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Aggie Student Overcomes Odds To Graduate With Veterinary Degree

Rebecca GuentherPhoto by Jason Nitsch ‘14, Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications Rebecca Guenther has dreamed of becoming a veterinarian since she was 6 years old and has been working toward that goal for as long as she can remember.  “Becoming an Aggie veterinarian is the first step in fulfilling my life’s purpose,” […]

‘We Did It, and You Can, Too,’ Dr. Susan Tonkonogy Encourages Women in STEM

Dr. Susan Tonkonogy’s 54-year career in immunology began at a college whose flagship university did not yet admit women. Tonkonogy earned her bachelor’s degree in bacteriology from Douglass College, the women’s division of Rutgers University in New Jersey, in 1970, two years before Rutgers became coeducational. She remembers just two female professors and about 10 […]

Dr. Simone Stoute Named Poultry Scientist of the Year

Dr. Simone Stoute Named Poultry Scientist of the Year Rob Warren March 20, 2024 Simone Stoute, DVM, PhD, DACPV Dr. Simone Stoute, professor in the Department of Population Health & Reproduction and branch chief of California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory – Turlock, was recently named the Scientist of the Year by the Pacific […]

Dr. Kate Anderson featured in the Washington Post: Should you crate your dog?

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 – 10:25am Kate-Anderson-PC-John-Enright-1280px.jpg “While I always had a wide range of interests, I realized I specifically wanted to do more to alleviate the suffering of animals with behavioral disorders and learn more about how to apply knowledge of animal behavior to all aspects of veterinary medicine.” — Kate Anderson, D.V.M. ’08, assistant clinical […]

Vet Med Represented in UC Davis Top Academic Honors

Vet Med Represented in UC Davis Top Academic Honors Subtitle Teaching, Mentorship and Public Service Showcased Trina J Wood March 19, 2024 UC Davis Dateline Senate and Federation honor top 15 academics at UC Davis. The university’s Academic Senate and Federation have presented their top academic honors for 2024, and the faculty recipients are being […]

Keto Diet Prevents Early Memory Decline in Mice

Keto Diet Prevents Early Memory Decline in Mice Subtitle Molecule From Diet May Play Key Role in Slowing Alzheimer’s Disease Trina J Wood March 19, 2024 Amy Quinton, UC Davis News A molecule found in the keto diet plays a key role in preventing early memory decline in mice. The memory loss is comparable to […]

Texas A&M Veterinarians Diagnose Rare Autoimmune Disease, Put Silver Lab On Road To Recovery

Lanie at her final visit to the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital. Photo by Jason Nitsch ’14, Texas A&M Division of Marketing and Communications Having two autoimmune diseases is unusual for a dog, but having three is exceptionally rare. When Lanie, an English silver Labrador retriever, began showing signs of another illness less than […]

UF Small Animal Hospital to provide free eye, heart exams for service dogs

The University of Florida’s Small Animal Hospital will offer free eye and heart screenings for service animals on May 17 as part of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists-Epicur Pharma National Service Animal Eye Exam event. Service animals typically include guide dogs, disability assistance dogs, detection dogs, police dogs, search and rescue dogs, and formally […]

The ‘Domino Effect’ of Helping Healers

Around late 2018, Dr. Jackie Jaloszynski and Sid Bragg had a problem: Their bichon frise dogs had serious health concerns, one with diabetes and cholesterol issues and the other with a heart murmur, and their local vet on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast couldn’t treat them. The married couple was referred to the NC State Veterinary Hospital, […]