Veterinary Emergency Team (VET)

The largest and most sophisticated team of its kind in the country, the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) provides medical support to urban search-and-rescue teams and resident animals in response to natural and manmade disasters at the request of the Texas A&M Task Force or county jurisdictions, while training future Aggie Veterinarians in emergency preparedness and response.

Operation Border Health Preparedness (OBHP)

OBHP is a training exercise that the VET conducts in Raymondville, TX in Willacy County, one of the poorest counties in Texas. The VET gives free initial care to dogs and cats to residents of the county while also training the volunteers on how to help when the team gets deployed to a natural disaster.

VET Briefings

The VET takes 4th year vet students, as part of their rotations, to different Texas counties to help them design disaster plans for the animals in their counties. The VET also meets before each deployment to help with a disaster.

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