The School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (SVMBS) is proud to be Nebraska's leading institution for education, research, extension and outreach related to veterinary medicine and veterinary science. If you dream of a career as a veterinarian or a researcher exploring diseases affecting animals and humans, this is the right place to begin your education.
School highlights
Capabilities Spotlight: Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center
The Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center (NVDC) is part of a University of Nebraska team contributing to national efforts for food production saftey.
David Steffen among Husker scientists closing in on long-lasting swine flu vaccine
Asuccessful long-term experiment with live hogs indicates Nebraska scientists may be another step closer to achieving a safe, long-lasting and potentially universal vaccine against swine flu.
3+2 program gives students a boost toward veterinary study
Auniversity can often serve students best by getting creative in structuring its academic programs. Two aspiring veterinary medicine students graduating May 20 from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have found that in the university’s Veterinary Medicine 3+2 program.
Gene-edited calf may reduce reliance on antimicrobials against cattle disease
Cattle worldwide face major health threats from a highly infectious viral disease that decades of vaccinations and other precautions have failed to contain. Federal, private-sector and Husker scientists are collaborating on a new line of defense, by producing a gene-edited calf resistant to the virus.
