{"id":647,"date":"2010-02-16T14:10:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T22:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/?p=647"},"modified":"2010-02-17T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T20:06:31","slug":"student-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/2010\/02\/16\/student-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Student clubs update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ag Animal Club\"dairy_cow1\"<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

The Ag Animal Club has been busy since the school year began!\u00a0Earlier this year they had\u00a0several speakers including Dr. Richard Veeman from St. Paul and Dr. Dave Bonhert, a nutritionist from eastern Oregon. They’ve also had several wet labs, including hoof trimming with Dr. Vanegas, palpating with the Therio Club, dairy herd assessment tutorials at the OSU Dairy, and the initiation of Ag Animal Club Rounds. The Club is grateful to all the doctors who have contributed their time and energy\u00a0these past few months! They are also excited for spring quarter which will include wet labs and lectures on poultry, lambing, and reproduction courtesy of Dr. Fred Menino from the Department of Animal Science.\u00a0This summer they will be sending AABP delegates and an AABP\u00a0Quiz Bowl Team\u00a0to compete in\u00a0Albuquerque, N.M..\u00a0The Club has enthusiastic members and they are excited for the future of their club.
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Dentistry Club\"tooth\"<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

The Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Dental Society (SCAVDS) is a new student club in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The\u00a0purpose of this club is to\u00a0offer students some new opportunities and new information on dentistry of\u00a0both small and large animals. Club advisors are Dr. Andrea van de Wetering, a local veterinarian and guest lecturer\u00a0at the College, and Dr. Jacob Mecham, one of the College\u2019s ambulatory veterinarians. Throughout the rest of the year they will offer at least one wet lab and some lunch seminars. The Club’s introductory meeting was held earlier this week. To join, dues are $10 and you will receive a publication from the American Veterinary Dental Society. The SCAVDS will also be holding a lunch talk February 22 at noon in M298.\u00a0Dr. van de Wetering will be the speaker on a yet-to-be-decided topic, so stay tuned for more information. If you are not able to make one of these meetings and would like to join the SCAVDS, please contact one of the officers: Kristy Headings, Candace Chen, Tanya Neville, or Ashley Graves.<\/p>\n

Student Ambassadors<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

CVM Student Ambassadors will be visiting with 4-H and pre-veterinary students in Pendleton, Ore. at the end of this month. They are organizing a morning of events for the youth including pet physical examinations, viewing radiographs, and examining rumen juice. Ambassadors will also present information about careers in veterinary medicine and how to prepare for applying to veterinary colleges.<\/p>\n

Zoo Wildlife and Exotics Club\"cougar\"<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

The Zoo Wildlife and Exotics Club held a wildlife necropsy lab run by Dr. Rob Bildfell a few weeks ago with several wildlife specimens including a black bear, three cougars and several raptors. Last term they held a darting lab with Dr. Jack Mortenson. The Club has also hosted Dr. Julianne Vickstrom from West Hills Animal Hospital who spoke about bird behavior and intelligence, and will be hosting Dr. Jennifer Wilk from OHSU Primate Center next month to speak on primate medicine. This week, some students will travel to the Oregon Coast Aquarium for a field trip to do rounds with the aquarium veterinarians. Events planned for next term include a trip to the Oregon Zoo with a presentation by the zoo veterinarian, a talk by a local exotic animal practitioner (and past zoo vet), and another lecture on primates \u2014 this time on surgery. More to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ag Animal Club The Ag Animal Club has been busy since the school year began!\u00a0Earlier this year they had\u00a0several speakers including Dr. Richard Veeman from St. Paul and Dr. Dave Bonhert, a nutritionist from eastern Oregon. They’ve also had several wet labs, including hoof trimming with Dr. Vanegas, palpating with the Therio Club, dairy herd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":911,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3052],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DBMX-ar","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}