Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine

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Washington State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Type Public
Veterinary school
Established1899
Dean Dori Borjenson
Location, ,
U.S.
Website www.vetmed.wsu.edu

The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is the veterinary school and one of the ten colleges of Washington State University. Established in 1899, it is the sole veterinary school in the state of Washington and one of the oldest in the United States.

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Departments

The College of Veterinary Medicine is organized into three departments, schools and units: [1]

Accreditation

The college is fully accredited by four key national accrediting agencies: [2]

Research

The College of Veterinary Medicine conducts abundant research toward the benefit of animal and human well being. An example of this goal was the development of less painful freeze branding for livestock by college lecturer Keith Farrell in the mid-1960s. In the fiscal year of 2006, the CVM had funded with more than $12.5 million in conducting research, that specialized in food-and water-borne diseases, neurobiology, cardiovascular medicine and physiology, immunology and infectious diseases, and microbial genomics and proteomics. [3]

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References

  1. "Departmental Structure of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University". Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2014-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "College Research".

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