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A look at how two alums are working to better inform the public and professionals - Dr. Jaimie Ronchetto ’07 Dr. Lauren Smith ’08

"I remember graduating from RUSVM in 2004 and thinking, "This is awesome, I'm a veterinarian. I'm done!"

Dr. Guyer wanted to become a veterinarian when she rode her first horse at six years old. Little did she know that love for horses would evolve into a passion for One Health and an opportunity to be the first Rossie to undertake the collaborative MPH degree program with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Program offerings include 60 hours of continuing education, lectures, wet labs and master classes

The small Indian mongoose is an invasive species that plays a significant role in rabies epidemiology in some Caribbean islands, such as Puerto Rico.

Result: GnRH analogue induced ovulation within 48 hours more consistently than hCG

This is the northernmost report of O. mirabilis

Our aim is to describe the morphology and histological features of the pancreas in Small Indian Mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus) and analyze glucose metabolism by determining the activity of hepatic and pancreatic GK.

Our aim is to establish reference ranges (based on robust methods) for hematological and biochemical parameters in wild Mongooses.

Objective: Evaluate change in activity budget for donkeys treated with an immunocontraceptive.