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Israel - Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (view source)
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Research at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine involves a broad range of basic and applied topics in veterinary science, including infectious and zoonotic diseases that have serious implications for public and animal health; pathogenesis of vector-borne diseases (e.g. West Nile fever, Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, leishmaniasis, ehrlichiosis, bartonellosis); immunology; pathogen-host interactions; development of new vaccines; molecular evolution and ecology; developmental biology; biomechanical properties of bone; mechanisms responsible for epilepsy in animals; the pathogenesis of glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD); veterinary pharmacological research, slow release preparations for drug administration through the gastrointestinal tract; and veterinary oncology.
Research at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine involves a broad range of basic and applied topics in veterinary science, including infectious and zoonotic diseases that have serious implications for public and animal health; pathogenesis of vector-borne diseases (e.g. West Nile fever, Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, leishmaniasis, ehrlichiosis, bartonellosis); immunology; pathogen-host interactions; development of new vaccines; molecular evolution and ecology; developmental biology; biomechanical properties of bone; mechanisms responsible for epilepsy in animals; the pathogenesis of glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD); veterinary pharmacological research, slow release preparations for drug administration through the gastrointestinal tract; and veterinary oncology.
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The Veterinary Teaching Hospital is the heart of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine. The hospital provides clinical training to veterinary students through the years (especially in the final year), serves as the leading primary care and veterinary referral center in Israel, and acts as a positive stimulus for raising the level of clinical veterinary medicine throughout the profession in Israel. The staff includes 45 clinicians, 22 of whom are internationally recognized specialists/diplomates (board certified by the American or the European Veterinary Specialization Colleges). The school now has specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Small Animal Surgery, Neurology, Cardiology, Oncology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Clinical Pathology, Emergency and Intensive care medicine, Bovine Health Management, Equine surgery, Equine Internal Medicine and Dermatology. Several members of the staff serve on the boards of national and international organizations, the editorial boards of International journals, are invited speakers at professional and scientific international meetings; they present cutting-edge research, publish scientific papers in leading scientific journals and compete successfully for international research grants.
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