Our Mission is centered on the One Health concept. We provide quality animal disease
diagnostic services; conduct research that impacts animal and human disease; and deliver
instruction with experiential learning for students, veterinarians, and citizens of
Wyoming, Rocky Mountain West and beyond.
Our research strengths are centered on infectious diseases of food animals and wildlife
including those transmissible to people. We have ongoing research on chronic wasting
disease, ruminant coccidiosis, brucellosis, Q-fever pathogenesis, mycoplasmosis, malignant
catarrhal fever in bison, and adenovirus in deer. Research approaches used range from
molecular, to genomics, to field based. The Department houses the University of Wyoming
Biocontainment facility (UWBF) which comprises BSL3-level research and diagnostic
facilities.
We provide experiential-learning for undergraduate students that includes research
opportunities and part-time positions in diagnostic veterinary medicine at the WSVL.
Faculty members teach classes in the Animal and Veterinary Sciences, and Microbiology
undergraduate curricula. We mentor students to prepare them for successful veterinary
school applications. Departmental graduate students are enrolled in masters and doctoral
degree programs.
Click here to learn more about the department, or visit the facebook page. You can also contact Departmental Head, Dr. Jonathan Fox; WSVL Director, Dr. Alexandra Brower; or UWBF Scientific Director, Dr. Elizabeth Case.
