Tena E. Boyd, DVM
1991 B.S. Animal Science (Biology minor) Virginia Tech
1995 DVM Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Member AAEP, VAEP, VVMA, AVMA, SFT
Dr. Boyd
joined OWEC in 1996, and
became partner in 2000. She received
her veterinary degree in 1995 from the Virginia-Maryland Regional
College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. As a senior
veterinary student, she received the Herbert Stuart Memorial Award
honoring her as the Outstanding Student in Equine Medicine and
Surgery. Her undergraduate education, also completed at Virginia
Tech, was focused on agriculture, with an emphasis on equine herd
health, and breeding management. She spent three summers at a
large Thoroughbred nursery outside of Charlottesville, Virginia caring
for broodmares, their foals, sales-prepping yearlings, and following
their sales to completion in Saratoga, New York, and Lexington,
Kentucky. Further veterinary training included externships with a
broodmare practice in Lexington, Kentucky, and a large sports
medicine/reproductive practice in Charlottesville.
Dr.
Boyd’s special equine veterinary
interests include Equine Breeding
Management/Reproductive Medicine, Neonatal Medicine (conception through
birth and weaning), as well as Preventive/Herd Health Care. She
has received advanced training in Embryo transfer at Colorado State
University. She also attends several continuing education
meetings each year. She maintains memberships with the AAEP,
AVMA, VAEP, and Society for Theriogenology.
Tena and her husband, Terry, are native Virginians currently living in Rixeyville where they keep a small Thoroughbred broodmare band and their riding horses. Outside of caring for their horses, she enjoys horseback riding, leisure time with their two Labrador Retrievers, and spending time with her family and friends.
Tena and her husband, Terry, are native Virginians currently living in Rixeyville where they keep a small Thoroughbred broodmare band and their riding horses. Outside of caring for their horses, she enjoys horseback riding, leisure time with their two Labrador Retrievers, and spending time with her family and friends.