in gastroenterology, is looking for dogs diagnosed with a developing gallbladder mucocele to try a free vitamin and low-fat feed regiment for a year.

Don't have a dog with gallbladder mucocele formation? Please share to help us find participants!

More details here: http://ncst.at/pwon50Z9o6z

🦅Can birds predict earthquakes? Volcanic eruptions? 🎇Eclipses? Severe storms⛈️

Parade Pets wondered, and our Dr. Tara Harrison, professor of Zoo and Exotic Animal Medicine at NC State, offered insight.

Get the scoop at the link in the first comment.

Cases of New World screwworm have been confirmed only in Texas, and risks for the East Coast seem low, but we wanted to help our pet owners, farmers and others responsible for animal health in our agriculture-heavy state stay up-to-date on knowledge about the parasite and what to be on the lookout for.

For starters, keep an eye on an animal's wounds or body openings, including the nose, ears, genitalia or the navel of newborn animals. 👀 A screwworm infestation begins only when a female fly lays eggs on a wound or body opening.

Find questions and more answers and check back for updates here:

https://cvm.ncsu.edu/news/new-world-screwworm-in-the-u-s-what-it-means-for-north-carolina/

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When people talk about the excellent veterinary education NC State University provides, they most often are thinking of our four-year students leaving as world-class veterinarians.

At the NC State Veterinary Hospital, however, our faculty members and clinicians are training our fourth-year students AND residents, interns and fellows, doctors of veterinary medicine who look to NC State's experts for advanced learning in their specialties. 👩‍🔬

Tonight, we recognized 61 house officers, as we call them, who finished their advanced programs across 30 different specialties and will be heading into their exciting futures.

Erin Lempp is our house officer coordinator who gets to welcome them as they come and say goodbye to them as they go.

"This time of year is always bittersweet for me," she says. "Seeing the tremendous growth and confidence in our interns and residents makes my job incredibly rewarding. I'm so grateful to be part of their story, and I'll always be cheering them on from the sidelines."

Dr. Joshua Stern, associate dean for research and graduate studies, also recognized those who completed the college's Veterinary Academic Leaders Program, which helps prepare house officers for careers in academia at a time when veterinary shortages are leading to crises.👩‍⚕️

The week of June 15, we and Lempp will get to welcome 20 new interns to Raleigh, and in July, 37 new residents, four speciality interns and three fellows will begin training at NC State, one of only four medical campuses in North Carolina. Seven of those doctors arriving for specialty training are returning NC State DVM alumni! 🐺

"As one chapter closes, another begins!" Lempp says. "I’m already looking forward to building connections with our incoming group and working hard to ensure they know they always have a trusted sounding board and support system in me." 💞

❤️ We love it when we have an opportunity to serve the state! ❤️

4-H program assistant Bailey Hamm, who is charged with preparing her Wayne County club members for the statewide skillathon, livestock judging and quiz bowl coming up in July, had a thought outside the barn.

Why not take the kids to the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine's working campus farm for some hands-on and ears-tuned education? 🐷🐮🐥

"I wanted to put together a fun day trip so they could get some educational insight in a fun interactive type of way to maybe help them retain some of the things they are learning for contests they participate in," Hamm said in an email to the college. "I always try to include fun tours and trips throughout the contest season for them."

Dr. Allison West, clinical veterinarian for college's Teaching Animal Unit and Reedy Creek Equine Farm, met Hamm and her troop at the college's new dairy barn and then took them through the pigs, goats and beef cows, explaining the care and the life path for each animal.

NC State University actually supports the state's 4-H groups 🍀in other ways, participating in a strategic partnership called the N.C. Cooperative Extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The other partners are NC A&T State University and federal, state and local governments.

"The day was everything I hoped it would be," Hamm said. "And more."🥰

Wayne County 4-H, NC Cooperative Extension

Can you help us help soft coated wheaten terriers?

We are recruiting healthy animals to determine whether a veterinary therapeutic diet could help prevent chronic gastrointestinal disease before it develops in a breed that is predisposed to GI problems.

Participants get free physical exams, blood work, f***l testing, GI health testing, urinalysis and video capsule endoscopies and free high-quality food with formulated nutrition plan for three months. The study is fully funded by the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America.

Don't have a soft coated wheaten terrier? Please share to help us widen our search. Our research changes lives every day!

INFO http://ncst.at/vGLO50Z7mJR