VBS News
PADLS Fee Schedule Changes - Effective October 12, 2009
An emergency update of the PADLS fee schedule has been approved and released by the Animal Health and Diagnostic Commission.
Influenza H1N1 (Swine Flu) Resouce Center
Follow the links on this page to learn more about swine flu, how the virus is transmitted, symptoms among pigs and humans, swine-herd biosecurity, prevention and treatment, and related topics.
Grad Student wins Best Poster Abroad
Sanhong Yu wins Best Poster while attending Symposium
O-antigen from B. parapertussis may drastically improve whooping cough vaccine efficacy against B. parapertussis.
Recent work by workers in Eric Harvill's lab in the center suggest ways to improving the vaccine for whooping cough. Examining the antigens expressed by B. parapertussis, a relative of B. pertussis which is responsible for whooping cough, they find that the O-antigen could be a critical component of future vaccines for this disease.
Center Students win 1st and 2nd Prize
Man Kit Law and Danny Bruce have won 1st and 2nd prize in annual graduate research fair of the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Pathobiology Graduate Department Congratulates Two of Their Students with Awards won.
Congratulating Mankit Law and Danny Bruce with their wins from the College of Agricultural Sciences Gamma Sigma Delta Undergraduate and Graduate Annual Research Expo.
Clinical trial of vitamin D supplementation in Chron’s disease patients will start May 2009.
December graduate collects three degrees
Brooke Osborne is headed to graduate school after finishing Penn State with bachelors degrees in Toxicology, Spanish, and International Studies.
