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The College of Veterinary Medicine, in partnership with the people of Texas and veterinary medicine in Texas, provides a particularly vital example of the bond among people and animals and of the special doctors, technologists and many other staff personnel who work in the center of this very special relationship. [Contents] [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5]
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Enticing
areas of future opportunity for Texas veterinarians and
CVM faculty and staff are in animal sports medicine and
wildlife medicine. With pari-mutuel betting legalized
in
the Texas, horse and dog racing are bringing new opportunities
to veterinary medicine. Expensive racehorses, breeding
programs,
and the management of tracks and animals will require equine
and canine specialists of high caliber and skill. Texas
also has one of the nation's largest wildlife reserves
and most active exotic animal farming industries. Clinical
veterinarians,
veterinary medical scientists and dedicated technologists
and staff personnel throughout the college support this
rapidly growing industry.
The
story of veterinary medicine in Texas and within the College
of Veterinary Medicine is a microcosm of a very ancient
bond among animals and people, but there are some distinctive
aspects of veterinary medicine in Texas. For most of its
history, Texas has been intensely rural and agricultural.
Its cattle and other livestock industries helped stimulate
the advent of modern veterinary medicine. Its extensive
international
border with Mexico has created special situations in veterinary
medicine and public health, and a significant number of
CVM faculty collaborate with the Mexican government, Mexican
veterinary educational institutions, and Mexican veterinarians.
The military history of Texas and its influences have directly
affected the national and even international development
of veterinary medicine and public health. Texas has only
recently become one of the most urban and populous of
states,
and its per capita ownership of pets and animals of every
kind is among the highest in the nation.
