School of Veterinary Medicine

Labrador puppy on exam table with vet in background

Does opioid use in pets create higher risk for abuse in humans?

A new study shows a 41 percent increase in opioids for small animals over the past 10 years, indicating an avenue of potential risk for human access to opioids.

Going out of the box to learn to treat exotic creatures

Veterinary students interested in wildlife, zoo, and exotics medicine get creative—and driven—to get the training opportunities they need to advance.

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Solving sports medicine’s trickiest equine mysteries

The Equine Performance and Evaluation Facility has made diagnosing equine performance on a clinical level much more accessible since it opened six years ago.

With a microphone between them, Enrique Lin-Shiao and Kevin Alicea-Torres sit for an interview with one of the subjects of their podcast.

Podcast series charts a path for Latin Americans in science

Concerned about the scarcity of Latin Americans in scientific careers, doctoral students Kevin Alicea-Torres and Enrique Lin-Shiao took action to prime the pump. On their Spanish-language podcast, “Caminos en Ciencia,” they chat with Latinx scientists who discuss their career paths and provide advice for young scientists-to-be.

Ranger the dog wearing sunglsses seated while a doctor and nurse apply therapeutic laser therapy

Physical rehab helps ‘rock star’ Ranger walk again

After successful surgery to relieve spinal compression, four-year-old Australian cattle dog Ranger faced just a 50 percent chance of ever regaining use of his back legs. Penn Vet's rehab team aimed to get the pup back on his feet.

Treating spinal pain with ‘engineered living tissue’ moves closer to reality

A multidisciplinary team at Penn successfully demonstrated the feasibility of an innovative new disc replacement made of living material.

Melissa Hopkins leans over to give a treat to her dog Cedar as instructor Meghan Ramos and other class participants look on

Sniffing for science

In the “Citizen Science” course at the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Working Dog Center, Meghan Ramos and Tessa Seales work with dog owners to enhance their pups’ scent detection skills, with an eye toward bolstering the Center’s research.

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Getting science right in the fake news era

Over his career as a science journalist, Carl Zimmer has seen legitimate science reporting denied and illegitimate science news taken as fact. In advance of a talk at Penn, Zimmer discusses the problem of misinformation and offers tips for avoiding being fooled by bogus science stories.

Laurel Redding of the School of Veterinary Medicine writes on an easel as members of her table look on

Staging the plague

Eighty-one students training in a diversity of health professions worked with regional and federal agencies to confront an imagined outbreak scenario centered around bubonic plague in Philadelphia.

Want to reduce emissions? Start in the gut of a cow

As concern about climate change rises, Dipti Pitta of the School of Veterinary Medicine is working to develop innovative strategies to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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