A Minute with Mark

Minute with Mark episodes

Foaling Season

June 2025

Spring is foaling season, and foals are a real delight. So we couldn’t resist when our Equine Critical Care and Neonatology team invited us to meet Ollie, a foal born prematurely and very ill. Join us as we learn about Ollie’s journey as he prepares to head home.

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Congratulations Class of 2025!

May 2025

And just like that, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine class of 2025 is off to change the world! 🎓🎉 Dean Stetter caught up with our newest grads to hear what this journey meant to them and where they’re headed next.

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SAVMA Symposium 2025

April 2025

UC Davis veterinary students showcased their excellence on a national stage as they hosted the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) Symposium for 700 attendees from around the world.

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Meet Olive, Your New Favorite Galentine

February 2025

For Heart Health Month, we take a look at our Cardiology Service and introduce you to a French bulldog patient named Olive.

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An Abused Dog’s Story

January 2025

Meet Toby at the new Meadowview Foundation Dental and Oral Surgery Center. Toby was an abused doodle whose jaw was broken so badly that it healed abnormally at a perpendicular angle.

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Happy Holidays from UC Davis Veterinary Medicine

December 2024

The Dean as Buddy the Elf, celebrates the people and animals of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Happy Thanksgiving from UC Davis Veterinary Medicine

November 2024

This year, we’re celebrating the spirit of gratitude by sharing a video featuring our esteemed Alumni Award winners.

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Equine Reproduction: Sperm Collection

Have you ever wondered how horses are bred without the stallion present? Dr. Pouya Dini walks us through the sperm collection process.

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Equine Reproduction: Sperm Injection

Dr. Pouya Dini uses advanced techniques for horse breeding, starting with frozen semen and carefully fertilizing eggs in the lab.

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2024 White Coat Ceremony

June 2024

Meet a few of our Class of 2028 DVM students.

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What Do You Know About Bones? Part 1

Dean Stetter delves into Dr. Clare Yellowley's research on bone on formation and how it could help treat diseases like osteoporosis.

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What Do You Know About Bones? Part 2

See how we are leveraging advanced technology for total hip replacements (allowing dogs to walk as soon as 24 hours after surgery) at our state-of-the-art Advanced Veterinary Surgery Center.

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Saving Homeless Kittens

Dr. Karen Vernau and the student volunteers who run the Orphan Kitten Project at UC Davis help kittens go from being homeless to receiving excellent medical care and socialization until they are adopted.

A group of graduates of the class of 2024 wearing caps and gowns of the commencement ceremony..

Congratulations Class of 2024!

Watch as Dean Stetter interviews the Class of 2024 about their post-graduation plans.

Dean Mark Stetter next to a horse on a treadmill.

Gold Medal-Worthy

At the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Dr. Heather Knych performs drug administration studies on retired sport horses to to determine how drug concentrations change over time in a horse’s system and the physiologic effects of the drugs.

Dean Stetter sitting in a chair getting some hair cut.

Drug Testing

Dean Mark Stetter gets drug tested at The Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Lab is part of the California Animal Health & Food Safety Lab System. Does he pass?

Johnny Cash the pug is wearing a cone as he recovers from surgery.

Johnny Cash: Pug in Black

Johnny Cash was attacked by another dog and was nearly euthanized. He received a treatment that was pioneered at UC Davis more than 10 years ago by professors and oral surgeons Drs. Frank Verstraete and Boaz Arzi: using bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) to regrow missing jawbone.

Dean Mark Stetter standing in front of the raptor cutouts with his arms outstretched comparing "wingspans" with a young child.

Visit the California Raptor Center

A rescued Swainson’s hawk had a broken leg surgically repaired and was rehabilitated at the California Raptor Center.