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A quick, affordable diagnostic test developed by a WSU researcher may help curb one of the most prevalent but least known sexually transmitted infections.

In 2017 the Washington State Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 5474 to designate WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine as the state lead in developing a program to monitor and assess causes of, and potential solutions for, elk hoof disease. Read the 2022 report to the Legislature providing the most recent developments with the disease.

A new genetic test can identify dogs at risk of a potentially deadly disorder resulting in excessive bleeding and bruising in the hours and days following surgical procedures.

The WSU College of Veterinary Medicine had three research stories in the top 10 (Nos. 1, 3, and 9) and 14 overall in the top 84 for the year.

Q fever naturally infects goats, sheep, and cattle. If transmitted to humans, the infection can lead to diverse clinical outcomes including flu-like symptoms, miscarriage or stillbirth in pregnant women.

WSU is crediting strong support from the state’s congressional delegation with helping secure significant funding in the new federal spending bill signed into law last month by President Joe Biden.

A parasite often spread by domestic and wild cats is a cause of abortions, or pregnancy loss, as well as neonatal deaths in big horn sheep, according to a study led by WSU researchers.

The March of Dimes presented Hunt with the Richard B. Johnson Jr. MD Prize in Developmental Biology for her work advancing science related to pregnancy, birth, and prenatal development.

A WSU student is using internet‑based data collection about disease events in pre‑determined locations and various modeling techniques to predict the spread of diseases.

A WSU-led study found a higher prevalence of antibiotic-resistant E.coli in rural areas of Bangladesh with high arsenic contamination levels in drinking water compared to areas with less contamination.