Aquaculture expansion in the Amazon could improve nutrition and environmental outcomes, but it also poses risks, according to research in Nature Sustainability.
Most pandemics in the past century were sparked by a pathogen jumping from animals to humans. This moment of zoonotic spillover is the focus of a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Raina Plowright, the Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Public and Ecosystem Health.
The Riney Canine Health Center embodies a complete approach to canine health, combining innovative research with community engagement and education. The Bark in the Parkserves as the most recent exampleof how the center is connecting researchers, veterinarians and dog enthusiasts to ensure that every advancement in canine health contributes meaningfully to the lives of dogs.
The study found detectable levels of contaminants, including some that may increase cancer risk, in every bird sampled across four states and nine ecological regions.
Researchers have pinpointed a key enzyme that allows Legionella to persist in the environment and in the body - and which could be used as a target for treatment for Legionnaires' disease.
Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff delivered his first President’s Address to Staff on Jan. 9 in familiar environs – Yarnell Lecture Hall in the College of Veterinary Medicine, where he served as professor, department chair and dean.
A Cornell team explored if and how teachers were able to use the green space in their elementary schoolyard, generating results that could help provide children with consistent access to natural spaces.
