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Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Training tomorrow’s veterinarians, providing excellent animal medical care, and discovering innovative ways to diagnose and treat disease

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Veterinary Clinical Sciences

We educate tomorrow’s veterinarians through innovative education programs and learning opportunities for professional veterinary medical students and graduate veterinarians. In the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, fourth-year veterinary students, residents, and interns train alongside board-certified practitioners. We are committed to improving the health and well-being of all animals through excellence in medical care and finding innovative ways to diagnose and treat disease.

Residencies & internships

Our programs offer post-DVM education and training for teaching and research and prepare veterinarians for board certification.

Most intern and residencies are filled through the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program sponsored by the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians (AAVC). To apply for a Diagnostic Imaging residency or internship, visit the service’s website.

Residents may also simultaneously complete a graduate degree through the College of Veterinary Medicine graduate programs.

Centers, initiatives, and programs

Clinical Simulation Center

Students and veterinarians have access to some of the most advanced medical models

Holstein cows at sunrise in a grassy field.

Field Disease Investigation Unit

Working with agriculture production systems of all sizes to optimize animal health and wellbeing

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Program in Individualized Medicine

A WSU veterinary pharmacologist discovered the MDR1 mutations and was the first to develop the diagnostic tests

Shelter Medicine

A learning opportunity for veterinary students in community-based, primary care facilities

Simulation-Based Education

Training the most competent veterinarians to improve care for animal patients

Raptor Rehabilitation Program

We treat approximately 100 sick and injured raptors every year

Veterinary Assessment Laparoscopic Skills

A laparoscopic skills training and assessment program available for veterinary surgeons

Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Providing compassionate, professional resources and around-the-clock emergency care to wildlife since 1981

Research areas

Cardiology
Integrative Medicine
Internal Medicine

Neurology
Oncology
Orthopedic surgery

Soft tissue surgery
Theriogenology

Community outreach

Healthy People + Healthy Pets

Free health care services to low-income people or people experiencing homelessness and their pets

One Health Clinic

A place where people with pets can access medical and veterinary care at the same time

WSU mascot, Butch, at the College Open House. He's down on one knee with his arm around a Golden Retriever.

Open House in the Veterinary Hospital

An annual event for aspiring veterinarians and animal lovers of all ages

Student in front of the Stauber Raptor Facility with a hawk.

Raptor Club

Resident raptors and WSU Raptor Club volunteers give about 100 educational presentations each year

Veterinary Continuing Education

Small and large animal continuing education for veterinary professionals

Curious young holsteins in a field looking right at the photographer and the camera.

Veterinary Extension

Building connections between industry, producers, veterinarians, and students throughout the state of Washington

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Teaching Academy

Fostering innovative teaching and learning for faculty, residents, and professional and graduate students across the college

Learn more about the Teaching Academy

Department news

Congratulations to our newly promoted faculty

March 4, 2026

Porcupine case shows WSU’s deep commitment to wildlife

December 18, 2025

WSU researchers devising new way to quantify quality of life for dairy cows

December 1, 2025

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Hospital stories

WSU’s theriogenology team fills reproductive care gap for livestock producers

March 9, 2026

After 27 days missing, veterinary student’s cat finds healing at WSU

March 5, 2026

New CT scanner to benefit pets throughout the region

March 2, 2026

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Clinical studies

Use of Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in healthy cats under anesthesia and the evaluation of kidney function Kidney disease is a progressive condition that is often difficult to detect in its early stages. This study aims to identify early markers of kidney changes in cats undergoing anesthesia using small samples of blood, urine, or saliva.
Testing the effectiveness and tolerance of local immunotherapy on soft tissue sarcomas in dogs Testing the effectiveness and tolerance of local immunotherapy on soft tissue sarcomas in dogs.
Assessment of the intestinal epithelial barrier of dogs with inflammatory bowel disease using an organoid model Progress toward more effective treatments for IBD
Dog aging project TRIAD study Trial of Rapamycin in Aging Dogs
Canine intestinal modeling project Intestinal biopsies from dogs for organoid development

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Veterinary continuing education

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Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine
PO Box 646610, Pullman, WA 99164-6610