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Veterinary Report

University of Illinois-College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois

Vol. 6 No. 2

AUU y 882---------------------------------------Award Winning Seniors

Recognition for Excellence^ A T t

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Karen A. M oriello

During the four-year veterinary professional pro­gram, some students inevitably rise to the top of their class as a result of outstanding performance. At the end of their fourth year, a variety of awards and honors are bestowed on those students who’ve con­sistently upheld high levels of scholarship and profi­ciency during veterinary school. The eleven veterinary students who received honors during their senior year are listed below in alphabetical order.

Joh n Brancel, Cicero, was voted the Omega Tau Sigma Outstanding Senior of the Year for his out­standing contributions and participation in the profes­sional veterinary fraternity and its activities (which pro­mote veterinary medicine in general and the U of I College of Veterinary Medicine in particular).

Stan Carlin, Columbus, Ohio, not only received the Dr. H. J . Hardenbrook Award for scholarship in special surgery, he also graduated as Salutatorian, or second highest ranking student in his class.

1982 Norden AwardPresented toDr. Richard Johnson

A small animal surgeon at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine—Dr. Richard G. Johnson—has been selected for the Norden Teacher of the Year Award by senior students. The award, sponsored by Norden Laboratories, Inc. of Lincoln, Nebraska, is given annually to one teacher at each col­lege of veterinary medicine in the nation. Recipients are chosen on the basis of outstanding teaching ability, character and leadership qualities.

Dr. Johnson joined the University of Illinois small animal surgery staff in 1980 as an assistant professor of veterinary clinical medicine. Before joining the col­lege staff, he was the chief resident in the department of surgery at the Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York. He was also consulting surgeon for the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

. After receiving his DVM degree from the University of California at Davis in 1977, he completed an intern­ship with the West Los Angeles Veterinary Medical Group and then accepted a surgical residency at AMC.

At the University of Illinois, Dr. Johnson teaches primarily orthopedics.

Norden’s Illinois representative, Paul O ’Bryen, pre­sented Dr. Johnson with a cash honorarium and a plaque during the Illinois Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s annual Spring banquet.

Mary Ellen Dimperio, Park Ridge, received the Up­john Company Award for proficiency in small animal clinical medicine. The Upjohn Company provides an award for both large and small animals each year.

David G oldw asser, Urbana, was the recipient of the Illinois Veterinary Medical Alumni Association Award. The association presents the award each year for profi­ciency in clinical medicine.

D onald P. Know les, Jr ., Dolton, was presented the American Animal Hospital Association Award for clinical proficiency in small animal medicine and surgery.

Daniel McManus, Aledo, received the second Up­john Company Award. His was for proficiency in large animal clinical medicine.

Karen M oriello, Chicago, was awarded the American Association of Feline Practitioner’s Student Award for her special interest and accomplishment in feline medicine and surgery.

Ellen Poffenbarger, Moline, was presented with the Dr. Lester E. Fisher Award for proficiency in small animal medicine. This award is provided annually by Dr. L. E. Fisher, director of Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens in Chicago.

Richard Stotts, Carmi, accepted the Dr. Edward C. Khuen Memorial Award for proficiency in small animal surgery. The award was established by the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association in memory of the late Dr. E. C. Khuen, a Chicago veterinarian.

David Tey/c/, Olympia Fields, graduated as Valedic­torian, or highest ranking student in his class. Prior to graduation, he also received the new Hill’s Award for exhibiting the greatest interest, knowledge and profi­ciency in clinically applying nutritional controls to the diagnosis, treatment and management of pet animal diseases.

Diane W ende, Oak Lawn, received two separate awards. The first was the Auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association Award for doing the most to advance the standing of the veterinary medical profession on the University of Illinois campus. Wende also received the Harwal Prize for Veterinary Phar­macology. She was selected for this award based on her performance, attitude and interest in clinical phar­macology and rational therapeutics.

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Dean’s Corner

Diagnostic Laboratory Expansion DelayedThe University of Illinois College of Veterinary

Medicine will be moving into its new Basic Sciences Building during July and August. In addition to pro­viding additional teaching and research space for preclinical and extension programs, the new building has 2 5 ,000 square feet of space designated for animal disease diagnostic programs.

Unfortunately, the current laboratory facility has ex­perienced a degree of operational and personnel in­stability for a number of years. These problems have been accentuated during the past three to four years by an ever-increasing deficit in the level of funding essential to support the present diagnostic services. Costs of operation and the caseload in the laboratory have escalated much more rapidly than funds to sup­port these activities. As we move into new facilities, additional funding is necessary for maintenance and utility costs and planned expansion of diagnostic pro­grams. No source for this funding currently appears to be available, so some hard decisions have been made, including personnel reductions and establishment of a fee system.

Let me review diagnostic programs at the University of Illinois, the functions of the Urbana Laboratory, the findings of two review committees on diagnostic ser­vice, as well as the decisions we’ve made at the college to deal with the problems of the Urbana laboratory.

Animal disease diagnostic programs have been car­ried out at the University of Illinois for many years. The earliest records indicate both clinical and animal disease diagnostic functions were carried out by University personnel. The operation of the State Biology Laboratory was transferred to the University of Illinois by an act of the legislature in 1919. A diagnostic laboratory was established and its activities expanded in 1926 under Dr. Robert Graham as one of the responsibilities of the College of Agriculture’s Divi­sion of Pathology and Hygiene. Dr. Graham, of course, later became the first dean of the college. Animal disease diagnostic efforts have been a part of veterinary programs of the University since that time. In 1947, the Illinois Department of Agriculture was given the responsibility by the State Legislature to establish serological and diagnostic laboratories and make appropriations for these facilities. At the current time, the State’s diagnostic system consists of a serology laboratory in Springfield and three diagnostic laboratories, located respectively at Centralia, Galesburg and Urbana.

FUNCTIONS OF URBANA LABORATORIES

The Laboratories of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine in Urbana is a functional unit within the University of Il­linois College of Veterinary Medicine. The primary role of this unit is to provide diagnostic services in the identification, control, and prevention of infectious and noninfectious diseases, toxicosis, and other condi­tions affecting or threatening the livestock industries in the State of Illinois. It also has secondary roles in research dealing with animal diseases, continuing education, and training of veterinary or graduate students. Specifically, the Laboratory is responsible for the following functions:

—Provide personnel and facilities to conduct diag­nostic procedures by laboratory and field investi­gative methods on diseases and conditions adversely affecting the health and welfare of animals in the State of Illinois.

—Promote, or upon request as directed, support or mutually participate with other University units or governmental agencies in the investigation of any disease threatening the livestock industry in the State of Illinois.

—Prepare and disseminate through appropriate channels pertinent information, instruction, and data pertaining to the recognition and prevention of animal diseases.

—Conduct both basic and applied research necessary to establish new or improved criteria for safeguarding the health of animals and persons intimately associated with animals. Research ef­forts will be directed toward the establishment and development of better diagnostic procedures.

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—Shall be active in the continued development of professional teaching and graduate programs in the College of Veterinary Medicine and assist in the development of continuing education pro­grams related to diagnostic medicine.

The operation of the Laboratories of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine at Urbana is supported by annual contract from the Illinois Department of Agriculture and by contribution of facilities and utilities from the University, and equipment, supplies, and faculty and staff time from departments of the College of Veteri­nary Medicine. With the expanded animal disease diagnostic facility nearing completion as part of the new Basic Sciences Building and because of our fun­ding and personnel problems, two study committees

have reviewed diagnostic programs in Illinois over the past one and a half years and made recommendations for future directions. The two committees were the Diagnostic Laboratory Committee of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association and a special Illinois Animal Disease Laboratory Study Committee ap­pointed by the Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. This latter committee was composed of representatives named by the major animal agriculture commodity organizations in Illinois. The ISVMA com­mittee reviewed all animal disease diagnostic laboratories in Illinois, while the animal industries com ­mittee limited their review to the diagnostic laboratories located at Centralia and Urbana. Because of the long-range importance of these two committee’s

Table 1: Report and Recommendations of Illinois Animal Disease Laboratory Study Committee

Introduction

The committee is well aware of political considerations involved in having a decentralized diagnostic laboratory system. Each locality where a facility is located and each entity including the Department of Agriculture and the College of Veterinary Medicine will fight hard to maintain the status quo or ex­pand the facilities or services at a particular location or under their jurisdiction. Likewise, the commit­tee is aware of the budget situation facing the state and knows full well that it is very difficult to cut budgets in one area so budgets can be expanded in another area. The problems involved in shifting functions from one laboratory to another or from the state laboratories to the university laboratory or vice versa were also discussed in some detail.

While these problems and others that perhaps weren’t foreseen can be troublesome and perhaps take some time to overcome or change, it was the opinion of the committee that the following recom­mendations can be implemented over time if there is a sincere desire and conviction on the part of key administrators that this is the way to go. In making these recommendations the committee at­tempted to keep first and foremost in their minds the question, “What will give the State of Illinois the highest quality, most efficient diagnostic service at a cost that is reasonable and defensible when com­pared to comparable expenditures in other states or on other similar governmental functions.”

Recommendations

1) Long term we favor centralization of the diagnostic laboratory system in terms of one central laboratory. This should provide the opportunity to attract and hold well qualified people and to cover specialities or services which cannot be offered at decentralized laboratories. In the opinion of the committee, location of the laboratories close to the areas of production is less important than formerly since blood, tissue samples, etc. can be relatively easily transported to the laboratory. It is the opinion of the committee that local practitioners should be performing almost all of the initial autopsy work and then submitting samples to the laboratory for further analysis. If this is true, the location of the laboratory, even in the case of autopsies, becomes less important. This recommendation does not mean closing or phasing out of the Centralia or Galesburg laboratories. They may well be and probably would be satellite laboratories in a centralized laboratory system.

2) We recommend that any changes at Centralia, Galesburg or Springfield laboratories be carried out in conformity with the long term goal of having a centralized laboratory system. It is recog­nized that it may take time to achieve this goal, but as opportunities present themselves they should be seized upon and implemented. This means a minimum expansion at Centralia at this time and certainly any change should be accomplished with a minimum of investment in land and buildings. Any purchase and location of additional sophisticated equipment or services at Cen­tralia or Galesburg should be analyzed carefully before implementation.

3) Since the road building plans are uncertain, plans for a new laboratory at Centralia should be delayed until it is ascertained that a new highway will be built. In the interim, consideration should be given to shifting the toxicology work or other functions carried out at Centralia to the University of Illinois or other laboratories or in other ways reducing the space congestion at the Centralia laboratory. This is just a suggestion of what could be done to improve working conditions at Cen­tralia. Changes of this nature are an administrative matter and not rightly in the jurisdiction of this committee.

4) The functions of the Springfield laboratory should be examined. If this laboratory cannot perform all of the regulatory serology tests required, consideration should be given to closing the facilities in Springfield and shifting the blood work to another laboratory. There should be one laboratory where all of the regulatory blood work for a special species can be sent to keep costs of submis­sions by producers at the lowest level possible.

5) We recommend that additional appropriations be sought to provide sufficient funding for the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine to operate a full service diagnostic laboratory similar to Galesburg and Centralia. Currently this appears to be in the range of $600,000-700,000 per year. Hence, an additional appropriation of $270,000-370,000 would be required. We recommend that this money be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture and then transmitted to the U of I under contract. This arrangement helps insure a coordinated diagnostic laboratory system in the state. The university would be free to add on other services needed for research or teaching purposes. The additional appropriation should be additional and should not be secured at the expense of other agricultural projects.

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•eports, the unabridged recommendations of each are included here as Table I (the Illinois animal disease aboratory study committee report) and Table 2 Ill­inois State Veterinary Medical Association recom­mendations). Table 3 is the resolution offered by the ISVMA Board of Directors to the State of Illinois after bearing their committee’s recommendations.

INADEQUATE SUPPORT

As indicated earlier in this article, support for the Ur- )ana diagnostic laboratory is presently inadequate to provide a full-service laboratory. The College has used lonrecurring funds over the past three to four years to lelp maintain the diagnostic programs, but because of :urrent fiscal constraints in the teaching programs of he College, those funds are exhausted. The Illinois Department of Agriculture has also indicated that they do not have any significant new resources.

In order to balance the operational budget of the diagnostic laboratory for the next fiscal year, personnel ■eductions have been made. The vacant Director’s Dosition, a virologist position, and one virology echnologist position will not be filled until additional unding is realized. The administrative functions will be ibsorbed by department heads and the Dean of the College, while exchange of samples between the 3alesburg, Centralia, and Urbana laboratories will be expanded to cover virology diagnosis as effectively as possible.

Our Toxicology Hotline and toxicology field investi­gation services, which have received so much recogni- ion during the past year, will be continued for the next jear with industrial gifts and a fee system. However, he service must be incorporated into a sustained fund- ng base to be maintained on a long-term basis.

The College has found it necessary to initiate a fee system for all diagnostic services except those dealing vith animal disease regulatory programs. Although a jniform fee schedule on all noncompulsory tests will lot allow significant expansion of the College’s diagnostic program, it will help offset the continued

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erosion of services and provide time to realize an in­crease in the appropriated funding base for the laboratory without further diagnostic program reduc­tions. A uniform fee system for the Urbana laboratory will be put into place during July and August of this year. Details on specific changes will be sent to all veterinarians in Illinois in the near future.

We have suggested the establishment of a diagnostic laboratory advisory committee for the Ur­bana Laboratory. This committee will be named when funds are obtained to help defray the travel costs for advisory meetings. The College now has a modern ef­fective diagnostic laboratory provided through the Food for Century III program as part of the new Basic Sciences Building. The College is fully aware of the vital importance of adequate diagnostic programs for the practicing veterinarian and the livestock industry in Illinois. That was one of the major reasons for inclu­sion of a diagnostic laboratory in the new Basic Sciences Building. That facility will be maintained by the College and University, but diagnostic activities cannot be expanded until we realize the operational and personnel funding to do so. The new building will provide many opportunities for the College, one of which will be the expansion and improvement of diagnostic programs. Improved viral diagnosis, field investigations, anaerobic bacteriology, and hormone assays are just a few of the areas we believe need in­creased effort. How we function and expand will be determined in large part by the needs of veterinary practitioners and animal owners in Illinois. The Col­lege is supportive of a complete diagnostic system in the state, including the relocation of the Centralia laboratory to new quarters. It is important that you let the College, Illinois Department of Agriculture, and ultimately, legislators know what diagnostic services you want and are willing to support.—Dr. Richard E. Dierks, dean , University o f Illinois C ollege o f Veterinary M edicine.

Summer 1982

Dr. LeRoy Biehl Elected President of AASP

Dr. LeRoy G. Biehl, associate professor of veterinary extension and veterinary pathobiology at the college, has been chosen president-elect of the American Association of Swine Practitioners.

The American Association of Swine Practitioners has over 1 ,750 members nationwide engaged in the practice of swine medicine or associated with universi­ty teaching and research programs. Dr. Biehl will become the 14th president of the group at their annual meeting next April.

As president-elect of the organization, Dr. Biehl is chairman of the scientific program committee for the next annual meeting. He has served on the associa­tion’s program committee twice and has represented Illinois and Wisconsin for the past six years as one of ten members of the organization’s executive board.

A member of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine staff since 1972, Dr. Biehl as­sumed his current position as swine extension veterinarian in 1976. He received his DVM degree from the University of Illinois in 1958, practiced in Olney for five years, and then began his own large animal practice in Albion. He received an MS degree from the University of Illinois in 1975. In addition to his extension duties, he has been actively involved in parasitology and sulfonamide residue research in swine.

Several other Illini have served as president of the organization including Dr. Wally Brandt (a 1955 graduate), Dr. A1 Leman (class of 1968), and Dr. Ralph Vinson (1957). The late Dr. Vaylord Ladwig, who was a food animal clinician at the college, served as the group’s first president in 1968 and again in 1969 while practicing in Iowa. Another alum, Dr. Jim McKean (1970), serves as editor and continuing education coordinator for AASP.

Dr. Lloyd Davis To Visit China

Dr. Lloyd E. Davis, professor of clinical pharma­cology at the college, has been named to a U .S. dele­gation of pharmacologic specialists to visit the People’s Republic of China this fall.

The 30 person delegation, of which Dr. Davis is the only veterinary member, will meet with government leaders, physicians and professionals involved in the research, development, manufacture, regulation and distribution of pharmaceuticals. The delegation was formed at the invitation of the China Pharmaceutical Association. Through hospital and clinic visits, a series of briefings, and formal and informal discussion ses­sions, the group will evaluate areas of drug manufac­ture and research.

The delegation, under the leadership of Dr. David J . Greenblatt, head of the division of clinical pharma­cology at the New England Medical Center, will con­vene in Seattle on September 3. From there the group will visit Peking, Tientsin, Nanking, Suzhou and Shanghai in the People’s Republic of China as well as Hong Kong. Major symposia will be held in Peking and Shanghai.

An internationally recognized veterinary clinical pharmacologist, Dr. Davis joined the University of Il­linois faculty in 1978. He is a founding Fellow of the American College of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and has served as that group’s president. Dr. Davis serves as editor of the Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and of the Topics in Drug Therapy section of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

6) We are opposed to any type of user fee programs at this time.

7) There is need for an ongoing committee of users of the diagnostic services to help advise the Department of Agriculture and the University of Illinois on level and quality of diagnostic services in the state .—December 30, 1981.

Table 2: Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association Recommendations

ISVMA Board of Directors should support by resolution:

1. Relocation of the Centralia Laboratory and expansion to 16,000 sq. ft. The preferred site should be on the Kaskaskia Junior College Campus.

2. Acceptance by the Department of Agriculture of responsibility to develop funding for expanded staffing at the University of Illinois by:a. Line item appropriation possibly from the Ag Premium Fund to either the Department of Agri­

culture or the University of Illinois.b. A uniform fee schedule for all non-compulsory tests submitted to state labs. These fees should

be earmarked by statute to be spent for staffing to provide:a. Field investigationb. Predictive capabilityc. Feed specimen bankingd. Research development, and training to identify and place new tests in appropriate state

labs on a timely basis.e. Total laboratory service capability for the overall state lab system.

3. The appointment of a permanent advisory committee of persons from all phases of the food animal industries. This committee to review current needs and make recommendations on a regular basis to assure programs are kept up to date.

4. Utilization of ISVMA communication resources to keep the profession informed of Diagnostic Laboratory services .—September 3, 1981.

Table 3: Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association Resolution

Whereas: The livestock industry of the State of Illinois represents a major portion of the State’seconomy.

Whereas: Precedent in Michigan demonstrates current risks exist which could devastate the live­stock industry in the State of Illinois.

Whereas: Future economic stability in the State of Illinois may depend upon expansion of theState’s Livestock Industry.

Whereas: Protection and expansion of Illinois livestock industry depends on the ability of theVeterinary Profession in Illinois to be able to meet the challenges of new disease threats, antibiotic residues, mycologic carcinogen residues, toxicologic feed problems, and speedy regulatory response.

Whereas: Illinois geographic complexities and legislative funding capabilities have not alloweddevelopment of total laboratory service concepts and predictive capability.

Whereas: The users of the diagnostic labs, represented by the ISVMA, have expressed their con­cern and endorsed the recommendations of their ISVMA special study committee.

Whereas: Seventeen (17) major livestock producing states have adopted users fees to insure ade­quate income to provide services, thereby allowing the profession to partially finance its needs and help their states meet their obligation to the taxpayer.

Whereas: Full utilization of diagnostic services depends upon geographic proximity provided bythe current sites of Centralia, Galesburg, and Urbana.

Be it resolved: That the ISVMA Board of Directors strongly urges consideration by the State ofIllinois of the recommendations approved at the September, 1981 ISVMA Board of Directors meeting and enclosing herewith.— September 3, 1981.

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Alumni NotesDr. Sokolowski Joins Gaines Staff as Manager of Nutrition

Dr. Jam es H. Sokolowski (a 1965 graduate) has joined the staff of the Gaines Nutrition Center at Kankakee, Illinois as manager of nutrition. Before joining Gaines, Dr. Sokolowski was with the Upjohn Company for 16 years. He joined that company as a scientist in their veterinary department in 1965 and advanced to head of reproduction research and then to product manager of agricultural marketing.

Dr. Sokolowski is a five time Illini, starting with a B .S . in agriculture and then receiving an M .S. in animal science, a B .S . in veterinary medicine, a D.V.M. degree and a Ph.D. degree in nutrition.

A member of many professional organizations and the author of more than 400 scientific papers, Dr. Sokolowski also reviews manuscripts for the American Journal of Veterinary Research, Biology of Reproduc­tion and Current Therapy in Theriogenology.

He was awarded the W. E. Upjohn Prize in 1978, the University of Illinois Companion Animal Manage­ment Program Award in 1978, and the Gaines Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association in 1980 for outstanding research contributing to the ad­vancement of small animal medicine.

Dr. Cotter Receives First Carnation Award

Dr. Susan M. Cotter (a 1966 graduate) received the Carnation Award for “her research, communication and teaching efforts in feline leukemia and lympho­sarcoma” at the American Animal Hospital Associa­tion annual meeting this spring. This is the first year the Carnation Award was presented to encourage research in feline disease and nutrition.

Dr. Cotter is an associate professor in the Depart­ment of Medicine at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, Boston. In addition to serving on the faculty at Tufts, Dr. Cotter is a consultant in on­cology at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital and a visiting lecturer in cancer biology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

31 Initiated into Phi Zeta

Seven third-year veterinary students, 20 fourth-year veterinary students, three graduate students and one faculty member at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine were initiated into Phi Zeta, the national veterinary honor society, on April 23.

Phi Zeta was established in 1925 to recognize and encourage high scholarship, research and ethical stan­dards in veterinary medicine. The first Phi Zeta chapter was located at Cornell University in New York. Since that time, 19 more chapters have been established throughout the United States. Illinois’ Mu Chapter was the twelfth to be formed.

To be eligible for Phi Zeta membership, third-year veterinary students must rank in the upper 10 percent of their class. Fourth-year students must rank in the upper 25 percent of those in their class who are not already members of the society. Graduate students and faculty members are chosen on the basis of service to veterinary medicine.

This year’s initiates into Illinois’ Mu Chapter of Phi Zeta included third-year students Stephen Cerny, Mary Jane Fluegel, Karen Gorr, Diane Jenkins, Timothy Kinney, Angela Obrecht and Thomas Roskos.

Fourth-year (Class of ’82) initiates included Gregg BeVier, Timothy Dayton, Gary Dial, Roberta Drell, David Goldwasser, Grant Holst, Donald P. Knowles, Jr ., Maureen Loughlin, Daniel McManus, Karen Moriello, Ellen Poffenbarger, Marian Prybil, C. Lee Robinette, Patricia Schenck, Brian Schmidt, Karlyn Shisler, Shelly Stevens, Diane W ende, Ruth Wiechmann, and Randall Zelent. Fourth-year students who had been selected the previous year are Stan Carlin, Mary Ellen Dimperio, Rebecca Schilling, Mary Ann Seitz, David Teykl, and Joan White.

Graduate students Dr. Amy Morkoc, Dr. Claudio Pimentel, and Dr. Jeff Wilcke as well as faculty member Dr. R. D. Scoggins were also initiated into the honor society.

After the initiation ceremony, the group was ad­dressed by Dr. W. Max Decker, the AVMA Washington Representative, on “The Veterinarian and the Political Process”.

Dr. Cotter receives her Carnation feline statuette from Dr. Lloyd Miller, director o f pet food research and development at Carnation Research Laboratory.

An estimated 10,000 people from all over Illinois poured through the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital entrances on Saturday, April 17. They came to the University o f Illinois College o f Veterinary Medicine’s annual Veterinary Medicine Open House to see the inside o f the hospital and to find out more about veterinary medicine.

Some o f the more popular exhibits included mock surgery demonstrations, fiberoptic scope demonstrations on live horses, and an exhibit which contained a variety o f exotic pets such as ferrets, snakes, reptiles and birds. Children

Cherie Walker of Princeton and Dale Ottosen of Morrison, both third year veterinary students, were each selected to receive a Dr. Hardenbrook Equine Scholarship. These two equine scholarships, worth $ 2 ,000 each, were established this year by the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Horse Racing Program, which includes the Thoroughbred Breeders Fund and the Standardbred Breeders Fund.

Selection criteria were based on the applicant’s grade point average during the first five semesters in the veterinary curriculum, their equine experience and/or interest, and their economic need. The scholarships, which are authorized under the 1975 Horse Racing Act, were established in memory of Dr. Harry Hardenbrook, a former professor at the Univer­sity of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

Jered Hooker, director of the Illinois Horse Racing Program, presented the scholarships to Walker and Ottosen during the May 7th College of Veterinary Medicine Senior/Faculty Banquet at the Innsbruck Lodge in Champaign.

Walker’s family operates a livery stable in north­western Illinois, so she has gained considerable equine experience over the years. Not only was she respon­sible for the horses’ daily care, but she also became in­

Dates to Remember

August 12 — 1982 Summer Swine Seminar for Veterinarians. Blackhawk Restaurant, Jacksonville. Contact Dr. LeRoy Biehl, 256 Large Animal Clinic (217/ 333-2907).

October 7-8 —Annual University of Illinois Veterinary Fall Conference. Urbana. Com­puters; dermatology; food animal, equine, and small animal continuing education sessions as well as a chance to make new friends and renew old acquaintances. UI plays Purdue in football on Saturday, October 9.

October 22-24 — ISVMA/College of Veteri­nary Medicine Workshop. University of Il­linois Allerton Park, Monticello. Registration on the evening of the 22nd.

November 20 —Race Horse Seminar for Horsemen and Veterinarians. Urbana.

March 7, 1983 —Equine Conference for Horsemen and Veterinarians. Urbana.

especially enjoyed the petting zoo, where they were able to meet goats, a calf, puppies, kittens, baby chicks, gerbils, a ferret and more.

Jason and Joann Randall, third-year veterinary students and the husband-wife co-chairpersons o f Open House, organized the entire event with student committees. The veterinary students worked together to enlighten the public on what veterinarians do, how animal owners could prevent health problems in their animals, and when veterinary ser­vices were necessary.

volved in all aspects of training—from breaking young horses to correcting sour ones.

One summer was spent working for Dr. H. L. Marsh of Princeton, where Walker assisted him on a variety of farm calls, many of which involved horses. She also worked with competitive trail rides, where she served as a member of the veterinary check team. Upon en­rollment in the University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Walker joined the Rodeo Club and be­came the club’s first woman president in 1979.

Ottosen was also raised on a northern Illinois farm, but his exposure to horses didn’t come until later. Dur­ing veterinary school, he had the opportunity to spend 10 months in Australia, where he found much of the stock work was done on horseback. As a result, he became interested in horses and worked in several equine practices around Australia. His experience in­cluded stud farm management and reproduction, race horse and track practice, rodeo horses and working stock horses.

To gain more equine experience, Ottosen is now serving a summer preceptorship at the Navaho Indian Reservation in Arizona, where he will work with some of the tribe’s thousands of horses.

Two Students Receive Special Equine Scholarships

Annual Open House Attracts Thousands