TITLE: Honoring the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Texas Veterinary Medical Association, and veterinarians throughout Texas on the occasion of World Veterinary Year.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Texas Veterinary Medical Association, and veterinarians throughout Texas on the occasion of World Veterinary Year.

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WHEREAS, The year 2011 has been designated World Veterinary Year in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the creation of veterinary education and the veterinary medical profession; and WHEREAS, Two and a half centuries ago, in 1761, the first school of veterinary medicine was established in Lyon, France; and WHEREAS, Today, veterinarians make substantial contributions to the improvement of animal, public, and environmental health and play an important role in food safety, biosecurity, and conservation; and WHEREAS, Texas A&M University is home to the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the only college of veterinary medicine in the State of Texas, and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni are renowned for their expertise and the positive impact they make in the areas of teaching, research, and service; and WHEREAS, Practitioners of veterinary medicine play a vital role in the lives of countless animals and their owners, as well as the wider public, and they may indeed reflect with pride on the myriad achievements realized by the members of their profession; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby honor the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Texas Veterinary Medical Association, and veterinarians throughout Texas on the occasion of World Veterinary Year and extend to all those associated with the profession sincere best wishes for continued success in their important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Aycock Anderson of McLennan Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 204 was adopted by the House on February 1, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House