After obtaining an undergraduate degree in biological sciences from California State University, Chico in 2004, Dr. Stacy Kraus thought she wanted to pursue a job in the rapidly growing biotechnology field. That career path changed a couple of years later when she encountered Dr. Kate Hurley while working as a technician at the California Animal Health and Food Safety laboratory on campus.

Hurley earned her DVM from UC Davis in 1999 and returned in 2001 to start the world’s first residency in shelter medicine.

For nearly 50 years, teams of UC Davis veterinarians and students-in-training have helped monitor the health and wellbeing of hundreds of animals brought to the California State Fair.