July 7, 2008
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Monday, July 7
• M102, 11:30-1:00
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at SCAVMA store.
12:00-12:45
• Biomed Faculty Meeting, Dryden 212, 4:155:30
• Meet with Thomas J. Doherty, Candidate
for Clinical Sciences Department Head,
College of Veterinary Medicine:
◊ 10:30 – 11:15 a.m., Clinical Faculty – SA
surgery & anesthesiology faculty: Drs.
Baltzer, Séguin, Salinardi, Mosley,
Gunkel, Riebold. M200
◊ 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Seminar and Forum:
“A Vision for Development of the
Department of Clinical Sciences,” M102
◊ 3:45 – 4:30 p.m., Clinical Faculty – SA
medicine, cardiology, oncology faculty:
Drs. Brownlee, Gordon, Ruaux, Bulmer,
Sisson, Helfand. M269
◊ 4:30 – 5:00 p.m., Clinical Sciences
house officers and graduate students.
M269
Dr. Jean Hall awarded USDA/
CREES grant
Dr. Jean Hall has been awarded a grant
from USDA/CREES for $354,464 for her
research proposal, “How does selenium
function as an immunonutrient?” She and
Dr. Neil Forsberg are co-investigators on
the study and have named five
consultants: Drs. Robert Van Saun, Gene
Pirelli, Phil Whanger, Wayne Mosher, Jim
Oldfield.
The pilot study for this project started two
years ago, the results of which Dr. Hall presented at the ACVIM meeting in San
Antonio four weeks ago. The abstract was titled “Parenteral selenium
supplementation benefits foot rot-affected sheep.” This was a prospective, 15-month,
placebo-controlled clinical trial undertaken in a commercial sheep flock. They showed
that in sheep with foot rot, selenium supplementation results in higher whole-blood
selenium levels and more rapid improvement of foot lesions compared with saline
treatment.
Their goal for this project is two-fold. First, they want to determine if supplementing
selenium at levels above those currently recommended for sheep can improve innate
and adaptive immune responses; and second, to determine whether organic
selenium has increased bioavailability compared to inorganic selenium.
The purpose of the study is to determine if supplementing selenium beyond the
levels currently consumed through salt-mineral intake (supranutritional levels) can
modulate the immune response in a way that reduces the severity and/or improves
recovery from a disease process. They are using foot rot as their disease model.
So far they have had five veterinary students involved with this research project:
Paul Bailey (DVM ’08; Dept of Biomedical Sciences Summer student 2006) , Katie
Thonstad (DVM ’08; Dept of Biomedical Sciences Summer student 2006), Rachel
Chin (Class of 2010; Dept of Biomedical Sciences Summer student 2007 and 2008),
Rachel Sendek (Class of 2012 at UC Davis; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Summer Research Program 2007), and Andrea Lear (Class of 2011 at Auburn
University; Merck Merial Program Summer Student 2008).
Tuesday, July 8
OSU Day at the State Fair –
Volunteers Needed
• Meet with Thomas J. Doherty, Candidate
for Clinical Sciences Department Head,
College of Veterinary Medicine:
◊ 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., Clinical Faculty – LA
surgery, medicine faculty: Drs. Huber,
Parker, Zellmer, Semevolos, Firshman,
McKenzie, Schlipf. M200
◊ 9:45-10:45 a.m., Clinical Faculty – Rural
Veterinary Practice, theriogenology
faculty: Drs. Estill, Kutzler, Mecham,
Villarroel, Crisman. M200
◊ 10:45-11:15 a.m. and 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.,
Open for meetings with Faculty, M200
◊ 11:15-12:00 p.m., Clinical Sciences
Professional Faculty and Staff, M200
Wednesday, July 9
• Merck Merial Summer Research Program,
M298, 3:00-4:30
Thursday, July 10
• Meetings with Dr. Thomas Catanzaro,
candidate for Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Director:
◊ 10:30 – 11:15 a.m., Clinical Faculty – SA
surgery & anesthesiology faculty, M200
◊ 11:15 – 11:50 a.m., Clinical Sciences
Professional Faculty, M200
◊ Noon – 1 p.m., Seminar and forum: “A
Vision for Development of the Veterinary
Teaching Hospital”, M102
◊ 3:45 – 4:30 p.m., Clinical Faculty – SA
medicine, cardiology, and oncology
faculty, M269
◊ 4:30 – 5 p.m., Clinical Sciences house
officers and graduate students, M269
Friday, July 11
• Cytology Rounds, M229, 8:00-9:00
• LA Grand Rounds, M202, 8:30-9:30
• Meetings with Dr. Thomas Catanzaro,
candidate for Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Director:
◊ 8:30 –9:15 a.m., Clinical Faculty – LA
surgery & medicine faculty, M200
◊ 9:30 – 10:15 a.m., Clinical Sciences Rural
Veterinary Practice, theriogenology
faculty, M200
◊ 11:15 – noon, Veterinary Teaching
Hospital classified staff
◊ 1:30 – 2:00 p.m., Open for meetings with
faculty
Monday, July 14
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at SCAVMA store.
12:00-12:45
Tuesday, July 15
• Nothing scheduled at this time
Wednesday, July 16
• Nothing scheduled at this time
Thursday, July 17
• Merck Merial Summer Research Program,
M298, 8:30-10:00
• Veterinary Teaching Hospital Director
Candidate, Dr. Dennis Olsen. Seminar and
forum, noon – 1 p.m., M102
• Meetings with Dr. Dennis Olsen, candidate
for Veterinary Teaching Hospital Director
TBA
Friday, July 18
• Cytology Rounds, M229, 8:00-9:00
• LA Grand Rounds, M202, 8:30-9:30
• Meetings with Dr. Dennis Olsen, candidate
for Veterinary Teaching Hospital Director
TBA
August 24, Sunday, is OSU Day at the
State Fair in Salem. It is also the day that
the OVMA asks OSU faculty and students
to help staff the OVMA booth in the
Jackman Long Building. The College will
participate in OSU Day by having handson activities for children coordinated by
CVM student ambassadors and student
volunteers.
Faculty volunteers are needed for two-hour shifts to cover the “Ask-a-Vet” booth
and to staff the OVMA table. Staff and students are also welcome to help staff the
booth. Please email Debrah Rarick or Dr. Jean Hall if you would like to volunteer
for a two hour shift at the OVMA booth.
Students may sign up to run the hands-on activities by emailing Karyn Zittel
zittelk@onid.orst.edu or Debrah Rarick Debrah.rarick@oregonstate.edu. Karyn
Zittel is taking the lead on this event and has recruited three other students. Four
more students would be ideal. Activities being considered are wellness exam
demonstrations on a dog and a cat, and teddy bear surgery. These activities will
take place at the OVMA booth.
Volunteers are given free passes to the State Fair for that day. Students will be
reimbursed for travel from Corvallis to Salem and back for representing the College
at the State Fair. Shift times are: 8 – 10 a.m.; 10 a.m. – noon; noon – 2 p.m.; 2 – 4
p.m.; 4 – 6 p.m.; 6 – 8 p.m. and 8 – 10 p.m. (pick up travel authorization forms at
the Dean’s Office).
Veterinary Student Scholar
Annual Meeting
Holly Protain, class of 2008, was
invited to attend the Morris Animal
Foundation’s Annual Meeting in
Denver, Colorado from June 26-29 as
a Veterinary Student Scholar. In order
to be considered a Veterinary Student
Scholar and be invited to this meeting,
you have to have a Morris Animal
Foundation grant for a research project
through the Veterinary Student
Scholars program. Meeting highlights
included a tour and dinner at the Denver Zoo, where Betty White spoke about the
important work Morris Animal Foundation does to further animal health. Attendees
also got to observe the Scientific Advisory Board deliberations on funding for future
studies.
The conference included a poster session where the students presented their
research. There were two categories, Companion Animal and Wildlife. At the final
dinner of the event, awards were given to the top three posters in each division. Holly
tied for third place in the Wildlife division for her research poster: “Preputial epithelial
cytology as a diagnostic tool for adrenocortical disease in castrated male domestic
ferrets.” This honor included a $1,000 cash prize! In her own words, "I am very
honored and excited! What a fantastic organization and a wonderful conference!"
Terra magazine article featuring
Dr. Stacy Semevolos
The new summer issue of Terra, a research
magazine published quarterly by Oregon
State University, has included an article
featuring Dr. Stacy Semevolos and our new
large animal facilities. It highlights how the
new high speed treadmill and CT scanner
will effect the way our large animal
surgeons diagnose lamenesses, how the
isolation barn will enhance treatment of
highly contagious cases, and new
laboratory space will create new research
potential for faculty. All of which will in turn affect the equine industry as well as our
College in a positive way. To read the entire article, follow this link, http://
oregonstate.edu/terra/2008summer/includes/2008summer.pdf. Or, there’s a copy of
Terra in the Dean’s Office. The article is on page 25.
New faculty grants
The following grants have been awarded to College of Veterinary Medicine faculty by
the Agricultural Research Foundation Board of Directors for these research
proposals:
Dr. Claudia Hase, $12,500, “Elimination of Vibrio tubiashii Toxins from Seawater
Delivered to Oyster Hatcheries.”
Dr. Mafuzur Sarker, $12,500, “Developing Strategy for Inactivation Clostridium
perfringens Spores in Meat Products.”
Dr. Daniel Rockey, $12,500, “Identification of Candidate Vaccine Antigens in
Bacterial Kidney Disease of Salmonid Fish.”
Dr. Manoj Pastey, $12,500, “Rapid and Sensitive Real-Time PCR Development for
the Diagnosis of Bovine Leukemia Virus in Clinical Samples.”