Category: Member News

Dr. Sarah Colmer discusses clinical signs and prevention of West Nile virus.

Collaborative Care Saves Horse from Chronic Colic Condition Rob Warren November 30, 2022 “Case of the Month” – November 2022 Transverse ultrasound image of Oskie’s severely distended small intestine before surgery. Oskie, a 20-year-old Arabian gelding, had numerous mild colic episodes over the past two years. Thankfully, his owner is a veterinarian, and she knew […]

Veterinary students at the 2022 VMBS Heifer International Gala The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) chapter of Heifer International successfully held their first annual fundraiser since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic to raise money for Heifer International, a nonprofit organization working to end hunger and poverty sustainably by supporting and investing […]

Two common drugs used by veterinarians to combat parasites may be effective against bed bugs, with one showing especially strong potential, according to a new study from North Carolina State University that examined the drugs in the context of controlling resurgent bed bug populations on poultry farms. Fluralaner and ivermectin, which are used to kill […]

Dr. Noah Cohen Dr. Noah Cohen, a Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of equine internal medicine, has been selected to hold the Glenn Blodgett Equine Chair at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS). Cohen has spent more than three decades conducting research, teaching students, and treating patients as a faculty […]

Adel Talaat, a professor of microbiology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is developing a bird flu vaccine he hopes can be used to slow the spread of future outbreaks. The post Bird Flu Is Driving up Turkey and Egg Prices. Why Won’t We Vaccinate Against It? appeared first on School of Veterinary Medicine.

Listen to a short interview with Dr. Cynthia Otto, executive director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center.

Irene Gamboa has loved dogs for as long as she can remember, so much so that her social media friends are almost exclusively dogs and puppies. Yet she didn’t have a dog of her own until fate intervened. What started as a Target run to visit her son who works at the big-box store in […]

Dr. Nicola Mason was interviewed about her role in leading clinical trials evaluating a novel Listeria-based vaccine to treat pet dogs with osteosarcoma, a common canine bone cancer.