VET Exhibits Banfield-Donated Truck at VMX

VET's booth
Banfield Pet Hospital president Brian Garish stopped by the VET’s booth to talk with director Wesley Bissett and tour the medical platform his company’s foundation donated to Texas A&m.

Members of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) travelled more than 1,060 miles to Orlando Feb. 3-7 to show off its newest medical platform, donated to the team by the Banfield Foundation, as an exhibitor for the Veterinary Meeting & Expo (VMX), Feb. 3-7.

The VET was one of 5,014 exhibitors in 727 booths that participated at the inaugural VMX, presented by the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC).

The record-breaking event had nearly 18,000 attendees from around the world, making it the largest veterinary conference in the country.

At the event, VET members C.J. Mabry, Deb Zoran, Kathy Glaze, and Jennifer Gauntt, as well as director Wesley Bissett, spoke with approximately 2,000 veterinarians, veterinary technicians, students, practice managers, and other exhibitors about the team’s purpose, deployments, outreach, and the technology used on deployment.

VET members also offered tours of the Banfield unit and discussed the team’s continued relationship with the Banfield Foundation, which sponsored the VET’s trip to VMX.

visitors at medical platform
VET members visited with approximately 2,000 VMX attendees, including the furry ones, while exhibiting their newest medical platform.

“We are extremely grateful to the Banfield Foundation for giving us the opportunity to attend VMX,” said VET director Wesley Bissett.

“Team members stayed very busy all four days talking with visitors about protecting the health and well being of animals during disasters, showcasing our new medical platform and sharing all of the ways the team works to reach out to communities, as well as our hopes for expansion in the future,” he said.

Among the comments from visitors included how impressed guests were with the truck, that they thought the way the interior was set up was great, and that they were “jealous” of the unit.

“This is really nice,” one guest said. “I want one.”

The VET also recently conducted a training exercise for Oklahoma State University’s veterinary emergency team in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and will be having its own training exercise in April in College Station.


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