Archive for the ‘Large Animal Medicine’ Category
CVM Resident Awarded 2025 Graduate Student Employee of the Year
Daniela Cortes, a master’s student at the College of Veterinary Medicine, is the 2025 Graduate Student Employee of the Year. She joined the department of large animal medicine at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 2023 as a theriogenology resident, a specialized field of veterinary medicine focused on animal reproduction.
UGA VetMed Teams Up to Provide Veterinary Care in Guatemala
Global Impact: Supporting Working Animals of the Developing World Dr. Rachael Green from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine recently traveled to Guatemala in partnership with the Equitarian Initiative to deliver veterinary care to working horses, donkeys, and mules. A dedicated team of veterinarians, support personnel—including technicians and […]
Chilly Weather, Cozy Pets: Winter Pet Care Tips from Vets
As the colder months approach, it’s crucial to ensure your pets are prepared for the drop in temperature. Expert veterinarians at the UGA Pet Health Center and VTH are here to share their top winter pet care tips.
Prestigious scholarship award ensures continued successes for Meg Lemons
Check out the multimedia version of Meg’s story. Margaret “Meg” Lemons (DVM, 2024) was shocked to learn she was a winner of a $75,000 scholarship through the Foundation for the Horse, but her future colleagues were not.
CVM professor receives ACVIM Lee & Inge Pyle Service Award
Dr. Michelle Barton, director of clinical academic affairs, Fuller E. Callaway Endowed Chair, and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Large Animal Internal Medicine, was named the 2021 recipient of the Lee and Inge Pyle Service Award. This award is presented annually to an American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine […]
Zeige
Zeige was our first pregnant goat and our first experience with foot rot. So she wouldn’t risk losing her kids, we wanted to get her healed up quickly. After an unsuccessful treatment at a local vet, her foot had gotten so bad (and on a weekend, of course!) that we […]
CVM hosts first international workshop for dairy veterinarians in Tifton
On Monday, December 2, 2019, the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine’s Tifton campus opened its doors to veterinarians from Central and South America—the CVM’s first international workshop in Tifton, GA. The workshop, coordinated by clinical associate professor of food animal health and management Pedro Melendez, was developed to provide updated […]
Large animal resident wins ACVAA award
Nicole Trenholme, a resident in the Department of Large Animal Medicine, was recently awarded the 2019 American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (ACVAA) Best Large Animal Resident Abstract award for her presentation “Effects of a 5-degree head-up incline on arterial oxygenation in anesthetized horses.” Congratulations to Dr. Trenholme!
CVM breaks ground on new Farm Animal Veterinary Medical Center on the Tifton campus
The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine broke ground on a new facility on their campus in Tifton, Georgia recently. The UGA Tifton Farm Animal Veterinary Medical Center will improve the CVM’s ability to serve Georgia’s animal agricultural industries and will strengthen the South Georgia region overall. The 9,000-square-foot facility will […]
