This semester I have a class dedicated to only lab animals and lab animal health and manipulations. Honestly, going into this class I thought that I would hate it. I was against the use of animals for research, but I also didn’t really understand it. For this class, once a week we go to a […]
Lupus in German Shorthaired Pointers
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a localized skin disease that occurs in a few canine breeds, but the mode of inheritance has yet to be completely described. For some time, it has been believed that exfoliative CLE has a heritable form present in German shorthaired pointers. Most dogs develop this disease before 10 months of […]
In the Spotlight: Kazakhstan
I was perusing through a veterinary magazine that discussed infectious diseases in the U.S. and abroad when I found an article about Kazakhstan that piqued my interest. The subject matter was the prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country. This article stood out among the rest due to a personal bias: […]
