Major grant to MSU veterinary college benefits shelter medicine

Office of Public Affairs News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Karen Templeton March 31, 2015

 A $300,000 Humane Society of the United States grant announced Monday [March 30] will provide continuing support for the popular traveling service program of Mississippi State's College of Veterinary Medicine.
The major donation by the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization will help cover numerous

Dr. Phil Bushby

university expenses incurred as the college's mobile veterinary clinics provide professional services to 18 North Mississippi animal shelters. Supported entirely by grants and donations, the student-staffed, faculty-supervised clinics spay and neuter homeless animals.
Dr. Phil Bushby led in establishing the traveling clinic program. Now a professor emeritus and former...read more

Decontamination Training and Excersises

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PREPARATION IS KEY — Participants donned Tyvek suits during a decontamination exercise at MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine this weekend. The event provided training for how state, local and university responders would work together in an emergency involving the need to decontaminate people and pets.

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MVMA Winter Meeting

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Why We have Leash Laws

Dr. Christine Calder talks about why we have leash laws.  Farm and family radio: MP3

MSU prof lands $1.8M grant to work on flu vaccine

While scientists and physicians continue to discuss how this year’s influenza vaccine has proven to be relatively ineffective, a Mississippi professor has already begun working on next year’s vaccine. Dr. Henry Wan, an associate professor at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, recently won a $1.8 million grant to help research flu strains and develop an effective vaccine for next year’s flu season. Wan is one of thousands of scientists at more than 130 influenza centers in 106 countries who will analyze data to determine a suitable vaccine for next year. read more...