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A student worker at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is celebrating national success after helping lead the Texas A&M University Dairy Challenge Team to a championship this spring. Abby van Adrichem, a student worker in TVMDL’s client services section, served as a coach for the four-member team that competed at the 2026 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge in…
For Nicole Glenn, DVM, the road to veterinary pathology was anything but conventional. Growing up in Katy, Texas, Glenn developed a lifelong curiosity for the natural world at an early age. Dogs, birds, horses, and fish were all part of her childhood, and her peers were certain that she’d become a veterinarian. Glenn, however, had different plans. In…
July is typically the hottest month of the year across much of the United States, making it a fitting time for Pet Dehydration Awareness Month, an educational campaign established in 2018. Summer heat places additional demands on a pet’s ability to regulate body temperature and maintain fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. When severe dehydration develops, reduced blood flow can…
Long before he pursued veterinary science, Dhani Prakoso, DVM, MS, PhD, was the child who couldn’t ignore an animal in need. Growing up in Surabaya, Indonesia, the country’s second-largest city, Prakoso saw the challenges facing stray animals in a community with few animal shelters and wondered how he could help. While many of his family…
From the moment she enrolled in her first chemistry class at her high school in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Katherine Perri, PhD, has been devoted to the wonders of physical science. Like any good chemist Perri, keeps a copy of the periodic table close at hand, particularly the one she received as a high school senior…
As triple-digit heat grips cities across Texas and much of the country, an expert from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, is warning pet owners that dehydration can quickly turn dangerous, increasing the risk of heat stroke during periods of extreme summer heat. “In the summer, especially as we get into later summer,…