College of Veterinary Medicine

A veterinary student graduating with $150,000 in debt has a hard time saying yes to a rural farm job that pays $50,000 less than other options. That math is pushing new vets away from the farms that need them most.

Whether plant or animal, biotech experts told House Ag lawmakers this week, gene editing is the key to producing enough food to feed the estimated ten billion people on the planet by the middle of this century. Fan-Li Chou with the American Seed Trade Association said gene editing is already producing the crops needed to feed a soaring world population and deal with a warming planet ...

According to Washington State University, 11 horses housed at the College of Veterinary Medicine have contracted equine influenza. The horses are a USDA research herd used to study tick-borne parasitic disease. The herd is currently quarantined, and all horses are recovering under veterinary care ...

For the first time in the 120 year history of the College, a woman is the dean at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Dori Borjesson started her new role just a few weeks ago, and says she excited about what the future holds. She ...

Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine made history Monday morning, with the first female dean the the school's 120-year history. Dori Borjesson comes to Pullman from the University of California Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine, where she was the chair of the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. The Beave ...

On Monday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that elk hoof disease has been confirmed in a Yakima area herd. The disease can cause hoof deformities leading to hooves sloughing off and even death. This is the first confirmed case of the disease in the Yakima herd ...

In accordance with state, regional and federal public health recommendations, Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has modified some of its operations. The Veterinary Teaching Hospital has suspended all elective appointments until further notice. The ...

Washington State University has a new dean for the College of Veterinary Medicine.  Dr. Dori Borjesson, chair of the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology at the University of California Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine, was named the new dean last week.  Borjesso...

Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, became the first simulation program in the U.S. to be accredited by the Society for Simulation in Health Care Accreditation.  Doctors and nurses at WSU have used simulation for years to train veterinarians.  School o...

Washington State University is researching Elk Hoof Disease and trying to determine not only why it’s spreading across the Northwest, but if the livestock industry needs to be concerned.  After hunters recently spotted elk with the disease in the Olympic Peninsula, near Olympic National Park, that marks positive cases reported in southeast, southwest and now northwest Washington, as well as Oregon