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Moving closer to ‘true’ equine IVF for clinical use
Katrin Hinrichs and Matheus Felix in a lab.

Katrin Hinrichs, chair of the Department of Clinical Studies–New Bolton Center and head of the Penn Equine Assisted Reproduction Laboratory (PEARL) and Matheus Felix, PEARL’s chief embryologist, work together in the lab. Felix is also an author in the 2025 study report on IVF with frozen-thawed stallion sperm.

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Moving closer to ‘true’ equine IVF for clinical use

Researchers at Penn Vet are exploring different processes for using frozen-thawed semen to accomplish so-called true IVF.

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Safeguarding health for animals and people
Felicia Divito with an iPad at New Bolton Center.

Felicia Divito, New Bolton Center’s biosecurity administrative coordinator, remotely operates Tru-D, the center’s UV-C-emitting robot.

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Safeguarding health for animals and people

Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital and New Bolton Center’s Infection Prevention and Biosecurity Programs are focusing on infection prevention, control measures, and biosecurity strategies to protect the animals, people, and communities served by its hospitals and facilities. 

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From calves to canines, Penn Vet shines at Pennsylvania Farm Show
Andrew Hoffman shaking hands with Gavi Burton alongside her dad at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Penn Vet Dean Andrew Hoffman chats with undergraduate Gavi Burton and her father Dan at the School’s booth at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Burton hopes to become a large animal veterinarian.

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From calves to canines, Penn Vet shines at Pennsylvania Farm Show

At the nation’s biggest indoor agricultural exposition, Penn Vet faculty, staff and leadership met with young people interested in becoming veterinarians, staffed the “Calving Corner“ exhibit, and showed off the expertise of the animals at Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center.

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Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent
A black lab smelling an odor in an olfactometer.

Dalton at the olfactometer lineup.

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Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent

Penn Vet’s Cynthia M. Otto and Clara Wilson and colleagues show that trained dogs can identify the odor of hemangiosarcoma, a devastating canine cancer, offering the hope of a better screening tool and more effective treatments.

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Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia
Five Penn veterinary surgeons performing surgery.

Members of Penn Vet’s orthopedic team perform surgery in the Total Hip Replacement Program, including (second from the left) Anna Massie, assistant professor of small animal orthopedic surgery, Jason Syrcle, section chief and professor of clinical small animal orthopedic surgery, and Kimberly Agnello, professor of small animal orthopedic surgery.

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Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia

Total hip replacement surgery outcomes at Penn Vet have been greatly improved through state-of-the-art technological advances and synergistic programming.

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Vision scientists at Penn Vet launch DogAEye, a novel AI-based tool to improve early diagnosis of retinal degeneration in dogs

Vision scientists at Penn Vet launch DogAEye, a novel AI-based tool to improve early diagnosis of retinal degeneration in dogs

Veterinary ophthalmologists and vision scientists at Penn Vet have released DogAEye, an AI–based clinical decision support tool to assist veterinarians in the early detection of progressive retinal atrophy PRA, a leading cause of blindness in dogs.