Support LSU Vet Med on LSU Giving Day: March 19

Your gift builds teams that win. Whether here in Louisiana, across the nation, or around the globe, your support builds teams poised for success. LSU Giving Day is an opportunity to support LSU students, programs, and initiatives. We hope that you will direct your funds to LSU Vet Med. If you would like to contact a member of our development team, click here. You can also give directly at LSU Giving Day

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As one of only 33 veterinary schools in the U.S., the mission of LSU Vet Med is to improve and protect the lives of animals and people through superior education, transformational research, and compassionate care.

Dr. Patricia Queiroz and Dean Oliver Garden

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Dean's Welcome

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Apply to LSU Vet Med

Interested in applying to LSU Vet Med to pursue your Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree, Master's (MS) degree or Doctoral (PhD) degree, Advanced Training (internships or residencies), Externship, or Career (Job Opportunities)?

Please note that MS and PhD candidates do not need to have a research interest in veterinary medicine and research does not need to benefit animals. LSU Vet Med is a biomedical research institution as well as a veterinary school. Our researchers' investigations cover a wide range of disciplines, including cancer biology, disease processes, cardiovascular disease, infectious and parasitic diseases, neurosciences, toxicology, bacteriology, and more.

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Veterinary Teaching Hospital

We care for an array of species and see approximately 20,000 cases each year. We offer specialty services as well as primary care. Our comprehensive care allows us to treat a variety of illness and injuries. We are open 24/7, 365 to provide care for your animal.

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LSU MOA and LSU Vet Med collaborate to bring new experiences to broader audiences

LSU Vet Med and the LSU Museum of Art have teamed up to bring fresh and engaging experiences to each other. This partnership aims to offer unique activities for both the LSU Vet Med community and visitors to the LSU MOA.

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STEP group with Dr. Welborn

Dr. Nancy Welborn advises LSU's STEP Club training puppies for a life of service

If you've seen students strolling LSU's campus with puppies in yellow and blue vests emblazoned with "future service dog," then you've seen LSU's Service Dog Training Education Program (STEP) Club at work.

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Vision

Bettering lives through education, public service, and discovery

Mission

Improving and protecting the lives of animals and people through superior education, transformational research, and compassionate care

Values

Integrity. Compassion. Innovation.