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Animal News

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Field Note

Despite nutrition’s essential role in pet well-being, most nutrition courses focus solely on basic dietary needs for growth, overlooking the complexities of nutrient metabolism disorders. Nathalie Trottier, professor of animal nutrition in the...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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Field Note

In a typical week, Lindsay Goodale, DVM ’12, senior lecturer in the Department of Animal Science, might be found teaching the fundamentals of horse husbandry, guiding student discussions on animal welfare or advising on equine farming issues...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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News

Scientists publish findings from an analysis of 10 livestock systems around the globe

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
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News

Researchers tracked 16 live bobcats in the state and found widespread exposure to avian flu, with evidence of bobcats surviving but also succumbing to the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain.

  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Animals
  • Disease
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Spotlight

Meet our faculty: Brent Sinclair
Academic focus: Insect environmental physiology Research summary: I study how insects survive and thrive in harsh environments. Although we center our research on the insect, we follow mechanisms all the way to molecular biology and consequences...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Physiology
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Seminar

  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Bees
  • Pollinators
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Exhibit

Join us in Mann Library on March 14 for the opening celebration of our new exhibit, From Nabokov's Net: Nabokov’s contributions to butterfly science & the Cornell University Insect Collection . Produced in collaboration with the Cornell...
  • Entomology