September 09, 2011
As more area becomes accessible to responders in Bastrop County,
the number of animals arriving at the Veterinary Emergency Team
triage center continues to increase. Beginning last night and
continuing this morning, VET members are working to expand the size
of their operational base to accommodate the animals that are
brought in by animal control officials.
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September 08, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - After an initial assessment yesterday
with Texas Animal Health Commission officials, members of the
Veterinary Emergency Team returned to Texas A&M College of
Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences to bring in
additional personnel and equipment to respond to the urgent needs
of animal injuries in the wake of the Bastrop wildfir... (Read More)
September 07, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - At the request of Texas Task Force-1
(TTF-1), a component of the Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) at the
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical
Sciences (CVM) has deployed to the Bastrop wildfires Wednesday
morning. Drs. Lisa Howe and Philippa Sprake; veterinary technicians
Dana Whitaker, Karin Ponder and Lessa Block... (Read More)
September 02, 2011
The Veterinary Enrichment Camp at the
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical
Sciences (CVM) continues to make a profound impact on former and
current attendees by offering a three and a half day program where
participants interested in veterinary medicine can learn what life
is like as a veterinary student at the CVM.
The Veterinar... (Read More)
September 02, 2011
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), native to Texas, Mexico,
Central America, and South America, is similar in appearance to a
domestic cat, but slightly larger and with a beautiful coat
comparable to that of the leopard or jaguar. During the
20th century, people precipitated the ocelot's decline
in Texas by colonizing and removing their dense thorn-shrub habitat
a... (Read More)
August 26, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - With the recent name change from Vici
to Vonn (meaning Viking warrior), Vonn has risen to the occasion
and shown his warrior spirit during treatment at the Texas A&M
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM)
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH). Still covered in
bandages from head to paw, the hopeful six-mo... (Read More)