A Man with a Plan — and a Little Help from His Friends
Joe Grennon of Quincy, Mass. (birthplace and final resting place of two presidents — John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams) is a man with a plan. And that plan has always included animals. Growing...
View ArticleKeeping Pets Stress-free for the Holidays
If you experience stress during the holidays, you’re not alone. Your pets may be right there with you. Stress over the holidays can be common for house pets, says Barbara Sherman, clinical professor of...
View ArticleA Complete Change of Heart
She says it quietly so that not too many ears — especially feline ears — will hear her words, but Leah Dey freely admits that there was a time when she didn’t really like cats. Of course that was years...
View ArticleThe Oath: Fall/Winter Edition
In the latest edition of The Oath, the work of the College of Veterinary Medicine leads us on an 8,000-mile journey to the wilds of South Africa to help save poached rhinos from near-certain death. It...
View ArticleCanine Bone Marrow Transplants Return to the NC State Vet Hospital
A program offering bone marrow transplants for dogs suffering from lymphoma, the most common type of cancer in canines, has relaunched at the NC State Veterinary Hospital (VH). Since the start of the...
View ArticleEquipped to Serve
Kathe Garrison has an exact memory of when her involvement with the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) began. “It was October of 1988,” she says confidently. But there’s a reason why it’s...
View ArticleWhen Neurons are ‘Born’ Impacts Olfactory Behavior in Mice
New research from North Carolina State University shows that neurons generated at different life stages in mice can impact aspects of their olfactory sense and behavior. The work could have...
View ArticleGrieving for a Pet During the Holidays
Holidays are meant to be happy, but they may heighten grief over those with whom we once shared such joyous times. “Grieving an animal member of the family is likely to have many of the same features...
View ArticleTeaming up for Nekot
“We first saw Nekot through the ER service in April 2015 for a history of increased breathing rate, heart rate and exercise intolerance,” says cardiology resident Brent Aona. “He was diagnosed with a...
View ArticleJust What the Doctor Ordered
Leila Mureebe is a vascular surgeon at Duke University Hospital. Growing up in New York City, the last thing she ever expected was to spend any time on a sheep farm. But that was before she became the...
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