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VMBS Dean, Dr. John R. August, accepts framed award certificate from Dr. Lori Teller, outgoing AVMA president, onstage in Denver on July 14, 2023.

Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Wins Prestigious 2023 National Award

The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has been recognized with the 2023 President’s Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) for its impact on veterinary health, veterinary organizations and the veterinary profession. The VMBS was one of three institutions selected to receive the award from outgoing AVMA president Dr. […]

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Texas A&M Researcher Hatches New Technology To Save Endangered Birds

The so-called “smart eggs,” designed to look like bird eggs, carry sensors that capture information necessary for artificial incubation. A researcher from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) is creating unique data collection devices to promote reproduction in endangered bird populations. The devices, designed to look like bird eggs, carry […]

Nikolas Faust in a Texas A&M Poultry Science shirt holding a rooster

Texas A&M Veterinary Student Taking Poultry Medicine To A New Degree

As both a Texas A&M Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and poultry science Ph.D. candidate, Nikolas Faust is on a mission to improve poultry health and welfare while also feeding the world. Like most students who dream of becoming a veterinarian, Faust intended to start his DVM upon his undergraduate graduation. However, when his initial […]

Drs. Hodges and Ferguson wearing Vet for a Day T-shirts in the VENI building

‘Critter Fixers’-Hosted Day Camp Excites Future Aggies With Veterinary Interests

Children from across Texas recently had an opportunity to learn about veterinary medicine from Nat Geo Wild’s “Critter Fixers” and faculty, staff, and students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS). The one-day camp, held at the VMBS, was part of veterinarians and “Critter Fixers” television stars Drs. Vernard Hodges […]

Drs. Cristine Heaps and Annie Newell-Fugate working in a research lab

Texas A&M VMBS, UT Southwestern Partner To Advance Animal And Human Health

With the goal of supporting One Health, Texas A&M University’s School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has joined forces with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to foster translational research as part of a prestigious program funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The two institutions are working together on UT […]

Dr. Gerald Parker

Texas A&M Expert Testifies On Preparing For Future Public Health Threats And Disasters

Dr. Gerald Parker, Texas A&M University’s associate dean for Global One Health at the School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and director of the Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Program, recently testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on the importance of being prepared for emerging threats and […]

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Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team Deploys To Support Tornado Recovery Efforts In Perryton

The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) arrived in Perryton early Tuesday in response to the devastating tornadoes that ripped through the Texas Panhandle community on June 15. The team’s mission for this deployment is providing veterinary medical support for animals injured in the tornadoes. “We’re here to provide medical care to animals, but we’re […]

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Texas A&M Superfund Research Center Developing Practical Solutions To Disaster Effects, Chemical Contaminants

When Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast in the fall of 2018, more than 30 inches of rain fell in some areas of the state. The resulting flooding was dangerous enough, but it unleashed a whole new threat when it caused dams to burst, letting water from storage ponds filled with coal ash enter […]

Thieman in forground using the da Vinci machine, a fake patient lying on a surgery table in the background a few feet away, with robotic arms hovering over it

VMBS Faculty Member One Of First Veterinarians To Train On New Robotic-Assisted Surgery System

The introduction of endoscopy, a surgical procedure that uses cameras and instruments in a small incision rather than the large incisions required for open surgery, is one of the greatest successes in medical history. Before the introduction of endoscopy, large problems required large incisions.   Today, a few tiny openings paired with small cameras and rigid […]

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Aggie Veterinarian Explores Her Love For Radiology With Small Animal Rotating Internship

Dr. Cambridge Coy ’22 has known since her second year as a student at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) that she wanted to become a veterinary radiologist. In the years since then, her classes, part-time jobs, and time as a rotating intern at the VMBS’ Small Animal Teaching Hospital […]

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