With support from the UF strategic funding initiative, a state-of-the-art, AI-enabled digital imaging platform will be developed to collect, collate, and analyze patient data. This innovative, first-of-its-kind veterinary learning health care system will create a path for the development of precision medicine — medical solutions customized to each patient with the aid of molecular and genomic data sets. It will also address bottlenecks in the pathway to implementing personalized cancer diagnoses and treatments, including the scarcity of veterinary pathologists and the heterogeneous nature of cancer disorders.

A Labrador retriever named Ava is back to running and playing with her family after her second double hip replacement, courtesy of Texas A&M University veterinarians, computerized tomography (CT)-guided planning, and 3D-printing technology.

When the two replacement hips Ava received as a puppy wore out in 2020, Texas A&M veterinarians were able to remove the old joints and replace them with new ones by using CT-guided planning, 3D-printed bone models and rehearsal surgeries to ensure the procedures would be successful.

The research team in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences found that implementing shorter-term fostering programs at animal shelters vastly improves adoptions for our canine friends.

The University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine recently hit the road in its mobile surgery unit, a 53-foot travel trailer housing all the equipment and supplies necessary to perform medical tests and procedures on a variety of animals.

A study aimed to characterize animal-related injuries among veterinary medical center staff, shedding light on crucial trends to enhance workplace safety. Researchers analyzed 706 hospital staff injuries, this research delves into injury reports submitted to Human Resources between 2008 and 2022. Data include injury descriptions, dates, occupations, and worker’s compensation details. The research methodology involves summarizing data by year, identifying causes of injury, calculating total injury costs, and categorizing injuries based on occupation.

Veterinarians routinely encounter and address typical canine respiratory pathogens. However, the cases under scrutiny have tested negative for these standard pathogens, prompting a comprehensive investigation to explore the possibility of emerging pathogens previously unidentified as causes of respiratory disease. It is crucial to note that any findings at this stage are preliminary, and ongoing investigations are essential for conclusive determinations.