Species-Focused Programs
Many of the College's faculty members focus their research on the needs of a specific species and are dedicated to investigating issues relevant to a certain species:
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Aquatic Animal Medicine: Recognizing public need and the fishery biology community, dedicated experts in the field of aquatic animal medicine support the diagnostic evaluation and identification of fish disease occurrences and investigate fish diseases and viruses to limit outbreaks and fish mortality events. |
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Avian Animal Medicine: Faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine provide outreach efforts and conduct applied and basic research to address health and diseases affecting the avian species. |
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Bovine Animal Medicine |
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Canine Animal Medicine: Faculty in the College are dedicated to more fully understanding the medical issues affecting the canine species. The breadth of research being conducting is broad and evolving. Through basic and applied research and clinical trials, the results of faculty efforts are far reaching. |
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Feline Health Center:The Cornell Feline Health Center is committed to gaining information about diseases and health management, which will enable veterinarians to maintain healthy cats. Its focus is to find ways of preventing and curing diseases by conducting and sponsoring feline health-related studies. The Center is also recognized for its efforts in educating veterinarians and cat owners about feline health and emerging feline diseases. |
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Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program: The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, with support from Maddie's Fund, launched a Shelter Medicine Program to educate veterinarians and veterinary students in shelter medicine to provide medical and behavioral outreach to animal shelters and to advance the new discipline through the discovery of new knowledge. |
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Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Health Program at Cornell: The Program provides in-hospital medical and surgical care to sick and injured native wild animals and exotic animal species. Veterinary students and residents have the opportunity to experience and understand first hand the intricacies involved with working with many different non-domesticated species. |
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Harry M. Zweig Memorial Equine Fund for Equine Research: The College prides this long-standing program to support equine research. Since the inception of the Zweig program over 30 years ago, Cornell researchers have advanced the health and well-being of horses. With the foresight of its founder, Harry M. Zweig, DVM, the Fund has provided precious resources to College faculty, allowing them to pursue research for the betterment of Standardbred and Thoroughbred race horses. |
