Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in the Media

Cummings School’s Sam Telford joins this episode of NightSide With Dan Rea to discuss Alpha-gal syndrome, a growing threat from Lone Star ticks, which have expanded into the New England region.

Cummings School’s Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals successfully treated and released an injured Shih Tzu.

This article links to a Cummings School Ask the Expert article on the health problems that overweight cats are at risk of developing, noting that nearly 60% of cats are overweight.

Cummings School’s Allan Rutberg comments on deer population management methods in this news segment on the significant increase in deer-related vehicle accidents in Massachusetts.

Cummings School’s Seana Dowling-Guyer and A&S psychologist Aniruddh Patel are quoted in this article examining the effect of music on dogs.

Cummings School’s Sam Telford appears in this news segment about “Mice Against Ticks,” an MIT research project that involves immunizing mice against Lyme disease.

In this article about the One Health approach to surveilling for avian influenza in wildlife, livestock, and pets, Cummings School’s Wendy Puryear notes that H5N1 bird flu is “going into a much broader range of wild birds than other forms of influenza have in the past.”

Cummings School’s Trinita Barboza and Stephanie Borns-Weil are featured experts in this regular Ask the Vet column with Barboza advising on pet box turtle care and Borns-Weil explaining possible factors influencing a Shiba Inu’s behavior.

Cummings School’s Cheryl London appears in this video to discuss the case of a Golden Retriever named Haley, whose owner has included the dog in the school’s ongoing clinical trial treating osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in dogs with novel vaccine and oral immune therapies.

Cummings School’s Cheryl London discusses the school’s ongoing clinical trial treating osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in dogs with novel vaccine and oral immune therapies, which so far have produced “astounding results.” Foster Hospital Intern Cassie Munroe is briefly quoted about Haley, a golden retriever participating in the study.

Cummings School’s Maureen Murray is quoted about an injured bald eagle being treated at the Tufts Wildlife Clinic.

Cummings School veterinarians are noted among the responders who assessed and treated neglected animals from an Ayer home in February 2024.