Vet Gazette

At the Leipzig Zoo in Germany, Gorilla mom Kumili tickles five-month-old Jengo, and his eyes light up with joy as he breaks into a huge grin. Read more.

Tammy Kienitz, VDL Medical Technologist, works in the clinical pathology lab.

CVM celebrated Medical Laboratory Professionals Week with (no surprise) big, colorful photos of diseases! Dr. Elena Gorman posted the pictures outside Magruder 119 all week for a game called “What’s My Diagnosis?”  Games-master Crystal Foster emailed a lab word search, a lab mad lib, and other games to the whole college.

It was all just a fun way of saying ‘Thank you’ to the folks in the OSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for their dedication and excellence.

Join the fun Saturday, May 3rd, 10 am – 4 pm! Kid’s zone, dog wash, pet nail trim, pet costume contest, petting zoo, teddy bear surgery, ponies, llamas, reptiles, and so much more!

Dr. Chris Cebra congratulates Juli West on her Exemplary Service Award.

The annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon was held on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. As unit heads, Drs. Bermudez, Heidel, de Morais, Cebra, and Tornquist spoke about the efforts of staff in their departments and presented length of service awards to staff members. Dr. Tornquist then presented the outstanding staff awards to this year’s winners.

Each year the College recognizes two classified employees who have demonstrated excellence in their job performance and exhibit a helpful and caring attitude to the people with whom they are in contact.  Selections were made by inviting nominations of the faculty, professional faculty and staff, and the Honors, Awards and Scholarship Committee made the selections. The award winners this year were Matt McClain, analyst programmer in the IT department, and Sarah Smith, veterinary technician in the teaching hospital.

Two Exemplary Service Awards are also given to non-classified staff, which includes research assistants, research associates, and professional faculty.  Letters of nomination were submitted to the awards committee for selection, which is based on excellence in job performance, as well exhibiting the kind of helpful, caring attitude that reflects well on our College and brings distinction to us as an institution. Recipients this year were Travis Feldsher, pathology lab coordinator in the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, and Juli West, department administrator in the clinical sciences department.

The soaring space in the college horse arena was a perfect location for last week’s wet lab: Hands-on practice with six local farriers.

The farrier lab was sponsored by the American Association of Equine Practitioners and included a review of foot anatomy and basic trimming techniques by veterinarian Dr. Bill Brown and farrier Shane Westman. They also instructed students in the importance of good communication between veterinarians and farriers.

Then members of the student chapter of AAEP got their hands dirty trimming hooves, nailing on shoes, and pulling shoes. “My favorite part was getting to handle the tools,” says Juliana Wurzler (Class of 2016).

Assisting the students were farriers Bobby Bewley, Sean Robertson, Zach Morris, Charlie Sayer, and Kira Mollers. “It gave us a good foundation in hoof care, a tool we don’t necessarily get a lot of in our courses,” says Wurzler.

Dr. Jennifer Fowler, Diagnostic Imaging Resident, has been awarded the American College of Veterinary Radiology Resident Research Grant by the Veterinary Ultrasound Society. It is one of only four $7,500 grants provided by the ACVR to residents across the country in support of their research.

Dr. Fowler will be working on Evaluation of Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound Compared to Radiography, CT, and Histopathology To Identify Pneumonia in Juvenile Cattle with Naturally Acquired Lung Disease.