Friday, April 27, 2012
Beef consumers should not overreact to the first case of so-called "mad cow disease" in the United States since 2006, discovered recently in a dairy cow in California, according to a veterinarian in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday, November 03, 2011
Mary Kennett, professor in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named interim head of the department, effective immediately. Also the director of the university's Animal Resource Program, Kennett succeeds Vivek Kapur, who is now associate director for strategic initiatives in the Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. (more)
Friday, February 04, 2011
A free public lecture titled "Viruses: Friends or Foes?" will be given from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 12, in room 100 of the Thomas Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The lecture will be delivered by Mary Poss, professor of biology and of veterinary and biomedical sciences at Penn State. The event is the fourth of six lectures in the 2011 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, a free minicourse for the general public with the theme "Epidemic: Infectious Disease on a Changing Planet." No registration is required. (more)
Friday, March 26, 2010
Scientists and education specialists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are developing an innovative new educational program aimed at helping young people understand the relationships between environmental quality and human health. (more)
Friday, November 28, 2008
Increasing the production of naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells slows down multiplication of the AIDS virus, according to biochemists. "We have found that increasing the expression of proteins that contain selenium negatively affects the replication of HIV," said K. Sandeep Prabhu, Penn State assistant professor of immunology and molecular toxicology. "Our results suggest a reduction in viral replication by at least tenfold." (more)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The United States is facing a shortage of large-animal veterinarians that could jeopardize the nation's food supply, and result in diseases spreading from animals to humans, according to a veterinary scientist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. All veterinary fields have looming shortages both nationally and internationally, said David Wolfgang, field studies director and senior research associate in veterinary and biomedical sciences. Perhaps most worrisome, he suggests, is the growing scarcity of "public-sector" veterinarians, who are involved in the care and treatment of livestock, the eradication of threatening diseases, and the monitoring of food safety and quality with state and federal agencies. (more)
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Throughout their long personal and professional involvement with Penn State, C. Channa and Usharani Reddy have seen firsthand the need for student financial aid. The Penn State distinguished professor and head of the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and his wife recently gave $50,000 to the College of Agricultural Sciences to endow a scholarship to assist undergraduates who have financial need. (more)
Friday, March 21, 2008
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has been awarded a four-year, $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service to support phase two of a major international effort aimed at promoting animal biosecurity and mitigating losses from Johne's disease in livestock.The Johne's Disease Integrated Program (JDIP) -- a consortium of 170 scientists from more than 50 leading academic institutions, government agencies and industry organizations around the world -- is led by Vivek Kapur, head of Penn State's Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences.
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