School of Veterinary Medicine

Optimizing Patient Care

by Rob Warren
April 27, 2023

Research

When a clinical trial takes place to test drug efficacy, there is much more to the study than simply assessing whether a drug works.

Donor Support Fosters Passion for Research

by Rob Warren
April 27, 2023

Research

Early in her veterinary studies, Dr. Sarah Michalak knew that she wanted to pursue research, but she needed a mentor to direct that passion.

UC Davis Research Shows Success of Surgery to Correct Chylothorax in Dogs

by Rob Warren and Clementine Sicard
March 26, 2023

UC Davis veterinary surgeons and cardiologists recently published research on the outcomes of thoracoscopic treatment of idiopathic chylothorax in dogs.

Use of Hydrotherapy Combined with Antibiotics Showed Promise in Cat with Rare Tissue Disorder

by Rob Warren
March 26, 2023

This recently published case study was the result of treatment on a cat by the UC Davis veterinary team from 2006-09. Recently, a UC Davis veterinary student took interest in the “cold case” and published the results.

student and professors examining a cat's eye

Study Shows Complexity and Treatability of Eye Disease in Kittens

by Rob Warren
March 17, 2023

UC Davis veterinary scientists recently published a study to help better describe the eye disease symblepharon and its potential treatments.

UC Davis Researchers Awarded $3.5 Million to Study Disease that Causes Vision Loss in Children

by News Release from the California National Primate Research Center
February 27, 2023

Research

UC Davis researchers will use a new $3.5 million grant from the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop a nonhuman primate model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy to speed the development and testing of treatments for humans.

Heavy Necking: New Insights Into the Sex Life of Giraffes

by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis News
February 15, 2023

A study from the University of California, Davis, provides new insight into the unique sex life of giraffes, their reproductive behavior, and how their anatomy supports that behavior.

Zoonotic Disease in Dogs Rises in Southern Chile After Deworming Program Canceled

by Kat Kerlin
December 19, 2022

Research

A parasitic disease, canine echinococcosis, has increased in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego province after a governmental dog deworming program was canceled in 2004, according to a study from the University of California, Davis’ One Health Institute and School of Veterinary Medicine.

Equine Research Highlights Relation Between an Epileptic Syndrome in Foals and Infants

by Trina Wood
November 21, 2022

Veterinary medicine continues to find commonalities among conditions that affect animals and humans. This week, Dr. Monica Aleman presented an overview at the Platinum Summit in San Antonio of Juvenile Idiopathic Epilepsy (JIE) in Egyptian Arabian foals—an epileptic syndrome similar to one found in infants.

Dr. Sue Stover Delivers Milne Lecture at AAEP

by Rob Warren
November 20, 2022

Research

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Professor Sue Stover delivered the Milne Lecture at 68th Annual American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention in San Antonio.

FIP Research: New Hope For Cats (And Maybe Humans)

by Emily Singer, VMD - AAHA News
November 18, 2022

Research

Drs. Amir Kol, Krystle Reagan, and Brian Murphy are bringing new hope for cats with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) with exciting new research and clinical trials at UC Davis.

Preventing Serious Brain Damage From Nerve Agents

by Amy Quinton
September 26, 2022

UC Davis is establishing a new center designed to develop ways to prevent long-term brain damage in humans when poisoned by organophosphate chemical nerve agents or pesticides.

Endangered Mouse Study Shares No-Contact Sampling Method

by Kat Kerlin
September 19, 2022

Research

Genetic sampling is important for understanding how to conserve and protect the world’s endangered mammals.

UC Davis Receives $10M for Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence

by Tom Hinds
September 09, 2022

Research

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded a new 5-year, $10 million grant for UC Davis to continue its work with six other research universities in research, training, and outreach on vectors, which are organisms that transmit diseases from an animal to a human or another animal.

Novel Coronaviruses Are Riskiest for Spillover

by Kat Kerlin
August 25, 2022

Scientists from the University of California, Davis created network-based models to prioritize novel and known viruses for their risk of zoonotic transmission, which is when infectious diseases pass between animals and humans.