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2024-2025 Sports Season Cast Spotlight on Purdue Comparative Oncology Program
March 28, 2025
The Boilermakers’ Sweet 16 contest tonight in the NCAA tournament provides a great opportunity to reflect on a basketball season that included a special focus on the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Comparative Oncology Program. During the football and basketball season, a BIG Impact Research video spotlighting Purdue canine cancer research and treatment aired during Purdue games on the Big Ten Network.
Keeping Your Pets Safe from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
March 17, 2025
The Purdue Veterinary Hospital has not detected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in its practices but is providing important information to help pet and livestock owners stay informed. HPAI affects various species, including birds, cats, dogs, and livestock, and can spread through contact with infected animals or raw food. To reduce risk, avoid feeding raw meat or unpasteurized dairy to pets, limit wildlife exposure, and use protective gear when handling animals. Owners of feline and avian patients will be asked screening questions during appointments.
“Paws Up” – brought to you by the PVM Wellness Committee
March 7, 2025
This week we feel grateful for Anita Wolf, RVT, who is a veterinary technician in Intermediate Care in the Brunner Small Animal Hospital facility.
Zebra Foal Gets Lifesaving Help at Purdue University Equine Hospital
March 7, 2025
It’s not surprising to see a foal receiving emergency care at the Purdue University Equine Hospital during foaling season. The hospital’s team of expert clinicians and veterinary nurses are used to coming to the rescue when foals need special help to survive. But it was a surprise to see a foal named Marty arrive at the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit in February, because Marty is a zebra, and the hospital is in Indiana.
“Paws Up” – brought to you by the PVM Wellness Committee
February 28, 2025
This week we’re giving a big high-five to Micah Black, who is a veterinary nursing assistant in Large Animal Surgery.
New Faculty Member Joins Comparative Pathobiology Department and Reed ADDL
February 21, 2025
The College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Comparative Pathobiology recently welcomed Dr. Rachel Soltys as clinical assistant professor of diagnostic microbiology. Dr. Soltys, who started January 20, also serves as section head of Bacteriology in the Willie M. Reed Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL).
One Health: A ‘digital twin’ model for predicting cancer outcomes
February 7, 2025
The striking similarities between invasive bladder cancer in dogs and humans have fueled research advances for more than three decades. Most of that work has looked at separate aspects of the disease — risk factors, early detection, symptoms, treatment and gene expression. But a new project at Purdue University that combines many types of available data in a “digital twin” model of bladder cancer may prove powerful enough to predict patient outcomes, starting with the probability of metastasis.
Healing Eyes, Changing Lives: Saving a White Tiger’s Vision
January 31, 2025
The Purdue University Veterinary Hospital’s ophthalmology team recently conducted a life-changing surgery for Prince, a six-year-old white tiger residing at Black Pine Animal Sanctuary (BPAS) in Albion, Indiana. The procedure marked a significant step in restoring the tiger’s vision, which had been severely impaired due to poor breeding practices and inadequate care in his earlier years.
“Paws Up” – brought to you by the PVM Wellness Committee
January 31, 2025
Today our gratitude goes to Cass Simmons, RVT, VTS who is a small animal surgery instructional technologist.
Longtime Indiana State Veterinarian and National Animal Health Leader Takes Helm of Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine
January 21, 2025
When the clock struck 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 4, a new dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine was seated at the desk in the Dean’s Office ready to begin a new chapter in the life of the college where he earned his DVM degree 40 years earlier. Dr. Bret Marsh began his new role just as he concluded a career as Indiana State Veterinarian and head of the Indiana State Board of Animal Health.