The rise of antibiotic resistance, coupled with a declining antibiotic pipeline, poses a substantial threat to global public health. The ESKAPE pathogens-Enterococcus faecium,Staphylococcus aureus,Klebsiella pneumoniae,Acinetobacter baumannii,Pseudomonas aeruginosa, andEnterobacterspecies-have been identified as critical antibiotic-resistant bacteria for which novel therapeutic strategies are d...

On November 16, a significant breakthrough in the field of beef cattle transportation stress was achieved by Professor Zuo Zhicai's team from the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine and the National Beef Cattle and Yak Industry Technology System. Their research, titled"Multi-omics Investigation into Long-Distance Road Transportation Effects on Respiratory Health and Immunometabolic Respo...

Oncogenic gammaherpesviruses, including human Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), and murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68), establish lifelong latent infection in circulating B cells and directly contribute to the genesis of a variety of malignancies including B cell lymphoma. The prevailing paradigm for gammaherpesvirus biology holds that these viruses...

Recently, the research team led by Professor Senyan Du of the Swine Diseases Research Center, College of veterinary Medicine, published a paper in theJournal of Virology,which detailed the role of sialic acids in facilitating Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection in mosquitoes. This study elucidates the mechanism that mosquito-derived sialic acids enhance JEV infection, contributing to a ...

From July 13th to 28th, 2024, Professor Xie Yue from the College of Veterinary Medicine led an internship team consisting of two veterinary medicine students, Fei Junxuan and Feng Yao, to successfully complete the half-month "SAU-PU International Veterinary Exchange Summer Internship". This marks the 6th exchange of summer students since the signing of the "Letter of Intent for International Sc...

On June 15th, the College of Veterinary Medicine of Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU) and Purdue University (PU) College of Veterinary Medicine jointly launched their 2024's summer vet exchange program. As the first visit of PU to SAU in the "post-COVID-19" era, this program brought eight PU DVM students and one leading teacher. As a leading teacher, Dr. Shi Riyi is the Mari Hulman George P...