News Stories
Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team Returns To College Station Following Smokehouse Creek Fire Deployment
After eight days of providing veterinary medical care to the animals of Texas Panhandle citizens affected by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, as well as to canine search and rescue teams, the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) is returning home to Bryan-College Station Friday evening. The team deployed to Canadian, Texas, on Feb. 28, just […]
VERO Researchers Battling Antimicrobial Resistance By Developing New Treatment Methods For Diseases
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing health threats around the globe, according to the World Health Organization. AMR is the result of bacteria and other microorganisms adapting and no longer responding to traditional medicines, also known as antimicrobial drugs (AMDs), which makes treating infections and fighting disease more difficult. Although many scientists […]
Texas A&M Veterinarians Leave No Stone Unturned In Diagnosing Horse’s Mysterious Colic
When Koche, an American Paint Horse, began experiencing recurring bouts of colic, her owner, Cedrick Harvey, was determined to discover the source of the problem because of the 7-year-old mare’s special place in his family. “Her grandmother was an amazing Paint horse named Apache that grew up within our family,” Harvey said. “We really wanted […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team Deploys To Texas Panhandle In Response To Wildfire
The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) deployed Wednesday to the Texas Panhandle in response to a fast-moving wildfire that quickly became the second-largest in Texas history. The team’s mission includes providing veterinary care in support of 12 search and rescue dogs deployed with Texas A&M Texas Task Force 1 and to resident animals while […]
VMBS Researcher Developing New Antiviral Drugs For Mpox, Methods For Fighting Future Pandemics
In 2020, the world was abuzz with the shocking news of the COVID-19 pandemic’s outbreak. In most people’s minds, large-scale pandemics were not a feature of the modern world but rather a problem of the past, like the Black Death that wiped out somewhere between one- to two-thirds of Europe’s population in the Late Middle […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team Develops New Decontamination Guidelines For Dogs
The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) has developed protocols for decontaminating dogs after disaster events. The new guidelines, soon to be published in the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, will help disaster management teams across the country know the kinds and quantities of resources […]
Texas A&M Researchers Find Links Between Human, Canine Brain Tumor Detection Markers
Sharing detection markers means that treatment research has potential benefits for both species. Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital researchers have discovered that meningiomas — the most common type of brain tumor in humans and dogs — are extremely similar genetically. These newly […]
Bat ‘Nightclubs’ May Be The Key To Solving The Next Pandemic
The evolution of viral tolerance in Myotis bats may hold the key to preventing future pandemics. Bats carry some of the deadliest zoonotic diseases that can infect both humans and animals, such as Ebola and COVID-19. In a recently published article in the journal Cell Genomics, a Texas A&M research team revealed that some species […]
Hagler Fellow Partners With VMBS Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Inspires Veterinary Students To Participate In Clinical Research
Over the next three years, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Gastrointestinal Laboratory (GI Lab) will get to partner with one of the top veterinary gastroenterologists in the world, thanks to a fellowship from the Texas A&M Hagler Institute for Advanced Study. Dr. Jody Gookin, the FluoroScience Distinguished Professor of […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team Shapes How Future Aggie Veterinarians Prepare For, Respond To Disasters
Disasters related to weather or climate are increasing in frequency and intensity, according to the United Nations. The increase in severe hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, landslides, and other disasters means more communities find themselves in the path of dangerous weather. Community leaders, including veterinarians, are increasingly called upon to prepare for and respond to disasters, which […]
