Thousands of animals come through the doors of WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital every year, but it is rare when one of those animals is a 400-plus-pound grizzly bear.
A team of WSU veterinary specialists performed a risky and rare emergency brain surgery to save the life of Laura Bloomfield’s 7‑year‑old heeler-shepherd mix, Yukon.
Noodles, a 7-year-old dachshund-schnauzer mix, can walk and even give chase to the occasional squirrel or cat. That was all in question when he arrived at WSU with an injury that had left him paralyzed.
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Dr. Thomas Wilkinson is working with surgeons at WSU to determine if 3D printing technology can be used to simplify a complicated procedure performed at only a handful of facilities in the country.
Cami Anderson and her family were able to celebrate the second birthday of their dog Holli thanks to life-saving brain surgery performed at the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital.