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Equine Herpesvirus-1

June 6th, 2011

There has been a surge of diagnostic activity at the Oregon State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (OSU VDL) in the wake of the recent outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) infection and Equine Herpes Virus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) in horses in the western United States. Samples from several areas of Oregon have been submitted to the OSU VDL for the real-time PCR diagnostic test for this virus. EHV-1 can cause a variety of clinical problems in horses, including profound, life-threatening neurologic disease.

EHV-1 infection and EHM were identified in horses that attended a major horse event in Utah in late April and early May. Horses that may have been exposed to the virus at the event then returned to their home farm or equine facility, taking with them the potential to expose additional horses to the virus. Some of those horses returned home to Oregon.

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Promotion and tenure

May 24th, 2011

Dr. Erica McKenzie

Dr. Manoj Pastey

In May, Dean Clarke announced to the College that Dr. Erica McKenzie, Department of Clinical Sciences, and Dr. Manoj Pastey, Department of Biomedical Sciences, have been promoted to associate professor and have been granted indefinite tenure. “These colleagues have made significant contributions to the missions of the College and their respective academic departments. Please join me in congratulating them on their achievements!” said Dr. Clarke.

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Dr. Jolles receives GRF award

May 24th, 2011

OSU Vice President for Research Dr. Richard W. Spinrad notified Dr. Anna Jolles that the proposal she submitted for the General Research Fund (GRF) entitled “Effects of Intensive Forest Management on Health, Immunity, and Infectious Disease Prevalence in Wild Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in the Oregon Coast Range” has been approved for funding. She will receive an award in the amount of $10,000.

In addition, Natalie Rogers has been selected for an Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) award for her proposal entitled “measuring the Effects of Intensive Forest Management on Whole Blood Bactericidal Activity as a Measure of Innate Immunity in Wild Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in Oregon.” She has been granted funding in the amount of $1,800 for Summer term 2010-11. Natalie works in Dr. Jolles’ lab.

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Post-graduation plans

May 24th, 2011

The Class of 2011 will finish their academic requirements in June. With this and the next issue of the Vet Gazette, graduating seniors will reveal their future plans. We wish them the best and congratulate them for their accomplishments!

Ryan Scholz: I will be the first vet student to participate in the DVM/MPH program through OSU. I will be doing this next year while hopefully working in a mixed practice in Mill City (this is not for sure yet though).

Diana Care: After graduation I am riding my bicycle across the country, after which I will pursue a Masters of Public Health through the University of Minnesota.

Sonja Lapinski: Small animal rotating internship at Southern Arizona Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Clinic in Tucson, Ariz.

Benjamin Wustenberg: I will be employed by Veterinary Services of Oregon which is a food animal practice in Newberg, Ore.

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IVSA Travel Scholarship awarded

May 24th, 2011

The Oregon International Veterinary Student Association (IVSA) was very impressed with the applications received for the 2011 IVSA Travel Scholarship. “It’s very exciting to read about all the international veterinary travel that students are participating in this summer. We wish we could offer everyone a scholarship, but unfortunately we can only offer one,” said Leslie Dunham, executive committee member. The winner of the 2011 IVSA Travel Scholarship is Kathleen Kraska, class of 2013. Kathleen will be asked to talk on her experiences in the fall. Other applicants are invited to share their international veterinary experiences as well. Congratulations to Kathleen Kraska. Read the rest of this entry »

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SCAVMA Olympics

May 24th, 2011

This year’s Student Chapter of the Veterinary Medical Association (SCAVMA) Olympics took place May 9-13. Events included a veterinary-themed abbreviation challenge, a field day filled with relays, water balloon tosses, and root-beer floats, “A Minute To Win It” competition, Jeopardy, and an evening of pizza and good company at Woodstock’s Pizza Parlor to top it all off.

While the Class of 2012 took first place in the abbreviation challenge and the Class of 2014 dominated the games for “A Minute to Win It,” it was the Class of 2013 that had the most wins overall. The winning class will be treated to an ice cream party courtesy of SCAVMA.

For more photos, go to Oregon State Vet Med Facebook.

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