Veterinary Medicine

Earlier this month, Ella, a three-year-old potbelly pig, entered into a surgical procedure at Oregon State University (OSU). Simultaneously, she entered the record books as the first pig to ever have undergone the complete removal of an ear canal.

​​The collagen-rich properties of fish skin have seen it gain some serious utility as a tool for treating burns. Veterinarians have now used a new form of this approach to bring a severely burned Rottweiler back from the brink of death.

The recent wildfires in California have taken a terrible toll, but it isn't just people who suffered. Two adult female black bears were caught in the conflagration and suffered third degree burns on their paws, which were treated using innovative new, edible bandages made out of fish skins.

When Vincent was found abandoned as a kitten, he had no hind legs below what would be considered his shinbones. But thanks to the kindness of strangers, some titanium implants​ and the skills of a veterinary orthopedic surgeon, Vincent can now walk on all fours.

Veterinary students at The University of Edinburgh now have a life-sized model of a horse sink their teeth, or, rather, arms into.