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January 2025 Publications

Please see below for all January peer-reviewed publications by CDPM faculty and indexed through PubMed.

Dr. Stern: New animal cruelty task force

Taking the lead in combating animal cruelty in Florida, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, with support from the State Attorney’s offices of R.J. Larizza, Brian Kramer, and Melissa Nelson, has established the North Florida Animal Cruelty Task Force. This task force includes Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns, Putnam,…

Dr. Portela’s Team: #1 in anesthesia and analgesia publications

In the latest Clarivate rankings, the University of Florida has moved up from second place (in 2022) to first place, as the institution with the highest publication rate in Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia over the past three years. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia is the most important research journal in…

Herbicide threatens manatee immune systems

A new University of Florida study focusing on manatees’ immune systems reveals how glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used herbicide, may threaten manatee health in an environment increasingly impacted by human activities. UF authors who contributed to the study include CDPM faculty members Mike Walsh, D.V.M., a clinical associate professor…

December 2024 Publications

Please see below for all December peer-reviewed publications by CDPM faculty and indexed through PubMed.

November 2024 Publications

Please see below for all November peer-reviewed publications by CDPM faculty and indexed through PubMed.

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…

October 2024 Publications

Please see below for all October peer-reviewed publications by CDPM faculty and indexed through PubMed.

Annual UFCVM Holiday Food Drive …

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…