Veterinary Teaching Hospital
WSU's
Veterinary Teaching Hospital is one of the newest and finest
equipped facilities of its type in the world. The WSU veterinary
hospital provides full service to the general public's animals,
attracting some 15,000 animal patients per year. The hospital
provides more than two acres of assignable space. Equipment costs
were nearly $10 million and include state-of-the-art technology such
as a CT scan, nuclear medicine, laser surgery, video endoscopy,
ultrasound, a linear accelerator for treating cancer, and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI).
The Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility (ADBF) has provided
critically needed space for units of the
Department of
Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology,
Department of Veterinary
Clinical Sciences, Field Disease Investigative Unit, and USDA-ARS-Animal
Disease Research Unit.
The ADBF houses existing, state of the art,
internationally recognized, animal infectious disease programs
investigating lentiviral infections, spongiform encephalopathies,
vaccine development, food safety, mycobacterial infections,
hemoparasitic diseases, and other significant and important
diseases.
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Graduate programs for education and
training of the next generation of scientists is an integral component of
ADBF programs and currently has significant federal support for training
programs in place. ADBF programs significantly benefit citizens of the
state, region, and nation
Take a
Video or Photo Tour of the Veterinary Teaching
Hospital
Last Edited: Feb 06, 2007 9:24 AM