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April is recognized as National Heartworm Awareness Month as a reminder to protect our furry friends against heartworm disease before mosquito season peaks during the summer. To understand the importance of preventing heartworm disease, pet owners should first understand how heartworms grow and are detected. Heartworms are spread by mosquitoes that have bitten a heartworm-infected […]

Five-year partnership to yield new diagnostic and nutritional tools through $2 million Purina PetCare Research Excellence Fund Representatives of Texas A&M’s GI Lab and Purina PetCare The veterinary industry can anticipate exciting new breakthroughs in the frontier of pet microbiome health thanks to a new partnership between Nestlé Purina PetCare Global Research and the Gastrointestinal […]

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Dr. Ruth Francis-Floyd speaks to Rachel Naghi, an intern in small animal clinical sciences. Each year, the college acknowledges the top research being performed by D.V.M. students, graduate students, faculty, house officers and staff during our traditional Research and Phi Zeta Celebration. Awards are given in a variety of categories for presentations as well as […]

UC Davis Equine Surgery Resident Wins National Award Rob Warren April 18, 2023 Professor Julie Dechant (right), director of the equine surgery residency program, presents the 2023 American Association of Veterinary Clinicians Resident Achievement Award to Dr. Tom Bergstrom (left). Equine surgery resident Dr. Tom Bergstrom was recently awarded the 2023 American Association of Veterinary […]

Levine Dr. Jonathan Levine, head of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), was selected to receive the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians’ (AAVC) Annual Faculty Achievement in Research Award. This award recognizes AAVC members who have achieved national recognition through their efforts […]

When an email from Mack Kestler, a Florida truck driver, arrived unexpectedly in her inbox, Dr. Terri DeFrancesco easily conjured up fond memories of him and his little dog Brandi even though nearly 13 years had passed since their last encounter. An incredibly nice man, she recalled, salt of the earth. Critically ill dog he […]

Resident T-cells Key to Salmonella Immunity Subtitle Insights From Mouse Model Could Lead to Better Vaccines Trina Wood April 17, 2023 Andy Fell, UC Davis News Salmonella bacteria (red) cause up to a million deaths a year worldwide and there is a need for effective vaccines. New work from UC Davis shows how Salmonella-specific T-cells […]

Dindot Dr. Scott Dindot, an associate professor in the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and in the School of Medicine’s Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, was named the inaugural Chancellor’s Innovation Award recipient at The Texas A&M University System Innovation Luncheon on April 14. The Chancellor’s […]

Monday, April 17, 2023 – 9:21am thumbnail_Case Comp_Winning Team.jpg Milcah Abena Andoh, M.P.H.’24, (left) and Avery Sirwatka M.P.H.’24, (middle right) along with teammates Lance Rombro (middle left), a senior in Biology & Society, and Sarah McIlroy, a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, won the Cornell competition. Photo: provided Two students in […]