Dogs

    Five people wearing hard hats with headlamps and uniforms kneel on the ground with four dogs. The group is at Ground Zero of the attacks on 9/11.

    A Legacy Born at Ground Zero

    A look back at Penn Vet Working Dog Center’s origin and growth.

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    Penn Vet Names Shaun Rowe Executive Director of Ryan Hospital

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has appointed Shaun Rowe, MPAS, MBA, as Executive Director of Ryan Hospital.

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    Penn Vet Gene Therapy Study Advances Another Potential Treatment for Rare Inherited Blinding Disease into Human Clinical Trial

    Vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and the Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations at the Perelman School of Medicine have taken an important…

    Several people gathered around a computer with medical equipment and a dog, appearing to be in a veterinary clinic or lab setting.

    Penn Vet Researchers Map How a Common Blinding Disease Progresses in Dogs and Humans

    Long-term imaging study reveals a reproducible pattern of retinal degeneration offering new insight for diagnosis, care, and therapy development

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    A Sweet Detour and a Lasting Legacy

    In a career spanning laboratory animal medicine, animal welfare, and bioethics, Margaret S. Landi, V’79, MS, DACLAM, MBioethics, has tackled many vexing questions. One in particular came while she was…

    A person in scrubs crouches next to a black dog, holding a ball thrower.

    Pet First Aid Training Comes to the Rescue for a Penn Vet Student and Her Dog

    One day last fall, Alison Kowalski, V’26, and her best canine friend, Kona, were enjoying a great game of fetch in a field near where they live. Kona was having…

    Intraoperative assessment of surgical margins after simulated breast conserving surgery using topical application of cathepsin-targeted molecular pribes

    This trial is enrolling dogs with mammary tumors for a clinical trial assessing the safety and efficacy of a new topical near-infrared imaging agent applied directly to the tumor during…

    Randomized Controlled Trial of One Versus Two Lung Ventilation in Elective Open Lung Lobectomy

    One-lung ventilation (OLV) is an anesthesia technique by which only the lung not undergoing surgery receives oxygen and gas. When the lung that is undergoing surgery is no longer inflated…

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