Texas A&M’s Newly Offered Knee Replacement Surgery Provides Canine Patient With Renewed Life
Like any other young dog, Delilah, a black Labrador Retriever-Great Pyrenees mix, loves to run and play. She wouldn’t be able to, however, if not for the knee replacement surgery she received at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH). Although knee replacements have existed in […]
Texas A&M Veterinarians Save Schnauzer With Extreme Urinary Blockage
The last thing anyone wants to deal with during the holidays is a medical emergency, but when Max, a 7-year-old Schnauzer, began to have difficulty urinating on Thanksgiving day, his family began an almost week-long journey to get him the care he needed. They soon learned that Max had a serious blockage in his urinary […]
Texas A&M Cardiology Team Performs Lifesaving Surgery For Puppy
Irene Gamboa has loved dogs for as long as she can remember, so much so that her social media friends are almost exclusively dogs and puppies. Yet she didn’t have a dog of her own until fate intervened. What started as a Target run to visit her son who works at the big-box store in […]
Texas A&M Student Surgical Program Provides Kitten With Lifesaving Eye Surgery
Life as a stray kitten is hard, and Gwennie knows this better than most. In her first eight weeks of life, the calico domestic shorthair had already caught a virus that damaged her eyes and left her essentially blind. Fortunately, Gwennie was not on the streets for long and, once rescued, her owner and her […]
VMBS Launches Underserved Communities Internship To Expand Access To Veterinary Medicine
One out of every four American households with pets experiences barriers to veterinary care, according to a report by the Access to Veterinary Care Coalition. The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) seeks to change that through a variety of outreach initiatives, including a new internship program focused on reaching underserved […]
Texas A&M Veterinarians Save Kitten’s Life With Rare Procedure
Like most stories in veterinary medicine, Pinky’s starts with a trip to the veterinarian. The twist, however, is that the visit wasn’t even for him—the domestic longhair kitten just happened to tag along for his brother’s appointment when their veterinarian noticed he had a rare condition. This chance observation was the first of several fortunate […]
Ferret Receives Lifesaving Pacemaker At Texas A&M SATH
It’s not every day that veterinarians at the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH) get to sew a pacemaker onto a beating heart roughly the size of a grape. In fact, until March 2021, the procedure had only been done twice at the hospital. But when Hypnos, a 5-year-old ferret, arrived at the SATH […]
Texas A&M SATH Clients Help Ensure Top-Notch Patient Care For Generations To Come
Bickie and Bill Coffey don’t just want the best for their own pets; they want the best for everyone’s pets. That love of animals and the human-animal bond are why some clients at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH) have found their bills mysteriously paid. […]
Texas A&M Veterinarians Make Serendipitous Diagnosis Of Cat’s Rare Autoimmune Condition
Baxter, a 12-year-old seal point Birman cat, tends to draw eyes wherever he goes. “He is such a pretty cat,” said Baxter’s owner Erin Young. “He just prances around, looking beautiful and knowing that he’s so beautiful. He’s a joy for our family and he’s a very special cat, to say the least.” Young and […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Hospital Celebrates Patient Successes With New Cancer Bell
When Henry, a 7-year-old rescue Mastiff, finished his final round of chemotherapy at the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH), he became the first patient to celebrate his achievement with the hospital’s new “BTHO Cancer” bell. The bell, which was installed in April, is used to signify a patient’s completion of either chemotherapy or […]
