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THE Vol XXIV No 1
Fall 1971
SPECULUM CL (bodkakicL CUumni
DEAN LESLIE E McDONALD ASSUMES LEADERSHIP
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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Ohio
Vol XXIV No 1 THE Fall 1971
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student staff
BECKY GOMPF
ROBERT HANSONBETTY ROSEUM
ART SEGEDYDAVID SNYDER
SHERISTEVENSON
BEATRICE TURK
ROBERT WIRT
DAVID WRIGHT
cartoonist
MARK PHILLIPS
photography
MOSES GINGERICH
DAVID MARTELLE
DAN PATTON
adn iso ry board
LON CORDELL
editor
PAT WILMOT asst editor
P D D E W E T DVM
technical consrdtant
WAYNE KING
business manager
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THE SPECULUM is published three times a year by the students of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine It is published for the disshyseminatioin of news to the alumni faculty students and other interested persons Contributions are welcomed but we reserve the right to edit the material Subscription rates are 1 year $3 or 3 years $8 in U S $4 a year in all other countries Please address all correspondence to THE SPECUshyLUM College of Veterinary Medicine 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210 mdashPhone (614) 422-1171 When you move please send both old and new address
THIS ISSUE
3 A New DeanmdashLeslie E McDonald
g Focus on TeachingmdashDr Pieter de Wet
Q The Search Committee Comments
1 Q A Walk Through The College
1 2 Equine Practitioners to Meet In Chicago
bullj 3 Dr Glen Hoffsismdash1971 Distinguished Teaching Award
I 4 Seals Of The Bering Sea
1 J Research On Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis And Feline Leukemia
1 g How To Handle A 200-Lb Tiger With A Toothache
1 7 AVMA Elevates Three Staff
| Q Veterinary Medical Education
2 0 1971-1972 Academic Year At The Ohio State University
2] Continuing Education
2 2 - 2 8 College Departments
2 9 Live Surgery Exhibit
2Q Freshman Class
2 9 Minority Group Needs Support
2 9 Health Committee
3 0 Alpha Psi
30 Pre-Veterinary Medical Association
3 I USDA Contract Continued
3 1 Official Guide For Determining The Age Of The Horse
3 1 Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
3 1 Omega Tou Sigma
3 1 MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
3 2 Womens Auxiliary Student Chapter AVMA
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A NEW DEANshy
LESLIE E MCDONALD
Dr Leslie E McDonald associate dean of the Unishyversity of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine has been named dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr McDonald assumed the new position on October 1 The appointment was announced by OSU President Novice Fawcett early in September
Dr McDonald was also the associate director of the Institute of Comparative Medicine and professor of physishyology and pharmacology at the University of Georgia in Athens where he had been a member of the faculty since 1969
A native of Middletown Missouri Dr McDonald atshytended the University of Missouri until his career was interrupted by World War II He served as an Air Force officer from 1943 to 1945 After the war he resumed his education at Michigan State University where he earned his BS and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees He received his Masters and PhD degrees at the University of Wisconsin
After a year in private practice in Wisconsin Dr McDonald joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1952 In 1954 he assumed the position of chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Oklashyhoma State University
Dr McDonald is the author of over 30 papers pubshylished in scientific journals He is author of the textbook Veterinary Endocrinology and Reproduction and coshyauthor of another textbook Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr McDonald has done extensive reshysearch in domestic animal reproduction and endocrishynology
A consultant to the National Institutes of Health on the university grant program the Physiology Fellowships Program and the Endocrinology and Pharmacology Felshylowship Panel Dr McDonald has also served as a conshysultant to the National Academy of Sciences the Comshymerce Department and the National Science Foundation
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Leslie E McDonald DVM Dean College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Dr McDonald is a member of the American Physioshylogical Society the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine the Society of Sigma Xi the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharshymacologists His achievement in education and veterinshyary medicine have been recognized by Whos Who in America American Men of Science Whos Who in American Education and Leaders in American Science
Recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award at the Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1967he received the A M Mills Award for Outstanding Contributions to Veterinary Medicine from Alpha Psi Fraternity in 1970
Dr McDonald served on many university committeesincluding those dealing with veterinary medicine reshysearch facilities graduate faculty membership and vetshyerinary medicine admissions at Oklahoma State He wasa member of the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in the Basic Medical Sciences from 1956 to 1964 and presidentof the Board in 1961 and 1962
At the University of Georgia he was the director ofthe College of Veterinary Medicine self-study committee and member of the university committee on graduate school organization
In the first few weeks of his role as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State Dr McDonald has made it quite evident that he believes Ohio State to be an outstanding university and the Veterinary College to be a leader within the veterinary profession He has been extremely busy as attested to by the followshying pictorial story
AUTUMN 1971
Photos by Moses Gingerich
Promptly at 8 oclock
Following a good morning to the lovely ladies of the secretarial staff
And a quick walk to the business atmosphere of his office Dean McDonald begins the first week in the role as a new Dean
A moment is spent noting the recent success of the new curshyriculum as shared with Dr C Roger Smith Director of Veterinary Correspondence and paper work will be handled quickly and
Medical Education efficiently by secretary Ellen Fahrion
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Finances and personnel are next on the agenda as Dean Another step in a Deans busy morning is to check out the next McDonald holds audience with Wayne King (left) and Dr phase of construction on the new Hospital with the immediate
Frederick Diedrich (center) administration Pictured left to right are Assistant Dean William Johnson Director of Finance and Personnel Dr Frederick Diedrich Dean McDonald and Director of Counseling and
Communication Lon Cordell
A special reception arranged by the faculty forDean and Mrs McDonald
and held at the Center for Tomorrowwill be remembered as a highlight
Serious minds conduct serious College business around the conference table
Dean and Mrs McDonald (left) and Dr and Mrs C Roger Smith Dr Walter G Venzke (center) introduces Dean and Mrs (right) enjoy a pleasant thought McDonald (left )to Dr and Mrs Wyman (right)
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
AUTUMN 1971
FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DIVISION OF BEECHAM INC BRISTOL TENN 37620
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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(Name)
(Address)
MY ATTACHED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $_ IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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THIS ISSUE
3 A New DeanmdashLeslie E McDonald
g Focus on TeachingmdashDr Pieter de Wet
Q The Search Committee Comments
1 Q A Walk Through The College
1 2 Equine Practitioners to Meet In Chicago
bullj 3 Dr Glen Hoffsismdash1971 Distinguished Teaching Award
I 4 Seals Of The Bering Sea
1 J Research On Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis And Feline Leukemia
1 g How To Handle A 200-Lb Tiger With A Toothache
1 7 AVMA Elevates Three Staff
| Q Veterinary Medical Education
2 0 1971-1972 Academic Year At The Ohio State University
2] Continuing Education
2 2 - 2 8 College Departments
2 9 Live Surgery Exhibit
2Q Freshman Class
2 9 Minority Group Needs Support
2 9 Health Committee
3 0 Alpha Psi
30 Pre-Veterinary Medical Association
3 I USDA Contract Continued
3 1 Official Guide For Determining The Age Of The Horse
3 1 Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
3 1 Omega Tou Sigma
3 1 MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
3 2 Womens Auxiliary Student Chapter AVMA
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A NEW DEANshy
LESLIE E MCDONALD
Dr Leslie E McDonald associate dean of the Unishyversity of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine has been named dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr McDonald assumed the new position on October 1 The appointment was announced by OSU President Novice Fawcett early in September
Dr McDonald was also the associate director of the Institute of Comparative Medicine and professor of physishyology and pharmacology at the University of Georgia in Athens where he had been a member of the faculty since 1969
A native of Middletown Missouri Dr McDonald atshytended the University of Missouri until his career was interrupted by World War II He served as an Air Force officer from 1943 to 1945 After the war he resumed his education at Michigan State University where he earned his BS and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees He received his Masters and PhD degrees at the University of Wisconsin
After a year in private practice in Wisconsin Dr McDonald joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1952 In 1954 he assumed the position of chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Oklashyhoma State University
Dr McDonald is the author of over 30 papers pubshylished in scientific journals He is author of the textbook Veterinary Endocrinology and Reproduction and coshyauthor of another textbook Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr McDonald has done extensive reshysearch in domestic animal reproduction and endocrishynology
A consultant to the National Institutes of Health on the university grant program the Physiology Fellowships Program and the Endocrinology and Pharmacology Felshylowship Panel Dr McDonald has also served as a conshysultant to the National Academy of Sciences the Comshymerce Department and the National Science Foundation
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Leslie E McDonald DVM Dean College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Dr McDonald is a member of the American Physioshylogical Society the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine the Society of Sigma Xi the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharshymacologists His achievement in education and veterinshyary medicine have been recognized by Whos Who in America American Men of Science Whos Who in American Education and Leaders in American Science
Recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award at the Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1967he received the A M Mills Award for Outstanding Contributions to Veterinary Medicine from Alpha Psi Fraternity in 1970
Dr McDonald served on many university committeesincluding those dealing with veterinary medicine reshysearch facilities graduate faculty membership and vetshyerinary medicine admissions at Oklahoma State He wasa member of the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in the Basic Medical Sciences from 1956 to 1964 and presidentof the Board in 1961 and 1962
At the University of Georgia he was the director ofthe College of Veterinary Medicine self-study committee and member of the university committee on graduate school organization
In the first few weeks of his role as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State Dr McDonald has made it quite evident that he believes Ohio State to be an outstanding university and the Veterinary College to be a leader within the veterinary profession He has been extremely busy as attested to by the followshying pictorial story
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Photos by Moses Gingerich
Promptly at 8 oclock
Following a good morning to the lovely ladies of the secretarial staff
And a quick walk to the business atmosphere of his office Dean McDonald begins the first week in the role as a new Dean
A moment is spent noting the recent success of the new curshyriculum as shared with Dr C Roger Smith Director of Veterinary Correspondence and paper work will be handled quickly and
Medical Education efficiently by secretary Ellen Fahrion
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Finances and personnel are next on the agenda as Dean Another step in a Deans busy morning is to check out the next McDonald holds audience with Wayne King (left) and Dr phase of construction on the new Hospital with the immediate
Frederick Diedrich (center) administration Pictured left to right are Assistant Dean William Johnson Director of Finance and Personnel Dr Frederick Diedrich Dean McDonald and Director of Counseling and
Communication Lon Cordell
A special reception arranged by the faculty forDean and Mrs McDonald
and held at the Center for Tomorrowwill be remembered as a highlight
Serious minds conduct serious College business around the conference table
Dean and Mrs McDonald (left) and Dr and Mrs C Roger Smith Dr Walter G Venzke (center) introduces Dean and Mrs (right) enjoy a pleasant thought McDonald (left )to Dr and Mrs Wyman (right)
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
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FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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A NEW DEANshy
LESLIE E MCDONALD
Dr Leslie E McDonald associate dean of the Unishyversity of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine has been named dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr McDonald assumed the new position on October 1 The appointment was announced by OSU President Novice Fawcett early in September
Dr McDonald was also the associate director of the Institute of Comparative Medicine and professor of physishyology and pharmacology at the University of Georgia in Athens where he had been a member of the faculty since 1969
A native of Middletown Missouri Dr McDonald atshytended the University of Missouri until his career was interrupted by World War II He served as an Air Force officer from 1943 to 1945 After the war he resumed his education at Michigan State University where he earned his BS and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees He received his Masters and PhD degrees at the University of Wisconsin
After a year in private practice in Wisconsin Dr McDonald joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1952 In 1954 he assumed the position of chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Oklashyhoma State University
Dr McDonald is the author of over 30 papers pubshylished in scientific journals He is author of the textbook Veterinary Endocrinology and Reproduction and coshyauthor of another textbook Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr McDonald has done extensive reshysearch in domestic animal reproduction and endocrishynology
A consultant to the National Institutes of Health on the university grant program the Physiology Fellowships Program and the Endocrinology and Pharmacology Felshylowship Panel Dr McDonald has also served as a conshysultant to the National Academy of Sciences the Comshymerce Department and the National Science Foundation
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Leslie E McDonald DVM Dean College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Dr McDonald is a member of the American Physioshylogical Society the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine the Society of Sigma Xi the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharshymacologists His achievement in education and veterinshyary medicine have been recognized by Whos Who in America American Men of Science Whos Who in American Education and Leaders in American Science
Recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award at the Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1967he received the A M Mills Award for Outstanding Contributions to Veterinary Medicine from Alpha Psi Fraternity in 1970
Dr McDonald served on many university committeesincluding those dealing with veterinary medicine reshysearch facilities graduate faculty membership and vetshyerinary medicine admissions at Oklahoma State He wasa member of the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in the Basic Medical Sciences from 1956 to 1964 and presidentof the Board in 1961 and 1962
At the University of Georgia he was the director ofthe College of Veterinary Medicine self-study committee and member of the university committee on graduate school organization
In the first few weeks of his role as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State Dr McDonald has made it quite evident that he believes Ohio State to be an outstanding university and the Veterinary College to be a leader within the veterinary profession He has been extremely busy as attested to by the followshying pictorial story
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Photos by Moses Gingerich
Promptly at 8 oclock
Following a good morning to the lovely ladies of the secretarial staff
And a quick walk to the business atmosphere of his office Dean McDonald begins the first week in the role as a new Dean
A moment is spent noting the recent success of the new curshyriculum as shared with Dr C Roger Smith Director of Veterinary Correspondence and paper work will be handled quickly and
Medical Education efficiently by secretary Ellen Fahrion
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Finances and personnel are next on the agenda as Dean Another step in a Deans busy morning is to check out the next McDonald holds audience with Wayne King (left) and Dr phase of construction on the new Hospital with the immediate
Frederick Diedrich (center) administration Pictured left to right are Assistant Dean William Johnson Director of Finance and Personnel Dr Frederick Diedrich Dean McDonald and Director of Counseling and
Communication Lon Cordell
A special reception arranged by the faculty forDean and Mrs McDonald
and held at the Center for Tomorrowwill be remembered as a highlight
Serious minds conduct serious College business around the conference table
Dean and Mrs McDonald (left) and Dr and Mrs C Roger Smith Dr Walter G Venzke (center) introduces Dean and Mrs (right) enjoy a pleasant thought McDonald (left )to Dr and Mrs Wyman (right)
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
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FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
best to insure that future generations of the Collegecan develop the College without having to create a split campus for College facilities
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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LESLIE E MCDONALD
Dr Leslie E McDonald associate dean of the Unishyversity of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine has been named dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr McDonald assumed the new position on October 1 The appointment was announced by OSU President Novice Fawcett early in September
Dr McDonald was also the associate director of the Institute of Comparative Medicine and professor of physishyology and pharmacology at the University of Georgia in Athens where he had been a member of the faculty since 1969
A native of Middletown Missouri Dr McDonald atshytended the University of Missouri until his career was interrupted by World War II He served as an Air Force officer from 1943 to 1945 After the war he resumed his education at Michigan State University where he earned his BS and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees He received his Masters and PhD degrees at the University of Wisconsin
After a year in private practice in Wisconsin Dr McDonald joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1952 In 1954 he assumed the position of chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Oklashyhoma State University
Dr McDonald is the author of over 30 papers pubshylished in scientific journals He is author of the textbook Veterinary Endocrinology and Reproduction and coshyauthor of another textbook Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr McDonald has done extensive reshysearch in domestic animal reproduction and endocrishynology
A consultant to the National Institutes of Health on the university grant program the Physiology Fellowships Program and the Endocrinology and Pharmacology Felshylowship Panel Dr McDonald has also served as a conshysultant to the National Academy of Sciences the Comshymerce Department and the National Science Foundation
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Leslie E McDonald DVM Dean College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Dr McDonald is a member of the American Physioshylogical Society the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine the Society of Sigma Xi the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharshymacologists His achievement in education and veterinshyary medicine have been recognized by Whos Who in America American Men of Science Whos Who in American Education and Leaders in American Science
Recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award at the Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1967he received the A M Mills Award for Outstanding Contributions to Veterinary Medicine from Alpha Psi Fraternity in 1970
Dr McDonald served on many university committeesincluding those dealing with veterinary medicine reshysearch facilities graduate faculty membership and vetshyerinary medicine admissions at Oklahoma State He wasa member of the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in the Basic Medical Sciences from 1956 to 1964 and presidentof the Board in 1961 and 1962
At the University of Georgia he was the director ofthe College of Veterinary Medicine self-study committee and member of the university committee on graduate school organization
In the first few weeks of his role as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State Dr McDonald has made it quite evident that he believes Ohio State to be an outstanding university and the Veterinary College to be a leader within the veterinary profession He has been extremely busy as attested to by the followshying pictorial story
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Photos by Moses Gingerich
Promptly at 8 oclock
Following a good morning to the lovely ladies of the secretarial staff
And a quick walk to the business atmosphere of his office Dean McDonald begins the first week in the role as a new Dean
A moment is spent noting the recent success of the new curshyriculum as shared with Dr C Roger Smith Director of Veterinary Correspondence and paper work will be handled quickly and
Medical Education efficiently by secretary Ellen Fahrion
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Finances and personnel are next on the agenda as Dean Another step in a Deans busy morning is to check out the next McDonald holds audience with Wayne King (left) and Dr phase of construction on the new Hospital with the immediate
Frederick Diedrich (center) administration Pictured left to right are Assistant Dean William Johnson Director of Finance and Personnel Dr Frederick Diedrich Dean McDonald and Director of Counseling and
Communication Lon Cordell
A special reception arranged by the faculty forDean and Mrs McDonald
and held at the Center for Tomorrowwill be remembered as a highlight
Serious minds conduct serious College business around the conference table
Dean and Mrs McDonald (left) and Dr and Mrs C Roger Smith Dr Walter G Venzke (center) introduces Dean and Mrs (right) enjoy a pleasant thought McDonald (left )to Dr and Mrs Wyman (right)
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
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FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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A NEW DEANshy
LESLIE E MCDONALD
Dr Leslie E McDonald associate dean of the Unishyversity of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine has been named dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr McDonald assumed the new position on October 1 The appointment was announced by OSU President Novice Fawcett early in September
Dr McDonald was also the associate director of the Institute of Comparative Medicine and professor of physishyology and pharmacology at the University of Georgia in Athens where he had been a member of the faculty since 1969
A native of Middletown Missouri Dr McDonald atshytended the University of Missouri until his career was interrupted by World War II He served as an Air Force officer from 1943 to 1945 After the war he resumed his education at Michigan State University where he earned his BS and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees He received his Masters and PhD degrees at the University of Wisconsin
After a year in private practice in Wisconsin Dr McDonald joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1952 In 1954 he assumed the position of chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Oklashyhoma State University
Dr McDonald is the author of over 30 papers pubshylished in scientific journals He is author of the textbook Veterinary Endocrinology and Reproduction and coshyauthor of another textbook Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Dr McDonald has done extensive reshysearch in domestic animal reproduction and endocrishynology
A consultant to the National Institutes of Health on the university grant program the Physiology Fellowships Program and the Endocrinology and Pharmacology Felshylowship Panel Dr McDonald has also served as a conshysultant to the National Academy of Sciences the Comshymerce Department and the National Science Foundation
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Leslie E McDonald DVM Dean College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Dr McDonald is a member of the American Physioshylogical Society the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine the Society of Sigma Xi the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharshymacologists His achievement in education and veterinshyary medicine have been recognized by Whos Who in America American Men of Science Whos Who in American Education and Leaders in American Science
Recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award at the Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1967he received the A M Mills Award for Outstanding Contributions to Veterinary Medicine from Alpha Psi Fraternity in 1970
Dr McDonald served on many university committeesincluding those dealing with veterinary medicine reshysearch facilities graduate faculty membership and vetshyerinary medicine admissions at Oklahoma State He wasa member of the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in the Basic Medical Sciences from 1956 to 1964 and presidentof the Board in 1961 and 1962
At the University of Georgia he was the director ofthe College of Veterinary Medicine self-study committee and member of the university committee on graduate school organization
In the first few weeks of his role as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State Dr McDonald has made it quite evident that he believes Ohio State to be an outstanding university and the Veterinary College to be a leader within the veterinary profession He has been extremely busy as attested to by the followshying pictorial story
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Photos by Moses Gingerich
Promptly at 8 oclock
Following a good morning to the lovely ladies of the secretarial staff
And a quick walk to the business atmosphere of his office Dean McDonald begins the first week in the role as a new Dean
A moment is spent noting the recent success of the new curshyriculum as shared with Dr C Roger Smith Director of Veterinary Correspondence and paper work will be handled quickly and
Medical Education efficiently by secretary Ellen Fahrion
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Finances and personnel are next on the agenda as Dean Another step in a Deans busy morning is to check out the next McDonald holds audience with Wayne King (left) and Dr phase of construction on the new Hospital with the immediate
Frederick Diedrich (center) administration Pictured left to right are Assistant Dean William Johnson Director of Finance and Personnel Dr Frederick Diedrich Dean McDonald and Director of Counseling and
Communication Lon Cordell
A special reception arranged by the faculty forDean and Mrs McDonald
and held at the Center for Tomorrowwill be remembered as a highlight
Serious minds conduct serious College business around the conference table
Dean and Mrs McDonald (left) and Dr and Mrs C Roger Smith Dr Walter G Venzke (center) introduces Dean and Mrs (right) enjoy a pleasant thought McDonald (left )to Dr and Mrs Wyman (right)
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
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FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
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Promptly at 8 oclock
Following a good morning to the lovely ladies of the secretarial staff
And a quick walk to the business atmosphere of his office Dean McDonald begins the first week in the role as a new Dean
A moment is spent noting the recent success of the new curshyriculum as shared with Dr C Roger Smith Director of Veterinary Correspondence and paper work will be handled quickly and
Medical Education efficiently by secretary Ellen Fahrion
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Finances and personnel are next on the agenda as Dean Another step in a Deans busy morning is to check out the next McDonald holds audience with Wayne King (left) and Dr phase of construction on the new Hospital with the immediate
Frederick Diedrich (center) administration Pictured left to right are Assistant Dean William Johnson Director of Finance and Personnel Dr Frederick Diedrich Dean McDonald and Director of Counseling and
Communication Lon Cordell
A special reception arranged by the faculty forDean and Mrs McDonald
and held at the Center for Tomorrowwill be remembered as a highlight
Serious minds conduct serious College business around the conference table
Dean and Mrs McDonald (left) and Dr and Mrs C Roger Smith Dr Walter G Venzke (center) introduces Dean and Mrs (right) enjoy a pleasant thought McDonald (left )to Dr and Mrs Wyman (right)
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
AUTUMN 1971
FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
AUTUMN 1971
debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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(Name)
(Address)
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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Finances and personnel are next on the agenda as Dean Another step in a Deans busy morning is to check out the next McDonald holds audience with Wayne King (left) and Dr phase of construction on the new Hospital with the immediate
Frederick Diedrich (center) administration Pictured left to right are Assistant Dean William Johnson Director of Finance and Personnel Dr Frederick Diedrich Dean McDonald and Director of Counseling and
Communication Lon Cordell
A special reception arranged by the faculty forDean and Mrs McDonald
and held at the Center for Tomorrowwill be remembered as a highlight
Serious minds conduct serious College business around the conference table
Dean and Mrs McDonald (left) and Dr and Mrs C Roger Smith Dr Walter G Venzke (center) introduces Dean and Mrs (right) enjoy a pleasant thought McDonald (left )to Dr and Mrs Wyman (right)
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
AUTUMN 1971
FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
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A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
AUTUMN 1971
debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
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Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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Mrs Robert Hamlin (left) shares a moment of charm with DrSyed Saiduddin (right) joined by Dr and Mrs Michael Doherty
Dr and Mrs Warren Aiken sample the tasty hors doeuvres
Mrs Hoffsis (left) makes it a laughing matter for her husband Dr Glen Hoffsis (center) and Dr and Mrs John Andreas (right)
Dr John Helwig 64 and Mrs Lon Cordell 411 discuss the tall and short of it as Lon Cordell looks on
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
AUTUMN 1971
FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
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Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
15
How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
AUTUMN 1971 17
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Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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(Name)
(Address)
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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Coffee breaks must be combined with work From left to right Dean McDonald George C Christensen Charles C Capen and Acting Chairman of Veterinary Pathology Dr Adalbert Koestner
Dean McDonald meets the challenges of another day as he coordinates the accreditation visit of the AVMA Council on
Education
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From left to right William G Jones B F Hoerlein W H Grau Vernon L Tharp W M Decker W D Roberts William M Johnson
and Robert G Whiteus
Business is continued with a walk across campus
Dean McDonald will go home now It has been a busy first week but every moment a pleasshyure All that remains is to reshymember the names of all the faces he has just met and conshytemplate the schedule of next week Oh yes There is still the matter of unpacking and furnishyture arranging he promised his wife And wasnt there someshything about a social function for
Saturday and Sunday
AUTUMN 1971
FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
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Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
THE SPECULUM 20
CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
TO MAKE CERTAIN your contributions to the OSU Development Fund reach the College of Veterinary Medicine Fill out this form and attach it to your check
TO THE OSU DEVELOPMENT FUND FROM
(Name)
(Address)
MY ATTACHED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $_ IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
THE SPECULUM 22
Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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THE SPECULUM 24
Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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FOCUS ON TEACHING-DR PIETER DE WETEDITORS NOTE
The SPECULUM takes a look at teaching and the exshycellent faculty respo)isible for the fine quality of teaching ivithin the College of Veterinary Medicine
We have found this first interview with Dr Pieter de Wet most refreshing and are looking forward to future interviews with other teachers from the various departments within the College
Teach unto others as you would have others teachyou could be the cornerstone for Dr Pieter de Wets philosophy of teaching Dr de Wets outstanding teachshying is guided by his own experiences as a student and hissix and a half years as a general practitioner in his native South Africa
Dr de Wets creative teaching is devoted to turning out the best practitioners possible Our practitioners are veterinary medicines window of the world he says stating that the publics opinion of the professionis formed by its contact with practicing DVMs
A burly intense man Dr de Wet belts out his lecture with dramatic flourish his speech heavily flavored withhis native Afrikaans He believes his students deserve interesting and well-planned lectures and he is alwaysconcerned with presentation I was a very critical stushydent he explains and now as a teacher I put me in the students place
He scrutinizes various textbooks on his subject in a very discriminative way because the approach in these books often lacks good correlation between structure and function errors are often repeated from edition to edition and some data may be already outdated by several years at the time of publication Thus he spendsmost of his time combing recent veterinary and human neurology literature in order to adapt and combine information prepare diagrams dissections and slides in development of better teaching media in a systematic manner regarding basic concepts in his field which he regards as of fundamental importance if a complete successful integration of the basic knowledge into the applied field is to be accomplished He also mentioned the fact that his knowledge of languages such as DutchFlemish Afrikaans German French and Latin are quite helpful in quick revising of literature throughout the world He considers his hours of work in this field as teaching research and he believes that effective teachingand learning by students are worthy research goals
Dr de Wet did not start out as a teacher After graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine atthe University of Pretoria he served first as a governshyment veterinarian in rabies control in the tropics In 1955 he set up a mixed practice that included threeclinics and practiced until 1961 By that time he felt that his background was still too narrow to meet the varied demands of a private practice especially in the field of veterinary neurology and the conditions with which he was continuously confronted in practice He returned to the University of Pretoria for 1 years of research and teaching as an Assistant Professor At that time the vacuum in this field was heavily felt at the Institute and by our practicing colleagues He then decided with authoritative support from some of his colleagues to explore this new field in veterinary medishycine
Photo by Moaes Gingerich
Pieter D de Wet DVM
In 1963 he came to the University of Minnesota ona Ford Foundation Scholarship for graduate study andresearch in neurology both in the medical and veterinary schools He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and did a year of graduate research at Kansas State University before returning to the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pretoria as a teacher in comparative functional neuroshyanatomy In addition to his undergraduate and graduateteaching he served as a neurological consultant to the departments of surgery internal medicine pathology and the general practitioners He came to Ohio State as an Associate Professor in 1969 and is one of the few veterinary medical experts in the field of comparative functional neuro-anatomy of primates and infra-primates
Dr de Wets discipline and appetite for hard work can be traced to his rigorous education in South Africa Veterinary education in South Africa must be exceedshyingly thorough he explained because it is a largecountry with only one College of Veterinary MedicineConsultation on cases is almost impossible South Africas climate varies from tropical to sub-tropicalmoderate to mediterranean semi-desert to desert and so do the diseases in the different regions Poisonous plants that most DVMs never have dealt with flourish there He said the profession over there is well-liked and highly respected by other medical disciplines and the public
I try never to teach the student anything that I cant show him in the lab or on a live animal Dr de Wet states This main tenet of his teaching reflects his background as a practitioner To diagnose illnesses correctly in practice DVMs must have experience in handling live animals and fresh tissue and observing the behavior of animals in a very early stage of their DVM program Dr de Wet believes preserved tissue and plastic models are not good enough He also stresses the fact that students should be able to recognize organs and tissues from every angle and in every dimension This fact is borne out by him in the numerous teaching media he is using during his classes and the continuous effort to develop new approaches and improve on existing ones The involvement of the student in the lab during the early stage of his program is very beneficial he said because it makes him conscious of the fact that acquired theoretical knowledge is meaningless unless you are able to apply it in practice
Dr de Wet also believes that information should be simplified as much as possible and integrated in a
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
best to insure that future generations of the Collegecan develop the College without having to create a split campus for College facilities
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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meaningful way for future practitioners He calls the new curriculum fantasic because it further integrates the components of the veterinary education and proshyvides the students with a cross reference of information on veterinary medicine
He is now preparing an atlas on veterinary neurology that will put the facts about functional concepts of neurology in a ready form for veterinary students and practicing DVMs It will provide information on nervous system action and interaction for use in sophomore studies through the career of a general practitioner Dr de Wet feels that an atlas like this is needed espeshycially by the practicing DVM who does not have time to wade through all the literature on the subject to find what he needs to know about a case
Dr de Wets diligence and precision in his teaching is worth the time and effort because a doctors knowlshyedge is applied directly to a patient He thinks that the quality of students at the College is high and welcomestheir comments on his presentation of material His relationship with his students is based on their bond in veterinary medicine Im vitally interested in these chaps he says and he follows his students careers after graduation Im very proud of my young colshyleagues Im teaching them what I lacked in this field during my years of practice he states
Students return Dr de Wets admiration and they have a hearty respect for his discipline and devotion to excellence Im ruthless but Im fair he explains I
doubt the value of multiple-guess tests because it is onlya factual test of their acquired knowledge and does not measure the students ability to apply his knowledge andto solve a problem let alone the acquiring of the skill in meaningful reasoning which is of utmost importancein practice and which can only be rectified to a large extent by practical and oral examinations For all his concentration on hard work and excellence Dr de Wet is devoted to the average student Top students can learn quickly on their own he says and it is the average student who often has the good hands and practical mind that make a good practitioner
The fire of a man who loves his subject and his work illuminates Dr de Wets teaching and conversation He explained how a DVM can track down a nervous disorderto the medically illiterate interviewer He grew excited as he tracked the symptoms through a maze of neuroshylogical systems and arrived triumphantly at a diagnosisEven a layman could catch a glimpse of how satisfying and creative a career in medicine can be
Dr de Wets door is always open to his students Heurges them to come to him for help in his labs or in his office and invites them to call him in the evening if they have a problem with their work Doesnt this total involvement ever get on his nerves No he saidsurprised at the question My time is their time My heart is in the teaching of future practitioners on which ever-increasing demands are made in the frontline of our profession lt
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE COMMENTSAfter several months of meetings inquiries and intershy
views the Search Committee appointed by The Ohio State University President Novice Fawcett to advise him on the selection of a new dean finished its work on July 7 The report they submitted to President Fawcett was the basis for the appointment of Dr Leslie E McDonald as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Before coming to Ohio State Dr McDonald was Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine He took over the deanship from Acting Dean Walter G Venzke on October 1
Dr Adalbert Koestner professor of veterinary pathshyology and chairman of the Committee said of Dr McDonald He impressed us as a highly qualified edushycator and scholar with an excellent reputation as a scientist and he has sufficient experience as an adshyministrator
Dr Koestner also stated that the Committee would like to express its THANKS to students and alumni who aided the Committee in the evaluation of the candidates
To include the ideas and assistance of students and alumni Dr Koestner explained the student council consisting of elected representatives of the four classes and an alumni advisory committee were invited to parshyticipate in the search for a dean
The Search Committee received approximately 25 nominations from within and outside the College Some of the candidates were not available at the present time
and others were eliminated because of insufficient supshyport
Five of the available and qualified candidates were thoroughly investigated by the Search Committee These candidates met with the Search Committee the faculty students and administration of the College and the alumni advisory committee Dr McDonalds appointment was based on the report submitted to President Fawcett after the Committee and its advisory groups evaluated the candidates
The alumni selected for the advisory board were Dr M L Willen president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association and chairman of the advisory committee Dr James H Rosenberger head of the Council on Edushycation of the OVMA Dr Richard Johnson member of the Advisory Board of The Ohio State University and Dr Charlie Miller of Crestline Ohio
Faculty members serving on the Search Committee with Dr Koestner were Dr V H Dahl Assistant Proshyfessor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dr Edward Donovan Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr Gary Johnson Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatshyomy Dr Harold Groves Professor of Veterinary Microshybiology and Parasitology Dr Thomas Powers Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dr Harold V Ellingson Professor of Preventive Medicine Dr Edward C Nabor Professor of Poultry Science and Dr Lloyd R Evans Vice Provost for Curricula who was later replaced by Dean Arliss Roaden of the Graduate School
AUTUMN 1971
A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
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Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
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Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
AUTUMN 1971 13
SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
AUTUMN 1971
debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
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Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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(Name)
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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A WALK THROUGH THE COLLEGEBy WILLIAM M JOHNSONmdashAssistant Dean
EDITORS NOTE Assistant Dean William M Johnson came to The Ohio
State University in 1968 upon his retirement from the Air Force Medical Service after 31xk years of military service He started out as a private and retired as a Colonel
He was born in Superior Wisconsin and is a graduate of Wisconsin State University His specialty is hospital and health services administration He is a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators
Dean Johnson assists the Dean in general College administration in planning and programming for Colshylege activities and development in the acquisition and allocation of College resources in providing support for educational and research programs and in Federal liaison as regards legislation and grant support
One of his jobs for the past 2V2 years has been to serve as the College project official for the new veterinary hospital In this role he works closely with the project architect the University architect the State of Ohio architect the United States Department of Health Edushycation and Welfare the construction contractors and the faculty of the College to make certain that the finished building is what the College intends it to be in terms of functional needs maintainability flexibility and capacity
Due to his constant association with capital improveshyments the SPECULUM asked Dean Johnson to discuss for its readers College Development and the New Hosshypital
The only essential ingredients in a college or univershysity are the learners and the teachersmdashor the students and their faculty Facilities canmdashand shouldmdashdo more than house students and teachers A real climate for learning should be providedmdashan environment responshysive to student and faculty needs and the many tasks that each performs How to do this so that the environshyment provided is suitable for many future yearsmdashas long as 30 to 40 yearsmdashis a very demanding challengeThe only constant in education today is change and ourCollege with its new curriculum proves this point Onlytime will tell us whether our new hospital facility was designed with sufficient adaptability for future changes in the educational program and the science of clinical medicine
Although the new veterinary hospital is a giant stridein facilities improvement it is but one step in College development which began when the College was estabshylished as a School of Veterinary Science on September 3 1885 At that time all instruction was conducted in University Hallmdasha landmark demolished in 1971
The first professor in veterinary science Dr Albert Henry Tuttle asked for an appropriation of $5000 for veterinary teaching facilities In 1885 the State Legisshylature responded by appropriating $2000 It is interestshying to note that our first professor probably asked for twice as much money as he needed knowing that the prudent legislators would give him about half of what he requested $1500 was to be used for construction of a separate building for dissecting large animals and for converting basement space in University Hall for use as a veterinary museum and a laboratory for anatomyand physiology The remaining $500 was earmarked forsupplies The new structuremdasha one-story brick building
20x20mdashwas constructed at the cost of $104 a square foot for a total of $41725 Dr Tuttle saved enough money on construction costs to purchase a model horse for $900
In 1890 the first Dean of the College Dr Detmers pleaded with the State Legislature for an appropriation to construct a veterinary hospital and got $5000 The cost was about $125 a square foot The building was completed in 1891 Two wooden buildings were also built at this timemdasha barn for use as an isolation ward and a new dissection building Apparently the brick dissecting laboratory building constructed five yearsearlier was too far away from the new hospital building
Dr David S White became Dean in 1895 It took him seven years to get State funds to build a veterinarylaboratory building which was occupied in 1903 $25000was appropriated It was subsequently realized that there were no funds to equip the building and a supplementalState appropriation of $10000 was secured One wonderswhether a mistake was made or whether Dean White decided to get as much building as possible for the $25000 knowing full well that the University and the State would bail him out by providing equipment moneyTotal cost of the building and equipment was $3700775Dean White probably wrote many letters justifying the $2000 over-expenditure of funds The building had good student capacitymdashan anatomical amphitheatre seating 125 a pharmacology teaching lab with 75 student stashytions and a 100-student anatomy teaching lab
By 1910 the veterinary hospital building was 19 years old and inadequate in size and utilities A new buildshying called the Veterinary Clinic was constructed for $130000 It was used by the College for 55 yearsmdashuntilJuly 1965 Many of our present faculty taught in this building For the first 25 years of its existence $172000 was spent on capital improvements to develop the Colshylege During the next 45 years there were no capital improvements
After World War II Dr Walter R Krill was appointed Dean in 1946 There was a great surge in enrollment atThe Ohio State University and a great increase in studentapplicants for admission to the College of Veterinary Medicine College buildings like many others on the campus were old limited in size and in need of reshyplacement First-year veterinary classes had to be limited to 70 students Those in charge of campus planning wanted to move the Veterinary College off the main campus from its location on Neil Avenue to make room for new academic buildings as well as for aesthetic reasons Dr Krill gave the matter full consideration and in time he agreed to a plan of relocating the College toits present site There was much opposition on the partof the faculty to moving the College to farm land across the Olentangy River Many felt such a move was deshygrading and that the remote site would result in inconshyveniences and difficulties for the faculty and students However Dr Krill recognized that new facilities which were badly needed would have to be constructed in order to move the College He also had the foresight torealize that there would be only limited land available on the main campus for future College expansion and
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
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Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
THE SPECULUM 20
CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
AUTUMN 1971 21
Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
TO MAKE CERTAIN your contributions to the OSU Development Fund reach the College of Veterinary Medicine Fill out this form and attach it to your check
TO THE OSU DEVELOPMENT FUND FROM
(Name)
(Address)
MY ATTACHED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $_ IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
THE SPECULUM 26
at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
27
handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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development The University purchased the land at our present site and supported College needs for new buildshyings
In 1956 Sisson Hall was completed at the cost of $2million and in 1961 the Goss Pathology Laboratorymdasha $21 million projectmdashwas completed
Planning and design money for a new veterinary hosshypital was appropriated in 1963mdash$152000mdashand in 1965 $38 million was appropriated for construction By that time the University was desperate to get the land on which the 55-year-old veterinary clinic building was loshycated A new metal building for maintenance of Unishyversity vehicles was under construction on Kenny Road A decision was made to modify this new motor vehicle garage for use as a temporary veterinary clinic pending construction of the new permanent hospital The buildshying modification work was completed in a short period of time and the clinic was moved to its temporary quarshyters in July 1965
When Dr Clarence R Cole became Dean in 1967 the design of the $4 million veterinary hospital was nearing completion and readiness for contract At that time veterinary education was added to the Federal law which authorized Federal matching construction funds Dr Cole decided to seek additional construction funds from the Federal government in order to increase the scope of the hospital project and to improve on the design The result was that the $39 million of State funds were matched by $5 million plus in Federal funds for a total of $9 million Although this action delayed the acquisishytion of the new hospital by perhaps two years it was a wise decision The students and the faculty will benefit from the increased space and the improved design for many future years
There are two other recent capital improvements for the College In January 1970 the College purchased a small veterinary clinical facility including 15 acres of land at Marysville Ohio for the purpose of increasing the quantity and variety of clinical cases for teaching and for providing experience to students in a model rural practice The University advanced the funds for this purchase and the College will pay back the Unishyversity from practice income over a period of four years A house trailer was procured and is in use as living quarters for the students during their stay at Marysville Having a base of operation at Marysville has proven to be a valuable asset to the ambulatory service and its teaching program Early in 1970 the College leased a 130-acre farm The owner has beshyqueathed this property to the College for use as a vetershyinary research farm The farm is close to Columbus and the campus with easy access An objective of the College is to develop the property over the next several years to support research programs involving the use of large animals
Contracts for construction of the new hospital were awarded in December 1969 and construction began in January 1970 At this time it is estimated that the project will be completed during the autumn quarter 1972 The contractor is doing everything possible to complete the building sooner Obviously it would be highly advantageous to the College to be able to occupy the new hospital during the summer months
You will be impressed with the size of the building The total square feetmdash216844mdashis equal to 4 football fields One and one-half of these football fields is for meshychanical equipment such as walls corridors stairs eleshy
vators and like items Three of the football fields represent useable space for College activities Compared to the useable space in the present temporary clinic thenew hospital is three times larger
The building is designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 junior and 160 senior students along with the clinical faculty staff patients and clinical facilities reshyquired to conduct all the teaching activities for this number of students Please note that this refers to maximum capacity not actual students The size of future classes after occupancy of the new hospital islimited by the capacity of Sisson Hall and Goss Lab forfreshman and sophomore students Classes of 120 stushydents appears to be the limit Other considerations on class size include College financing the size of the faculty and the need for increased numbers of vetshyerinarians
What does this building have that makes it a modernmedical teaching facility other than new concrete and brick An inventory of its features and capacities inshyclude
bull Air conditioning for all areas except the large animal stall area and the bulk storage area
bull A heating and ventilating system which controls humidity temperature and the movement of air bypositive and negative pressures to prevent odors from animal areas entering people areas
bull Two elevators to facilitate movement of people and things between floors
bull Special treatment of animal areas to permit comshyplete washdown with high-pressure temperaturedwater This includes waterproofing epoxy surfacesadequate floor drains waterproof lights watershyproof electrical outlets plumbing connections with mixing valves for high-pressure water hoses and proper slopes to floor surfaces
bull Ideal flourescent lighting for all areas 100-foot candle power of light is provided at working heights in labs examining rooms study areas etc
bull Wide corridorsmdash7 or widermdashin work areas bull Use of stainless steel for counter tops small animal
caging and equipment as appropriate bull A mechanical conveyor system for removing animal
waste from large animal wards bull A paging-intercom system which can be operated
in segments or zones with hands-free conversation from operating rooms and to which can be addedbackground music
bull Provisions were made for future installation of a student response system in the auditorium an electronic patient monitoring system for the surshygeries and the intensive care ward a closed circuit television system with an extensive network throughout the buildings for operating both monishytors and cameras and a central dictating system
bull Surgeries and surgical teaching laboratories will be supplied oxygen compressed air vacuum andnitrogen automatically from central systems
bull A weighing scale for large animals bull Facilities and equipment for centralized glassware
washing and sterile supply bull An electrically-shielded room for EEGs bull An attractive auditorium with 287 upholstered
theater seats that have folding tablet arms and with full capability for using all types of audiovisualequipment including television
bull Four seminar rooms for 40 people each
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bull An auto-didactic teaching laboratory designed to accommodate 170 student carrels
bull Offices for 39 faculty members bull Four double wards for large animals with 80 stalls
a bovine ward with 32 stalls and an additional ten stalls for large animals used for laboratory inshystruction
bull 21 small animal wards each with 17 cages bull Twelve research modules each containing a reshy
search laboratory and a laboratory animal room and supported by facilities for a centralized animal care system
bull Five small animal operating rooms four large animal operating rooms and one large animal obstetrics room Three new power-operated large animal operating tables are being installed two are 12x 4 and the other is 6 x3 They are deshysigned for a 4000 lb load and can be raised to any level up to 52 and tilted 30deg from the normal horizontal position They can also be rotated horishyzontally
The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
AUTUMN 1971
debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
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Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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The building offers to the College the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of clinical instruction
Future development of the College should be based on a balance between student demand for a veterinary medical education and the need for veterinarians It is obvious that student demand has grown over the pastfew years at an overwhelming rate Less than 14 of the student applicants were admitted in the present freshman class
To insure that the College can grow in the yearsto come without severe land restrictions the University was asked to designate land for future College developshyment The University Master Plan provides for growthto the north from Sisson Hall to Stadium Drive and west of the railroad tracks to Kenny Road We are doing our
Equine Practitioners To Meet In Chicago
One thousand Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who specialize in equine practice are expected to assemble in the Chicago Pick-Congress Hotel December 6 7 and 8 for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Nearly one hundred selected speakers will discuss and present modern methods of handling many old as well as new problems in equine practice Featured will be a 90-minute color television program of practice tips and clinical procedures
Featured also will be specialty panels on Quarter Horse Practice Pleasure and Show Horses Equine Anesshythesia Equine Hospital Construction and Management Practice Tips Chronic Lameness Broodmare Problems Equine Piroplasmosis and Venezuelan Equine Encephashylomyelitis
An innovation this year will be a special symposium for veterinarians who engage in regulatory work for racing commissions and race tracks or associations There will also be an industry round table discussion with several key members from the horse industry participatshying
Other presentations will include stallion management and broodmare problems hematinics freeze branding equine infectious anemia nutrition surgical techniques use of the fiberglass cast new drugs eye surgery and practice management
The three-day annual scientific meeting is open to all interested Doctors of Veterinary Medicine Headshyquarters is Dr W O Kester 14 Hillcrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
AUTUMN 1971
debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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(Name)
(Address)
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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DR GLEN HOFFSIS-1971 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Photo by Dan Patton
Dr Glen Hoffsis DVM 1971 Distinguished Teacher
Glen Hoffsis graduated from The Ohio State Univershysity College of Veterinary Medicine in 1966 Five years later he was chosen by the students of the College as the Teacher of the Year
Dr Hoffsis is a handsome softspoken young man whose specialty is large animal medicine specifically cattle diseases After graduating with his DVM degree in 1966 he interned at Colorado State University from 1966-1967 From 1967 to 1969 he was a research assoshyciate and did graduate work at Colorado State receiving his Masters degree in 1969 He then returned to teach at Ohio State
Large animal medicine is more important today than ever Dr Hoffsis believes He points out that with the present concern over the worlds rapidly growing popushylation animal protein will continue to be an important food source Large animal veterinarians will be needed more than ever to guard this sector of the worlds food supply
Dr Hoffsis stated that preventive medicine is espeshycially important for large animals and that owners of the animals are becoming increasingly aware of this fact Effective preventive medicine is based on accurate diagshynosis he explained and so he emphasizes diagnostic procedures in his teaching
Growing up on a farm near Bucyrus started Dr Hoffsis on his career in large anmial medicine He says he would rather handle a mean bull than a mean Gershyman Shepherd Large animal practices are changing he says because of the growth of large animal clinics Thenumber of corrective procedures for large animals is still limited however because their tremendous force makes it nearly impossible to immobilize them long enough foreffective convalescence
Under the new curriculum Dr Hoffsis participates in the teaching of the endocrine digestive respiratory musclo-skeletal and hemic-lymphatic systems
Dr Hoffsis his wife Linda and their nine-month old son Christopher live in Ashville south of Columbus On their five acres Dr Hoffsis has a few large animals of his ownmdashcattle sheep and a horse
Dr Hoffsis is laconic about his award and his teachshying methods He says that he believes that the individual doing the teaching is more important than the kind of curriculum used He tries to keep himself available to students to answer any questions they might have Why was he chosen Teacher of the Year after just two years of fulltime teaching I like what Im doing he said thoughtfully Maybe that has something to do with it
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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(Name)
(Address)
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
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SEALS OF THE BERING SEAThe slaughter of the fur seals on the Pribilof Islands
in the Bering Sea has aroused a storm of protest from conservation groups and humane societies in the last several years Charges of inhumane treatment of the seals were investigated this July by a panel of vetershyinarians chosen from around the country The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration sponshysored the investigation Dr C Roger Smith Research Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmashycology The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine served as chairman pro tem of the panel
The panel recently released its report and stated that although it is aesthetically repulsive to many onshylookers The current method of euthanasia (rendering unconscious by a single blow to the head with a club followed by exsanguination) cannot be criticized from the standpoints of humaneness and efficiency however search for a method comparable in these respects and more aesthetically acceptable should be continued
About 80 percent of the worlds fur seal population returns to the Pribilof Islands during the summer for breeding The older males arrive first establish terrishytories and collect harems of about 40 cows each The older sexually immature bachelor seals stay outside the breeding territories in areas known as hauling grounds
During July when the seal harvest takes place the bachelor seals are driven away from the shoreline and rocky slopes to a more level killing ground Men wielding five-foot bats stun the seals and thus render them unconscious Death is produced by exsanguination The unconscious seals thorax is opened with a knife andthe heart is punctured or the great veins of the heart and lungs are severed The carcass is skinned at the killing site and the genital organs are removed for processing as a purported aphrodisiac for sale in the Orient The carcass is taken to a byproducts plant where it is processed for use as food for commercially raised ferrets and mink
Conservation and humane societies have charged that the drive from the beaches to the killing ground and the killing procedure itself subjects the seals to intense physical and psychological stress that baby seals are killed in this manner that some seals are poorlystunned with the clubs and are skinned while they are still alive and that there are sadistic tendencies in the men doing the killing
Before going to Alaska the panel of six veterinariansstudied basic physiology of the fur seal and fur seal research reports of previous investigations of the seal harvesting charges made by humane societies about inhumane procedures and answers to the charges
The panel learned that in 1911 the sealing practices of the United States Canada Japan and Russia had reduced the fur seal population to about 200000 A treaty was signed to prevent their extinction and since that time the U S government has managed the seal harvest
Wildlife conservationists have studied the fur seals extensively and they state that it is desirable to reshymove about 30000-50000 three to four-year-old bachelormales each year This harvesting maintains the herd at 13 million its present size which is considered the optimum size under present conditions
The panel on St Paul Island in the Pribilofs from July 6-14 were instructed to assess the humaneness of the slaughter procedure and suggest research which would produce more human methods of killing or methods equally humane but more aesthetically acshyceptable
In observing the roundup and drive of the bachelor seals the veterinarians observed anatomic physiologic and behavioral changes in the seals They found that while a few animals exhibited some signs of fatigue there were no clinical signs of severe muscular fatigue or severe emotional stress The panel observed that the animals were not forced to travel at maximum speed during the drive
The panel reported that the use of the stunning club served as a restraining device kept a safe distance between the man and the animal required a minimum of accuracy to be effective and necessitated no special physical or chemical restraint
Once the animal is rendered unconscious exsanshyguination takes place immediately The panel observed that six men did the stunning and each was responsible for stunning only one seal in a given group Ordinarily no more than 20 seconds elapsed between the stunning of the first and last animal in a group
In evaluating the stunning method itself the panel found that the hardwood bat enabled the stunner to place a forceful blow on the cranial portion of the skullwith speed and accuracy The men doing this strenuousand dangerous work were constantly supervised and didtheir work in a serious manner with no evidence of sadistic tendencies
The panel evaluated the humaneness of the killing method by conducting thorough clinical examinations Physiologic morphologic and behavioral changes were regularly noted They observed that the seals exhibitedbehavioral evidence of some excitement and avoidance in the presence of man After the stunning no response could be elicited by pinching pricking or tugging at the flippers making loud noises touching the cornea or placement of objects in the mouth During the obsershyvation of the killing of about 3200 seals none recoveredconsciousness before exsanguination
Skulls of the animals were examined to assess the damage done by the stunning and further studies of the preserved brains will be made later
Generally the panel upheld the present method of killing seals They stated that the distance and speed of the drive from the hauling grounds to the killingareas were reasonable and humane Their report statedClubbing as indicated by visual observation and neshycropsy studies is a rapid highly efficient and humane method of rendering the animal unconscious when properly performed Clubbing followed by exsanguinashytion constitutes painless humane euthanasia The hushyman psychologist concerned with the emotional stress in a human observer rather than physical pain in seals encounters a different problem
Since the killing grounds are open to public view the panel found that many of the problems are aesthetic rather than humane They suggested that studies be instituted to research other means of restraint such
Continued on page 30
THE SPECULUM 14
Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
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debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
AUTUMN 1971 21
Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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(Name)
(Address)
MY ATTACHED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $_ IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
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OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
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Reseach on Feline Viral Rhinotracheitisand Feline Leukemia
By DR EDWARD A HOOVER
During the past three years Dr Hoover has conshyducted research on feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline leukemia Feline viral rhinotracheitis is thought to be the most important cause of upper respiratory disease in the cat and is probably principally responsible for the syndrome which has been called pneumonitis Using gnotobiotic cats to study the uncomplicated effects of the feline rhinotracheitis virus Dr Hoover found the virus to be a virulent pathogen even in the absence of secondary bacterial infection Severe upper respiratory disease occurred in gnotobiotic cats inoculated intranashysally Rapid clinical recovery occurred however beshyginning about 11 days after inoculation The virus was present in nasal and pharyngeal secretions for as long as 21 days and the serum neutralizing antibody response was of low magnitude The uncomplicated effects of the virus on the respiratory tract were described in detail (1)
Dr Hoover was also interested in determining whether feline rhinotracheitis virus was responsible for additional possibly unrecognized disease syndromes in cats The virus is a member of the herpes group On the basis of the wide pathogenetic spectrum of other herpesshyviruses and the widespread distribution of the feline herpesvirus in the cat population Dr Hoover considered it a potentially important problem While examining the lesions produced by feline rhinotracheitis virus it was discovered that there was necrosis of the turbinate bone itself in some of the infected gnotobiotic cats Experishyments were then initiated to determine whether the virus had a direct effect on bone Dr Hoover found that after intravenous inoculation feline rhinotracheitis proshyduced necrotizing lesions in the growth regions of all the bones of cats less than one week of age (2 3) The osteolytic lesions were restricted to sites of bone growth and did not occur in mature cats inoculated intraveshynously The relationship of the osteolytic lesions proshyduced by the virus experimentally and spontaneous bone diseases in young cats is one of the many questions yet to be investigated
Because Dr Hoover had observed that pregnant cats spontaneously infected with feline rhinotracheitis virus often aborted an investigation was conducted of the effects of the virus on pregnant SPF cats Intravenous inoculation of pregnant cats in the sixth week of gestashytion produced minimal clinical illness but resulted in abortion fetal death and congenital fetal infection (4) The virus was isolated from the placenta in each of the five cats inoculated and viral specific inclusion bodies were present Abortions occurred between days six and nine postinoculation due to lesions in the endometrium Viral localization on the fetal side of the placenta and congenital fetal infection was demonstrated 26 days after inoculation Intranasal inoculation resulted in severe
AUTUMN 1971
debilitating upper respiratory disease Each of four pregnant cats inoculated intranasally aborted but neither the virus nor specific inclusion bodies could bedemonstrated in the placentas or fetuses The experishyments indicated that feline rhinotracheitis virus if introshyduced into the blood of the pregnant cat exhibits a tropism for the gravid uterus and that placental lesionsproduced by the virus could result in abortion and fetal death If placental damage was not severe enough to cause fetal death and abortion congenital fetal infectionoccurred
Dr Hoover feels that experimental feline herpesshyvirus infection is a promising model for study of intershyactions of herpesviruses with the uterus placenta and fetus He is now particularly interested in studying spontaneous abortion and neonatal deaths in cats in light of information gained from his recent work The interest and cooperation of practitioners in referring materials from possible viral-associated reproductive or respiratory diseases in cats would be welcomed and appreciated Further progress in feline infectious diseaseresearch will depend upon recognition of the manifestashytions of viral infections in cats which are thus far unidentified
Studies on feline leukemia have focused on potentialexposure of neonatal kittens to the feline leukemia virus Gnotobiotic cats have been used to permit characterizashytion of the disease without complicating intercurrent infections The effects of the feline leukemia virus upon the lymphoid tissues and the immune response are currently in progress
Dr Hoover feels that the effects of the feline leushykemia virus on the thymus and bone marrow may exshyplain many of the hemolymphopoietic disorders which are so important in cats
REFERENCES
1 Hoover EA Rohovsky MW and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis in the Germfree Cat Amer J Path 58269-282 1970
2 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Comments on the Pathogenicity of Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis Virus Effect on Germfree Cats Growing Bone and the Gravid Uterus J Amer Vet Med Ass 158929-931 1971
3 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Bone Lesions Proshyduced by Feline Herpesvirus Lab Invest In press November 1971
4 Hoover EA and Griesemer RA Experimental Feline Herpesvirus Infection in the Pregnant Cat Amer J Path 6593-108 1971
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
AUTUMN 1971 17
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Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
AUTUMN 1971 21
Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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TO THE OSU DEVELOPMENT FUND FROM
(Name)
(Address)
MY ATTACHED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $_ IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
AUTUMN 1971 23
Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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How to Handle a 200-Lb Tiger with a ToothacheMonada seemed to have a toothache so his owners
took him to the veterinarian When Dr David Wigton knelt to pet the 11-month-old kitten Monada reached out with one paw gave him a playful but authoritative swat and knocked him sprawling
The 220-pound Bengal tiger the mascot of the Musshykingum Technical Institute in Zanesville was on his secshyond visit to The Ohio State University Veterinary ClinicVeterinary ophthalmologist Dr Milton Wyman removed congenital cataracts from Monadas eyes when he was nine months old The operation saved Monadas vision but the tiger developed a distrust for whitecoated doctors who might try to give him a shot
Dr Wigton was frankly apprehensive about examinshying the big cat I was scared he said I could just see the headlinesmdash Veterinarians Career Prematurely Ended Finding a way to administer a sedative withoutan injection so Monadas teeth could be examined was the first problem If a 200-pound tiger doesnt want youto give him a shot you dont give him a shot said Dr Wigton the clinical instructor in charge of receiving atThe Ohio State University Veterinary Clinic
Dr Wigton who graduated first in his class in 1971 found that his formal education was not much help in this situation Theres not a book in the world that tells how to handle a tiger with a toothache He decided to use a sedative in aerosol form sprayed into the tigers mouth Finally the membranes in the mouth absorbed enough of the sedative and Monada became Photos by Dan Patton
docile enough to submit to a dental examination Dr David Wigton hopes for 50 fewer cavities as he peers into
Wearing heavy rawhide gloves Dr Wigton checkedthe mouth of a 200-lb tiger
Monadas teeth and found that his problem was that of Dr Wigton explained that Monada does not need toany youngstermdash he is cutting his permanent teeth The be exercised like a domestic pet to keep trim Cats can beast became very playful as he came out of the sedative cover miles by prowling back and forth in their cages and Dr Wigton said he felt like a pediatrician trying Monada is actually much better off in captivity than heto make a game of the examination Even in play the would be in the wild Dr Wigton said If the cataracts inbaby managed to bite through the rawhide gloves his eyes had not been removed he would have gone blind
Monada is in fine health and is receiving excellent and could not have survived in the wild at all care Dr Wigton reported Mike McDaniel and Irving The tiger was born in captivity in Dallas Texas andBarclay sophomores at the Muskingum Technical Insti- acquired by Muskingum vice president James Bowlingtute handle and care for the cat Monada is the mascot at when Monada was seven weeks old He has been around the schools basketball games and he thrives on the humans since he was a cub so the cat will probably attention of the crowd according to his handlers stay fairly tame
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
AUTUMN 1971 17
The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
THE SPECULUM 20
CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
THE SPECULUM 26
at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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AVMA Elevates Three Staff Members
Or Donald A Price
Dr Donald A Price assistant executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and editor-in-chief of its publications has been elected executive vice president of the 21000-member AVMA effective Jan 1 1972 He succeeds Dr M R Clarkson who retires Dec 31 after filling the associations chief executive position since 1966
The Board also elected Dr W M Decker director of the AVMAs Division of Scientific Activities to fill the associations assistant executive vice presidency and appointed Dr Arthur Freeman editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA as editor-in-chief of AVMA publications
Dr Price first joined the AVMA staff in 1958 as assistant editor of the JOURNAL of the AVMA and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH The following year he was appointed editor-in-chief of the associations publications and in 1962 shouldered the additional responsibilities of assistant executive vice president
A native of Ohio Dr Price majored in business administration in college then worked in an adminisshytrative capacity in the Wheeling Steel Corporation for several years He also served five years in the armed forces where he advanced from infantry private to Air Force captain
Following his military separation in 1946 Dr Price returned to school at The Ohio State University to pursue a long-standing interest in veterinary medicine As an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Zeta scholastic honorary fraternities and Alpha Psi social-professional fraternity He also worked as a vocational counselor in the Department of Psychology and as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Parasitology
In 1950 Dr Price received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and accepted a research position in the Texas A amp M system where he became known for
his sheep and goat disease work especially bluetonguein sheep He also studied sporadic bovine encephalomyeshylitis and plant poisoning in cattle produced contagiousecthyma vaccine and provided some extension veterinary service
In 1955 he and Dr W F Juliff formed a practicepartnership in San Angelo Tex where he worked until his appointment to the AVMA staff three years later
Dr Price is a member of AVMA the Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners American Medical Writers Association and an honorary member of the American Animal Hospital Association In 1962 he beshycame the first veterinarian to be selected a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association and in 1966 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Price is listed in Whos Who in America Whos Who in the Midwest and American Men of Science
Dr W M Decker
Dr W M Decker Dr Decker will take over the duties of assistant
executive vice president Jan 1 in addition to carrying his present responsibilities as AVMAs director of scishyentific activities a position he assumed in 1969
Raised on a Michigan farm Dr Decker earned his DVM at Michigan State University After receiving the degree in 1946 he practiced veterinary medicine for a year in Deckerville Mich then became pubuc health veterinarian of Kalamazoo In 1950 he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Health as state public health veterinarian and served in that capacity until 1955 when he was named assistant to the state health commissioner
In 1960 he joined the U S Public Health Service where he was made chief of the Special Projects Section
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The top wormer in a survey of horsemenwill be no surprise to you It shouldnt be Because every dose came from you or other veterinarians And every year horse-ownshyers have been coming back to you for more When an anthelmintic keeps growing more popular for 8 yearsmdashyou know it performs and performs well mdashwith high safety and efficacy Horse-owners know it too As the national survey by a leading horse registry shows
Theres plenty of evidence that horsemen are on sound ground in choosing Dyrex (trichlorfon) It controls a high percentage of all 5 major internal parasites Not just this parasite or that one All 5 Its record of safety is an 8-year record Not just a year or so And on millions of horses Not a sprinkling few
Three forms of DyrexmdashTube Formula Cap-Tabsreg and Granulesmdashmeet every need for single treatment or an efficient year-round program All with utmost conveniencemdashno fasting no withholdshying water no intricate measuring noextras to add You can rely on Dyrex And its exclusively yours
Dosage Dyrex Tube Formula Granules and Cap-Tabs are packaged in individual dosages conforming to body-weights of 200 lb 500 lb and 1000 lb Combine sizes for other bodyweights Cautions and side effects Symptoms of over-dosage are colic diarrhea and incoordination appearing in 1 to 3 hours Usually pass quickly If antidote needed use atropine (10 mg50 lb to 100 lb body-weight) Worming mares in late pregnancy not recommended Avoid surgery severe stress use of succinylcholine or spraying horses with organophosphorus or carbamate insecticides within 1 week before or after treatment Do not administer to sick horses Not to be consumed by other species Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian MHP
Dyrex (TRICHLORFON)
Fort Dodge Laboratories Fort Dodge Iowa
THE SPECULUM 18
of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
n
Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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TO THE OSU DEVELOPMENT FUND FROM
(Name)
(Address)
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
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Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
THE SPECULUM 20
CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
AUTUMN 1971 21
Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
TO MAKE CERTAIN your contributions to the OSU Development Fund reach the College of Veterinary Medicine Fill out this form and attach it to your check
TO THE OSU DEVELOPMENT FUND FROM
(Name)
(Address)
MY ATTACHED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF $_ IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
THE SPECULUM 22
Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
AUTUMN 1971 23
Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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of the Milk and Food Branch of the Division of Environshymental Engineering and Food Protection In 1966 Dr Decker became director of the Office of Research and Development of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control and in 1968 he was made Asshysistant Commissioner for Research and Development in the Environmental Control Administration of the Conshysumer Protection and Environmental Health Service where he served until joining AVMA the following year
Dr Decker is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations tht Conference of Public Health Veterinarians and the American Association for the Advancement of Science He was recently elected to membership on the Agrishycultural Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr Arthur Freeman
Dr Arthur Freeman AVMAs new editor-in-chief has compiled a long
record of editorial experience Born and raised in Youngstown Ohio Dr Freeman enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1951 after serving as a bombardier in the U S Air Force during World War II and working for five seasons with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in salmon fishery reshysearch and regulation in western Alaska
As a student Dr Freeman edited OSUs veterinary student publication THE SPECULUM and received the Deans Speculum Award in 1955 That same year he also received the AVMA Auxiliary Award given to the senior student who best promotes the interests of veterinary medicine on campus
In 1957 after engaging in general practice in Bellingshyham Wash Dr Freeman became Director of Professhysional Relations for Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories in Kansas City Mo His responsibilities there included editing the widely known JEN-SAL JOURNAL and his efforts on the publication earned Dr Freeman a First Award for Editorial Achievement from the International Council of Industrial Editors
Since joining the AVMA staff in 1959 Dr Freeman has been responsible for editing the JOURNAL of the AVMA (the most widely circulated veterinary journal in the world) convention proceedings and proceedings of several special animal disease symposia co-sponsored by AVMA He also coordinates production of closed-circuit television and motion picture films for AVMA national conventions and has contributed to both Colliers and Americana encyclopedias
Dr Freeman is a member of the American Illinois State and Chicago Veterinary Medical Associations Phi Zeta and Alpha Psi veterinary fraternities the AmericanSociety of Veterinary Physiologists and PharmacologistsU S Animal Health Association and the Flying Vetershyinarians Association
A Note From The Office of VeterinaryMedical Education
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Dual projection rear screen unit used in histology for comparison and contrast of different magnifications normal versus abshynormal similarities between tissues and as illustrated schematics versus the real thing
Computer-assisted tutoring to develop a whole-animal organ system approach to the procedure for anamnesis and examination became operational in summer quarter A two-hour program prepared by George Wilson III DVM through the assistance of the Department of Veterinary Education and the University Office of CAI was interacted with by 120 students in groups of two and three The illustrated inquiry strategy uses the case apshyproach and includes self-test questions to introduce the student to this aspect of clinical studies Additional cases are being prepared
The Learning Resources Center of the College has distributed to other schools and departments of Vetershyinary Science and Medicine a catalogue and price list of films TV tapes autotutorials and textual learning materials produced by the faculty and staff Selected units have been displayed at meetings and conventions and used for continuing education workshops Several orders have already been filled Other units will be announced periodically as they become available Catashylogues are available to anyone interested from the Department of Veterinary Medical Education 1900 Coffey Road Columbus Ohio 43210
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Events and Projects Concerning the 1971-1972 Academic Yearat The Ohio State University
GENERAL
There are 50804 students attending The Ohio StateUniversity this fallmdash46628 at the Columbus campus
Total enrollment is 257 higher than last year despite earlier predictions that university attendance would deshycline this fall
In the graduate professional colleges and the Gradushyate School enrollment is slightly higher at 10350 as compared with 1970s 10131 Also the total of juniorsand seniors this year is upmdashto 13300 against last years12628
STUDENTS A system for computer-assisted scheduling of stushy
dents classes will go into effect in the winter quarter 1972 on the Columbus campus The system is expectedto eliminate scheduling conflicts provide better-balancedclass sections and other benefits
A Task Force to study student advising and counshyseling and to recommend improvements in this field isexpected to present its initial report in the fall Another Task Force in Learning will continue its work during the year
The Dean of Students Office through the University Counseling Center is developing a program to assist students who are disabled or physically handicapped
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The basic education curriculum for students in Arts and Sciences has been revised providing new and more flexible pathways toward the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Broader choice of courses is offered for meeting requirements and the student will have more freedom to select courses related to his interests and capabilities
The Council on Academic Affairs has approved estabshylishment of an academic major program in Black Studies leading to the bachelors degree The interdisciplinary program will become effective this fall
The College of Law will launch a new clinical proshygram to include more extensive academic offerings in the area of legal problems of the poor and expanded internship opportunities with governmental and field agencies
The School of Allied Medical Professions has added two new programsmdashRespiratory Technology emphasizshying support of the medical team in caring for persons suffering from pulmonary disorders and Radiologic Techshynology dealing with the performance of radiographic procedures
A Bio-Medical Engineering Center has been estabshylished with Prof Herman R Weed as director Its proshygrams will serve to help students and researchers to cross the lines which formerly separated engineering and the life sciences
New programs have been introduced for degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre and dance as well as for the Doctor of Musical Arts in the School of Music
The College of Biological Sciences will offer a new undergraduate major in biophysics emphasizing the understanding of biologic phenomena in terms of physishycal concepts
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The committee named to assist in selecting the nextpresident of Ohio State has received nominations of more than 150 candidates Headed by former trustee John G Ketterer of Canton the committee has a targetdate of mid-December to present its recommendations tothe Board of Trustees for a successor to President Novice G Fawcett who will retire in September 1972
A realignment of the Universitys central adminisshytration took effect September 1 Edward Q Moulton former Executive Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations was named Executive Vice President a new post Bernard J Lachner former University Hospitals Administrator and Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs became Vice President for Administrative Opshyerations Ernest W Leggett was named Executive Dishyrector of Finance and Treasurer Madison H Scott was promoted to Executive Director of Personnel Services and Richard H Zimmerman was named Executive Dishyrector of University Planning
THE CAMPUS
BUILDINGS New structures open this fall are the $4 million School of Allied Medical Professions Building at 1583 Perry Street a $14 million Laboratory Animal Center 5679 Godown Road and the $28 million Learning Resources Center for the West Campus at 1070 Carmack Road In November the $325 million Medical Center Parking Ramp is due to go into operation
Under construction and scheduled for completion later in the 1971-72 year are a $4 million Animal Science Livestock Center the $48 million Health Sciences Lishybrary the $495 million McCampbell Hall housing theNisonger Mental Retardation Center and other facilities Drake Union $46 million and a fourth building a classshyroom facilitiy in the University College area $25 million
Other major projects under construction are a $65 million College of Dentistry addition a $9 million Comshyparative Medical Teaching and Research Facility for the College of Veterinary Medicine the College of Medicines$128 million Ambulatory Patient Teaching Facility forthe College of Medicine and the $3 million Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster Construction is about to start also on the $3 million expansion of the JournalismBuilding
Ohio State upgraded its principal instruction and reshysearch computer facility in September with the installashytion of a faster and newer IBM 370 model 165 It is the eighth main computer installed on the campus since 1954
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CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe schedule of continuing education courses began Photo by Dan Palton
this fall with an ophthalmology short course conducted by Dr Milton Wyman on September 13 and 14 The course was designed to acquaint the practitioner with problems of the eyelid and cornea that can be corrected by surgery and the methods of surgical correction The course combined lecture demonstration and laborashytories
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More Continuing Education Courses For 1971-1972
Ohio Thoroughbred Owners amp Breeders Assn Short Course
November 9 and 10 1971 $5000 for First Person From Each Farm $2500 for Each Additional Person Anticipated Attendancemdash200-300 Persons
Teachers of Food Hygiene November 16-18 1971 Anticipated Attendancemdash60
Veterinary Medicine Leadership ConferencemdashOVMA January 12 1972 Anticipated Attendancemdash90
Internal Fixation of Fractures March 16-18 1972 $22500 Registration Fee Limited to 150 Persons
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Department of Veterinary AnatomyBy DAVID WRIGHTmdashVet Med I
The new auto-tutorial system was initiated for the first time this summer in the Embryology class for first year students taught by Dr Walter Venzke The system is patterned after the one developed at Michigan State and some of the materials now being used have been obtained through their program which has saved many months of preparation and development Although this method of teaching is relatively new to Ohio States Veterinary College it has shown great potential in manyareas of instruction and the experience of this summer has not belied its reputation
Dr Venzke feels that the auto-tutorial provides the most efficient use of laboratory time because the studentcan come in and use the material any time he wants to and as much or as little as he feels he needs The auto-tutorial saves considerable time passing between stushydent and instructor when answering questions by avoidshying such problems as locating a particular structure on microscope preparations and each viewer having to adjust the focus With the projection of slides onto a screen both the instructor and student can see the section simultaneously and the slide carrousel is easily advanced or reversed when trying to illustrate comshyparison Dr Venzke also believes that the students gain a better understanding of the material judging from theexcellent performance with this first use of the system He foresees that with expansion of the system the useof the microscope may be completely replaced in many of the basic courses He feels that better and much more extensive use can be made of this method of teachshying as the personnel and time to develop the program become available The present auto-tutorial laboratory located in 224 Sisson Hall will be moved to new much larger facilities in the new Veterinary Hospital when that facility is finished
Photo by Mosvs Gingerich Dr George N Rowland (Left)
There have been two additions to the Anatomy Deshypartment this year Dr George H Rowland III and Dr John Yarrington Dr Rowland graduated cum laude in the veterinary class of 1965 at Ohio State He then conshytinued at Ohio State in Veterinary Pathology to receivehis MS in 1968 and PhD in 1971 He has been a Nashytional Science Foundation fellow a Mark Morris fellow has held a postdoctoral fellowship with the NIH and is a member of Phi Zeta Professional Honorary SocietyHe is presently working on an NIF grant to study the response to metal implants in bone and soft tissue andis teaching general Histology and Pathology related to the Musculo-skeletal system
Dr Yarrington received his DVM from Ohio State in 1970 He then traveled to Michigan State where he received his MS degree in Veterinary Pathology whileworking on a post-DVM fellowship He joined the Anatomy Department on October 1 1971 as a graduate teaching associate while working concurrently on a PhD in Veterinary Pathology He is also a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
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TO THE OSU DEVELOPMENT FUND FROM
(Name)
(Address)
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Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyBy PHIL KOZIMERmdashVet Med
During the summer the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology was joined by Drs Ronald C Chatfield Donald E Kahn and John S Rankin
Photo by David Martelle
Ronald C Chatfield DVM
Dr Chatfield instructor completed his DVM at The Ohio State University in 1966 He practiced small animal medicine in Willoughby Hills Ohio from 1966 to 1968 and later established his own small animal practice in Columbus Ohio In addition to his teaching responsibilishyties Dr Chatfield begins a Masters degree starting fall quarter 1971 He is a member of the Phi Zeta Proshyfessional Honorary Society
Photo by David Martetle
Donald E Kahn DVM
Dr Kahn assistant professor completed his DVM in 1965 and his PhD in 1969 at Cornell University His previous experience includes post-doctoral training in microbiology teaching and pathogenic microbiology and serving as a Captain in the U S Army Veterinary Corps He is presently teaching in veterinary microbiology and has a University grant for a study of viral respiratory infections of cats Dr Kahn is a member of Phi Zeta (Veterinary) Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi Professional Honorary Societies
Photo 61 David MarteUe
John S Rankin DVM
Dr Rankin graduate teaching assistant received his DVM from The Ohio State University in 1971 His teaching responsibilities include the teaching of clinical parasitology to juniors CMP5 and electives He also serves as counselor for first and second-year pre-veterinshyary students in the College Advisement Program of Unishyversity College His research interests center around the development of new techniques for the treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases Dr Rankin is a member of the Phi Zeta Professional Honorary Society
The several research projects presently under inshyvestigation include
bull A study of Picarnovirus Infections in Specific Pathogen Free Cats by Dr Kahn
bull An American Cancer Society Grant under Dr Milo bull WI-38 Contract with the National Institute for
Child Health and Development in which Dr Milo is collaborating with Dr Hayflick Stanford Medical School
bull An investigation of Steroid Effects on Erythrocyte Levels in Vivo by Dr Wehrle
bull A study of the Effects of Anthelminthics in the Control of Intestinal Parasites in Swine by Dr Groves
bull A studv of the Incidence of Eimeria Leucharti in
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Department of Veterinary Preventive MedicineBy LORETTA KILGORE
Dr Vernie Dahl of the Department has reported that twenty-one veterinarians are assigned to the Department for advanced training in food hygiene The course is for afive-week duration Dr Dahl will also attend the United States Animal Health meeting in Oklahoma October 24 through 27 His contributions to the program and to the specialized divisions will be in the area of food hygiene
Dr Buller received a leave of absence from the Deshypartment during the summer quarter This provided himwith an opportunity to assist the hospital ambulatory service Dr Buller had nothing but highest praise for the experience that he received and for the high qualitywork that our ambulatory performs His duties with the Department resumed September 30
A new faculty member has been added to the Departshyment Dr Nolan Hartwig Dr Hartwig will teach a phaseof food hygiene including poultry and red meat inspecshytion to both the junior and senior students He is a graduate of Iowa State University College of VeterinaryMedicine He has five years of practice experience plus two years of Federal meat inspection work Dr Hartwigbrought his wife and two children to Columbus and will be with the Department for a minimum of two years Hehopes to complete his requirements for the MSc degreeby that time
Dr Charles Robinson has assumed new duties in the Department by teaching a laboratory section of microshybiology to Federal meat inspectors The course is for a
period of five weeks and is repeated approximately eight times per year
Dr David 0 Jones has been appointed a member of the Health and Safety Committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine This is a new Committee that makes recommendations to the faculty and includes health and safety recommendations that apply not only to students but faculty grooms technicians and others Dr Jones training and experience make him well-qualified to serve in this capacity
Dr Helwig has served as chairman of the Examinashytion Committee of the American Board of Veterinary Public Health The oral examination for the certification of candidates requesting Board membership was conshyducted during the AVMA Convention in Detroit
It was also reported by Dr Helwig that the Departshyment received notification from the Federal Governshyment that their request for 1971-72 funds for meat inshyspection training to Federal inspectors and Federal veterinarians was granted The contract amounts to $353137 This includes lodging food and transportation as well as the cost of the educational program
Dr Helwig reports that the new curriculum is now involving the applied program during the junior year and he wishes to state that he is very optimistic that we will have every opportunity to enhance and make the program better than ever
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Department of Veterinary PathologyBy SHARON STEVENSON-Vet Med I
Dr Adalbert Koestner the new Acting Chairman of the Department of Pathology replaces Dr R A Grieseshymer Dr Koestner is actively involved in research on canine distemper as well as teaching and performing the administrative duties of his position He is particushylarly interested in the demyelinating phase of distemperwhich he believes is probably caused by mechanismsother than simple entry of the virus into the brain He believes those mechanisms are immunological in natureprobably a viro-cell interaction He is continuing to inshyvestigate the true cause of this phase of distemper
Dr Griesemer has taken a position on the faculty of The College of Veterinary Medicine University of Calishyfornia at Davis He has a joint appointment with the Department of Pathology and as director of the Primate Center
Dr Clarence Cole former dean of the College hasreturned to the faculty of the Department as a Regentsprofessor There are only seven such posts in the entire University appointed by the Board of Regents Accomshypanying the post is a grant to conduct research
Photo by Moses Gingerich
Edward A Hoover DVM
Dr Edward A Hoover a familiar face having enshyjoyed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Departshyment starting in 1967 has recently joined the faculty He was awarded his DVM from the University of Illishynois in 1967 and completed his MSc in 1969 and his PhD in 1970 from the Ohio State University All deshygrees have been completed with honors His major
research area is diseases of the cat currently feline leukemia and rhinotracheitis He has picked up on the research work begun by Drs Griesemer and M W Rohovsky using gnotobiotic and SPF cats His research on rhinotracheitis brings out two major points both of which can be found in a detailed article within this publication Since there is no vaccine currently availablethis will probably be the next phase of research
The Department is heavily engaged in teaching Thejunior class in particular is involved in an intensive clinical program of pathology applying to diagnostic work
Drs Gary Davis Robert Hamlin and Robert Farrellhave received a grant to study the implications of minshyeral dust in the development of cancer of the lung (miners lung)
Dr David Yohn attended the fifth International Symposium on Comparative Leukemia Research sponshysored by the World Health Organization in September in Padova Venice Italy Dr Arthur W Fetter presented a paper entitled Fine Structure of Bone Cells in Atrophic Rhinitis in a section on pathological anatomyat the nineteenth World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City on August 17 1971
Dr Charles C Capen presented a lecture entitled Endocrine Control of Calcium Metabolism to the facshyulty of Veterinary Science University of Nairobi KabeteKenya East Africa on July 12 1971 a lecture on FineStructural Alterations of Parathyroid Glands and Thyshyroidal Parafollicular Cells in Response to Experimental and Spontaneous Changes of Calcium in Extracellular Fluids at the Veterinary Research Institute Ondershystepoort Republic of South Africa on July 15 1971 and gave a seminar on Functional Pathology of Experimenshytal Hypervitaminosis D in Cattle in the Secao de Anashytomia Patologica Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimenshytacao Agropecuarias do Centrol-Sul Universidade Fedshyeral Rural do Rio de Janeiro Brazil on July 26 1971
Drs Adalbert Koestner and James Swenberg atshytended the 47th annual meeting of the American Assoshyciation of Neuropathologists in Puerto Rico in June 1971 There are only six veterinarians who have been chosen for membership in this group and Drs Koestnerand Swenberg were the only veterinarians present at this meeting They presented papers entitled The Seshyquential Development of Transplacentally-Induced Neushyroectodermal Tumors and S-100 Protein in Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Rats Inshyduced by Nitrosoureas Another paper presented by Dr Koestner which won the Weil Award for the most outstanding paper presented was Neurosecretory Acshytivity of the Canine Supraoptic Nucleus in Vivo and in Vitro
Other projects currently underway in the Department are research on encephalytozoonosis by Dr John Shad-duck laboratory hazards by Drs Shadduck and Yohn in vitro models of neurosecretion by Dr Koestner oncologic viruses by Drs Yohn and Olsen and animal diseases associated with defective mineral metabolism by Drs Rowland Capen and Fetter
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Department of Veterinary Physiologyand Pharmacology
By MRS JEAN CARTER
Two new faculty have been added to the department J Desmond Baggot DVM PhD Assistant Professor and Syed Saiduddin BVSc (DVM) PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr Baggot is a pharmacologist and active in research on the Pharmacokinetics of Amphetashymines and Morphine Dr Saiduddin is a physiologist and actively engaged in reproduction physiology
Photo by David Martelle
John Desmond Baggot MVM PhD
Photo by David Martelle
Syed Saiduddin BVSc PhD
Three Postdoctoral Fellows completed their advancedstudies and received degrees Dr J Desmond Baggot was awarded the PhD degree at the June 1971 graduashytion At the August 1971 graduation Philip OgburnDVM received the PhD degree and William W MuirDVM received the MS degree
The graduate program in this department has acshycepted five new students David Gross DVM H H Haroff DVM Lawrence Rowe DVM George Butler and Gary Monti
Dr C Roger Smith at the request of the Secretary of the US Department of Commerce served as chairshyman of the committee to observe the fur seal harvesting on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska Secretary Maurice Stans also requested that Dr Smith participate at the press conference hearing on the controversial Sea Mamshymal Bill Dr Smith is serving on the AVMA panel oneuthanasia and participated in the AVMA seminar held in Detroit on Veterinarians Engaged in ProfessionalEducation He spoke at the Association of Clinical Scishyentists held at Michigan State University concerning thechanges in the professional education curriculum at the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity
Dr Thomas E Powers spoke at the 1971 American Animal Hospital Association held at Miami Florida on Antimicrobial and Endocrine Therapy in Small Animal Medicine At the request of the Snohomish County Vetshyerinary Medical Association in the State of Washington Dr Powers gave a short course on Antimicrobial and Endocine Therapy in Veterinary Medicine
Dr L E Davis Dr J Desmond Baggot and C A Neff attended the fall meeting of the American Societyof Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics held at the University of Vermont Two papers were preshysented Species Differences in Extent of Plasma Proshytein Binding of Amphetamine and A ComparativeStudy of the Pharmacokinetics of Quinidine Both werepublished in THE PHARMACOLOGIST Vol 13 1971
Dr Roger A Yeary presented a seminar on PerinatalPharmacology and Toxicology at Colorado State Univershysity Ft Collins Colo June 29 1971 and at the UpjohnCompany Kalamazoo Mich May 22 1971 As the Colshylege representative to the Faculty Council he has beenasked to serve on the Committee to Investigate CampusDisruptions of 1970 and to rewrite the University disshyruption rule His most recent appointment by the Facshyulty Council is to participate on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility Dr Yearys reshycent publications are
Development Changes in p-Nitrophenol Glucuronidashytion in the Gunn Rat Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 20 375 1971 The Gunn Rat as an Animal Model in Comparative Medicine Laboratory Animal Care Vol 21 362 1971 Sulfadimethoxine Pharmacokinetics in Neonatal and Young Dogs Coauthored with former graduate stushydent Roger C Inman DVM Federation Proceedings Vol 30 560 1971 Dr Robert L Hamlin was elected as the representashy
tive of the College of Veterinary Medicine to the Gradshyuate School Council is serving on the Committee on Admissions and Committee on Animal Care College of Veterinary Medicine He has been appointed by the Faculty Council to serve on the Committee for Honorary Degrees Dr Hamlin presented a paper at the FASEB spring meeting Relationship between PP and PQ inshytervals of the ECG in Dogs and also presented a paper
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at the fall American Physiological Society Autonomic Control of Heart Rate in the Horse in co-authorship with C Roger Smith K Gilpin and W Klepinger Reshycent publications are
Effect of Digoxin and Digitoxin on Ventricular Funcshytion in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Heart Failure Robert Hamlin DVM PhD Saradindu Dutta DVM PhD C Roger Smith DVM PhD Am J Vet Res Vol 32 No 9
Experimental Production of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in the Dog William A Rogers DVM Sanshyford P Bishop DVM PhD and Robert L Hamlin DVM PhD Jr of Applied Physiology Vol 30 No 6 June 1971
Richard B Ford Graduate Teaching Associate atshytended the First International Congress of the Associashytion for the Psychophysiologic Study in Sleep held in Bruge Belgium in June 1971 He presented a paper concerning his recent research on the effects of proshylonged halothane anesthesia on sleep patterns
Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesBy BETTY ROSEUMmdashVet Med Ill
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences has had a busy summer Old faces have been temporarily missing as faculty members attended conventions and presented papers and new faces have appeared
Dr Milton Wyman ophthalmology specialist attended the World Veterinary Congress in Mexico City where he presented a paper on Clinical Research on the Drainshyage of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye in the Dog When asked about Mexico and the Convention Dr Wyman commented that all was Fantastic Thousands of people and many extremely good scientific presentashytions Dr Wyman and Dr Michael Doherty also manshyaged time in the busy clinical schedules to present a September Short Course on Ophthalmologic Surgery and to attend the mid-summer annual meeting of the Amerishycan College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in Las Vegas Dr Wyman participated as a discussant on one topic while Dr Doherty presented the Ocular Histopathologic Signs of Feline Infectious Peritonitis which was also in the August 15 1971 JAVMA
was later associated with the Animal Medical Center in New York for three years Dr Doherty divides his time between teaching duties clinical instructor in small anishymal medicine and ophthalmology cases most of which are referrals Dr Doherty sees twenty or more ophthalshymology cases per week the majority being in large animals When not peering into eyes or going on rounds with juniors and seniors or lecturing sophoshymores Dr Doherty retires to his home and family inshycluding three cats all of which have good eyes
Dr Charles Root formerly of the New York Animal Medical Center has recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor in radiology Dr Root spends much of his time in the dark viewing radiographs Students find him a very thorough instructor a quiet authority on contrast studies of the gastro-intestinal tract of dogs and angiography and angiocardiology in calves He is very enthused about the possibilities of further study in the excellent radiograph unit to be located in the new Hospital presently under construction It will be one of the largest in the country in terms of capabilities
Michael J Doherty DVM
Dr Doherty was appointed to The Ohio State Unishyversity faculty this July after completing work on his MS in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Dr Doherty received his DVM at Michigan State in 1963 and then became a member of the Army Veterinary Corps where he engaged in pathological research He
AUTUMN 1971
David Wigton DVM
Dr David Wigton receiver and clinical instructor in small animal medicine received his DVM from The Ohio State University in June 1971 where he was tied for highest accumulated grade point in the history of the College Overnight transformation from student to faculty calls for a few adjustments which Dr Wigton
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handles quite well As one student remarked Last yearhe was Dave now hes Dr Wigton Dr Wigton chose to stay at The Ohio State University to gain experience to be near the experts when questions arise and beshycause he thinks students are great However it appearsthe experts do not always have the answers as was shown when Dr Wigton was confronted with a tigerfrom the Muskingum Institute of Technology whose problem lay in draining abscesses under his canine teeth No experts volunteered their services so Dr Wigton handled the diagnosis on his own Now hes oneof The Ohio State Universitys small field of experts in tiger dentistry
Photo by David Martelle
Alan J Lipowitz DVM
After several years in the Veterinary Corps includshying a year in Viet Nam as food inspector and sentry dog veterinarian Dr Alan Lipowitz winner of the Bronze Star returned to a small animal practice in Teaneck New Jersey There he saw a relatively high percentage of soft tissue surgery and acquired increasing interest in the subject so with his wife daughter and cats he decided to return to The Ohio State University where he received his DVM in 1966 As an instructor in clinical sciences in the area of small animal surgery he is presently studying to take his surgical boards and become a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr Charles Wallace is a new instructor and surgeon working in the large animal wards Dr Wallace unshymarried and with a love of travel has taken advantage of the world-wide need for veterinarians to see a small part of the world After receiving his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1966 he accepted an internship as instructor of large animal medicine at the University of Minnesota His next position was as an assistant lecturer in Veterinary Surgery and Clinishycal Sciences at the University of Melbourne in Ausshytralia In between surgery Dr Wallace managed to enjoy Australias year-round mild climate by traveling extensively to all the Australian states Although kangashyroos and wallabies may live in Australia Dr Wallace
Charles E Wallace DVM
found that many of his patients were equine Although Dr Wallace would like to travel more in the future the students find him excellent the greatest helpshyful and the type of instructor youre not afraid to ask questions of
Ronald W Hilwig
Dr Ronald Hilwig had become a familiar face at The Ohio State University before he was appointed a graduate teaching associate this July He has been at The Ohio State University since 1969 and completed hisMS in cardiovascular physiology By June 1972 he plans to have completed his PhD in the same area doing research on a new anesthesia stressing its effects on the cardiovascular system meanwhile he presents seminars for seniors on clinical cardiology
To quote Dr George Wilson I had a very pleasant summer I didnt go anywhere
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LIVE SURGERY EXHIBIT Minority Group Needs SupportBy BOB HANSONmdashVet Med IV
The OSU Student Chapter of the AVMA sponshysored the live surgery exhibit at the Ohio State Fair again this year Small animal surgery was performed each afternoon and the procedures included such operations as ovariohysterectomies castrations tumor removals perineal urethrostomy and bilateral pecshytenotomy A narrated slide series entitled The Health of Every Living Being ran continuously when surgery was not being done It dealt with all aspects of the profession in a very informative yet concise manner
The student chapter received a great deal of supportfrom all over the state both in donations and veterinarshyians who donated their time to do surgery at the fair Co-chairmen Robert Bowers and Robert Hanson conshysidered this years exhibit another great success in vetshyerinary public relations At this time the student chapterwould like to thank the following individuals and asshysociations for their help without which this project would not have been possible
Dr Ray GrieselhubermdashWorthington
Dr Larry JuliusmdashCanton
Dr Ronald MontgomerymdashColumbus
Dr Ronald MeeksmdashCincinnati
Dr George NorrismdashColumbus
Dr Jerry PearsonmdashColumbus
Dr Edward StoughtonmdashWesterville
Dr Charles WallacemdashColumbus
Dr Mark WeavermdashCanton
Dr Edward Winder]mdashGahanna
Dr Richard WittermdashColumbus
Dr Milton WymanmdashColumbus
Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Stark County
Cincinnati Veterinary Medical Association
Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine
Dayton Veterinary Medical Association
Lorain County Veterinary Medical Association
Mahoning County Veterinary Medical Association
North Central Veterinary Medical Association
Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Summit County Veterinary Medical Association
Southern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Toledo Veterinary Medical Association
Freshman ClassmdashJune 1971
One hundred twenty freshmen arrived at the College of Veterinary Medicine in June
The new freshman class who began their veterinary education June 22 has a cumulative point-hour ratio of 310 for their undergraduate work Seventeen of the new students are women The average age of the class is 22 years Sixty-one of the candidates entered possessing an undergraduate degree Seventy-eight of the candidates completed their preprofessional course requirements at The Ohio State University The length of time each stushydent spent in preprofessional study averages 32 years
Students and faculty alumni and friends are encouraged to support programs for members of minority groups who want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine Minority groups include Negro American Indian Oriental Spanish surshynamed American (including persons of Mexican Central American South American Cuban Puerto Rican Latin-American or other Spanish-speaking origin) and women
Gifts to support scholarships or grants-in-aid tominority groups as a whole or to any specific minority group are welcome The University Deshyvelopment Fund is the official agency to receive such gifts within the University organizations The gift may specify a group but not the name of theindividual to receive the gift
Faculties in other universities are recruiting members of minority groups for study in health fields by making special funds available to them The administration and faculty of the College ofVeterinary Medicine are working to see that memshybers of the minority groups continue to study andearn degrees from the College Your gifts for this program are warmly encouraged and are eligiblefor charitable deduction on federal income taxes
HEALTH COMMITTEE By DAVID SNYDERmdashVet Med II
The Health and Safety Committee was newly reshyorganized at the beginning of Spring Quarter Under the Chairmanship of Dr John Helwig Dept of Preshyventive Medicine the committee met during the summer months to devise proposals to update health policies of the College namely those concerning immunizations
Working with Dr Helwig are Dr Roger Yeary Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology Dr James Burt Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr David Jones Dept of Preventive Medicine Dr Robert Farrell Dept of Pathology Dr William Webster Dept of Clinical Sciences Dr Donald Kahn Dept of Parasitology and Microbiology and Dr Harold Ellingson Chairman Dept of Preventive Medishycine College of Medicine with Dr H Spencer Turner Director of the Student Health Center as Consultant
The Committees proposals have been accepted by the Executive Committee and await appointment of a workshying committee to carry out the program Basically the program will involve an explanation of precautions that students should take to avoid becoming infected from pathogens present in microbiology labs and the animals with which they work Participation in the program is voluntary First and second year students will be given the opportunity to update their immunizations against epizootic pathogens with emphasis on rabies The rabies vaccine has been donated to the College and may be received at the Student Health Center The health proshygram is not limited just to the students but includes faculty and staff members of the College The rabies vaccination is free of cost
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Alpha
ALPHA PSI By WILLIAM PAYNEmdashVet Med Ill
Another year is beginning and already students are bogged down with work The seniors are looking toward graduation the juniors to work in the clinic the sophoshymores to their class with Dr deWet and the freshmen to completing the year with high marks
The men of Alpha Psi are excited about the year they have planned which includes interesting meetings some really different parties fall rush and of course more talk about the new house
Meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Wednesday of the month with one meeting each month having a speaker Anticipated speech topics include Dean McDonalds new plans for the College to demonshystrations on shoeing horses and orthopedic surgery
The party schedule sounds absolutely fantastic
Oct 16 Pledge Dance Oct 23 Homecoming at Scots Inn Oct 30 Halloween Dance with OTS Nov 20 Thanksgiving Dance Dec 4 New Years Dance
Additional considerations include a Polish WeddingParty Hells Angel Party a Toga Party and best of all a 69 Riot Party The Friday Afternoon Club the picnicsand so called spontaneous parties will be held as often as needed (Hope you remember just HOW often they are needed)
Rush this year has been fun and exciting with an excellent turnout of very professional freshmen The Oktoberfest featuring German beef potato salad brat-wurst and beer was attended by over 250 people Eventhe ladies bragged about the cuisine
The Womens Auxiliary rallied to the cause by sponshysoring an ice cream social and a bingo party in honor of the freshmen wives
The most interesting news lately is about the new house It is felt that construction may begin as soon as an option is made on land More than likely the housewill be an apartment building with the lower level set with a kitchen and recreational facilities in which AlphaPsi may hold their meetings and parties When Alpha Psi is not using the house other groups may use it fora fee It is rumored that rent will be kept as low as possible for the Alpha Psi bachelors and married couplesliving there Money for the project will be furnished by a group of veterinarians approaching the need as a business investment rather than canvassing the alumni for contributions Knowing this it is hoped that the lawyer covering the project will soon finish all legalitiesmaking our dreams become a reality before graduation
All in all there is a tremendous year ahead Alumni are invited to any and all functions Alpha Psi will keep alumni informed of its activities
The Pre-Veterinary MedicalAssociation
By ART SEGEDYmdashPre-Vet
The first PVMA meeting of the 1971-1972 school year was held on October 13 in the Goss Lab Auditorium The short business meeting included the introduction of officers Art Segedy President Don Kapper Vice Presishydent Jim Brenneman Treasurer Anne Katherman Secretary and Bo Rog Reporter Dr Gary Davis is the clubs advisor The arranged panel discussion with stushydents from the College of Veterinary Medicine was postshyponed due to an invitation from the Jr AVMA to attend their meeting Dean Johnson presented a slide tour of the new Veterinary Hospital at this meeting
The remainder of this quarter includes a trip to the Ohio Feedlot in South Charleston with Dr Fetters and presentations by Dr D 0 Jones (Public Health) and Dr Scothorn (Selective Service and the Veterinary Proshyfession) The final meeting of the quarter will be at the Veterinary Clinic where Dr Rudy will give a demonshystration on small animal surgery
The PVMA meets each second and fourth Wednesshyday in the Sisson Hall Auditorium at 730 pm Any student interested in veterinary medicine is invited to attend
(SEALSmdashContinued from Page 14) as drugs or netting While on the island of St Paul the veterinarians conducted preliminary experiments in the use of succinyl choline to immobilize or restrain seals The seals were rendered immobile long enough for the use of a mechanical stunning device The panel recommended further investigation of this method alshythough its humane aspects are still in question They also urged that more basic research be undertaken in seal physiology pathology and behavior They stated that this research promises to be rewarding for seals other forms of marine life and man
Serving on the panel with Dr Smith were Bernard S Jortner VMD Associate Professor Department of Pathology New Jersey College of Medicine and Denshytistry Leslie E McDonald DVM PhD Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State Unishyversity William V Lumb DVM PhD Director and Professor Surgical Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State Unishyversity Alvin F Moreland DVM Associate Professor and Head Division of Comparative Medicine University of Florida Wallace M Wass DVM PhD Professor and Head Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University
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USDA Contract Continued
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received a continuance of the USDA conshytract for training meat inspectors for the third year
The College will receive $353000 to conduct eight five-week courses three for veterinarians and five for non-veterinary personnel In the past three years the program the only one of its kind in the nation has trained 800 meat inspectors from all over the United States
The course deals with processed meats technology and food hygiene After graduating from the course non-veterinary inspectors conduct inspection in meat processing establishments checking for abnormalities and the control of added substances to processed meats such as cereals and chemicals
Veterinary medical officers generally serve the govshyernment inspection agency in positions supervising bothslaughtering and meat processing operations If the local inspectors find abnormalities in fresh or processed meatproducts the case is referred to the veterinary medicalofficer for investigation
Official Guide For DeterminingThe Age of the Horse
Youll have to look a gift horse in the mouth if youwant to know how old he is
The official Guide for Determining the Age oj the Horse published by the American Association of EquinePractitioners has been designated the official publicationand guide for determining the age of the horse by the American Quarter Horse Association
The book is based on the premise that teeth providethe most precise tool available for the determination of the age of the horse The age of a horse from birth to 20 years is outlined in detailed charts and descriptions
Copies of the book cost $2 and are available from General Wayne O Kester Executive Director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilshycrest Circle Route 5 Golden Colorado 80401
Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A book summarizing the proceedings of the symshyposium of Equine Pharmacology and Therapeutics held at The Ohio State University in November 1969 is now available
The 150-page book includes the papers presented at the symposium and the workshop summaries defining research requirements and setting forth the current level of knowledge and practices in each of the six areas The cost of the book is $4 and it can be obtained from the American Association of Equine Practitioners 14 Hilcrest Circle Rt 5 Golden Colorado 80401
AUTUMN 1971
OMEGA TAU SIGMA By TOM McCLAINmdashVet Med Ill
The active chapter began fall quarter with a very successful rush program Smokers were well attended with a large quantity of useful information being handed to all freshmen The Theme Party this year was a westernmotif with 175 lbs of beef and pork roasted over an open fire followed by a square dance The brothers thank the wives club for making the salad beans and freshhomemade pies The pledge dance was held October 16at the Holiday Inn South at which time the fifty-six newpledges of Omega Tau Sigma were introduced and welshycomed into the fraternity The rush committee would like to express their thanks to the brothers as well as the board of trustees for helping make this years rushprogram such a great success
The annual meeting of the Grand Council of OmegaTau Sigma was held this year on October 29 30 and 31at the University of Georgia in Athens The host Eta Chapter was very hospitable and everyone felt right at home Bill Iman and Jim Vanzant were the official deleshygates and returned with exciting reports for the local Gamma Chapter One report carried the notice that the official meeting for the Grand Council will be held at Gamma Chapter next year Dr Heider local advisor and treasurer of Grand Council was present at the meeting along with brothers Malcolm Loomis Bob ReynoldsKent Hay Tom McClain Gene Balser Don Thurston andBob Vanzant
On November 10 a dinner meeting was held at the Worthington Inn Big brothers invited little brothers and all men enjoyed an interesting presentation by speaker Dean McDonald This gave us an opportunity to meet on an informal basis with the new dean while he entertained many pertinent questions
The social calendar is complete for the 1971-1972 year Take note of the many TGIFs and interesting parties planned Bob Bauman (and wife Jean) is doingan excellent job as social chairman Thanks Bob
WELCOME OTS PLEDGES
MSU Annual Veterinary Conference
Michigan State University will hold its Annual Vetshyerinary Conference and Alumni Reunion on January 17-18 1972 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing Michigan For further information contact Dr Charles F Reed Associate Dean College of Veterinary Medicine Michishygan State University East Lansing Michigan 48823
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Womens Auxiliary StudentChapter AVMA
By JUDY GILPINmdashPresident
Did you know that Aquarius is the most social of all the Zodiac signs The lucky wives who attended the first meeting of the Student AVMA Auxiliary were given this and other interesting bits of information Decorated with psychedelic lights and Zodiac posters the student lounge was transformed into the ideal room for a Zodiac get-acquainted party
The meeting and program held before the party were enlivened by many distinguished guests representing auxiliaries on the state and national level The new Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr Leslie McDonald and his wife honored the wives with their presence Thanks go to those faculty wives who attended mdashwe hope many more of you will join us in the year to come
Have a hobby Many of the wives will have learned a new one when they leave Lee Wards Hobby Craft Center which is on the schedule of excellent programs offered through the Auxiliary this year The aim is to combine social programs at general meetings with inforshymative programs at quarterly education sessions Since ignorance of the law is no excuse it was decided that an appropriate educational speaker would be an attorney informing us of the phases of law of which a veterinarian (and his wife) should be most aware
You Cant Say We Arent Trying should be the theme at one of our winter meetings The local Health Spa will attempt to give us pointers on how to take off a few of those extra unwanted pounds Husbands be sure to get the little lady out of the house and to the meeting
End those Christmas shopping blues by joining the Auxiliary at its second annual Christmas Auction With the help of two talented auctioneers (taken out of our student body) the evening should be fantastic You may ask What does the auctioneer auction To answer your question all sorts of groovey boutique gifts crafts and baked goods made by the student wives After the auction is done it is do your thing time with cards and reshyfreshments in the lounge and snack bar (I can see all those card players eyes lighting up now) This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stock up on Christmas goodies and get together for an evening of old fashioned fun
If you want a few facts to quote to those friends and relatives who think instant wealth accompanies gradushyationmdashcome to our April meeting where we will hear the score on those prosperous years Four veterinary wives from recently graduated classes will form a panel to
supply information and answer questions from the audience
When spring shows its beautiful colors Senior wives are anxiously awaiting that glorious G-day To help durshying those count-down days the Auxiliary and Student Chapter sponsor final social activities in honor of the graduating seniors The Annual Awards Banquet as in years past should prove to be quite exciting For those who have given special effort it is a time to be rewarded and for everyone a time to get together with faculty and friends The Auxiliary Senior Tea held in May is a favshyorite with Auxiliary members At this time Senior wives are showered with parting thoughts and momentos to be taken with them to their new homes (The PHT is one sacred momento given to the Senior wives who are paid members of the Auxiliary If last years presentation is continued it means a platform seat for those Senior wives who are eligible to receive the PHTs at the Oath Ceremony)
In attempts to do our part in the community to proshymote the profession of Veterinary Medicine and good will the Auxiliary sponsors several service projects during the year A popular project among the wives is the Pet Care Clinic held for area Girl Scouts who are working toward receiving their pet care badges Various short studies are given on different phases of care needed to maintain a healthy happy pet (Husbands are welcome to help with this project since you are the experts) Thanksgiving baskets refreshments at Student Chapter meetings a Franklin Village Birthday Cupboard a Junior scholarship presented at the Annual Awards Banquet and various donations comprise a full year of service from the Auxiliary
With so many service projects it is necessary to freshyquently fatten the Auxiliary treasury Thanks to an inshygenious Ways and Means chairman and an energetic group of student wives the Auxiliary manages to makeends meet
Unlike the usual quiz at school here is one completewith answers
mdashHave you ever tasted unseasoned ground beef or tons of peppermint candy (accompanied by a very smallglass of water) Many loyal members and their husbands have made their way to the local taste-testing kitchen topartake of such treats In return for every person tastingthe Auxiliary is one dollar richer
mdashHave you ever played secret agent to report on thequalities good and badmdashof an unsuspecting salespersonAuxiliary members go to Sears Westland incognitowhere they are given money to make purchases in sevshyeral departments Unknown to the salesperson his name is being mentally recorded at the time of the saleand his good and bad qualities are being surveyed to bewritten on an evaluation sheet in the secret place upshystairs For this non-professional secret shopping the Auxiliary gains twenty-five dollars
mdashWhere can you get a side of beef for seventy-five cents Maybe at the Auxiliary Christmas Auction if you purchase a ticket and your ticket is drawn out of the box The beef was purchased locally and will be cut and wrapped to the winners specification
The above gives you an idea of the activities used toincrease the Auxiliary treasury
Just a few more original words THE AUXILIARY WANTS YOUmdashSTUDENT WIVES and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL STUDENT AUXILIARY
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