Schubot Center for Avian Health
Description
The Schubot Center was endowed to support research into all aspects of disease in wild and captive birds. The center, the most significant such center in the United States, has three components. The major research activities are conducted in the department of Veterinary Pathobiology and largely focus on bacterial, fungal and viral disease of parrots. The Center conducts major conservation research activities at our center at the Tambopata Research Station, Peru, in the Amazon Rainforest. The Exotic Animal Clinic of the department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences provided veterinary treatment and care for client owned animals throughout Texas. In a groundbreaking move that provides new insight into avian evolution, biology and conservation, researchers at Texas A&M University have successfully sequenced the complete genome of a Scarlet macaw for the first time.
Address
4467 TAMU College Station, TX 77843
Director
Hamer, Sarah AProfessor
Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
shamer@tamu.edu
Authorizing Document
MO 076-1987
Date of Establishment
4/6/1987
Last Review
8/31/2018
Type
Center
Status
Active
BOR Approved
Yes
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