http://www.vet.ksu.edu College of Veterinary Medicine News en-us http://www.vet.ksu.edu/images/icons/xml.gif http://www.vet.ksu.edu 36 14 http://www.vet.k-state.edu/features/news_2011.xml http://www.vet.k-state.edu/features/news_2010.xml http://www.vet.k-state.edu/features/news_2009.xml http://www.vet.k-state.edu/features/news_archive.xml http://www.vet.ksu.edu/depts/development/lifelines/index.htm The official newsletter for the faculty, staff and students of K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3821 Kansas State University is solidifying its presence across the ocean and around the globe with a new agreement with the China Scholarship Council. Kansas State University President Kirk Schulz and Provost April Mason recently signed the agreement with China Scholarship Council Secretary General Jinghui Liu. The agreement allows up to 20 Chinese students to attend Kansas State University each year on a doctoral fellowship, during which time the council will provide funding to support the students' fees and living expenses. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3820 Knowledge about the role veterinary medicine has played in American history has helped three students from Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine earn the top three places in an international essay contest sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical History Society. The winners of the Smithcors Essay Contest are: Amy Sents, second-year veterinary student, McPherson, first place for her essay, "The Covert Arsenal of Biological Agents throughout History"; Tracey Mullins, second-year veterinary student, Manhattan, second place for "The Humble Beginning of the Corporate Companion Animal Hospital"; and Katie Beach, fourth-year veterinary student, Manhattan, third place for "The Dogs of War: History of the U.S. Military Dog." http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3759 Kansas State University colleges are honoring faculty members for excellence in teaching, research, service and advising in the 2011-2012 school year. The honorees and their awards include: http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3760 Contract research organizations, or CROs, will be the topic of a Kansas State University Animal Health Corridor Lecture Series seminar at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, on the university's Olathe campus, 22201 W. Innovation Drive. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3417 Four staff members are receiving the 2012 President's Award of Excellence for Unclassified Professionals. Each winner receives a $1,000 award and recognition at a reception hosted by President Schulz. Today we spotlight the recipient of the Distinguished Accomplishment Award, McArthur Hafen Jr., counselor in the College of Veterinary Medicine dean's office. He was nominated by Bonnie Rush, head of the department of clinical sciences. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3542 Seventy Kansas State University faculty members are receiving promotions in rank, while 47 faculty members are earning tenure. The promotions include 22 faculty members to the rank of full professor, one faculty member to the rank of clinical professor, 46 faculty members to the rank of associate professor, and one faculty member to the rank of clinical associate professor. The promotions and tenure go into effect at the start of the university's 2013 fiscal year on July 1. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3480 A Kansas State University veterinarian is taking his expertise to a national television audience as host of his own weekly show. Dan Thomson, the Jones professor of production medicine and epidemiology and director of the Beef Cattle Institute in the university's College of Veterinary Medicine, will host "DocTalk with Dr. Dan Thomson" on cable television's RFD-TV beginning Monday, April 30. The weekly program will air Mondays at 3:30 p.m., with second airings of the show at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesdays. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3420 For decades, Kansas State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has been the go-to regional source for animal testing and diagnoses, and a national center for rabies serological testing. With recent developments it's likely to remain so for decades more. The diagnostic lab, headed by director Gary Anderson, offers a complete range of diagnostic services for all species but primarily focuses on food-producing animals. The lab is constantly working to develop new and better tests for veterinary clients to identify, treat and prevent illness in animals. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3426 A Kansas State University student is not horsin' around about developing a product that could prevent laminitis, an inflammation of the hooves in horses. Driven by her own love for horses, Hannah Leventhal, first-year veterinary medicine student and master's degree candidate in animal science, Arvada, Colo., has been working since she was an undergraduate to develop a probiotic to prevent laminitis in horses. The disease has long been feared by many horse owners and was ultimately responsible for the death of Barbaro, the Thoroughbred who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby. Barbaro's struggle for survival was widely publicized after he sustained a leg injury at the 2006 Preakness. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3391 Three classified staff members are receiving the 2012 Classified Award of Excellence for their outstanding achievement and performance, their ability to inspire excellence in others, and their initiative and creativity, at the annual Classified Employee Recognition Ceremony at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in the K-State Student Union's Main Ballroom. The winners are Kim Schurle, Paul Wagoner and John Wolf. Today's article focuses on Paul Wagoner, agricultural technician in the Veterinary Health Center, the winner in the Service and Maintenance category. He was nominated by Robert J. Reves, agricultural technician in the Veterinary Health Center. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3278 Humans aren't the only ones who can benefit from daily exercise. A Kansas State University veterinarian says dogs need it, too. "Dogs should get exercise at least twice a day, generally around 15 to 20 minutes each session for small dogs and 30 to 40 minutes or more for large dogs," said Susan Nelson, clinical associate professor at the university's Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, a part of the College of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3164 Antibiotic use in livestock has been in the news a lot lately, especially when used in the feed for food producing animals. A major component of regulatory decisions and ongoing debates has been the various estimates of quantities of antibiotics used in food animals. Mike Apley, a clinical pharmacologist and professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State University, has investigated these uses for swine as part of a team authoring the paper "Use Estimates of In-Feed Antimicrobials in Swine Production in the United States." The paper was recently published in the journal Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=3065 A Kansas State University veterinary medicine student is investigating ways to improve horse vaccinations and defend them against pathogen challenges at an early age. Research from Allison Jordan Bryan, a graduate student in biomedical sciences and a second-year veterinary medicine student, Huntington Beach, Calif., may help protect foals as young as 3 months of age from pathogens such as West Nile virus, tetanus, equine influenza virus, Equine Herpes Virus-1, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis and Western equine encephalomyelitis. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=2797 Research from a Kansas State University professor may make it easier to recover after spinal cord injury or to study neurological disorders. Mark Weiss, professor of anatomy and physiology, is researching genetic models for spinal cord injury or diseases such as Parkinson's disease. He is developing technology that can advance cellular therapy and regenerative medicine -- a type of research that can greatly improve animal and human health. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=2756 A collaborative discovery involving Kansas State University researchers may improve animal health and save the U.S. pork industry millions of dollars each year. Raymond "Bob" Rowland, a virologist and professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, was part of the collaborative effort that discovered a genetic marker that identifies pigs with reduced susceptibility to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. This virus costs the U.S. pork industry more than $600 million each year. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=2701 Renowned researchers Jim E. Riviere and Nancy Monteiro-Riviere will be joining the Kansas State University faculty in August, he as McDonald Chair of Veterinary Medicine and she as Regents Distinguished Research Scholar. Both will be university distinguished professors in the department of anatomy and physiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=2498 Doug Powell, professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, is a contributor and member of the editorial advisory board for Food Safety Tech News, an industry-specific e-magazine and conference series serving the global food industry. It's inaugural edition is online at Food Safety Tech News. Powell's barfblog is among the blogs featured in the e-magazine. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=1940 Seventeen Kansas State University scientists will join researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and other universities and government agencies in a coordinated, multipronged approach to improve the safety of beef. The $25 million effort will focus on ways to reduce the occurrence and public health risks from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, STEC, a serious threat to the food supply that results in more than 265,000 infections in the United States each year. Eating contaminated food or direct contact with fecal matter from infected cattle and other ruminants causes most of these illnesses. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=1904 Ingram's magazine has named its Icons of Education for 2012 and the list has a familiar name to K-Staters: Ralph Richardson, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=1840 On Jan. 11, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced $5 million in proposed new funding for Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. The funding supports increased animal health research at the university, and is anticipated to bolster the Kansas economy and affirm the state as an innovator in the nation's animal health industry. http://www.vet.k-state.edu/depts/dmp/service/news/Diagnostic_Insights_1201.pdf The Newsletter of the Kansas Veterinary Diagnostic Lab http://www.vet.ksu.edu/depts/development/lifelines/1201.htm The official newsletter for the faculty, staff and students of K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine