June 30, 2023
CVM Student’s Start-Up Takes Off Through Mizzou Entrepreneur Quest
For Jack Murray, a VM4 at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, what started as an innovative idea during the COVID lockdown has become a fledging business. While pursuing his veterinary studies remotely, Murray found himself confined to the same four walls of his apartment for most of the day with his dog, Heidi, nearby.
June 22, 2023
CVM Innovations in 2022
MU College of Veterinary Medicine researchers made discoveries and generated innovations in myriad areas in 2022 thanks in part to a unique combination of resources and disciplines at Missouri’s largest public research university.
June 7, 2023
Saving Sam: Mizzou Equine Team Gives Horse-Powered Farm a Second Chance
Klaus and LeAnn Karbaumer are farmers from Platte City, Missouri, a small community just outside of Kansas City. Karbaumer Farm, however, is not your everyday farm. Most of the produce grown by the couple is a product of horse-power.
June 6, 2023
Pet Passports: MU Launches Rabies Lab for Pets Traveling Abroad
The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a rabies antibody testing service within their Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL). The service will provide certified test results for companion animals traveling with their owners to Hawaii and other international locations.
June 5, 2023
Dean Presents Staff and Faculty 2023 Impact Awards
Don Connor, MU’s longest-serving staff member, and Christian Lorson, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and CVM Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, were named recipients of the 2023 CVM Dean’s Impact Awards on May 31.
June 2, 2023
Early Detection Leads to Successful Surgery for Family’s Beloved Cat
In February 2022, Judy and Tom Williams of Overland Park, Kansas, brought Nora, their 11-year-old Maine Coon, to their local veterinarian for a routine teeth cleaning. During this visit, their veterinarian, Ellen Gloor, DVM, a graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, discovered a cyst on the bottom of Nora’s tongue.
May 15, 2023
Friendships (Four- and Two-Legged) Forged Through Treatment at Mizzou CVM
During the past two years, two golden retrievers from the Kansas City area visited the Oncology Service at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, each diagnosed with a similar form of cancer.
May 9, 2023
CVM Honors Outstanding Investigators During CVM Research Day
The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine held its annual Research Day on May 5 in Adams Conference Center and the Bond Life Sciences Center.
May 9, 2023
MU VMDL Receives National Animal Health Laboratory Network Level 1 Status
The Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine has again received Level 1 status as awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture National Animal Health Laboratory Network.
May 5, 2023
Tests and Titles: CVM Keynote Speaker Encourages Graduates to Find Balance
Ashley Bourgeois, DVM, DACVD, a 2010 graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, carries a number of titles: veterinary dermatologist, podcaster, wife and weightlifter. Last year she gained a title she never envisioned when her 3-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia.