Sheep

• WSU College of Veterinary Medicine senior paper highlights, February 2026 Explore veterinary student studies covering workplace culture, backyard chicken flocks, medicine policy, AI, and biosecurity.
• WSU College of Veterinary Medicine senior paper highlights, July 2025 An Overview of Neonatal Maladjustment Syndrome in CalvesPostpartum Disease in Dairy Cattle: Diagnosis, Treatment, and PreventionDeveloping a 3-Dimensional Trophoblast Cell Culture System to Study Fetal Maternal Interactions in CattleListeria monocytogenes: Impacts on Cattle and PeopleEvaluating Johne’s Disease Prevalences, Testing Modalities, and Diagnostic Trends in Domestic Sheep and Goats through the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
• Cache Valley virus Cache Valley virus (CVV) is a mosquito‐borne virus belonging to the Bunyamwera serogroup of the Orthobunyavirus genus.
• WSU College of Veterinary Medicine senior paper highlights, April 2025 Motivations and Obstacles to Students Entering Food-Animal PracticeErgot Alkaloid Toxicity in Large AnimalsEnhancing Honey Bee Colony Health: Veterinary Approaches to Hive Inspections and Disease ManagementTheir lives are in our hands: revolutionizing bovine palpation training with models, haptics, and virtual realityEimeria Species in Large and Small RuminantsPractice management education and the development of financial empowerment in veterinary medicine
• Chickens and cows and cougars, oh HPA-I!  Here are the top 10 high level updates on what we know about the virus, the birds, animals and humans it has impacted, and trends across the United States and here at home in Washington. 
• Rumen protozoa and viruses I have always been fascinated by ruminants and specifically their rumens. During my undergrad years I had the chance to do an independent study into in vitro analysis of feeds and the rumen microbiota with the legendary Peter Van Soest
• WSU College of Veterinary Medicine senior paper highlights, October 2024 Digital Dermatitis in Cattle, Sheep, and Elk: A Comparative ReviewSuper ovulation, oocyte pickup and maturation in sheepThe Bovine Breeding Soundness Exam: Productivity and ProfitabilityBovine Infectious KeratoconjunctivitisA Comparative Review of the Estrous Cycle and Mechanisms of Maternal Recognition of PregnancyFreemartinism in Dairy Heifers: Pathophysiology, Genetic Chimerism, and Reproductive ImplicationsLaparoscopic artificial insemination in sheepRural veterinary care and its implications for veterinarians, clients, and patients
• Small ruminant Johne’s (Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis) As part of a larger project investigating small ruminant submissions through the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL), we have focused on diagnostic trends related to Johne’s disease (Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis; MAP).
• Top 10 pitfalls in small ruminant parasite management Gastrointestinal parasitism is a major health concern affecting small ruminants and therefore preventive care should be directed towards parasite management.
• Small ruminant case presentation: Overeating disease Drs. Chrissy Eckstrand and Christine Haake, Pathologists at Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, report on a 3-week-old, intact male lamb presented in fair postmortem condition.
• WSU College of Veterinary Medicine senior paper highlights, April 2024 Johne’s Disease in Cattle: A Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Control and Management from a Herd-Health StandpointReview of Growth Implants in the Cattle IndustryA Raw Take on Raw Milk Consumption: Review of the Risks and BenefitsSelenium Toxicity and its Effects on ReproductionHow large animal veterinarians can provide value in an increasingly self-sufficient industry: Hobby FarmingInvestigating the Association of Clinical Mastitis Timing Relative to Service with Pregnancy at First Service in Dairy CattleSmall ruminant producers: veterinary access, antibiotic usage, and telehealthWelfare Implications of Farrowing Crates in Swine Production
• Club Lamb Fungus (Sheep Ringworm)—Winter precautions Sheep dermatophytosis (wool rot, lumpy wool, sheep ringworm) is commonly referred to as club lamb fungus. There has been an increase in prevalence over recent years due to the popularity of sheep exhibitions without a concurrent expansion of biosecurity protocols.