In Latin America, dairy production faces serious challenges such as low-quality forage, diseases (infectious, metabolic, and parasitic), climate change, and insufficient access to technology, markets, infrastructure, and resources. Nevertheless, the dairy industry directly impacts the socioeconomic status of millions of families through its contribution to income, food security, and access to protein. A review of unique pasture-based dairy systems located mainly in lowlands (valleys and plains) and highlands (Andes Mountains) will provide context for a presentation of...

We're excited to announce the Cornell student chapter of the American Association of Feline Practitioners will be hosting our annual Feline Follies event! This is a program during which we invite students and the greater Cornell and Ithaca community to our school to celebrate cats and Cornell on Saturday April 29th from 10am - 1:30pm in the vet school's lower atrium (Schurman Hall). Some of the things guests can look forward to are: 

• An interactive lecture with Dr. Kornreich and some friendly feline volunteers
• Q&A with our panel of veterinary experts including
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We are pleased to announce the Tri-Institutional Symposium on Reproductive Biology and Infertility (Tri-Repro) to be held this year at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The Symposium is hosted by Magee-Womens Research Institute/University of Pittsburgh, Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania and is organized by a committee of trainees from those institutions.

Elinor Karlsson, Ph.D.

Director
Vertebrate Genomics
Broad Institute

"Investigating Simple Breed Stereotypes and Genetically Complex Traits in Thousands of Pet Dogs"

Host: Jacquelyn Evans, Ph.D.

"Inhibiting the evolution of antibiotic resistance"

Title: "Microbes, Metabolites, and Mucosal Immunity"

By: Kathy McCoy, University of Calgary

Join Dr. Kate Anderson and Dr. Pamela Perry from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for this free online event as they discuss stress and anxiety in pets.  Please register at www.amcny.org/events.  Sponsored by Schwarzman Animal Medical Center|Usdan Institute for Animal Health Education and Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine 

Medical Deserts in France

“87% of France is a medical desert,” declared the Deputy Secretary of the French Department of Health and Prevention in December of 2022. Although medical deserts are currently a hot topic in France, the debate has been going on and off the news for decades. In 1979, Simone Veil, then Secretary of Health, affirmed that there were no more medical deserts in France, justifying a reduction of the numerus clausus (annual cap on the number of medical students). The argument was that too many physicians would inflate...