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Two fourth-year veterinary students at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have been selected as 2024 recipients of the $75,000 Coyote Rock Ranch Scholarship from the Foundation for the Horse.  Future equine practitioners Fred Holcomb and Alexandra (Bettencourt) Wethington received their scholarships on Dec. 8 during the American Association of Equine […]

The National Institute of Justice has awarded Dr. Kelly Meiklejohn of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine two grants totaling more than $600,000 to support her innovative and crime-fighting work in forensic biology. In collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Meiklejohn will use one grant to apply a new DNA method to […]

Joan Dean Rowe, DVM, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM Dr.

Nicola Pusterla, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DAVDC Dr.

Do you have a senior dog who is experiencing two or more of the following symptoms: decreased interest in playing, weight loss, muscle loss, difficulty walking, and/or get tired out more easily when exercising? If so, your dog may qualify to participate! Description Over the past decade, there has been an increased interest in assessing […]

DVM Class of 2024 graduation For the second consecutive year, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) students in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have carried on the legacy of Aggie veterinary excellence by achieving the highest pass rate in the United States on the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE).  Like […]

Working closely with Dr. Sanjay Singh and Jack Reece, most of my experience was spent at the ABC clinic where roaming dogs are caught every morning and brought in for vaccination and sterilization surgeries, as well as any other procedures or treatments they need. The program has run near-continuously since 1996 and has sterilized and […]

In partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service and African Union, Dr. Nicola L. Ritter, an instructional associate professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, hosted a one-week training event on good regulatory practices (GRP) on sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) in […]

The Cornell University Center for Vertebrate Genomics (CVG) recently announced the recipients of its 2024-2025 Genomics Scholars Awards. Dr. Shebl Salem, a postdoctoral associate in the de Mestre Lab at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, was one of 11 honorees that included four postdocs and seven graduate students. The diverse group represented five different […]

At the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, cultivating the next generation of rural veterinarians is a top priority.