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All horse owners are familiar with colic, an abdominal discomfort that can manifest in many different ways. Severe cases require emergency surgery, and can be fatal if not treated immediately. Thankfully for Northern California horse owners, few hospitals are better equipped to diagnose and treat colic than the UC Davis veterinary hospital.

Dr. Sandipan Datta recently received a prestigious Knight's Templar Eye Foundation (KTEF) Career Starter grant for $65,000 to fund research on retinoblastoma. Datta, a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratory of Professor Gino Cortopassi, is interested in understanding how drugs that modulate mitochondrial function may protect from eye cancer.

In his annual State of the School address, Dean Michael Lairmore congratulated the school’s community in achieving the top spot among veterinary schools in the world by QS World University Rankings for the third year running. He credits that recognition to the school’s ability to attract the best and brightest students, and faculty and staff dedicated to compassionate care, clinical innovation, and ground-breaking research.  

A suitable environment is a major factor in keeping livestock herds healthy. Grazing on a rotating schedule has benefits for soil and air quality, as well. 

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common cancer found in equine eyes and the second most common tumor of the horse overall. Thanks to a recent genetic study led by UC Davis, horse owners can now identify horses at risk for ocular SCC and make informed breeding decisions. 

Dr. Patricia Conrad is honored with the 2017 AVMA Lifetime Excellence in Research Award for her research and contributions to the veterinary profession, taking a One Health approach that address the interconnectedness of humans, animals and the environment. 

Cats are the perfect pet. They are small, independent, furry and adorable. But are we feeding our cats in a way that’s hurting them?

"This year, there are worse ticks than many of us have ever seen in our lives," says Janet Foley, an epidemiologist at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

The School of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to announce the Thornton S. Glide Foundation of California as the recipient of the 2017 El Blanco Award. This award recognizes significant contributions that animal owners and other benefactors have made to clinical veterinary medicine. 

Oil spills increasingly happen far from a coastline, so oil spill drills that occur inland, like a recent drill in Quincy, California, provide critical training for effective spill response. 

UC Davis vector biologist Greg Lanzaro is taking part in the newly-announced UC Irvine Malaria Initiative to genetically engineer new strains of mosquitoes to fight malaria in Africa.  

Patch, a horse missing his left eye, competed in the recent Kentucky Derby. But missing one eye was likely the least important part of his chances on the track since horses see differently than people. 

A spike in the number of mosquitoes in the Sacramento region over the past few weeks is raising worries about a more dangerous than usual return of West Nile virus.

UC Davis shelter medicine specialists provided the Ukiah Animal Shelter with an assessment to help them to animals reconnected with their owners faster or out to new adopters or a rescue group in a faster manner. 

Dr. Kate Hurley, local shelter medicine veterinarian and director of UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, was selected as one of 15 nationwide winners of the Maddie Hero Award — given by Maddie’s Fund, a family foundation that focuses on pet adoptions and shelter medicine education.