rDVM-Education

Helping Those Who Need It Most

Friday, May 8th, 2020

Petty Kim, V20, explains how her upbringing led her to veterinary medicine

Tufts Community Rallies to Support Students in Need

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020

As some students face difficulties due to COVID-19 emergency, fellow students, alumni, parents, and friends pitch in to help

Students walk up and down the Memorial Steps on the first day of classes of the spring semester on January 19, 2017

Trying to Figure Out the Scoop on Poop

Thursday, January 30th, 2020

Cases of diarrhea that once would have been fatal are responding to fecal transplantation. Now Cummings School researchers are working to identify exactly how this procedure can help horses

Equine Clinical Case Challenge: A Case of Hoof Abscesses and Limb Lameness

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

A 21 year- old Thoroughbred mare presented to Tufts Equine Center with a history of lameness and repeated hoof abscessation of her left front foot.

Lateral radiograph of the left front foot with an ovoid, partially mineralized soft tissue opacity at the dorsoproximal aspect of the third phalanx and a corresponding curvilinear lucent defect (*) in the dorsoproximal border of the third phalanx.

Resection of a Large Skull Mass in a Golden Retriever

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

Dominik Faissler, Dr. med. vet., Dipl. ECVN Background A 5.6-year-old, neutered male, Golden Retriever presented for a one-week history with a firm mass on the right side of the head. The mass was non-painful and… Read More

Severe Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Accompanied by Ipsilateral Xeromycteria

Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

Background: A 12-year-old male castrated Labrador Retriever presented to the internal medicine service with a two-month history of chronic right-sided nasal discharge refractory to antibiotic therapy. The referring veterinarian suggested computed tomography (CT) and rhinoscopy.… Read More