Bissett To Serve As Interim Head Of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Dr. Wesley Bissett, an associate professor of emergency management at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), has been appointed interim head of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (VLCS). Bissett, who also serves as director of the Veterinary Emergency Team (VET), will hold his new position for one year, […]
Scratching Beneath The Surface
Dr. Dusty Nagy’s holistic approach to veterinary care was borne from her personal experiences with chiropractic and acupuncture treatments. Story by Courtney Adams The familiar sound of a mooing cow echoes through the clinic. This time, the noise is not coming from a patient but from Dr. Dusty Nagy’s cellphone. A bovine lover to her […]
Cohen Receives Top-Level AVMA Clinical Research Award
Dr. Noah Cohen, a professor of large animal internal medicine in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department (VLCS), has been recognized with the 2019 Clinical Research Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) for his contributions to equine medicine. The AVMA selected Cohen for […]
Out With Antibiotics, In With Vaccines
CVM researchers help discover new strategy to protect foals from deadly infection. Story by Callie Rainosek Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) have helped successfully develop a strategy to protect foals from developing a common and severe form of pneumonia by vaccinating pregnant mares weeks before giving […]
Three CVM Profs Awarded for University-Level Distinguished Achievement
Three faculty members at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences are among the 24 university faculty and staff to be recognized with a 2018 Distinguished Achievement Award by Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students (AFS). University-level Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented to Joanne Hardy and Michelle Pine […]
Strengthening Foal Immune Systems, Preventing Pneumonia
Dr. Noah Cohen, professor and associate department head for research and graduate studies in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), is leading the search for an effective strategy to prevent diseases caused by Rhodococcus equi (R. equi), a bacterium that commonly causes […]
A Focused Leader: Dr. Allen Roussel
Long before his days as department head of the Large Animal Clinical Sciences (VLCS) department at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), Dr. Allen Roussel was simply a young man fascinated by animals. “When I was growing up, we had cats and one old hunting dog, so that’s what got me interested […]
A Special Love for Horses: Howard Fisher
Howard Fisher began his career in 1986 as a custodian on the main campus of Texas A&M; University, but his love of horses motivated him to apply for an animal caretaker position in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (VLCS) at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM). “I really wanted to […]
Three Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Faculty Recognized with University-Level Distinguished Achievement Awards
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M; Association of Former Students (AFS) honored three members of the Texas A&M; College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) faculty with University-Level Distinguished Achievement Awards, one of the highest honors presented by the AFS. Dr. Wesley Bissett, associate professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences […]
64th Annual James Steel Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man
The 64th Annual James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN) was held June 25-27, 2014 in Irving, Texas, and the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) was well represented. Dr. Eleanor M. Green, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine, presented the J.V. Irons Keynote Address, […]