JAVMA News-Mississippi State’s specialty center shares advanced equipment with human medical practice

Story and photos by Malinda Larkin

​Let’s start with a geography lesson. Starkville is located in central Mississippi and had a population of 24,360 as of 2012. Mississippi State University, which is partially located in Starkville, had an enrollment of 20,161 in 2013. The closest city with more than 100,000 residents is Jackson, Mississippi, which is 125 miles southwest of Starkville.

Given those figures, it may not seem plausible that the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine could offer high-end diagnostic testing and treatment options for its neurology and oncology patients. And yet, this is what it has: a 64-slice CT scanner, a 3-T MRI scanner, a 4-D ultrasound machine, and a linear accelerator that is so precise its beam can target a tumor within 5 millimeters.  read more...

Diagnostic diligence finds new bovine virus in state

By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Professional inquiry and persistence recently resulted in the confirmation of a new cattle virus in Mississippi that previously had been identified only in California.
Dr. Jim Cooley, a veterinary pathologist and professor in the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, worked with a colleague at the University of California-Davis to identify the neurologic disease that causes inflammation in the brains or spinal cords of affected cattle.  Read more...

MSU scientists make ‘killer’ recipes to fight cancer cells

By Keri Collins Lewis
MSU Ag Communications
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Cancer kills nearly 600,000 Americans each year, and a team of researchers at Mississippi State University is developing new and better ways of fighting back.
Dr. Cody Coyne, professor of molecular pharmacology and immunology in the Department of Basic Sciences at the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, and his team of scientists are researching more effective ways to kill cancer cells.  Read more...

MSU veterinary professor, alum honored by national organization

Dr. Todd Archer of Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine is being honored by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Foundation. Read more...

Shauna Trichler receives U.S. Army Health Professions Scholarship

On Facebook!Congratulations to Class of 2017's Shauna Trichler on receiving the highly competitive national U.S. Army Health Professions Scholarship for the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps!

Welcome Vet Campers!!!!

2nd week Vet Camp, in the news WTVA.


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What is Veterinary Summer Camp?

MSU-CVM Veterinary Camp is for students age 13 to 17 who have aspirations of one day:
• working as a veterinarian
• being a scientist
• working in an animal-focused career. 
MSU Veterinary Camp is a hands-on experience.  Interactive labs engage all your senses. You see, feel, smell and hear about animals from the view of a veterinarian.

The real instructors and professors from Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine will ignite your curiosity about everything from anatomy and microbiology to radiology and physical exams. learn more...

Graduation Ceremonies May 9th, 2014

The CVM Family is invited to attend graduation ceremonies at the Humphrey Coliseum at 2pm Friday, May 9.  As in past years, you may also access a live stream of the event by clicking on a link that will be readily available on the CVM homepage: www.cvm.msstate.edu

The 10 am Awards Ceremony will also be viewable via that same web link.  Space is tight in the auditorium for Awards Day, so if you aren't presenting an award, please consider watching in the Tait Butler or the Freshman Classroom, where the event will be streamed, or using the web link.

Congratulations, Class of 2014!

Thanks to everyone at the CVM who has helped plan the special events of this week!