Net Vet Weekly

							                                                Net Vet Weekly
Week in Review:                                                         Publications 
Faculty                                                        Singh, K; Holbrook, TC; Gilliam, LL; Cruz, RJ; Duffy, J; and
                                                               Confer, AW: Severe Pulmonary Disease Due to Multisystemic
Dr. Carey Pope has been elected to serve as a permanent member Eosinophilic Epitheliotropic Disease in a Horse. 43:189-193
of the Neurotoxicology and Alcohol study section with the      (2006)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
                                                                        Awards Banquet
Drs. Todd Holbrook, Lyndi Gilliam, Charlotte Ownby, Mark
Payton (OSU Statistics Department) and Scott Martin (Hansford           The Annual Awards Banquet was held on Thursday, April 13, in
County Veterinary Clinic in Spearman, Texas) received an                the Wes Watkins Center. Scholarships and awards were given to
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)                students, staff and faculty totaling $195,800. Congratulations to
grant fund to study the cardiotoxic effects of snake bites in horses    all the recipients!
over the next two years.

Dr. Michael Davis received an ACVIM Foundation grant to                 Transition Ceremony
determine the efficacy of famotidine (Pepcid AC) for preventing
gastric ulcers and gastrointestinal hyperpermeability in sled dogs      On Friday, April 14, the Class of 2007 was center stage for their
under racing conditions. He also received an ACVIM grant to             Transition Ceremony, where approximately 150 attended. A total
determine whether horses that exercise while breathing cold air         of 43 people—faculty, staff, parents or mentors—participated in
develop impaired immune function in their lungs.                        the ceremony as 63 veterinary students were “coated” during the
                                                                        ceremony.
The ACVIM Foundation awards six grants each year; OSU
received three of those awards. Great representation for the            Week Ahead:
CVHS!
                                                                        SCAVMA Public Service Committee
Students
                                                                        Approximately 14 veterinary students will do a hands-on lung
Kyle Jameson, OADDL Toxicology Laboratory work study                    dissection demonstration for 5th grade students at the Highland
student, was a finalist in the OSU Student Employee of the Year         Park Elementary School on Friday, April 21.
(6 out of 48). Kyle is the son of Danny and Debbie Jameson and
nephew of Rod Hough and grandson of Wiley Hough, who are
both veterinarians at the Miami Animal Hospital. Finalists were
                                                                        Library News
honored at a ceremony where they each received a framed
                                                                        OSU subscriptions now linked through PubMed! Instead of
certificate.
                                                                        beginning your PubMed search at http://www.pubmed.gov, try
                                                                        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=okstlib. If
CVHS students participated in the Academy of Veterinary
                                                                        you begin your searches at this new URL, your results will now
Consultants Student Leadership Conference held in Irving, TX.
                                                                        display the orange "OSU Get Article" button. Clicking on that
Brandon Dutton, B. K. Glover, Jered Harlan, Kyle Rozell and
                                                                        button will, in most cases, provide you with links to:
Kevin Wahl were 5 of 14 students from across the U.S.
participating in this conference. Sessions ranged from
                                                                           •   full-text of article if OSU has an online subscription
relationships/personality testing and impact on work to
                                                                           •   library catalog to search for OSU print subscription
presentations on large animal, food animal, and mixed practice to
                                                                           •   request the article through document delivery or
consulting opportunities.
                                                                               interlibrary loan

Alumni                                                                  You can bookmark
                                                                        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=okstlib on
Congratulations to Dr. Michael D. Thames, Class of 1976, on             your personal computer.
being named Arkansas 2005 Veterinarian of the Year! Dr.
Thames owns the Labahn Veterinary Hospital in Fort Smith, AR.
                                                                        Admissions
Dr. Lyndon Tate, Class of 1970, was recently elected as President
                                                                        The deadline for responding to offers of admission is Monday,
of the Arkansas Veterinary Association. Dr. Tate is semi-retired
                                                                        April 17. All but one resident offered admission has responded
and resides in Mansfield, AR. Congratulations!
                                                                        affirmatively. Approximately 50 percent of the non-resident
                                                                        positions in the Class of 2010 have been filled. Final admission
Announcements                                                           decisions concerning resident alternate candidates will be made
                                                                        when Spring grades are received, at which time the remaining
Student Job Opening: The Animal Resources Unit is seeking               positions in the class will be filled.
applications from first, second or third year veterinary students for
the live-in animal caretaker position at the Cohn Family Shelter
for Small Animals. The position involves providing weekend,
holiday and after-hours animal husbandry and security at the
Shelter in exchange for free housing. For an application and/or
additional information, contact Animal Resources, 101 McElroy
 Hall Annex, 744-7631.


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