As the culmination of my summer research project, I got to go to the 2019 National Veterinary Scholars Symposium. This year the Symposium was hosted by Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. As part of the Symposium, I got to present my research during a poster presentation, and we also had the opportunity to […]
You are What You Eat: Animal Nutrition
You are what you eat is an expression that is told to people from childhood to adulthood. It refers to the body being affected by the food that gets put into it. What not everyone realizes is that this motto is equally as important for animals. Animal nutrition is the base of all animal health. […]
Foot and Mouth Disease in Pigs
As a future large animal veterinarian, it is especially important to be well-versed in reportable diseases and foreign animal diseases, particularly Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV), which spreads very quickly and has the potential to devastate livestock populations in the United States. Classic clinical signs of FMDV in ruminants include oral ulceration and lameness. […]
