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Severely injured dog gets a second chance
By MAGGIE KIELY maggie.kiely@theeagle.com When Texas A&M regents professor Bob Strawser and his wife, Carol, found a dog on New Year’s Day lying motionless in a median near the intersection of OSR and Texas 6, there was no discussion of whether to stop or not. The Strawsers are veterans when it comes to animal rescue. […]
Yellowstone National Park Bison Really Two Different Populations
The American Bison is an iconic species that conjures up visions of the wide-open prairies characteristic of the Wild West. The spirit of this amazing animal lives on at Yellowstone National Park, home to one of the few populations of bison known to have continually persisted on their current landscape since Pre-Columbian times. The numbers […]
Texas A&M, UT MD Anderson Team Up to Treat Canine Lymphoma
HOUSTON – A new immunotherapy treatment for companion dogs with advanced-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has been shown to improve survival while maintaining quality of life, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The study resulted from a collaboration between The University of Texas MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital in Houston and Texas […]
Texas A&M And Cornell Colleges Of Veterinary Medicine Join Forces With Pfizer Animal Health
Groundbreaking Partnership Between Academia And Industry Aims To Provide An Unparalleled Online Learning Experience To Help Meet The Needs Of An Evolving Veterinary Profession Western Veterinary Conference, Las Vegas, NV, February, 2012 – Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have announced today a groundbreaking partnership […]
Texas A&M Researchers Unlock Quarter Horse Genome
COLLEGE STATION, TX – A truly American horse breed, the American Quarter Horse first came to being in the early colonial era in America. And in a study recently reported in the journal, BMC Genomics, researchers at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), working with collaborators in the Texas A&M […]
CVM SCAAEP Reaches National Audience with its Annual Technical Skills Lab
Two hundred and fifty veterinary students from all over the nation braved the chilly morning of January 21, 2012, to participate in one of the largest technical skills labs in the nation. For seventeen years, the Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (SCAAEP) has hosted a workshop at the Texas A&M College […]
New $120 Million Classroom Building Approved for Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved the addition of a $120 million classroom building and small animal hospital expansion project to the system’s capital plan today in their meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas. The capital project represents a major expansion for the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine […]
A&M Researcher Receives Grant from the American Heart Association
The human body has the amazing ability to respond to disease and trauma by growing new blood vessels that in turn supply injured or diseased tissues with increased amounts of oxygen and nutrients. In some cases, such as with cancer, malignant cells can actually “hijack” this process and force the growth of new blood vessels […]
Texas A&M Professor Delivers 2011 Frank J. Milne State-of-the-Art Lecture to Equine Practitioners
Cohen, an expert in epidemiology and equine infectious disease, has presented numerous lectures nationally and internationally on applying principles of epidemiology, the branch of medical science concerned with the occurrence, transmission, and control of diseases, to specific areas of equine practice, including racing injuries, gastrointestinal disease, evidence-based medicine, and infectious disease. “When most practitioners think […]
Texas A&M and Iowa State Veterinary Medicine Have No “Beef” With Taking the Pigskin From the Gridiron to the Grill
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – In recognition of the final time that the Texas A&M Aggies and the Iowa State Cyclones will meet on the football field as conference rivals, Dean Eleanor Green, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Lisa […]
