Oct. 18, 2023
CVM to Provide Education in Rural Practice Ownership
The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine recently secured $234,000 in funding from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop educational resources for veterinarians and veterinary students interested in starting or acquiring a rural veterinary practice.
Aug. 24, 2023
MU Study Supports Strong Link Between Respiratory and Digestive Diseases
During swallow study, 75% of dogs with respiratory disease had one or more digestive tract abnormalities.
July 20, 2023
Miniature Rescue Donkey Gets New Leg Through CVM and Hanger Clinic
Peaceful Pastures Donkey Rescue Lincoln, Missouri, takes in abused, neglected, malnourished, ill and elderly donkeys and provides them with medical, nutritional and emotional rehabilitation before adopting them to loving homes.
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 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.
Dec. 5, 2022
Feline Genetics Help Pinpoint First-Ever Domestication of Cats, MU Study Finds
Cat genes reveal how invention of agriculture bonded cats with people in ancient Mesopotamia, leading to worldwide feline migration with humans.
Nov. 10, 2022
BREATHE Easy: VHC Internal Medicine Specialists Launch New Clinic
In March 2021, Steve Kasper’s 9-year-old beagle mix, Spirit, began refusing to go on her daily 4-mile walk. Suddenly, Spirit was easily getting winded. Based on her clinical picture and the appearance of her lungs on radiographs, her veterinarian suspected the dog had contracted a fungal infection and referred Kasper, of Battlefield, Missouri, and Spirit to the MU Veterinary Health Center.
Nov. 4, 2022
‘Click’ Chemistry May Help Treat Dogs With Bone Cancer, MU Study Finds
In September, researchers from California and Denmark were awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of ‘click’ chemistry, a process in which molecules snap together like LEGO, making them a potentially more efficient transportation device in delivering pharmaceuticals to cancer tumors.
Oct. 21, 2022
Vet Tech Career Ladder Provides Growth Opportunities at the CVM
The work that veterinary technicians do is vital to the daily function of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and veterinary medicine as a whole. The work itself is taxing, and unfortunately, clinics around the country often operate with a short staff and have high turnover rates when it comes to technicians.