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Field Service Treats Retired Police Horse

Posted by Rob Warren on August 21, 2018
Have you ever wondered where police horses end up when they retire? Most are adopted out to private sanctuaries or rescue organizations, often times being visited by their former partners. The T.S. & K.D. Glide Foundation on the outskirts of Davis houses eight of them.
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Karina and Roxy

Surgery for Disc Disease Helps Return Dog to Mobility

Posted by Rob Warren on August 21, 2018
Roxie, a 12-year-old female Shih Tzu, was having trouble moving her hind legs, to the point of becoming partially paralyzed. After being referred to the Neurology/Neurosurgery Service at the UC Davis veterinary hospital, an evaluation of Roxie showed her to have an arched posture, avoided moving her neck, and had some incoordination in her hind legs.
Small Animal
Miao Miao

UC Davis Veterinarian Discovers Rare Blood Disorder in Cat

Posted by Rob Warren on August 20, 2018
Miao Miao, a 4-year-old male domestic shorthair cat, was brought to the UC Davis veterinary hospital with persistent nosebleeds. Based on previous medical issues, his owners were aware that he had some variation of a blood platelet disorder (causing an inability to properly clot blood), but the exact make-up of that was never discovered.
Small Animal
Incoming students received white coats

Welcome Class of 2022

Posted by Trina Wood on August 20, 2018
Families, friends, faculty and staff gathered at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine’s event lawn last Friday evening to celebrate and welcome 150 new veterinary students during the annual White Coat Ceremony.
Student Life
The brown dog tick is more likely to bite people and spread the often fatal bacterial infection, experts say.

New Tick Causes Epidemic of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 15, 2018
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is already dangerous, and the new carrier is more likely to bite people than the ticks that usually spread it, the team of U.S. and Mexican researchers said.
Environment/Wildlife
Here’s how to make sure your pooch is ready for the new baby

Here’s How to Make Sure Your Pooch is Ready for the New Baby

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 15, 2018
Your dog is a member of the family, right? So when that family expands to include a new little human member, your pup is one of the many "loved ones" you'll need to prepare for the arrival of a baby.
Small Animal
Jamie Peyton and a team from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife apply fish skin bandages to a bear cub injured in the Carr Fire. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)

WILDFIRES: Bear Treated with Fish Skins

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 10, 2018
State wildlife officers and a UC Davis veterinarian have again used fish skins and other novel forms of pain management to treat a wild animal: a bear cub injured in the Carr Fire.
Environment/Wildlife
The bear badly burned in the Carr Fire awaits treatment

Young Bear Rescued in Carr Fire Undergoes Unique Paw Therapy

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 09, 2018
A young black bear whose paws were burned raw in the Carr Fire is recuperating with special care from a wildlife veterinary team. On Monday, an eight-member team including Dr. Deana Clifford and Dr. Jamie Peyton of the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital spent nearly six hours preparing for the operation and sewing tilapia skin onto the bear's four paws. One benefit of the fish skin — which doesn't smell fishy — is that it contains collagen that aids in healing.
Environment/Wildlife
Cat undergoing treatment

UC Davis Advances Regenerative Cures

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 08, 2018
Since 2012, the Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures (VIRC) at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) has been committed to transforming the SVM into a national leader for veterinary regenerative medicine. VIRC has established laboratory techniques and animal models that have been used to study regenerative therapies for veterinary and human medicine. It has characterized equine, canine and feline stem cells isolated from different tissues with a focus on adult-derived mesenchymal stem cells.
News & Events
Elementary-aged children participate in the inaugural Youth Vet Med Camp

Animal Lovers: Kids Get a Jump-start on Vet School

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 05, 2018
Spending the day learning about surgical procedures or animal behaviors sounds like the typical schedule for a graduate student at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. But this summer, elementary-aged kids were the ones finding out what it takes to become “animal doctors,” thanks to the first-ever Youth Vet Med Camp.
News & Events
Cat with ulcerative keratitis

Medical Management of Deep Ulcerative Keratitis

Posted by Margaret Wong on August 04, 2018
Researchers at the University of California, Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital recently performed a study to determine if intensive medical management offered a viable treatment alternative to surgery for feline patients with severe deep ulcerative keratitis.
Small Animal
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