LARGE ANIMAL CLINICAL SCIENCES (VLCS)

• Texas Department of Criminal Justice ambulatory rotation

• VERO based rotations in the Texas panhandle in the areas of:

• Feedlot Medicine

• Dairy Medicine

• Beef Production Medicine

• Rural Practice Externship

Education and Clinical Service Awards

• Dr. Dee Griffin – American Association of Bovine Practitioners Amstutz-Williams Award

• This award is the highest honor bestowed by the AABP to recognize outstanding contributions to bovine veterinary medicine, the cattle industries, and the AABP.

• Dr. Keith Chaffin – VMTH Clinical Service Award

• Dr. Dusty Nagy – Bridges Teaching and Service Award

• Dr. Evelyn Mackay – Richard H. Davis Teaching Award

• Dr. BJ Newcomer – TVMA Teaching Award

• Dr. Carolyn Arnold – Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award

• Dr. Andrès Rivera – TVMA Foundation Earl Waddell Award

• Dr. Abbi Brock – TVMA Foundation Johnson Memorial Award

• Dr. Bridget Savitske – John Milliff ’28 Veterinary Award

Research and Graduate Studies

VLCS is committed to research that is designed to provide solutions to problems affecting the equine and livestock industries. Our researchers and their laboratories are heavily invested in developing the research leaders of tomorrow through their graduate student training and mentoring programs as well as providing opportunities for undergraduate students to experience research.

• Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory

• Under the leadership of Dr. Noah Cohen, University Distinguished Professor and Patsy Link Chair in Equine Research, the Equine Infectious Disease Laboratory (EIDL) continues to advance diagnostic and therapeutic modalities necessary for the management of important infectious diseases impacting horses. In 2021, research initiated in the EIDL resulted in the development of an improved diagnostic assay at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for the detection of the highly contagious equine disease, Strangles, caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies equi

• Food Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory at VERO in Canyon

• Lead by Dr. Paul Morley, Professor and Sally Rau McIntosh Chair for Veterinary Strategic Initiatives, this laboratory focuses on research driven by the needs of the livestock industry. This includes bovine respiratory disease, liver abscesses in feedlot environments, impacts of antimicrobial use, and investigating relationships between health and disease using advanced molecular diagnostics such as transcriptomics and metagenomics.

Research and Graduate Studies Awards

• Dr. Paul Morley – Outstanding Research Leader Award

• Dr. Paul Morley – TVMA Research Award

• Dr. Matt Scott – Outstanding Young Faculty Research Award