Ask the Experts: Winter Care Tips for Farm Animals
As temperatures drop, winter can present unique challenges for horses and farm animals. Cold weather can affect nutrition, hydration, and overall management, making proactive care essential. Experts from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine offer practical guidance to help owners navigate seasonal challenges to ensure your animals stay […]
Bovine Ultrasound Training
As part of our continued effort to promote the application of reproductive technologies, the University of Georgia Extension and UGA College of Veterinary Medicine are collaborating with E.I. Medical Imaging to provide a training course in bovine ultrasonography. Course Structure This 2-day course is divided into in-class and hands-on portions. […]
Garcia joins field services team
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine welcomes Dr. Jessica Garcia as a Clinical Assistant Professor with our Large Animal Field Services team. Dr. Garcia earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at the Ohio State University and completed her internship, residency, and board certification in Large Animal Internal Medicine […]
Making Headlines: UGA Vet Med’s Year of Impact
In 2025, the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine made headlines for excellence in teaching, research, and service. The college advanced impactful initiatives—from addressing the rural veterinarian shortage and combating avian influenza to pioneering traumatic brain injury treatments and advancing breakthrough Parkinson’s research. Join us as we celebrate a […]
Clean, old-fashioned collaboration: Engineering the future of health care at UGA, Georgia Tech
One joint project between Andrés García, executive director of Georgia Tech’s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience, and John Peroni, the Dr. Steeve Giguere Memorial Professor in Large Animal Medicine in UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine, addresses treatment of bacterial infections that can follow bone repair surgeries.
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 […]
Distinguished Professors bring a wealth of experience and hope for new advancements to their roles with CVM
What makes a professor distinguished? In the College of Veterinary Medicine, it’s a clinician who sees the need for 24/7 emergency care for animals and builds a program to provide just that. And it’s researchers who dive deep into the mechanisms of well-known but little understood diseases in hopes of […]
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 […]
Grateful clients commit to advancing equine research
Endurance riding taught Stagg and Cheryl Newman the valuable bond between humans and horses. Their professional careers taught them the value of research. Today, the Newmans blend their passions to advance equine research for generations to come. COMMITMENT TO HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT Stagg and Cheryl met in graduate school at Cornell […]
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 […]
Allison K. Dockery
Dr. Allison Dockery is an avid horse enthusiast that grew up competing and training Hunter Jumpers in San Diego, California and then went on to compete in both the English and Western show ring. She attended California Polytechnic State University where she obtained her B.S. in Animal Science, followed by […]
Justin
I had saved for years while searching for “the horse.” When I sat on Justin for the first time, I knew immediately that he was the one. He was six years old when I bought him, and I was looking forward to a promising future together. He was everything to […]
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 […]
James Moore
Jim graduated from the veterinary school at the University of California, Davis, completed an internship at the Ontario Veterinary College and an equine surgery resident and PhD program at the University of Missouri before joining UGA in 1981 as a faculty member in the Department of Large Animal Medicine. Throughout […]
