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College of Veterinary Medicine Advance Newsletter

Superbugs

While death by “superbugs” is still fairly rare, the World Health Organization warns that, if bacteria keep evolving drug resistance at the rate they have been, such bugs will globally cause 10 million deaths per year by 2050. Not all resistant bugs are “super,” as microbes vary in their acquisition of the genetic tools needed to resist the effects of drugs. » More ...

A Corgi Puppy Gets a Second Chance for a Happy and Healthy Life

Kristy Fiorini and her Corgi, Murray
When Kristy Fiorini first held the small, brown-eyed corgi puppy with a white patch on his right ear, she was smitten. A long-time dog lover, she had been wanting a corgi ever since she could remember. » More ...

$2.2 million gift creates School of Molecular Biosciences graduate fellowships

A large, ceremonial check is presented to WSU during a Cougar football game.
A $2.2 million gift from the estate of Bernadine and James Seabrandt will create the Bernadine Fulfs Seabrandt Graduate Fellowship in Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University’s School of Molecular Biosciences. » More ...

WSU Gets A Visit from a Prickly Patient

Feeding injured porcupine
One Friday in early June the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital was visited by a rather prickly patient. Having suffered from what was speculated to be a fall from a tree, the young male porcupine was brought in by Ryan Law of the Palouse Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation. » More ...

One World. One Health.

Maasai man in Tanzania pouring milk from calabash gourd
When the places where people live have adequate sanitation and clean water, and the animals people raise for food are free from disease, people are not only healthier, but they also have improved life chances through higher income, better education, and overall well-being. That is One Health. » More ...

WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Nursing Teamed Up to Help Homeless and Low-Income People and Their Pets

Woman and 2 dogs
On a January winter day, the College of Veterinary Medicine teamed with the WSU College of Nursing to help homeless and low-income people and their pets at the WSU Veterinary Specialty Teaching Clinic in Spokane. » More ...