CVM Student Spends Summer Working Aboard Alaskan Veterinary Boat
When Linda Buehler, a third-year veterinary student at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), decided to visit her aunt and uncle in Alaska during the summer, she could only hope that there would happen to be a veterinarian with whom she could work. Luckily, Petersburg, a small town of 3,000 […]
Texas A&M VET, AgriLife Deploy To Chambers County For Imelda Flooding
Click here to read about the VET’s first deployment this month to Cameron County. Members of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) hadn’t even put their feet back on the ground in College Station before receiving a second deployment request for assistance related to the catastrophic flooding resulting from Tropical Depression Imelda. Twenty-one VET […]
Cohen Receives Top-Level AVMA Clinical Research Award
Dr. Noah Cohen, a professor of large animal internal medicine in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department (VLCS), has been recognized with the 2019 Clinical Research Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) for his contributions to equine medicine. The AVMA selected Cohen for […]
Vaccines are Key: Protect Your Pet from Rabies
Rabies is a deadly disease that can harm pets, wildlife, and people. Luckily, thanks to modern medicine, it is also easily preventable through vaccinations and responsible pet ownership. Dr. Katie McCool, a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, discusses the most common signs of rabies and what […]
CVM Ph.D. Student, Alumnus Establish Arab Toxicologists Association
Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) Ph.D. student Hadil Al Muhisen and former student Dr. Ziad Naufal were instrumental in establishing the Arab Toxicologists Association (ATA) within the Society of Toxicology (SOT), the international professional toxicology organization, in spring 2019. Founded in 1961, the SOT consists of scientists from academic […]
Exploring A Passion for Rural Medicine
Tori Chambers, a third-year veterinary student at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has a passion for rural veterinary medicine. Her experience this summer working for four weeks as an extern at Quitman Animal Clinic, a rural mixed animal practice about an hour north of Tyler, has only strengthened her […]
Recognizing a Pet Emergency
Many pet owners have found themselves in difficult situations in which they know something is wrong with a pet, but the veterinary clinic is closed. How do you know when it’s a true pet emergency and how do you know when it can wait until the clinic opens the next day? To answer this question, […]
PEER Celebrates 20 Years of Service
This year, the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) Program at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) is celebrating 20 years of promoting science education in Texas middle and high schools. With interactive lessons, exciting guest speakers, and relevant topics, PEER brings the joys of science into classrooms […]
Student Explores Texas Panhandle Veterinary Careers with VERO Tour
The sweeping vistas of West Texas offer many opportunities to practice veterinary medicine–and Hannah Johnson wanted to explore her options firsthand. To do so, the third-year Texas A&M University veterinary student decided to devote part of her summer participating in the Veterinary Education, Research and Outreach (VERO) Food Production Tour. The six-day tour, offered through […]
Senior Dogs, Part II: The Joys of Loving an Elderly Dog
Throughout their lives, dogs are experts at showing unconditional love and acceptance for their owners. Once dogs have moved into their senior years, owners can return that love by helping them stay comfortable, happy, and healthy. Harmony Peraza, a veterinary technician and the study subject manager for the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & […]
