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CVM graduate students in CDPM and ID&I were honored at the International Student Achievement Awards, on Tuesday, November 19.

The 30th Annual International Student Achievement Awards …CONGRATULATIONS! Graduate students pictured from left to right are: Chaitanya Gottapu (CDPM), Na Sun (ID&I), and Roshen Neelawala (CDPM). The International Student Achievement Awards Ceremony is sponsored by the University of Florida International Center and is celebrated yearly during UF’s International Education…

Dr. Chiavaccini: Using AI to detect pain

Congratulations to Dr. Ludovica Chiavaccini, a clinical associate professor of anesthesiology at the UFCVM! She and her colleagues filmed the faces of goats that were in pain and those that were comfortable. Then they fed the data into an artificial intelligence-based model that learned to distinguish goats in pain by…

Annual UFCVM Holiday Food Drive is NOW …

CDPM you did AMAZING! You filled up our bin not once, not twice, but THREE times so far. Thank you for being so generous… Our Annual UFCVM Holiday Food drive has officially started our annual holiday food drive to support the local Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, a…

2024 CVM Distinguished Award winners

The UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s 2024 Distinguished Winners from left to right, are: Dr. Steven Rosenthal, Dr. Kendra Stauffer, Dr. Maureen Long, Dr. Stephanie Sabshin and Dr. Arnold Goldman. Not pictured is Dr. Jim Wellehan. Individuals whose contributions to the veterinary medical profession range from combating diseases in animals…

Dr. Stern: Honored for work in animal forensics

Dr. Adam Stern, center, holds the award for “Superior Accomplishment in Animal Forensic Sciences” during a recent conference on animal forensics investigations. Dr. Adam Stern and the Veterinary Forensics Sciences Laboratory hosted a three-day Animal Forensic Investigations Conference in Gainesville May 20-22 at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center.

Dr. Heard: Inside Australian crocodile farming

Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media Australia has a new plan to manage its growing crocodile population, but not everyone is a fan. Late last month, officials in the Northern Territory released an updated saltwater crocodile management plan, the culmination of months of public comments and consultation with experts.

Dr. Stern: Receives over $7 million in gifts

Dr. Adam Stern, left, explains to veterinary students how to excavate a clandestine animal grave in a forest. (Photo courtesy of Adam Stern, D.V.M.) Many of the animals examined by Adam Stern, D.V.M., a professor at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in the department of comparative diagnostic and population…

Dr. Walden: Parasitic pet diseases spreading

Ticks transmit Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis. Mosquitoes play a key role in the spread of heartworm disease. Heartworm disease and the tick-borne illnesses Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are predicted to expand across the United States in 2024, according to the Companion Animal Parasite Council’s annual report. “What was true…