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    Keeping food safe and animals healthy

    A strain of the H5N1 virus—best known for causing avian influenza—was detected in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time in March 2024. It has since spread to more than…

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    Food waste: Recycling, not discarding, offers huge environmental benefits

    Researchers at Penn Vet examine how common food waste recycling methods, including composting, could have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the use of natural resources.

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    University of Pennsylvania Avian Influenza Experts Provide Briefing to Pennsylvania Policy Makers

    As concerns about the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak continue to grow, experts from the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) visited…

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    Penn Vet Showcases Vital Role in Pennsylvania Agriculture at 109th Pennsylvania Farm Show

    At the 109th Pennsylvania Farm Show last week, with the theme ‘Powering Pennsylvania,’ the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) importance to the state’s agricultural industry was…

    Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals

    The new Penn Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center brought together faculty speakers from five schools for its Climate Solutions for the Living World symposium.

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    Tara Gaab, V’17

    From Classroom to Farms to Back Again

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    The Draw of Internal Medicine

    Drs. Joy Tomlinson and Daniela Luethy’s Love of the Practice

    Understanding how a red seaweed reduces methane emissions from cows

    Methane emissions from livestock are a leading contributor to climate warming. In a collaborative study testing the diets of cows, Dipti Pitta (pictured) and Nagaraju Indugu of the School of…

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    Penn Vet Scientist Receives More Than Half a Million Dollars For Research and Development of Mitigation Technology to Halt Methane Emissions from Dairy Cattle

    Funding from Gerstner Philanthropies will study effects of probiotic supplement to prevent methane production in commercial herds.

    Regenerative Ag Alliance promotes stream health through agroforestry

    After meticulous planning, the Alliance planted an initial 250 trees at New Bolton Center with assistance from enthusiastic volunteers and students from Penn Vet and Weitzman. The project aims to…

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