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    Penn Vet’s Swine Teaching and Research Center Celebrates 25 Years of Inspiring Careers and Creating Positive Change

    Twenty-five years ago, the Center’s founders set out to build the barn of the future. Today, it has exceeded their wildest dreams.

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    A New Lab Using AI to Better Understand Farm Animal Behavior and Aid Agriculture Opens at New Bolton Center

    An innovative new initiative that aims to use the power of AI to crack the code of animal behavior and help Pennsylvania farmers and agriculture celebrated its official launch at…

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    Penn Vet Faculty Awarded State Agricultural Research Grants in Multiple Areas

    In recognition of leadership in agriculture, health and the environment, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has been awarded several newly announced state agricultural research grants.

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    Penn Vet Scientist Receives USDA NIFA Funding to Advance Early-Life Probiotic Strategies for Dairy Calves

    The Mark Whittier and Lila Griswold Allam Associate Professor of Ruminant Nutrition, Dipti Pitta, PhD, at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has received a $650,000…

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    Penn Vet’s Dean Andrew Hoffman Highlights Vaccination, Veterinary Support in Fight Against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

    As Pennsylvania confronts its largest avian influenza outbreak in years, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine, Andrew M. Hoffman,…

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    Biomarkers Help Crack the Code on Saving More Equine Lives

    In both animals and humans, biomarkers can signal that something has gone awry. For clinicians, they are valuable tools – once they are identified.

    Amanda Watkins

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    For many, veterinary school is the gateway to a clearly defined career — diagnosing and treating animals in a clinical setting. But for Amanda Watkins, that journey took an unexpected…

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    Moving Closer to ‘True’ Equine IVF for Clinical Use

    Katrin Hinrichs, Harry Werner Endowed Professor of Equine Medicine, and colleagues developed a technique that would allow successful conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) with horses.

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    Ryan Hospital and New Bolton Center’s Infection Prevention and Biosecurity Programs Strive to Safeguard Health for Animals and People

    Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the environments they share. The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn…

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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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