General

Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine was the first public veterinary college established in the United States (1879) and the college has graduated over 6,400 veterinarians to date.

Approximately 25 percent of the college's graduates pursue advanced degrees and/or specialized training through residencies and internships.

The pathology training program for board-certification is ranked second in the U.S. by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Dr. Rodney "Butch" Baker is the 2008-2009 president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.

Dr. James Roth was appointed by Michael Leavitt, Labor HHS Secretary, to the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity. He also serves as the president of the American Association of Veterinary Microbiologists.

Dr. Ravindra Singh holds the J.G. Salsbury Endowed Chair.

Dr. Qijing Zhang holds the F.K. Ramsey Endowed Chair.

Dr. Peter Nara holds the W. Eugene Lloyd Chair.

Dr. James Toombs holds the D Bacon Endowed Professorship.

Dr. Anumantha Kanathasamy holds the Eugene and Linda Lloyd Endowed Professorship.

Dr. James West holds the Scott and Nancy Armbrust Professorship in Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Don Draper holds the Dr. David R. Trask Professorship in Entrepreneurial Studies.

Over 33 student organizations at the college provide veterinary students with educational experiences that go beyond the classroom walls.

The college is a cornerstone of one of the world's largest concentrations of animal heath professionals, with the USDA's National Animal Disease Center, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, and the Center for Veterinary Biologics.

The college's Veterinary Medical Center is being expanded in a program that will increase the overall college space by 25%.

Teaching

Dr. Holly Bender received the 2004 National Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.

Research

The college's national rank in research funding has increased from 22nd to 9th in the last five years.

The Veterinary Summer Scholars Program offers unique research-related, mentor-supervised projects.

Drs. Kyoung-Jin Yoon, Bruce Janke, and Vicki Cooper identified new influenza strains in animal populations.

Dr. Patrick Halbur and collaborators discovered the first animal strain of hepatitis E virus.

Service and Outreach

The college's faculty includes 52 board-certified specialists.

The college hosts one of the most attended international swine disease conferences for veterinarians.

The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory provides services internationally and is Iowa's only accredited veterinary laboratory. It handles 50,000 submissions annually.

The VDL is one of the original twelve laboratories in the United States to lead a nationwide project to implement a monitoring system for animal disease reporting as part of the National Animal Health Network.

Dr. James Toombs coordinates the delivery of the Complete Course in External Skeletal Fixation (a popular internationally attended program) to Iowa State University. The 17th annual offering of the course will be given in September of 2009.

The college's Center for Food Security and Public Health offers educational and training programs in foreign and emerging diseases of animals and plants. The Center developed a Web-based library of resources on animal diseases and biological risk management, which receives 15,000 hits per month.

Drs. Nolan Hartwig, David Hansen, and Eldon Uhlenhopp have developed outreach activities in Mexico and Southeastern Europe that are impacting animal health, veterinary services, long-term institutional change, and rural economic development. They have lead the effort resulting in the formation of an Academic Alliance for Animal Health in the Americas.

The IICAB is a World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Collaborating Center for the Diagnosis of Animal Diseases and Vaccine Evaluation in the Americas. It is the only OIE Collaborating Center based at a university in this hemisphere. Participants from around the world attend a veterinary biologics training program offered by the college‚ Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics (IICAB).

The Racing Chemistry Program is the only pari-mutuel drug testing program in the world to offer research and proficiency testing programs to other world wide labs for both equine and canine testing.