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Check out our latest news here: https://go.ncsu.edu/cvm-news or find more information on clinical trials here: https://go.ncsu.edu/cvm-trials 🐺🐾

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!Our experts are looking for dogs recently di...
10/15/2026

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!

Our experts are looking for dogs recently diagnosed with KCS (Keratoconjunctivitis sicca) to help test a potential therapeutic that involves a single injection. Once your dog is enrolled in the study, all costs are covered.

Don't have a dog with KCS formation? Please share!

More info at the link in our bio.

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!Dr. Annie Oh, associate professor of ophthal...
10/13/2026

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!

Dr. Annie Oh, associate professor of ophthalmology, is looking for dogs diagnosed with acute blindness within the past two weeks, confirmed by ophthalmic exam, and that haven't started treatment of steroids or antibiotics yet.

Your dog doesn't qualify? Please share!

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10/13/2026

Planning for our new Large Animal Veterinary Center is front and center at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, and we are looking forward to offering our clients access to a purpose-built facility designed for how advanced veterinary medicine is practiced today — and what it will demand in the decades ahead.

The new and renovated facility will offer:

• A dedicated emergency and colic wing where horses in crisis can be admitted, stabilized and moved directly to surgery within the same connected space.
• An expanded ruminant and farm animal facility that accommodates more patients and allows for more space to maneuver cattle.
• A sports medicine pavilion with a covered arena, specialized surfaces for lameness evaluation and state-of-the-art imaging technology — including MRI, a standing CT scanner, CT myelography capabilities and nuclear scintigraphy — that continues NC State’s reputation as one of the go-to premier medical facilities for performance horse owners on the East Coast.
• Three operating rooms that will allow emergency and elective procedures to proceed simultaneously — something the current facility cannot accommodate.
• A new isolation pavilion that will expand our capacity to contain infectious disease outbreaks, protecting every patient in the hospital and every large animal in the surrounding community.
• Natural light in every stall. Flooring designed to reduce stress and prevent injury.
• Spaces built for clear communication between clinical teams. A client entry designed to be welcoming and easy to navigate, especially in the middle of the night — because emergencies don’t wait for daylight.

The expanded and updated facility also means more students in the space, more cases observed, more skills developed — and more specialists entering a field that desperately needs them.

Stay tuned!

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!Dr. Kursten Pierce, the nation's first fello...
10/09/2026

Animal lovers, help us find research participants for life-changing studies!

Dr. Kursten Pierce, the nation's first fellow of Interventional Cardiology, is looking for dogs diagnosed with or suspected of having Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis for a randomized test of an oral therapeutic for the condition.

Don't have a dog with SAS? Please share!

More details at the link in our bio, or you can follow the url in the image.

Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Blikslager and Dr. Jan Hawkins, awarded today with career achievement and service awards,...
10/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Blikslager and Dr. Jan Hawkins, awarded today with career achievement and service awards, respectively, by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

They met at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine nearly 40 years ago when Blikslager, currently associate dean and director of the veterinary medical services, was a resident in large animal surgery and Hawkins, now head of the Department of Clinical Sciences, entered his fourth-year clinical rotations.

Blikslager has been a pioneer in studying how intestines heal after colic surgery and in using the Ussing chamber, a device that can determine a horse’s medical condition by measuring the electrical current and voltage in its intestines.

Surgery techniques and anesthesia protocols have already evolved so much that the colic survival rate is now 80 to 90%, Blikslager said, when colic was nearly always fatal to horses at the beginning of his career. He was nominated for the ACVS 2026 Founders’ Award for Career Achievement by a veterinarian he mentored in his lab this spring.

Hawkins built his career specializing in upper respiratory tract disorders and expanding the use of lasers in large animal surgery and has a demonstrated commitment to giving back to the ACVS, ultimately becoming president in 2024 and chairman of the board in 2025. Blikslager recognized his dedication and nominated him for the 2026 Al and Carolyn Schiller Distinguished Service Award.

“When he became president, he poured every ounce of energy he could muster into that organization, and he’s just a fantastic advocate for trainees who want to join,” Blikslager said. “I had a great deal of trust that he would do the very best thing during some hard transitions.”

Read more about their careers and achievements at the link in our bio.

“People reach out to us because they know that if they have a question, we can take it from the beginning to the end.”Dr...
10/07/2026

“People reach out to us because they know that if they have a question, we can take it from the beginning to the end.”

Dr. Xinxia Peng, a professor of infectious diseases at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is an expert on genomics and bioinformatics and has developed research partnerships with scientists across the state and country. Most recently, he’s received two NIH grants, one partnering with Duke researching organ transplants and the other with an NC State scientist studying uterine function.

He has a truly interdisciplinary team with both the expertise to conduct wet-lab experiments with various biological samples and to provide the dry-lab bioinformatics computations on genetic codes within those samples that lead to biological discoveries.

At its most basic, bioinformatics is a field that combines computer science, mathematics and biology to analyze and interpret complex biological data like DNA and protein sequences.

Peng’s investigations include trying to understand the role genetics play in how an individual patient responds to immunity-related therapeutics.

“Having this setup that, to some degree, makes us a place that people will come to us and say, ‘Hey, we want to collaborate together,’ to me that is really very satisfying,” he said. “My team is amazing.”

Check the link in our bio to read more.

Animal lovers, help us spread the word about our study to identify the underlying cause of gallbladder mucocele formatio...
10/06/2026

Animal lovers, help us spread the word about our study to identify the underlying cause of gallbladder mucocele formation in Shetland Sheepdogs by studying their genetics.

Participants will need to submit to a collection of DNA through blood (preferred) or a cheek swab. Owners will be asked to fill out some information about your Sheltie.

Don't have a Sheltie? Please share!

Go to the link in our bio for more information or follow the URL in the image.

Ozone exposure can cause lung inflammation and exacerbate lung diseases such as asthma and COPD, and NC State College of...
10/01/2026

Ozone exposure can cause lung inflammation and exacerbate lung diseases such as asthma and COPD, and NC State College of Veterinary Medicine researchers are learning more about how to treat it.

Dr. Yogesh Saini, professor of pulmonary immunology and toxicology, received a $2.85 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to build on his research investigating the role certain proteins play in fighting inflammation.

Saini’s lab determined that in mice, the protein tristetraprolin, expressed by certain immune cells in the lungs, helps regulate high-dose, ozone-induced inflammation, and causing the body to produce more of the protein can protect against damage from short-term exposure to ozone.

His new research will study its effects on long-term, low-dose ozone exposure, with the ultimate goal of developing new clinical treatments.

Follow the link in our bio to see how environmental factors in North Carolina tie in to this research.

Soft coated wheaten terriers are known to be predisposed to chronic gastrointestinal disease. We have determined that th...
10/01/2026

Soft coated wheaten terriers are known to be predisposed to chronic gastrointestinal disease. We have determined that the dogs develop changes in their guts before clinical signs develop. We want to see whether these changes are preventable with early diet intervention.

Enrolled dogs will visit the NC State Veterinary Hospital monthly for a total of four visits, will receive an Alicam® video capsule endoscope twice and then will be transitioned to a kibble diet, which they will eat exclusively for 90 days

Don't have a wheaten? Please share to help us change more lives!

Follow the URL in the image or click in the link in our bio for more information.

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine hit the road to provide veterinary support at Sampson Showdown — a livestock sho...
09/30/2026

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine hit the road to provide veterinary support at Sampson Showdown — a livestock show hosted by Sampson County 4-H and N.C. Cooperative Extension.

N.C. Cooperative Extension is a joint effort among NC State, N.C. A&T, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and local governments across the state. At Sampson Showdown, 4-H participants of all ages competed with a variety of livestock animals. Drs. Tomas Gonzalez, Danielle Mzyk and Michael Center made sure the animals were healthy and disease-free before they entered the facility.

NC State has extension offices in all 100 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee, serving as a resource for every corner of the state, both urban and rural, providing:
🔬Research-backed information to industry
🍎 Health and nutrition outreach programs to communities
🍀 4-H youth development for kids and teens

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