2026 commencement speaker K.C. Van Fleet (DVM '17) reflects on building his specialty care practice, rethinking traditional veterinary care, and the lessons from MSU that continue to shape his approach to medicine, leadership, and team culture.
From early days on a Michigan farm to a global career in cattle health and co-authoring a leading textbook on bovine immunology, Victor Cortese (DVM '80) reflects on the path that shaped his work and the lessons he’s carried along the way.
Sophie, an eight-year-old spayed female Domestic Short Hair cat presented to the Michigan State University Small Animal Clinic’s Orthopedic Surgery Service for evaluation of medial patellar luxation affecting both hind limbs
This year, Laboratory Professionals Week comes at a time when the world is facing a global health crisis and laboratory professionals continue their essential work even in areas where stay at home orders are in place. At the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the critical work of protecting human and animal health has not stopped.