November 24, 2008
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Calendar
Monday, November 24
•Veterinary Business Management
Association meeting: "Current
Trends in Veterinary Lending,"
presented by Stephanie Barth,
Pacific Continental Bank. Lunch
provided. M102, 12:00-1:00
It has been in the works for more than a year; it is chock full of information about what our
College and everyone who works here does; and it was presented to the faculty and staff by
Dean Clarke at the faculty/staff meeting on November 19. It is the new College of Veterinary
Medicine website that will be launched to the world in January 2009.
As this website is one of the many faces our College shows to the public, it is a reflection of
all of us who work and learn here. Up-to-date and accurate information on the pages is
important but collecting it is also a monumental task for those inputting content to the site.
With barely more than one month left before it goes public, there is still a plethora of
information that needs to be written and input, and YOU can help! The development site,
http://drupaldev.cws.oregonstate.edu/dept/vetmed/, can only be accessed by College faculty
and staff at computers located at the College. Please have a look at the site and write and/or
otherwise provide information that you have that is either missing or incorrect to Pat Hutson,
pat.hutson@oregonstate.edu. Thanks in advance for your help!
Dave’s Blood Drive a great success!
Janice Hardy, American Red Cross Donor Resources
Representative, was delighted to meet Dave Johnson in
Magruder Hall on November 14. While talking with him
she soon discovered why people were so willing to
donate or volunteer to help at his blood drive.
Tuesday, November 25
•Student Ambassadors Meeting,
M102, 12:00-1:00
•VCA Presentation: Donna Kimball,
VCA Director of Campus
Recruiting , M298, 12:00-1:00
•SCAVMA pet food sale, SCAVMA
store, 12-12:45. No Sale on
Thursday, November 27.
•“Equine Pigeon Fever” presented
by Dr. Jaime Hustace, Large
Animal Internal Medicine resident;
open to the public; M102, 7:009:00
Wednesday, November 26
•LA House Officer rounds, M202,
8:00-8:30
•Necropsy rounds, M125 (necropsy
gallery), 8:30-9:30
•ZWE soup sale: homemade soup,
bread, dessert, and drink for $3.
Magruder Lobby, 11:30-1:00
•Financial planning for Year 1
students: “Availability of products,
plans available and how the rabies
prophylaxis program works with
AVMA coverage,” presented by
Richard Busby, Founders Group.
Lunch provided. M102, 12:00-1:00
•AAEP, Large Animal Hospital
records room, 12:15-1:00
Thursday, November 27
•Thanksgiving Holiday, College
closed
Friday, November 28
•Thanksgiving Holiday, College
closed
Saturday, November 29
•Civil War Football game (home):
OSU vs UO, kickoff at 4:00 pm
Monday, December 1
•Banfield, The Pet Hospital
Presentation: Information about the
practice and career opportunities,
presented by Dr. Jennifer Bruns,
Banfield, The Pet Hospital. Lunch
by American Dream Pizza. Please
RSVP to Kari Gorman ’10. M102,
12:00-1:00
Tuesday, December 2
•CVM Seminar Series: Dr. Stuart
Helfand and Dr. Luiz Bermudez.
M102, 12:00-1:00
•SCAVMA pet food sale, SCAVMA
store, 12-12:45
•Biomedical Sciences Department
Faculty meeting, D212, 4:00-5:30
•Veterinary Business Management
Association meeting: Come talk to
the new graduate panel and find
out what it's like to be new to
practice. Food provided. RSVP to
Deborah Moyer ’11. M102, 5:008:00
Wednesday, December 3
•LA House Officer rounds, M202,
8:00-8:30
•Necropsy rounds, M125 (necropsy
gallery), 8:30-9:30
•Alpha Psi soup sale: Homemade
soup, bread, dessert, and drink for
$3. Magruder Lobby, 11:30-1:00
•Nestlé Purina Lunch Talk:
“Obesity: Tipping the Scale in the
Right Direction,” presented by Dr.
Emily Cross. Tacos for lunch.
M102, 12:00-1:00
•AAEP, Large Animal Hospital
records room, 12:15-1:00
Thursday, December 4
•Senior Papers: “Chorioptic Mange
in a Dairy Herd,” Megan
Halliburton; Dr. Villarroel, advisor.
“HCM and Comparison of M-Mode
vs. 2-D Echo,” Melinda Woolley;
Dr. Sisson, advisor. M102, 8:009:00
•Presentation, “Parasites,” to Year
2 students by Dr. Shelley
Mehlenbacher, Bayer Animal
Health; lunch from University Hero,
M102, 12:00-1:00
•SCAVMA pet food sale, SCAVMA
store, 4:30-5:30
It was a great success! 36 units were the goal. 46
people registered to donate blood and of those, 43 units
were acceptable – a whopping 119%.
Participants included faculty, staff, students, husbands,
and two walk-in clients whose dog was being treated in
Small Animal Services. Twenty were first-time donors.
Everyone who donated will agree that the technicians
drawing blood were truly the “A Team” – professional,
excellent and compassionate.
For those who wanted to donate, but were unable to do
so on Nov. 14, you can donate at any local site and ask
that it apply to Dave Johnson’s account. It’s a win/win
situation.
Thank you all for making this such a rewarding experience. Feel the love, Dave!
Field research on infectious diseases
of African buffalo in South Africa
Dr. Anna Jolles recently returned from a
research trip to South Africa’s Kruger National
Park, where she is studying interactions among
different parasites and pathogens infecting
African buffalo.
Fundamental principles of immunology suggest
that co-infection of hosts by microparasites
(bacteria, viruses, protozoa) and macroparasites
(helminths) should have important effects on
disease dynamics. For example, exposure to
macroparasites may increase host susceptibility
to and progression of important microparasitic diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and
malaria in humans.
The central goal of Dr. Jolles’ study is to investigate the consequences of parasite interactions
for patterns of disease in natural populations, using African buffalo co-infected with bovine
tuberculosis and gastrointestinal worms as a model system. She and her collaborator, Dr.
Vanessa Ezenwa (U. Montana), are conducting a field experiment comparing immune profiles
and TB infection risk in buffalo treated with a long-lasting anthelminthic drug with untreated
control animals. The experiment involves capturing 200 radio-collared buffalo twice per year to
administer treatments, collect samples and monitor infection – a massive effort supported by a
dedicated field crew and funded by a $2.3M grant from the National Science Foundation split
between OSU and U. Montana.
So far, two veterinary students from OSU have participated in the study, as well as several
graduate students from both universities. The project started this year with the initial capture
and radio-collaring of 100 buffalo each from two different herds. Student projects have focused
on ectoparasites, blood parasites, lungworms, innate immunity, and host growth and
development, enriching the study with a broader picture of parasite effects and interactions.
“Field work is the best part of being a biologist” according to Dr. Jolles, and she’s looking
forward to one or two trips per year to Kruger Park over the next five years.
New stethoscopes for the Class of 2012
For the third year in a row, the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA) and MWI
Veterinary Supply have arranged for a hefty discount on Classic II series stethoscopes for the
first-year class as a gesture of welcoming them into the veterinary community.
On November 20, just after emerging from a physiology midterm, the freshmen were presented
with this expensive yet necessary piece of equipment. On hand to make the presentations
were the OVMA president, Dr. Scott Loepp; executive director for the OVMA, Glenn Kolb; and
Dave Locke, a representative from MWI, the company providing the stethoscopes.
DeeDee Harwell, Dave Locke, Dr. Loepp,
Catherine Dolan and Paul Schiffgens.
Glenn Kolb, Dr. Loepp, Liana Granum, Dave
Locke, and Aaron Sears.
New Employee
Jason Wiest – Computed Tomography Coordinator
Jason is the new computed tomography (CT) coordinator in our
imaging suite. He’s been working in the radiology profession for the
past three years and is also currently working at the Lebanon
Community Hospital in Lebanon. He’s is now responsible for
performing all the computed tomographic scans and selected other
radiographic procedures in our hospital. He has enjoyed his time
here so far and has found his colleagues to be very friendly. He
also really likes working with the animals.
Not entirely new to the Corvallis area, Jason and his family have lived in Albany for the past
seven years. Aside from his interest in radiology, Jason is very outdoor-oriented and can be
found in the great outdoors most of the year enjoying what Oregon has to offer. Especially
high on his list of activities is camping, archery and archery hunting.
Married for 12 years, Jason and his wife have three kids, all boys. And to round out his
household they have a small pack of four dogs, and two apparently dog-tolerant cats.
Kudos
Friday, December 5
•LA Surgery Journal Club rounds,
M288, 7:30-8:30
•Cytology rounds, M125, 8:00-9:00
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Warnock, assistant professor in small
animal surgery, for her recent success in passing her dissertation
defense, “In vitro synovial fibrochondrogenesis for meniscal tissue
engineering."
Pet Day 2009
It may be months away, but we are starting to plan
for a great Pet Day. This year we hope to showcase
the new facilities. Please stay tuned for updates as
we get going with the planning. If you have any
questions or suggestions regarding Pet Day, email
petdaycochairs@gmail.com.