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The latest on preventing and treating 'strep throat' in horses
Boyle, Ashley with horse with strangles

Ashley Boyle (center) of Penn Vet took the lead in writing a new consensus statement on treating, controlling, and preventing the equine infectious disease strangles.

The latest on preventing and treating 'strep throat' in horses

Just as strep throat can run rampant in elementary schools, strangles, the “strep throat” of horses, caused by a different Streptococcus bacterium, Streptococcus equi sp equi, is highly contagious.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Katherine Unger Baillie

Agricultural sustainability project reached 20.9 million farmers across China
Dou, Zhengxia collaborator Fusuo Zhang

A massive, nation-wide effort to improve yields while reducing fertilizer use reached more than 20 million smallholder farmers across China. Penn Vet's Zhengxia Dou partnered in the effort, which was led by Fusuo Zhang of China Agricultural University (center, holding plant).

Agricultural sustainability project reached 20.9 million farmers across China

Increasing smallholder farmer efficiency while reducing their environmental impact are critical steps to ensuring a sustainable food source for the world’s growing population.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Bringing a ‘One Health’ perspective to global challenges
Livestock

Penn Vet Dean Joan Hendricks will lead a “satellite session” on issues around livestock and health at the Ninth Annual CUGH Global Health Conference in New York City on Thursday, March 15.

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Bringing a ‘One Health’ perspective to global challenges

Universities, Penn included, have a major role to play in advancing global health, combining research and education across disciplines to find solutions to urgent worldwide challenges.

Katherine Unger Baillie

New gene therapy corrects a form of canine macular degeneration
Guziewicz, Karina comparative histology

Gene therapy successfully treated a canine version of Best disease, a blinding disorder, the effects lasting more than five years. In these images of the retina of untreated (left) and treated (right) dogs, one can see that BEST1 gene expression (in red) was restored following treatment. In addition, the threrapy restored the structure of the RPE (green layer), a layer of cells that supports the light-sensing photoreceptor cells.

New gene therapy corrects a form of canine macular degeneration

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that successfully treats a form of macular degeneration in a canine model.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Pets pick up on their owner’s personality

    • Pets pick up on their owner’s personality

    When a baby is born, many new moms and dads pore over parenting books, striving to strike the right balance of firmness and warmth to raise their children into kind, intelligent, strong individuals. While nature plays a critical role, research supports the idea that parenting style and parents’ personalities do influence a child’s behavior.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Andrew Hoffman named dean of Penn Vet

    • Andrew Hoffman named dean of Penn Vet

    Andrew Hoffman has been named the next Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 1.
    Celebrating five years of working dogs at Penn
    Penn Working Dog Center

    Ammo, a 7-month-old Belgian Malinois, works the rubble pile at the Working Dog Center on the Pennovation Works campus. Trainers and volunteers hide amidst the debris to refine dogs’ ability to detect the scent of a concealed person.

    Celebrating five years of working dogs at Penn

    The Working Dog Center began with just a few puppies, and now, five years later, has trained some of the best noses in the business. Canine graduates have gone on to police work, search and rescue, and explosives, narcotics, and diabetes detection.

    Katherine Unger Baillie