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Texas A&M Veterinarians Heal U.S. Army Soldier’s Dog After Life-Threatening Tongue Injury
Four years ago, United States Army soldier Francesca Salinas received a call from a military friend with an urgent plea — a beautiful, white German Shepherd at a local pound was going to be put to sleep if he wasn’t adopted that day. Despite the dog’s unknown background, the choice was an easy one for […]
Craig Huffhines Selected As Director Of Texas A&M Institute For Equine Sciences
Craig Huffhines ’90 has been selected as director of the recently established Texas A&M Institute for Equine Sciences. Huffhines returns to his alma mater in Bryan-College Station with a skillset spanning more than 30 years in equine-related academics and executive leadership. In joining the institute, Huffhines departs from his role as director of Equine Sciences and […]
Nontraditional Student Overcomes Odds To Graduate As Aggie Veterinarian
Vanessa Wilkins, a fourth-year veterinary student at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), is a living embodiment of perseverance. Despite multiple hardships, a career change, and raising two children on her own, Wilkins remained committed to pursuing her dreams and will graduate with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree […]
Graduating Veterinary Student Achieves Childhood Dream Of Following Hero’s Footsteps, Serving Animal Athletes
Jacob Warner’s childhood hero didn’t wear a cape, spandex tights, or a mask that hid his identity. Instead, he wore a scrub top, starched jeans, and a cowboy hat that highlighted his western heritage. Warner grew up shadowing his father at the Elgin Veterinary Hospital. He came to love the veterinary profession while working alongside […]
Texas A&M Students Develop AI-Based Program To Help Diagnose Canine Heart Disease
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a phrase on the tip of many tech experts’ tongues, and with the help of Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) fourth-year veterinary student Tabitha Baibos and her fiancé Tomas Reyes ’20 ‘22, AI is taking on new life in veterinary medicine. After creating an award-winning prototype […]
Good Bull: Aggies Use New Technique To Heal Longhorn’s Fractured Skull
The rivalry between Aggies and Longhorns goes back more than 100 years, but it stops at the doors of the Texas A&M Large Animal Teaching Hospital (LATH), where Aggies recently worked together to heal a longhorn named Dante, a resident of Austin Zoo. Dante was brought to Texas A&M with a fractured skull that was […]
Graduating Veterinary Student To Help Fill Nation’s Critical Shortage Of Poultry Veterinarians
According to Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) fourth-year veterinary student Jason Sousa, any part of the veterinary curriculum can be about poultry if you try hard enough. Growing up around cats and dogs, Sousa knew he was going to be a veterinarian by the time he was 6 years old, […]
Texas A&M Research Redefines Mammalian Tree Of Life
The research uses the genomes of 241 species and can be used to support animal and human health outcomes. Research led by a team of scientists from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences puts to bed the heated scientific debate regarding the history of mammal diversification as it relates to the […]
Is Coffee Good For You? Texas A&M Researchers Provide New Insight
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide. But it also has been associated with health benefits like decreased rates of Parkinson’s disease and type 2 diabetes, as well as a lowered risk of some cancers, including colon, rectal, and breast cancer. Although the general health benefits of coffee consumption are well known, […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Oncology Team Helps Blue BTHO Cancer
Blue, a mixed-breed dog, has called multiple academic institutions home as she has traveled the country alongside her owner, Dr. Meriam Saleh. “She has been with me at the University of Tennessee for my undergrad, Virginia Tech for my Ph.D., Oklahoma State for my postdoc, and now she’s an Aggie,” Saleh said. “She’s my little […]
