The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine received the 2024 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Guided by compassion, collaboration, and connection, Dr. Michelle (Sanborn) Schack's passion for large animal health and well-being has been at the forefront of her inspirational career as a dairy cattle veterinarian, DairyKind educator, and food safety advocate.
Tube feeding is a specialized skill required when caring for kittens under 4 weeks old, but caregivers often learn it on an ad hoc basis when a newborn is most in need. A professor of veterinary medicine and a team of development engineers aim to improve and increase access to the training of this technique with a 3D-printed kitten model they created at the University of California, Davis.
UC Davis is celebrating its most successful fundraising campaign to date, raising over $2.25 billion — almost $470 million of which came from gifts to the School of Veterinary Medicine.
As part of an ongoing commitment to antimicrobial stewardship, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine collaborated with Mars Veterinary Health, including Banfield Pet Hospital, and the University of Guelph on a new U.S. study published in PLOS ONE that examines antimicrobial use practices in canine and feline patients with co-morbidities undergoing dental procedures.
A Nestlé Purina PetCare grant of nearly $1 million over 5 years will support the School of Veterinary Medicine's G.V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory. It will allow companion animal veterinarians to provide free urinary stone analysis results to their patients.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is investigating the possible introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at three dairy farms in the Central Valley.
Preventing the next pandemic begins before diseases emerge. This “pre-emergence” phase is the focus of a new center funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and led by the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Emily McCobb, DVM, MS, DACVAA has been named the inaugural PetSmart Charities Endowed Chair in Accessible Veterinary Care at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. The role has been permanently funded by a $6 million grant, the single most sizeable grant in PetSmart Charities 30-year history.
On August 20, Chief Veterinary Medical Officer Dr. Michael Mison, along with the VMTH Leadership Team, delivered his first “State of the VMTH” address to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine welcomed 150 students of the Class of 2028 in the annual White Coat ceremony. A record high 58% of the incoming class are first generation college students.