School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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A veterinary students gives a greyhound a physical exam.

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.

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Marcus McCaskill's work was recently featured at the Governor's Mansion.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Marcus McCaskill wants to make pinkeye in cattle a thing of the past. The disease is more than an inconvenience—it costs the beef industry millions of dollars annually.
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Exterior of the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center.

Capabilities Spotlight: Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center
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The team that developed a robust vaccine against a strain of swine influenza.

Husker scientists closing in on long-lasting swine flu vaccine
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Tucker Randall and Niki Rice will graduate from Nebraska's 3+2 veterinary study program.

3+2 program gives students a boost toward veterinary study
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Brian Vander Ley, associate professor in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, works with Ginger, a Gir cow gene-edited with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus.

Gene-edited calf may reduce reliance on antimicrobials against cattle disease
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Amy Desaulniers, assistant professor of veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences at Nebraska, leads a team that seeks to develop boars that are more genetically tolerant of gestational heat stress.

Research aims to develop boars more tolerant of gestational heat stress
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Matt Hille named NSRI Fellow

Matt Hille named NSRI Fellow
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Matthew Wiebe watches as post-doc Allie Krueger works on the microscope.

Matthew Wiebe expands study of poxviruses, immune function
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Scott McVey (left), professor and director of Nebraska’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Hiep Vu, assistant professor of animal science at Nebraska, are working to catalog a pig’s protective proteins against the lethal African swine flu. Their work could lead to new breakthroughs in fighting the disease.

Vu to lead research project in fight against African swine fever
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