WSU College of Veterinary Medicine

PULLMAN, Wash. – Robert W. Parkins, a WSU retiree who worked for the university from Sept. 1973 to June 2009, died Oct. 7, 2017, in an automobile accident.

By John Sutherland, University Communications PULLMAN, Wash. – M. Kariuki Njenga, a Washington State University professor in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health and a leader in the effort to address emerging zoonotic diseases, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

By Laura Lockard, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – Working with African governments and building on international and local partnerships, Washington State University’s Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health is developing the next strategies for the elimination of rabies as a human health threat.

By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – For 10 years, photographer Lauren Grabelle and her Weimaraner, Sugar, were always on the move. In New Jersey, Grabelle entered Sugar in lure coursing, agility and flyball, sports geared toward burning off Sugar’s seemingly boundless energy.

By Charlie Powell, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is recommending that college students consider all aspects of pet ownership before taking the plunge.

By Charlie Powell, College of Veterinary  Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – Following the announcement of the state’s first two West Nile Virus cases for 2017, Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is offering important resources for horse owners.

By Charlie Powell, College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine recommends that animal owners be aware that wildfire smoke advisories, issued by county and municipal health districts for people, apply to animals, too.

By Charlie Powell, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – Temperatures nearing or surpassing the century mark in the Inland Northwest this week prompts the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine to issue a hot pavement advisory for pets.

By Charlie Powell, College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – More pets go missing around the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S. than at any other time of year.

By Charlie Powell, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – So far this season, Washington State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital has treated a dog and a horse bitten by rattlesnakes.