News Archive

05/07/2010
Pet owners try alternative therapy for furry friends (Gazette-Times)

FitzSimons, a student at the Oregon State University veterinary school, figured she knew something about treating animals – and cranio-sacral therapy, an alternative type of medicine akin to chiropractic work, didn’t sound very scientific.

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04/24/2010
Guarding Human Health (Terra Magazine)

Veterinarians, as everyone knows, care for dogs, cats and livestock. Less well-known is their role in safeguarding human health.

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04/22/2010
Small Animal ICU grows with Veterinary School (The Daily Barometer)

The Small Animal Intensive Care Unit at the Oregon State University Veterinary School is being remodeled to accommodate the school's growing number of students and animals.

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04/22/2010
Vet students seek donations to aid pets (Gazette-Times)

"Just as there are families in our community who may need help with food, so too is there a need to make sure that our animal friends are well-cared-for," said Kate Hooper, co-president of the Shelter Medicine Club.

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04/20/2010
Autism advocate, animal processing pioneer to speak (Gazette-Times)

Grandin has written extensively about her experiences with autism and speaks around the world on that subject as well as on animal welfare, cattle handling and other animal science subjects.

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04/15/2010
Animal Disease Traceability: Why should YOU care? (Oregon Beef Producer)

OSU College of Veterinary Medicine faculty Dr. Aurora Villarroel writes in the April 2010 issue of Oregon Beef Producer.

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04/07/2010
Shortage of vets for big animals could affect food supply (KDRV-TV)

A new U.S. Census Bureau survey warns that there may not be enough veterinarians to protect the nation's food animal supply. Only about 17 percent of the vets in the U.S. work with food supply animals. In Oregon, four counties have no large animal veterinarians.

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04/04/2010
Reviving the romance of rural practice (JAVMA)

Rural veterinarians seek next generation; study finds rural lifestyle is main draw.

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04/03/2010
Veterinarian in rural Oregon finds rewards on the range (Oregonian)

In rural Grant County, the pair tend everything from pets to livestock. “We see it all at this clinic,” Nash says. “We can’t specialize. If a dog comes in, we do dog medicine. If a pig comes in, we do pig medicine. If an exotic bird comes in, we do exotic bird medicine.”

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03/19/2010
Sea lion rescued near Coast caves (KGW-TV)

The netting was wrapped around the animal's head and several feet of trailing net were trapped between rocks, giving the animal only about a 10-foot radius of movement, recuse coordinator Jim Rice said. The sea lion had been stuck there about a day and may have been tangled up for about a week. Also Read 'Quick action saves sea lion trapped in trawl net' (Gazette-Times)

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