Dr. Jay Bickers began working for BVEH at the end of 2006 at the Morgan Mill office. Upon graduation from Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990, Dr. Bickers worked in private practice for several years before he accepted a fellowship at Oregon State University. In 2002, Dr. Bickers became a board certified large animal surgeon after completing a three year surgical residency at the University of Tennessee. While at UT, he also assisted in developing the Emergency and Critical Care department as the first emergency clinician. Certified in veterinary chiropractics, Dr. Bickers has recently completed acupuncture training. His clinical interests include lameness, orthopedic surgery, colic surgery and chiropractics. In his spare time, he enjoys working with his wife around their yard/pasture, day work on area ranches, working with his horse and cow dog, and reading.

Publications and Papers

• Bickers RJ, Blackford JT, Eiler H, Rohrbach B. A comparison of the mechanical strength of two stapled anastomosis techniques for equine small intestine. Vet Surg. 2002 Mar-Apr;31(2):104-10. PubMed PMID: 11884954. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11884954
• Bickers RJ, Templer A, Cebra CK, Kaneps AJ. Diagnosis and treatment of torsion of the spiral colon in an alpaca. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2000 Feb 1;216(3):380-2. PubMed PMID: 10668538.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10668538
  
  
  
  
   

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