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Cases of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in birds have been confirmed in Washington, and disease experts at WSU are asking the public to take measures to avoid spread.

WSU veterinarians bring dog back to life after its heart stopped beating for 18 minutes.

Teenager’s beloved pet rabbit is adapting well after having one of its legs amputated at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Students training at WSU to be veterinarians participate in the college’s Simulation-Based Education (SBE), the first and only veterinary simulation program fully accredited by the global Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

As a student in the STARS and MARC programs, microbiology major Natasha Puzon finds herself in a state-of-the-art laboratory working to determine the effectiveness of a promising antibody against a deadly species of hantavirus.

In a study that offers hope for human dieters, rats on a 30-day diet who exercised intensely resisted cues for favored, high-fat food pellets.

Dr. Laura Williams, a licensed veterinarian at the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at WSU, is one of fewer than 50 veterinarians in the U.S. board certified in parasitology by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM) and the only one in Washington.

A soft tissue sarcoma is one of the most common skin cancers in dogs and is often treatable with removal and radiation therapy. But for a three-legged dog like Oakley, it was life-threatening.

The College of Veterinary Medicine awarded more than $1.1 million in internal funds to residents, interns, graduate students, and veterinary students in 2022, a record for the college.

A group of bat viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 can also infect human cells but uses a different and unknown entryway. While researchers are still honing in on how these viruses infect cells, the findings could help in the development of new vaccines.