April 20, 2011
Dr. Ian Tizard, Richard M. Schubot
Professor of Exotic Bird Health in the Department of Veterinary
Pathobiology at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine
& Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been selected as the keynote
speaker for the 2011 Freshman Convocation on August 28, 2011 at
2:30 p.m. in Reed Arena.
In the spirit of convocation to... (Read More)
April 15, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, TX - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and
Agriculture has awarded two major grants totaling more than $14
million to investigators at Texas A&M University (TAMU) for
conducting research on Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) and feed
efficiency. These issues are of vital economic significance to the
cattle industr... (Read More)
April 06, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, TX - Sam Wigington, a
long time supporter of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary
Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has assumed the position
of Director of Facilities at the CVM.
Wigington has been a loyal member of
the CVM since 1970 when he joined the Veterinary Pathobiology
department as a technician. Three years late... (Read More)
March 22, 2011
Dr. Kevin Cummings, formerly of the College of Veterinary
Medicine at Cornell University, recently joined the Department of
Veterinary Integrative Biosciences at the Texas A&M College of
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVM) as an assistant
professor of epidemiology.
After graduating with his DVM from
Cornell University's College of... (Read More)
March 22, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, TX - Together with his
team of scientists, Dr. Christopher M. Seabury, assistant professor
at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine &
Biomedical Sciences (CVM), utilized next generation sequencing
technologies to develop a working comparative knowledge of the
white-tailed deer genome. Their work entitled, "Genome-Wide
Polymo... (Read More)
February 21, 2011
On January 22, 2011, the Texas A&M
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM)
Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
(SCAAEP) hosted a workshop that brought in 250 participants from 22
veterinary schools around the nation. This year's sponsorship and
participation has been the highest on record since the worksh... (Read More)