Three Letters That Count!New MRI Raises the Bar on Standard of Care

February 2007 was a red-letter month for the hospital. The new $1.5 million Magnetic Resonance Imaging system came online and has been producing quality images and providing a new level of diagnostics. The 1.5 Tesla* machine is housed in a specially constructed building and provides pets with access to a machine of their own.

MRIs use a magnetic field to create images. Scans are useful for a number of diagnostic missions in the neurology, orthopedic and internal medicine areas to help clinicians diagnose and treat patients. For example, an MRI scan can help determine if a patient has a brain inflammation, such as meningitis, or a vascular accident, and visualize spinal cord diseases, inverterebral disk rupture and tumors.

Patients must be evaluated by one of the teaching hospital veterinarians prior to scheduling an appointment. Call 515-294-4900 to request a consultation.

*Tesla is a measurement of magnetic field strength.

College of Veterinary Medicine Ames, Iowa 50011-2150

UPDATEREFERRING DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

FROM THE DR. W. EUGENE AND LINDA LLOYD VETERINARY TEACHING HOSPITALWINTER 2008

Neonatal Foal Care Initiative

An ill foal can often go without intensive neonatal care due to the owner assuming costs will be too high. The Lloyd Hospital is pleased to offer a new program to facilitate care to neonatal foals, and to expose students to real-life neonatal intensive care. ISU’s new Neonatal Foal Care Initiative offers the following services:

Complete diagnostic work-up of any foal:

• CBC• Biochemistry profile• Blood gas analysis• Blood cultures• Evaluations of passive transfers• Placement of IV catheter (if necessary)• Administration of broad-spectrum antimicrobials• IV fluids and intranasal oxygen (if necessary)• Intensive Care/monitoring of the mare and foal

Iowa Sate University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital status, disability or status as a U.S. veteran. Inquiries can be directed to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 3210 Beardshear Hall, 515-294-7612.

New Programs and Services!

Cost of the plan is $650 for the first 24 hours. Typically, these services would cost between $1,000 and $1,300. Equine plasma and emergency fee are not included.

Please contact Dr. David Wong at 515-294-1500 with questions.

“Foal Watch”

This new program includes 24 hour-per-day monitoring for high-risk and healthy pregnant mares. Foal Watch includes:

• Maternal heart rate via Holter monitoring • Palpation• Video monitoring • Transabdominal ultrasound• Direct observation • Initial evaluation of milk electrolytes• General and reproductive examination

Assisted births and examination and prophylactic treatments of newborn foals are included. Cost of the Foal Watch package is $300 plus daily board. Other services are available including parturition induction (if appropriate or necessary), and facilitation of dystocias and cesarean section at additional cost.

Board-certified equine theriogenologists, surgeons and internists are available to examine and treat pregnant mares and neonatal foals. Contact Dr. David Wong or Dr. Larry Evans for more information at 515-294-1500.

Dr. David Wong, Section Head Equine Medicine

NEW PROGRAMS

NEW SERVICES

As director of the Lloyd Veterinary Teaching Hospital, it is a pleasure to provide you with the first of a series of periodic updates regarding the exciting changes taking place in the hospital with our staff, services, equipment and facilities. As you will see, there is a lot going on.

We are working to improve the resources, capabilities and services that will benefit you and your clients. New diagnostic resources such as an MRI; a rapidly growing new equine and large animal hospital, followed by a doubling of our small animal hospital; and the continued growth in numbers and expertise of our staff are just highlights of an exciting change taking place in the hospital and at the College of Veterinary Medicine.

We are focused on treating you and the patients you refer to us in the best, most efficient and most effective way possible. Your comments and suggestions are most helpful. Please keep them coming.

In the meantime, thank you for referring patients to the Lloyd Veterinary Teaching Hospital. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sally Prickett, Director

Welcome!

“Many recent advances have been made in equine neonatology and we have been able to discharge between 75-85 percent of the ill foals presented to the hospital,” said Dr. David Wong. “A low cost neonatal program like this will enable you and the foal owners to make more informed decisions regarding the foal’s condition after the first 24 hours of care.”

A little more than a year ago, the new equine and large animal hospital was a cloud of dust, a pile of dirt and a lot of imagination. Now the vision is reality. The walls are up, the lights are on and the $48 million project is on schedule for completion in August 2008.

Phase 1 of this major expansion program moves equine and large animal hospitals into the 109,000 square foot new wing, freeing up space in the existing structure for Phase 2 that will renovate the vacated spaces and double the size of our small animal hospital.

The new building will house advanced imaging (MRI, CT, ultrasound and digital radiography) that will serve small animals, equine and agricultural animals. Also included are new equine and large animal receiving and reception areas, diagnostic, surgery and treatment suites, large animal intensive care and isolation units, as well as patient wards.

New equine and large animal hospital under construction in October. Area to left is isolation unit and equine wards are to the right.Cover photo: Connecting hall to the existing small animal hospital.

Canine Gastric Dilatation Volvulus is an acute and potentially fatal condition of uncertain origin that results from a gastric malposition, primarily in large- and giant-breed dogs. GDV is considered an emergency requiring immediate surgical intervention. Non-corrected mortality rate estimates range from 15 percent to 43 percent.

Prophylactic gastropexies have been advocated, but due to the invasive nature of the procedure, have met with mixed results. ISU surgeons, led by Dr. Mauricio Dujowich, have developed an endoscopically assisted gastropexy that provides a rapid, inexpensive and minimally invasive approach that takes about half the time of traditional or laparoscopic procedures.

“We expect this procedure to become the standard of care in performing prophylactic gastropexies,” said Dr. Dujowich. We are excited to make this available to our referring veterinarians.” For more information, contact Dr. Dujowich, 515-294-4900.

Faculty Member Pens New Heart Health Reference

Dr. Wendy Ware, board-certified cardiologist, has authored a new book, Cardiovascular Disease in Small Animal Medicine. The book is an easily-navigated, practical guide to diagnosis and causes of heart diseases. Small-animal practitioners will find that the extensive use of visual images and summary tables make this an effective and user-friendly reference.

Orthopedics and Neurosurgery

Dr. Karl Kraus joined the college as professor of orthopedic and neurosurgery and brings exceptional clinical expertise in fracture repair, spinal surgery, and ACL reconstruction, including Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) and Tibia Tubersity Advancement (TTA). A graduate of Kansas State University, he completed residency and graduate studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. For the past eighteen years, he has been on the faculty at Tufts University and the Foster Hospital for Small Animals, and has had a part time appointment at Harvard University, assisting in developing neurosurgical procedures on humans.

Dr. Kraus founded Securos Inc. and has developed several orthopedic implants, including the Securos External Fixator System, bone anchor, and SOP plating system. His wife, Dr. Bonnie Hay Kraus has also joined our hospital staff as an anesthesiologist.

Getting Closer Every Day!

Profile: Dr. Karl Kraus New Beat

Surgeons Develop New Technique for Preventing Gastric Dilatation Volvulus.

NEW TECHNIQUE

NEW HOSPITAL

Keeping a large hospital like ours running efficiently is no small task, especially when it comes to organizing, maintaining and cleaning the 55,000+ square foot facility. It requires a good deal of experience, organization and dedication to provide your animals with the quality of care needed. We have two new professionals making sure the existing hospital operates smoothly, and the transition to the new hospital goes equally well.

Mr. Verlin Potts has joined the teaching hospital as Large Animal Facilities Manager. He brings a wealth of experience to the VTH at a critical time as we prepare to move to new quarters in August. Verlin is a lifelong horseman, has been an AQHA judge for 23 years, served as president of the Iowa Quarter Horse Association, and has 35 years of experience as a farrier.

Ms. Megan Anderson is our new Large Animal Facilities Assistant Manager. She graduated with a BS degree in animal science from Iowa State in 2007. Raised on a family farm, she has experience with food animals, in equine sports medicine, and worked during her education at the ISU equine farm.

New Facilities Management Team

Time for an Update!In order to provide the best and most timely communication possible with your practice, we need to update your current practice contact information. Will you please help us by completing the attached form? The information will allow us to better provide the medical condition of animals you have referred to us, advise you of specific studies being conducted at our facility, and keep you updated on hospital news.

Thank you! If you would like an electronic version, please send a request to Liz Mills: emills@iastate.edu. Mail or fax (515-294-8588) your completed form to:

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