The College of Veterinary Medicine

Cyril R. Clarke, Dean
200 D Magruder Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
(541) 737-2098
oregonstate.edu/vetmed

The College of Veterinary Medicine conducts research in biomedical sciences, involving the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of animal and human diseases. Emphasis is placed on animal health; the interactions between animals, humans, and the environment; and the use of animal models to study diseases impacting public health. Research programs include the following:

• Physiology and nutrition - effects of exercise and cold stress on physiological functions, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in the normal and pathologic states, and the importance of omega-3 fatty acids and micro-nutrients, including selenium, vitamin E, and vitamin D on animal and human health
• Reproduction - artificial insemination, embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization, placental vascular function, and hormone function
• Musculoskeletal physiology and diseases - muscle metabolism and pathology, cartilage degeneration, and osteochondrosis, as well as techniques for athletic rehabilitation
• Microbial pathogenesis - mycobacteria (M. tuberculosis, M. avium, M. paratuberculosis), cryptosporidium and chlamydial infections, latency of Herpes simplex, coronavirus, Acquired Immune Deficiency virus-1 infection, respiratory syncytial virus infection, Vibrio species, Bartonella species, clostridial infections, highly pathogenic avian influenza
• Surgery - new techniques and materials
• Internal Medicine - new diagnostic and treatment modalities
• Cancer - biology of tumors and therapeutic modalities
• Neurosciences - memory and aging
• Bioengineering - development of technology designed to prevent bleeding following trauma and infections involving catheters and prosthetic devices
• Population medicine - identifying risk factors and dynamics of disease in populations, particularly food animals
• Cardiac diseases - study of heart hormones and their roles in cardiac disease
• Endophyte toxicology - contamination of forage by endophyte alkaloids and ruminant bioremediation
• Zoo, exotic, wildlife, and marine sciences

The college research program is a multidisciplinary effort that brings together faculty in the basic and clinical sciences with expertise in molecular, cellular, and whole-animal experimental techniques. Projects range from mechanistic to applied and are funded by a variety of federal agencies, industry contracts, foundations, and technology transfer programs.