Archive for 2018



College’s inaugural ownership summit deemed a huge success

By • Dec 12th, 2018 • Category: Around the College, Features, November-December 2018

The event focused on the financial and other benefits of practice ownership for veterinary medical students.

In the news

By • Dec 11th, 2018 • Category: News, November-December 2018

In the news A story about a groundbreaking new lifetime study relating to the development of a heart disease known as dilated myelopathy in Doberman pinschers was featured on WCJB-TV 20 News, in Veterinary Practice News and in American Veterinarian. The study involves Dr. Amara Estrada, a professor of cardiology at the UFCVM, as part […]

UF faculty member plays key role in new study of heart disease in Dobermans

By • Dec 11th, 2018 • Category: Features, News, November-December 2018

Researchers hope a new study will provide insights into the role of specific genetic mutations in the development of a heart disease that disproportionately affects Doberman pinschers.

Around the college

By • Dec 11th, 2018 • Category: Around the College, November-December 2018

Around the college

Researcher aims to eliminate glanders disease through new vaccine

By • Dec 11th, 2018 • Category: Features, November-December 2018, People

A UF researchers hopes to develop a vaccine that will neutralize a disease that has threatened livestock and humans for millennia.

College initiates new regional consortium to enhance teaching expertise

By • Dec 11th, 2018 • Category: Features, News, November-December 2018

A new regional consortium will aim to enhance the sharing of ideas for how to improve teaching in veterinary medicine.

Faculty member’s article among “Top 10” downloaded in equine journal

By • Dec 11th, 2018 • Category: Features, November-December 2018, People

The article, which deals with pain management in horses, has made a journal’s Top 10 downloads list for three years in a row.