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Jenny, a 3-year-old quarter horse from Spokane, Washington, ingested one of the most toxic substances.

WSU’s Rabies Free Africa launched the Rabies Hero campaign today to raise national awareness about potential disease outbreaks in animals as people miss routine veterinary care appointments during COVID-19.

Sugar, a 1,000-pound American quarter horse, was minutes away from death

A new $6 million grant from USAID will enable Washington State University’s Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges in agriculture and food security.

For the first time, a team of scientists led by WSU’s Jon Oatley have created pigs, goats and cattle that can serve as viable “surrogate sires,” male animals that produce sperm carrying only the genetic traits of donor animals.

“If you want to have the best horse, you want the best care,” said Josh Allen, co-owner of JTA Circle Performance Horses LLC. “We go to WSU’s veterinary college because that’s where we know we will get it; that’s why we do everything through WSU.”

Inside his laboratory at Washington State University, Michael Letko is determined to give the world a leg up on the next pandemic.

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Gary Marshall (‘89 DVM)

This morning, when Dori Borjesson walked into WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine as dean, it was a first for women. Until today, no woman had ever led the college in its more than 120-year history.

With the world’s population projected to reach ~10 billion in 30 years, scientists are working to use genetic technologies to address future food security problems.