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Science@CornellVet [blog] (2017-present)
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Science@CornellVet was launched in June, 2017 to showcase the College of Veterinary Medicine’s scientific work and discoveries. Periodic blog postings are written, edited, and produced by DVM and graduate students, trainees, faculty, and Marketing and Communications Office staff. The goals are to help CVM students and trainees develop their science writing skills and to help publicize CVM’s research and clinical work.
Current blog posts can be found at https://blogs.cornell.edu/vetblog/
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2018 Science@CornellVet: Infection with Toxoplasma gondii may lead to Alzheimer’s
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations; Torres, Luisa (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2018-08-16)This item from Science@CornellVet is about: Parasitic infections can be a nightmare, especially when they interfere with your breathing, eyesight, or digestive tract. But some parasites cause no symptoms in most people ... -
2018 Science@CornellVet: “How do you vaccinate a clouded leopard?” Training zoo animals to be active participants in their veterinary care (part 2)
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations; Jimenez, Isabel (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2018-05-25)This new item from Science@CornellVet is about: Previously, we discussed the importance of animal training in zoos to the care of animals in captivity. Over the past 30 years, zoo veterinarians have utilized behavioral ... -
2018 Science@CornellVet: “How do you trim an elephant’s nails?” The importance of zoo animal training to the care and conservation of wildlife species (part 1)
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations; Jimenez, Isabel (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2018-05-15)This news item from Science@CornellVet is about: Share Imagine climbing into a pool and trying to roll a dolphin onto its back to examine it, or physically lifting an elephant’s foot to trim its toenails. Without the ... -
2018 Science@CornellVet: Working towards wellness
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations; Shiroor, Divya (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2018-05-11)This news item from science@CornellVet is about: “You should never do experiments when you’re hungry, tired or overworked!” My PI’s advice rang in my ears as I looked at evidence of my failed experiment in disbelief. All ... -
2018 Science@CornellVet: Time versus swine: Working against the clock to stop the next pandemic
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations; Torres, Luisa (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2018-04-13)This blog post is about: It was 2003, just four years after the first known outbreak of Nipah virus occurred in Malaysia and around the time a second outbreak occurred in Bangladesh. Dr. Hector Aguilar-Carreño had just ... -
2017 Science@CornellVet: Research during vet school: Advice from students who've been there
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations; Jimenez, Isabel (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017-07-20)This blog post is about: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine doesn’t just train veterinary students to earn their DVM degrees – it also hosts many graduate pursuing Master’s and PhD degrees in many different ... -
2017 Science@CornellVet: The 6th stem cell symposium: Promoting stem cell research at Cornell
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations; Torres, Luisa (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017-08-30)This blog post is about: For graduate students, often the best way to get feedback on their work and find out what is happening in their scientific field is to attend scientific conferences. This usually involves traveling ... -
2017 Science@CornellVet: The Stem Cell Migration: From California to New York, From Adipose to Gingiva
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017-09-29)This blog post is about: Gingivostomatitis, or inflammation of the oral mucosa and gingiva, is a painful disease found in cats that can severely affect their quality of life. Current treatments have been frequently ... -
2017 Science@CornellVet: Canine allergies: scratching beneath the surface
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017-09-21)This blog post is about: They sleep on our beds, eat our food (despite what the vet says, we both know where our table scraps go!) and share our lives in so many ways. Researchers studying canine allergies at Cornell are ... -
2017 Science@CornellVet: Wildlife-friendly beef: “Cattlyzing” conservation in southern Africa
Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2017-09-13)This blog is about: A team of CVM researchers led by Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health & Health Policy, Dr. Steve Osofsky (DVM ’89, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences) has received a grant to ...