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    Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program Helps Heal Dogs With Hip Dysplasia So They Can Live ‘Their Best Lives’

    Stephanie and Michael Fullmer fell in love with Cora, a sweet-natured rescue Golden Retriever, as soon as they saw her photo. And Cora loved back – kids, kittens, other dogs,…

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    New Bolton Center Surgeons Come Through for Howee the Steer and his Girl

    Mallie Touchton was always a farm animal kid. Since she was 8, Mallie was raising and showing her own market livestock – pigs, goats, and dairy calves. Even though she…

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    Wild birds are driving the current U.S. bird flu outbreak (link is external)

    Since late 2021, a panzootic, or “a pandemic in animals,” of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals.

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    Behind the Breakthroughs: Amy Johnson

    Balancing clinical care with scientific inquiry, Penn Vet’s Amy Johnson leads efforts to decode the complexities of neurologic diseases in horses

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    In the Office with Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM

    Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM, shares her New Bolton Center office with the campus’s microbiology reference library.

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    Breaking New Ground: Penn Vet Builds Future-Ready Learning Hub

    Set to open in the coming months, the 11,800-square-foot clinical skills center will be the first dedicated classroom space on the Kennett Square campus, ushering in a new era of…

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    A Love of Animals and the Land

    The Penn Vet of Dean Snyder, V’54, was a very different place than today. So was the world.

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    Unboxing a Pioneer’s Legacy

    Born in 1919, Jane Hinton, V’49, came of age when opportunities for women in science and medicine were scarce — and for Black women, nearly nonexistent. expertise in poultry and…

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    Comforting Philanthropy

    At Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, world-class clinical care is matched with deep compassion for animals and the people who love them.

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    Penn Vet’s Enhanced Approach to Teaching Primary Care Surgery Aims for Career-Ready Graduates

    Brooklyn, a white Maltese dressed for warmth in a green frog hoodie, lay in anesthetized slumber under the bright lights of Ryan Hospital’s junior surgery suite. On one side of…

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    Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Seek to Unravel the Mystery of the Disappearing Barn Owl

    Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program and the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) have been engaged in a collaborative effort to identify the causes of these owls’ decline and any actions that…

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    Penn Vet’s Annual Research Retreat Calls for the Power of Synergy in Challenging Times

    Noting the challenges ahead, but celebrating the many breakthroughs at hand, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) community gathered for their 31st annual Research Retreat held…

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    Dogs with cancer are helping save lives—both canine and human (link is external)

    The Comparative Immunotherapy Program led by Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason is redefining how therapies are developed and tested—uniting human and veterinary medicine to move promising immunotherapies forward.

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    Behind the Breakthroughs: J. Oriol Sunyer

    J. Oriol Sunyer explores how studying the evolution of the immune system reveals surprising connections between fish and human immunity, and what these discoveries could mean for the development of…

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    Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center Welcomes Dan Martzall as Chief of Farrier Services

    Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Martzall as the new chief of Farrier Services. With extensive expertise in therapeutic and performance horse shoeing,…