Sarah Hamer and her team are studying kissing bugs taking an ecological approach to characterize disease transmission cycles. By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Stumbling across an unidentified large black bug in your house may make you feel panicked or even curious. Should you…
A Darwin’s Finch (also known as the Galapagos Finch) in the Galapagos Islands. (Shutterstock) By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Highlights A species of Darwin’s finches evolved before Texas A&M researcher Leif Andersson’s eyes Hybridization between two distinct species led to the…
Drs. Eleanor Greene, Luis Barcos, Jean-Phillip Dop, John Clifford and Craig Nessler cut the ribbon opening the OIE U.S. Liaison Office at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas on Nov. 6. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research/Blair Fannin) By Blair Fannin, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences…
(Shutterstock) By the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Children and adults may love the spooky traditions of Halloween, but our pets are less likely to appreciate the costumes, masks, and parties associated with Halloween night. Kit Darling, infection control coordinator at the Texas A&M…
By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) has been selected as one of 24 university colleges to receive a 2017 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT…
(Shutterstock) By Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Like humans, pets can develop excess body fat that can lead to serious health problems such as diabetes or degenerative joint disease. But how can you tell if your pet is obese? In recognition of National Pet…
Members of the Texas Army National Guard play with puppies rescued by Texas A&M’s Veterinary Emergency Team. By Megan Palsa, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences While the Texas A&M University Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) has been deployed to a variety of locations along…
Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles By Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Staff Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles, an associate professor and the Dr. Fred A. and Vola N. Palmer Chair in Comparative Oncology in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Small Animal Clinical Sciences Department,…
Dr. Jan Suchodolski and second-year DVM student, Hannah L. Klein. By Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Staff The word “ecosystem” often evokes images of vast terrain and large expanses of wilderness, often at the continental or planetary scale. But, ecosystems aren’t always so massive. In…
From left: Wendy McNair (interpreter), Jessica Israel, Dr. Cristine Heaps, Amanda Rose (interpreter). By Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Staff Jessica Israel, a graduate student pursuing a non-thesis master’s in biomedical sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM),…
