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        <description><![CDATA[ Meet Bob McCarthy, assistant professor of large animal emergency and critical care. He never expected to return to academia but now he is &#34;fixing animals by moonlight, teaching students by daylight.&#34; Bob is good at shearing sheep, public speaking, singing, and trivia. He is excited to be part of a new service at the teaching hospital, but he may be even more passionate about proving he is the cool uncle to his nieces and nephews. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After nine years in private practice, Sarah Varnell found the inspiration and pace of a combined academic and clinical setting more to her liking.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Surgery residents rally to save Jasper, while a veterinary student cared for his young owner.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Most animals born with a complete cleft palate never make it to surgery. A goat named Peanut did through the expertise of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ When a 7-month-old miniature donkey named Dolly was found hypothermic and unresponsive, her owner drove nearly two hours to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine for lifesaving treatment that took weeks to complete.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Graduate and postgraduate students put their research on display, make connections for collaboration. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Five of six awards presented at the annual Virginia Veterinary Medical Association&#39;s annual awards ceremony in Roanoke went to faculty, staff, and alumni of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Elena Mantis was encouraged to continue in equine medicine by Mark Crisman and is pursuing that dream with the scholarship that memorializes the beloved veterinary professor. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Georgia Daniel and Liz Logemann both aspire to serve rural areas through veterinary medicine. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A gift in memory of veterinary college alum and rural veterinarian Doc Fuller ’88, DVM ’97 is helping Shelly Underwood prepare for a career in caring for farm animals. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ New veterinary college faculty member followed a winding road from Mexico City racetracks to equine medicine at Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Robert McCarthy has joined the veterinarian college as the second member of the region&#39;s first dedicated equine emergency team. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ New Chief of Farrier Services brings decade of therapeutic farriery expertise and collaborative approach back to veterinary college to expand student training and regional outreach. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Carla Enriquez fills a gap in emergency care available to horses as veterinary college expands proven model at its Leesburg  hospital to Blacksburg campus.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Protasenko combines ancient metalworking techniques with cutting-edge biomechanical science to keep horses sound and performing at their best. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Many congratulations to veterinary college faculty recognized by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at the June 3 meeting. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Robyn Fox, the veterinary college&#39;s new clinical trials coordinator, bridges the gap between innovative research and the practical realities of patient care.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The $4 million gift will lift emergency care to another level for both horses and small pets at the hospital. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Burns, an influential figure in the horseshoeing industry, will turn most of his work time toward helping run the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Carla Gutierrez and Kia Williams were chosen from a competitive national pool for the inaugural Dr. James H. Bias Scholarship from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Emilia Jones is among 15 students selected for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Veterinary Student Research Fellowship. The program addresses critical challenges facing the agriculture industry and global food security.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Elaine Claffey DVM &#39;14, an alumnus and current faculty member, loves working with experts, is passionate about mentorship, and encourages students to explore large animal practice. She advises finding perspective through rest and enjoys baking, and hanging out with her cat, four chickens, a kitten named Clifford, a puppy named Hazel, and a Thoroughbred. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Veterinary student Carla Gutierrez worked with two experienced veterinarians to gain new perspectives and more hands-on experience during a Virginia Academy of Food Animal Practitioners internship. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The EMC Open House highlighted the Jane and Stephen Hale Equine Performance Evaluation Center, the Youngkin Equine Soundness Clinic, and the Paul Goodness Podiatry Clinic, which collectively serve as the Center’s Sports Medicine Complex. Visitors learned about treatments and therapies available at the EMC to ensure that equine athletes and trail companions perform at their absolute best.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The collaboration between the Austral University of Chile and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine began in 1996 and has since expanded to other colleges across Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Swecker, one of the first graduates of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, stepped down as hospital director on May 10 and retires from Virginia Tech on June 30. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ When Gena Clifton began to ponder her legacy, she thought immediately of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center (EMC). After much discussion and thought about her legacy and the future needs of EMC, Clifton decided on a bequest to support emergency and critical care of foals and supportive research at the EMC. ]]></description>
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