CASES/ ABSTRACTS

Submitted by Regan Smith, University of Georgia

Pandemic Perseverance

Category: Foot in Mouth Disease

Submission by: Priya Allen

This summer, I participated in research through the VSP program at NC State. I was super thankful for the opportunity to continue research despite COVID-19! We had to turn away from our original research project and instead do a totally virtual project- a prevalence study on lymphatic issues of horses. It was very fun! I learned a lot about study design, customer outreach/survey participant marketing, and data analysis. We made a video for horse owner education and as a shareable way to advertise the survey and solicit more participation. Making the video combined research skills of survey design with creativity of producing a video and veterinary skills of client education. It was a lot of fun! The other really awesome part about my experience is that it led to a business internship with a veterinary start up company called Vetletics. My classmate and fellow researcher started the company to produce a novel compression device that helps with lymphatic drainage issues in horses. I am getting invaluable experience in the ins and outs of start up company business skills, customer discovery, client education, and get to participant in leading edge, new veterinary medical technology! I'm extremely thankful that there are still valuable opportunities in the midst of COVID. I am also so impressed with the resiliency, versatility, and diverse career potential that is found in veterinary medicine. It makes me so excited to be studying veterinary medicine, whether I go into private practice, research, or business!

A retrospective study of prognostic indicators for survival in eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

Take a peek at this study submitted to our Cases/Abstracts category by Ivana Levy of the University of Illinois!

A retrospective study of prognostic indicators for survival in eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

Ivana H. Levy, Matthew C. Allender, Stephanie Principati, Julia Whittington, Sarah Reich, Krista A. Keller

Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory (Levy, Allender, Keller), Wildlife Medical Clinic (Whittington, Reich), Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine (Allender, Principati, Whittington, Reich, Keller), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

The eastern grey squirrel (EGS), Sciurus carolinensis, is a tree squirrel native to the eastern United States. This species commonly presents to wildlife medical clinics for a variety of human-related injuries including road traffic and pet predation. The purpose of this study was to determine prognostic indicators for survival in young or orphaned EGS. Retrospective data were collected from January 1, 2012 to June 12, 2018 for all EGS weighing less than 300 g that presented to the Wildlife Medical Clinic at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

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Summer Scholars Success

Whether in the classroom, the clinic, or beyond, we are so proud of the hard work and dedication put forth by the veterinary student community.  Take a look at Leah Sauerwein and Maria Koytcheva's CSU Veterinary Summer Scholars project - congratulations on your accomplishments, ladies!

A Systematic Review of Environmental Sustainability In Veterinary Practice  

Maria K. Koytcheva, Leah K. Sauerwein, Tracy L. Webb, Sadie A. Skeels, Colleen G. Duncan

One Health Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

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Plantar Pastern Subluxation - A Case Study

Check out this interesting case study that Bianca Ruspi from Cornell University was a part of!

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