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Researching Parasites and Living Symbiotically
Almost any scientist who doubles as a parent knows that sometimes laboratory work takes a back seat to your kiddos in the car seat. For couples who both work in research, one person tends to sacrifice more, resulting in a sort of parasitism of one career by the other. However, for Drs. Haili Zhang, an […]
Lab Partners
As a married couple, Drs. Larry Suva and Dana Gaddy share a laid-back, joking rapport that is highlighted by a mutual respect for one another. But when it comes to their joint research efforts, the two are serious about solving the health problems that have hit“closer to the bone.” Long before Drs. Larry Suva and […]
Discovering Opportunities
There are two laboratories at Texas A&M University that tout the name “Threadgill.” But, while they may share a name, each lab is devoted to its own unique niche of research. Dr. Debbie Threadgill, an assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (VTPB), investigates bacterial-induced diseases, […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Hospital Saves Pregnant Golden Retriever, 13 Puppies
When Angela Brenengen’s 5-year-old Golden Retriever Bree Anna Rose stopped eating for a day or two, it was easy to attribute it to Bree’s pregnancy; after all, this was Bree’s third litter of puppies, and it is common for dogs to forsake food in the days leading up to delivery. But what they thought was […]
Recruiting for the Future
Veterinarians from the farthest corners of Texas, some driving four to five hours, traveled to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) on Nov. 18 to meet, network with, and, hopefully, recruit students at the Veterinary Job & Externship Fair. Here at home, more than 200 eager first- through fourth-year veterinary […]
Texas A&M’s CET, PCVE Collaborate To Create Primary Care Educational Resources
Veterinary students across the country will have the opportunity to learn more about preventive care through modules created by the Center for Educational Technologies (CET) at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) beginning this fall. Working with the Primary Care Veterinary Educators (PCVE) and Partners for Healthy Pets (PHP), the […]
Rusyn Selected to Lead Committee Examining EPA Program
Dr. Ivan Rusyn, a professor of toxicology in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS), will chair a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop Committee that will support changes being implemented to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System […]
Doctoral Student Earns Merit Award for Innovative Abstract
Raine Lunde-Young, a second-year doctoral student in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences‘ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VTPP), has been selected to receive the Kenneth Warren Merit Award for her late-breaking and novel abstract entitled “Prenatal alcohol exposure produces sex-dependent patterns of gene disruption and molecular pathways in […]
Practicing in Rural Areas
For these fourth-year veterinary students in the food-animal medicine track, practicing in rural areas is all part of the plan. Lauren Thompson Texas A&M fourth-year veterinary student Lauren Thompson showed livestock from the age of 8 in her hometown of Grandview, Texas, and knew she wanted to become a veterinarian when she got her first […]
Researchers Observe Striking Differences Between Brains of Wild, Domesticated Rabbits
The most characteristic feature of domestic animals is their tame behavior. Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the team—led by Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) professor Leif Andersson—has found that domesticated rabbits’ amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex, those regions of the brain involved in fear processing, have been particularly effected. […]
