Cancer cause is focus of two ACS-funded studies at Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine

Researchers studying the causes of cancer at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine will be aided by grants from the American Cancer Society.

Salmonellosis (Public Health Concerns for the Farm Family and Staff)

Two fact sheets about salmonellosis. What is salmonellosis? How is it spread? Conditions under which salmonella survive in the environment? What are the symptoms of salmonella infection in humans?

New forms of old disease, leptospirosis, threaten dogs in U.S., Cornell veterinarians warn

A potentially fatal bacterial disease that damages the liver and kidneys of dogs, humans and other animals – leptospirosis – is appearing in new forms in the United States.

Four-legged 'Cornell Companions' draw kids out of their shells in Veterinary College's animal-assisted therapy program

Just when the world's getting really confusing and you're not feeling good about yourself, when it seems nobody will listen -- or even sit when you tell them to -- along come the Cornell Companions.

U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat, Cornell ecologist advises animal scientists

From one ecologist's perspective, the American system of farming grain-fed livestock consumes resources far out of proportion to the yield, accelerates soil erosion, affects world food supply and will be changing in the future.

Vet College researchers seek 'spraying' cats for study of new treatment

Cats with the annoying habit of spraying urine on vertical surfaces are needed at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine for a clinical trial of a new treatment.

Kimmel Scholar H. Alex Brown builds research team in search of anti-cancer drug

H. Alex Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and newly named Kimmel Foundation Scholar in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, is assembling a research team to study the function of phospholipase D, a natural enzyme that is believed to be a crucial biochemical link in the cell-signaling cascade that permits the spread of many kinds of cancer cells.

New Institute for Animal Welfare at Cornell addresses farm, wild and laboratory animal concerns

The Cornell University Institute for Animal Welfare has been established to foster discussion and research on issues concerning animals in agriculture, laboratories and the wild.

Urine-spraying cats sought for Cornell veterinary study

Cats with the annoying habit of spraying urine on vertical surfaces are needed at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for a clinical trial of a new treatment.