Texas A&M Veterinary Hospital To Begin Accepting CareCredit Financing
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) will begin offering pet owners new options for financing their pets’ veterinary care through the CareCredit health and wellness credit card starting in May. Available through Synchrony, a premier consumer financial services company, CareCredit will give VMTH clients access to a variety of shorter- and longer-term financing […]
Texas A&M Equine Theriogenology Service Extends A Beloved Donkey’s Legacy
As any animal lover will tell you, there’s nothing quite like the human-animal bond. For Martha and Tommy Soyars, their special connection was with Moses, a mammoth jack donkey who joined their family in 2007 as a young colt. When the couple learned that Moses was approaching the end of his life, they began to […]
Texas A&M Veterinarians Help Donkey Foal Fight Critical Health Issues
If there is one word that Stefanie Shaver, would use to describe her jenny foal, Shadow, it would be a “fighter.” “Shadow began her life struggling with several medical conditions,” Shaver said. “She’s pulled through a lot, so for her to be around today is really a godsend.” At just 2 months old, Shadow was […]
VMBS Equine Specialist Leads The Way In Innovative Teaching, Patient Care
Veterinarian Dr. Kati Glass is revolutionizing equine medicine at Texas A&M through her endeavors in veterinary education and innovation. Only seven years into her career as a faculty member at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), Dr. Kati Glass ’09, ’12 has established herself as an international leader in equine […]
Something To Smile About: Texas A&M Veterinarians Heal Camel With Dental Abscess
As a camel, Karl Humphrey spends his days living a blissful life with his brother Johnny at Blessington Farms, a family-friendly farm experience west of Houston. The dromedaries, or single-humped camels, help educate elementary children, families, and farm visitors about camels and the care they require. Perhaps Karl’s favorite part of the job is providing […]
Texas A&M Large Animal Hospital Helps Pig Achieve Royal Recovery
With help from the university’s veterinary team, a pig named King Louie overcame a life-threatening disease. In the classic tale of “Charlotte’s Web,” a pig named Wilbur captures hearts with his friendship and bravery. While not everyone gets to experience life with a swine of their own, the Ballard family knows what it’s like to […]
Texas A&M Equine Veterinarian Wins Prestigious Career Development Award
Dr. Rebecca Legere, a doctoral student and incoming faculty member at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), has won the 2024 Elaine and Bertram Klein Development Award, a highly competitive career development award of $20,000 from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. The award, which is issued annually to one recipient, […]
Aggies Win Big At Annual Theriogenology Conference
A team of faculty and students from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) brought home several awards from the Society for Theriogenology’s annual Therio Conference in Oklahoma City, held from July 25-27. The team consisted of individuals from the Equine Fertility Lab, led by Dr. Charles Love, a VMBS professor […]
A Little Horse With A Lot Of Heart
Equine surgeons at the Texas A&M Large Animal Teaching Hospital heal a mini therapy horse’s broken leg. In two north Texas nursing homes, Jeffery, the miniature horse, is well known for his seemingly magical ability to “make smiles.” “As soon as the residents see him, there is not a frown in the room,” said Jeffery’s […]
Texas A&M Equine Veterinarians Work Around The Clock To Save Newborn Foal
Queen Victoria, the German warmblood filly, proved her strength at a young age, just like her namesake, the United Kingdom’s former monarch who took the throne at only 18 years old. Almost immediately after birth, the foal, nicknamed Vicky, became separated from her mother, Queenie, after rolling into an adjoining stall. Their few hours apart […]