Veterinary Medicine

Educating a 21st-century veterinarian

A curriculum overhaul incorporates integrated learning blocks with lectures and hands-on activities focused on animal health to prepare future graduates for lifelong learning.

Sacha Adorno

What fossils tell us about the dining habits of dinosaurs

More than a century of research is vividly shared in ‘An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology’ by Ali Nabavizadeh of the School of Veterinary Medicine and David B. Weishampel of Johns Hopkins University.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Rewiring blood cells to give rise to precursors of sperm

School of Veterinary Medicine researchers teamed with scientists at the University of Texas at San Antonio to transform blood cells to regain a flexible fate, growing into a precursor of sperm cells.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Trained dogs can sniff out a deadly deer disease

The proof-of-concept investigation by School of Veterinary Medicine researchers suggests detection dogs could be an asset in the effort to identify, contain, and manage chronic wasting disease, a highly contagious ailment.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Harnessing an innate protection against Ebola

School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have identified a cellular pathway that keeps Ebola virus from exiting human cells, with implications for developing new antivirals.

Katherine Unger Baillie



In the News


Lancaster Farming

Pennsylvania cows aren’t top producers. Can that change?

Joseph Bender of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that farm size correlates strongly with milk per cow, though bigger farms aren’t necessarily the most profitable.

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6ABC.com

Tickborne illnesses rise with rising temperatures: What you should know

Kaitlyn Krebs of the School of Veterinary Medicine notes an increase in animals with tick bites this year due to a warmer winter.

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Baltimore Banner

Emotional support animals help ready racehorses for Preakness

Sue McDonnell of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that “companion animals” like goats can help with racehorses’ natural patterns of eating, resting, and relaxation.

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The Chronicle of the Horse

More support, more veterinarians

Liz Arbittier of the School of Veterinary Medicine started the Penn Vet Task Force on Recruitment and Retention to develop better ways to support equine-health students.

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CNN

COVID-sniffing dogs can help detect infections in K-12 schools, new study suggests

Cindy Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on the results of a study demonstrating that COVID-sniffing dogs can help detect infections in schools.

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Wired

Scientists turned monkey stem cells into ‘synthetic embryos’

Kotaro Sasaki of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on the results of a study that created embryo-like structures derived from monkey stem cells.

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