Category: News & Events
Building a Veterinarian Recruitment Toolbox for Rural Texas
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Seeks to Fill Gaps in Veterinary Service Article by Blair Fannin AgriLife Today In communities throughout Texas, the veterinarian serves as the cog of livestock and […]
New Agribusiness Course Brings Cattle Industry & State Animal Health Officials Together
A new Texas A&M AgriLife course hosted by the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, IIAD, is providing executive-level state animal health officials, SAHOs, with important insights into the business of the cattle industry […]
IIAD’s Dr. Jimmy Tickel Wins Global Animal Welfare Award
In March 2022, Dr. Jimmy Tickel traveled to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to accept a global animal welfare award from the World Veterinarian Association (WVA) and Ceva Santé Animale […]
OIE Laboratory Sustainability – Development of Economic Indicators for International Animal Health
Improving the economic sustainability of global veterinary labs Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases develops economic indicators for the international animal health system Veterinary labs around the world work every day […]
Project S.W.A.R.M. – A Game Based Learning Tool
Applying game-based learning to animal disease preparedness Fifty years ago, the strategy-based game Oregon Trail hit classrooms around the country. Anyone who has played the game knows that crossing a […]
ISAVET Programme Launched in Kenya
FAO launches first In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) training in Kenya Content provided by APO Group. CNBC Africa provides content from APO Group as a service to its readers […]
The 2021 National Vaccine Tabletop Exercise
The Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD), a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife, and the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) recently hosted a virtual vaccine tabletop exercise. […]
IIAD & CBTS Present at DHS COE Summit
DHS Centers of Excellence are university-based groups that focus on certain mission areas related to the safety of the U.S. The centers conduct research and develop educational materials to help meet […]
IIAD Conducts PPE Training for Vet Students
On March 23rd, Dr. Christine Budke and Dr. Jimmy Tickel hosted a Personal Protective Equipment(PPE) training for Texas A&M vet students at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Training instructor, […]
Simmons to Lead IIAD
Dr. Heather Simmons appointed Director of IIAD effective March 1st, 2021. Dr. Simmons has been serving as the associate director of IIAD for several years now and was part of […]
