Thousands of animals come through the doors of WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital every year, but it is rare when one of those animals is a 400-plus-pound grizzly bear.
The program is open to anyone ages 16 or 17 and is designed to prepare graduates for entry-level positions in the veterinary field or to provide more advanced skill sets for those who are already working in a clinic.
A “Celebration of Life and Remembrance for Our Animal Companions” offers pet owners and veterinary care teams an opportunity to reflect on animals who have passed. The free event will take please Oct. 21 inside the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center.
The Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory is digitizing its pathology slides and developing computer algorithms to automatically flag samples.
During the week-long training being held this week, students work with practicing veterinarians, many of them WSU alumni, to diagnose and treat cases featuring volunteer clients and stuffed animal patients.