With firsthand knowledge from the frontlines of biomedical research, this year’s commencement speaker brought a unique perspective shaped by his distinguished career in veterinary pathology.
Duck was a four-month-old foster kitten when he presented to the MSU Veterinary Medical Center’s Cardiology Service for evaluation of a heart murmur. An echocardiogram confirmed a grade V left basilar continuous murmur, a loud murmur often associated with a patent ductus arteriosus.
Our first neonatal patient of the season came in soon after birth. This is the journal of the filly’s first week—from non-responsive critical condition to heading home for continued care.
This six-year-old paint gelding bolted in a thunder storm and a hinge from the stall door lodged in his shoulder. He developed an infection that was rapidly progressing when he came to MSU.
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