Deborah Briggs, professor
and director of the rabies lab at K-State, received the Guide Dog
Users Inc. Access Partners Award in recognition of her service to
blind people and their guide dogs. Her expert testimony in a law suit
against the state of Hawaii won service dogs the opportunity to enter
Hawaii without a quarantine. The case had been going on for about 10
years, and was finally resolved in March. This was only the fourth
Access Partners Award ever presented for an individual's efforts. Oct.
'98
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The Kansas Board of Regents has
given Kansas State University approval to rename the Clinical Sciences
Building, which is home to the veterinary teaching hospital, in honor of
Jacob Mosier, who served on the K-State veterinary medicine faculty from
1945 to 1992.The board Thursday unanimously approved renaming the
building Jacob E. Mosier Hall. A rededication event will be scheduled
later in the academic year. September '98
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In an article in the Feb. 6, 1998,
edition, the Manhattan Mercury said K-State's rabies lab in the College
of Veterinary Medicine is achieving "a worldwide reputation for its work
in preventing the spread of the disease." Two countries -- Australia and
New Zealand -- have determined K-State to be the only place to have
rabies serology done. The lab performs more rabies serological testing
than any other lab in the world. Feb. '98
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Roger Fingland, director of K-State's Veterinary Medical
Teaching Hospital, won the national Creativity in Teaching Award for 1997 from the Merck
& Co. Inc. AgVet Division for designing a curriculum to help veterinary students learn
skills to help them manage their private practices. For his proposal titled,
"Pathways in Veterinary Medicine: A Model for Providing Veterinary Practice
Management Education," the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine received a $25,000
check and a plaque from Merck & Co. Inc. Merck is an international pharmaceutical
products company with a division devoted to agriculture and veterinary products. June '97
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Brad Fenwick, professor of
pathology and microbiology, has been appointed to serve on two federal
research review panels. Fenwick will serve his second term on the
scientific review panel for the animal production and protection section
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Small Business Innovative
Research program. He also will serve on the scientific review panel for
the animal health and well-being section of the USDA's national Research
Initiative Competitive Grants Program. Dec.'96
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K-State veterinary ophthalmologist Alan Brightman
successfully removed cataracts from the eyes of a privately-owned Siberian tiger from
Missouri. The tiger's owner was referred ton K-State for the surgery because of
Brightman's expertise in the procedure, called phaco emulsion. April '96
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Researchers cooperating at three universities might have
discovered the cause of the wide array of symptoms reported by an estimated 30,000 Gulf
War veterans. In the study done with chickens, researchers found that chemicals used
simultaneously to protect soldiers from insect-borne diseases and nerve-gas poisoning are
highly toxic to the central nervous system. Fred Oehme, professor of toxicology at Kansas
State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, teamed with Mohamed Abou-Donia, a
pharmacologist from Duke University Medical Center, and Tom Kurt, a toxicologist from
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, in the study. The research
shows that two pesticides widely used by Desert Storm soldiers, DEET and permethrin, and
the anti-nerve gas agent pyridostigmine bromide, when combined, produced many of the same
neurological defects in chickens as those reported by stricken Desert Storm veterans. When
used alone, the same chemical agents were harmless. April '96
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William Fortney, assistant
professor of clinical sciences, was honored as Kansas veterinarian of
the year at the annual KVMA meeting. Fortney is the KVMA president-elect
and chairs the legislative committee that monitors issues impacting
veterinary medicine. February 1996
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Jishu Shi, graduate student in immunology, Manhattan, won
first place in the graduate-student competition for oral presentation at the 76th Annual
Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease. Shi presented his paper titled
"PR-39, A Neutrophil Peptide Possessing Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity."
The paper was co-authored by Chris Ross, assistant professor of anatomy and physiology;
Tom Leto, research scientist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.; and
Frank Blecha, professor of anatomy and physiology. November '95
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K-State's Veterinary Medical
Teaching Hospital again received accreditation from the American Animal
Hospital Association. The association completed a comprehensive
evaluation in April 1995. This evaluation included a quality assessment
review of the clinic's facility, medical equipment, practice methods and
pet health care management. Less than 14 percent of the small animal
veterinary facilities in the United States are hospital members of the
association. August '95
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Jane Westfall, professor of
anatomy and physiology, was elected to honorary membership in Phi Beta
Kappa and will be presented the University of Pacifica Alumni
Association's Distinguished Professional Service Award. October '95.
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The Veterinary Medical Teaching
Hospital was accredited again by the American Animal Hospital
Association. The evaluation included a quality assessment review of the
clinic's facility, medical equipment, practice methods and pet health
care management. Less than 14 percent of the small animal veterinary
facilities in the U.S. are members of the association. August '95
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Frank Blecha, professor of anatomy
and physiology, was invited to visit the Beijing Agriculture University
and the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences. While there, he gave
several seminars addressing the relationship of nutrition and immunity
in food animals, as well as the discovery and use of antimicrobial
peptides from porcine neutrophils. June '95
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Julie Buzby, a second year student in veterinary medicine at
K-State, was awarded a Phi Kappa Phi graduate fellowship. She received a $7,000 stipend to
pay for graduate studies. The Phi Kappa Phi fellowship supports first-year graduate or
professional study. The university is first in the Big Eight in all-time Phi Kappa Phi
competition. April '95
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K-State veterinary medicine
students placed second in overall academic performance at the annual
Student American Veterinary Medical Association Symposium at the
University of Illinois. The group of 56 students represented K-State's
student chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Teams of
students from 27 schools from across the United States and one from
Canada were presented with case studies covering a number of topics and
were required to answer questions about the cases. K-State's chapter won
first place in the parasitology and diagnostic pathology divisions and
second place in the exotic animal and animal husbandry division. April
'95
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Chris Ross, assistant professor of
anatomy and physiology, served as an ad hoc reviewer for a National
Institutes of Health pathology study section meeting. During the past
three years, Ross has served as a reviewer for four grant review
meetings, which are held to summarize rigorous, peer-reviewed evaluation
of basic biomedical research grants. March '95
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Timothy I. Musch, associate professor of kinesiology, was
appointed to two NASA peer-review panels to determine the priority for federal funding for
ground-base studies and experiments that are performed on the shuttle and MIR space
station. '95
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Veterinary researchers at K-State
have filed a patent on a vaccine for pneumonia in pigs. The vaccine
could save American pork producers millions of dollars each year.
Pneumonia is highly contagious and can kill dozens of pigs quickly.
Researchers are hoping to find companies to license the rights to the
patent and start producing the vaccine commercially. February '95
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In October 1994, K-State
established the Center for Food Animal Production Medicine. Dr. Jerry
Gillespie directs the research and teaching center, which will conduct
food animal production medical research and offer post-DVM instruction.
October '94
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K-State veterinarians are in the
midst of a five-year study to compare the effects of traditional and
pediatric neutering. Traditionally, dogs and cats are neutered between
six months and one year of age. But pediatric neutering, which is
performed before eight weeks of age, is one approach to the problem of
pet overpopulation. Dr. William Fortney says pediatric neutering is
being practiced, but there is no current research on its long-term
medical consequences. October '94
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Dr. Martha D. O'Rourke, a 1966
graduate the College of Veterinary Medicine, was recognized as the 1994
Outstanding Woman Veterinarian of the Year by the Association of Women
Veterinarians at the American Veterinary Medical Association annual
meeting in San Francisco. June '94
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Julie Buzby, first year veterinary medicine student, was
named to the USA Today Third Academic Team. There were 1,183 nominees. Of those, 20 each
were selected for the USA Today first, second and third teams, and 68 earned honorable
mentions. To be named to the team students were nominated, and then submitted an
application, transcript, resume and three letters of recommendation. March '94
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Chris Ross, assistant professor of
anatomy and physiology, served as judge for the Health Sciences Division
of the Research and Creative Activities Forum at the University of
Missouri-Columbia. The forum serves as a showcase for research involving
selected graduate students at the university. March '94
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Former Dean Michael Lorenz was named 1994 Kansas Veterinarian
of the Year by the Kansas Veterinary Medical Association. Velda Lorenz was named Spouse of
the Year. Russell Frey, professor of veterinary medicine, was named 1991 Kansas
Veterinarian of the Year.
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J. Lonnie Kilgore, graduate student in anatomy and
physiology, was awarded the Eugene Dehner Award for his research presentation at the 1994
meeting of the Kansas Academy of Sciences. '94 He also was chosen to serve as the regional
representative of the Student Affairs Committee, American College of Sports Medicine,
1993-94.
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K-State veterinary researchers
developed blood-typing cards that will improve the safety and efficiency
of cat and canine transfusions. The dog's version tests for type 1.1,
which causes the most severe reactions if mismatched. The cat card tests
for types A and B; it might be valuable for breeding purposes, in
addition to transfusions. February '94
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Signe Balch was selected as a
Marshall Scholarship winner, receiving a $40,000-$60,000 scholarship
which permits study at any university in Great Britain. Balch, a student
in veterinary medicine, plans to study at Oxford University in fall '94.
Balch is the fifth K-State student to win the Marshall Scholarship in
the last four years. December '93
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Dr. Ronnie Elmore received a grant
from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in the U.S.
Department of Education to study the use of alcohol and other drugs by
health care professional students. September '93
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A team of surgeons at K-State's College of Veterinary
Medicine amputated the severely damaged leg of a heifer that caught her leg in a fence,
and replaced it with a prosthesis, with the help of the Certified Orthotic and Prosthetic
Associates of Lenexa. April '93
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The Hill's National Center for
Veterinary Practice Management at K-State is a national veterinary
resource focused on veterinary business management and career
development. The center is a joint venture with Hill's Pet Nutrition
Inc., in Topeka. April '93
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Jean Sonnenfield, a veterinary medicine student, was the
national winner of the Brasenose Foundation Scholarship to attend Oxford University in
England. One student in the nation is selected annually to receive the full costs of
tuition and living expenses for two to three years of study at Oxford, an award valued at
$36,000 to $54,000. In fall 1993 she will join seven other K-State scholarship winners in
England - two Rhodes scholars, four Marshall scholars and a Rotary Foundation scholar.
January '93