GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 38-year-old alligator named Bob is on the mend thanks to a team of veterinarians at the University of Florida.

Bob was taken last week from his home at the St....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine are working together to help college graduates get admitted to veterinary...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin's School of Veterinary Medicine will be featured in a Super Bowl commercial which highlights a dog that survived cancer.

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A deformed baby pig that was born on a farm in Virginia has been flown to a veterinary hospital in Pennsylvania for medical treatment.

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — The California Horse Racing Board has chosen a longtime veterinarian as its new chairman.

Gregory Ferraro was elected Thursday during the board’s meeting at Del Mar...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico will consider whether to extend its medical cannabis program to help dogs with epilepsy and people with attention deficit disorder.

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The University of Arizona has gained approval from a nationwide veterinary association to open its College of Veterinary Medicine north of Tucson.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has appointed a Samantha Beaty as state veterinarian and assistant commissioner for animal health.

PHOENIX (AP) — The University of Arizona would get ownership of a ranch that's now federal property under a proposed land swap intended to support the university's planned new veterinary...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota State University is creating a new veterinary program with the University of Minnesota to address a shortage of rural care in the region.

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A new partnership with the University of Minnesota aims to lower tuition costs for South Dakota State University's veterinary medicine students and allow them to stay closer to home the first two years of graduate work.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov.-elect Bill Lee has picked the state veterinarian to become his new commissioner of agriculture.

Lee's transition team announced Monday evening that Dr. Charlie Hatcher of College Grove will take the post in the incoming governor's Cabinet.

Hatcher has been the state veterinarian for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture since 2009. He is the general managing partner of Hatcher Family Dairy, established in 1831.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State's College of Veterinary Medicine has received a $2.2 million donation from Hill's Pet Nutrition.

The $2.2 million gift is the largest corporate donation in history for the college.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Cat genome sequences don't just tell us about cats anymore. The work of University of Missouri researchers is unlocking cat genomes so they can help us better understand human diseases.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan native who currently lives in Missouri is set to become Michigan's new state veterinarian.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says Nora Wineland will replace James Averill, who's the agency's deputy director.

Wineland currently lives in Missouri, but she'll relocate to Michigan and assume her state veterinarian duties on Nov. 5.

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A woman who took in more than two dozen dogs and cats during Hurricane Florence has been charged with practicing veterinary medicine without a license.

Tammie Hedges, founder of Crazy's Claws N Paws animal rescue, was arrested Friday after 27 dogs and cats were confiscated from a temporary shelter.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A Tuscaloosa school is welcoming several animals onto its campus this year as it launches a program for students interested in veterinary medicine.

About 25 students are enrolled in the new pre-veterinary science program at the Tuscaloosa Career & Technology Academy, The Tuscaloosa News reported .

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University experts say spring-like temperatures in areas of Texas mean snakes are coming out of winter hibernation, increasing the likelihood of people and pets getting bit.

A veterinarian with the school's Small Animal Clinical Services, Christine Rutter, says she's already seen cases this year of snakebites on dogs.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University officials say they plan to bolster the veterinary college after an alumnus has given one of the largest donations in the history of the university.

The Register-Guard reports the university on Wednesday renamed the college to the Gary R. Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine after the alumnus donated $50 million.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — State officials have approved more than $37 million for a new veterinary teaching hospital at Purdue University.

The funding approved by the State Budget Committee will also pay for improvements to Purdue's Lynn Hall of Veterinary Medicine.

Construction of the new hospital is expected to start in September 2018 and be completed by May 2020.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — After criticism from agricultural and veterinarian groups, the College of Veterinary Medicine has decided not to eliminate a reproduction studies program.

The college said it planned to close the program by 2019, to save $2.4 million. Every college, division and school at the University of Missouri is required to reduce 12 percent from their budgets.

The program educates about reproduction for large and small animals, mainly livestock and dogs.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn's well-known "War Eagle VII" will not fly during pregame events during the school's football season.

Nova will not fly after Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine faculty diagnosed the 18-year-old golden eagle with cardiomyopathy, a chronic disease of the heart, The Opelika-Auburn News reported.

Southeastern Raptor Center Director Dr. Jamie Bellah said a bald eagle named Spirit will assume pregame flight duties.

PAYSON, Utah (AP) — 'He's good," shouts Dr. Mike Walburger.

The bull he had just vaccinated and tagged is released from the squeeze chute and charges out into the corral, a farm dog chasing it towards the other bulls. Walburger readies himself for the next bull as it's coaxed into the squeeze chute. He along with his assistant and two of the owners of the farm in Levan are there to help Walburger process approximately 30 bulls during the house call.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee free-market group is suing the state over regulation of horse massage therapy.

The Beacon Center Legal Foundation on Thursday sued the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in Davidson County Chancery Court.

The lawsuit claims the board told Martha Stowe and Laurie Wheeler of Franklin they couldn't continue practicing horse massage therapy without a veterinary license.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A $12.6 million bequest from an alumnus is the biggest single gift ever for Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

The late Albert C. Dehn earned his veterinary degree in 1950 and practiced in his hometown of Abbotsford, Wisconsin. He primarily treated cows on local dairy farms.

Dehn was a lifelong supporter of education. He led the establishment of a charitable foundation that supported projects to improve life for his community's citizens.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A lifelong animal lover has left a gift of nearly $900,000 to benefit the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine.

The university says in a release that Betty Lorraine Butler, a Savannah resident who retired from the Union Camp Corporation in 1990, died at her home in September 2015. Friends say she owned dogs throughout her life and cared for stray animals near her home.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The University of Georgia is honoring a donor who gave more than $13 million to the school's College of Veterinary Medicine.

School officials say they have changed the name of a college facility to the Cora Nunnally Miller Small Animal Teaching Hospital. Miller gave more than $33 million to various programs at the university during her life. She died in July of 2015.

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — Auburn University and the city of Gulf Shores are partnering on a new $12 million college facility and center for the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft said during a news conference Monday that the city will build the 24,000-square-foot building and lease it to Auburn.

The satellite campus will sit on 26 acres within a 200-acre parcel located along the Foley Beach Express, northeast of the city's main business district.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Rick Millen thinks of life in three acts. Act 1 is youth, which is a lot of fun and the time when you go to school and get educated.

"It's great, but everyone has to grow up," said Millen, who got his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland and studied at the University of Georgia to become a doctor of veterinary medicine.