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 […]
Hearts United In A House Divided
After a Texas A&M University veterinary team saved his beloved border collie, a University of Kentucky Wildcats fan also began rooting for the Texas A&M Aggies. Robert “Bobby” Harrod is many things — a retired member of the emergency medical services (EMS), a border collie-loving pet owner, and a fan of the University of Kentucky’s […]
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 […]
Greenlighting Cancer Research: New Insulinoma Treatment Gives Beloved Dog Second Chance At Life
You never know when the relationships you make in school will turn into lasting friendships…or when those friendships could end up saving a life. For Dr. Kelley Thieman Mankin and Dr. Heather Hendrickson, a small animal veterinarian in St. Louis, Missouri, their friendship began during veterinary school at the University of Missouri. “We were in […]
The Texas A&M University System Selects Architect, Construction Manager For Clinical Veterinary Teaching & Research Complex
The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has reached an important new milestone in its plan to build a new Clinical Veterinary Teaching & Research Complex (CVTRC), partnering with Page, a full-service architecture, engineering, and design firm, and Texas-owned Vaughn Construction to design and build its new facility. “We are delighted […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Receives Emergency Care Facility Certification
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) has once again earned level two facility recertification by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS). VECCS certification is a measure of how well a veterinary care facility is able to treat small animal patients in emergencies, including the medications available, the number and full-time status […]
Aggie Animal Lovers Donate Lead Gift For Texas A&M’s New Small Animal Teaching, Research Hospital
Linda and Dennis Clark were driving through Scottsdale, Arizona, when an idea the couple had been considering for about a decade came up in the form of a question. “So, how do you feel about giving away $20 million?” Dennis asked his wife. “Linda and I had been considering this gift for some time and […]
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 […]
