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Principle Investigator Autumn N. Harris and Shelly Vaden Description Anemia is common in feline chronic kidney disease (CKD) and several options are available fortreatment including the medication Varenzin CA-1 ® . Iron supplementation is an important part ofthe treatment of anemia in some patients with CKD and is given as standard of care when theanemia […]

Texas A&M researchers are using new computing technology to predict gene expression, which may be the key to targeted solutions for health issues like cancer and genetic diseases. Dr. James Cai and doctoral student Shreyan Gupta, photo by Jason Nitsch ’14, VMBS Marketing & Communications When most people think of relationships in biology, they probably […]

Sprinting through grassy meadows, rolling around on flower-filled hills, and playing in the breezy spring air may seem like a dream for your pet, especially following the chill of winter. But the incoming season brings with it much more than the beauty that the winter season stripped away; it also opens a season of allergies […]

Dr. Yu Ueda, an associate clinical professor who is board-certified in critical and emergency care, has been named director of extracorporeal services at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.  Extracorporeal therapy involves filtering and removing toxins from an animal’s bloodstream using highly specialized techniques and equipment. Services that fall under this scope include hemodialysis, […]

Pasteurization is the only widely recognized method of killing H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, in milk. However, pasteurization can be expensive and fewer than 50% of large dairy farms pasteurize waste milk. Waste milk includes colostrum, the first milk after calving; milk from cows treated with antibiotics or other drugs; or any other […]

Thanks to opportunities through the BIMS program, undergraduates are being introduced to new career paths. Benji Lamp Benjamin Lamp, a senior biomedical sciences major at Texas A&M University, has discovered a new passion and career goal thanks to undergraduate research opportunities at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS). Lamp, a Plano native, […]

The chatbot, MyEcoReporter, provides a model for making it easier for communities to report their concerns to government agencies.  Superfund Center director Dr. Ivan Rusyn and deputy director Dr. Weihsueh Chiu Researchers at the Texas A&M Superfund Research Center are exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for engagement with communities. They have created an […]

This past summer, I had the opportunity to work alongside the veterinarians at the Toucan Rescue Ranch (TRR) in San Isidro, Costa Rica.

Today, many of the stark physical differences between breeds stem from a relatively small number of genes.