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January 2019 - Vol. 14, No. 1
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CVM presents annual teaching awards

Drs. Ryane Englar, Butch KuKanich, Emily Klocke and Justin Thomason

Four faculty members have been recognized for preclinical teaching excellence in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. Dr. Ryane Englar, Butch KuKanich, Emily Klocke and Justin Thomason were each named as the respective top teachers for the first, second and third years of instruction, as voted on by each respective class of students for their teaching efforts in the 2017-2018 school year.

 

Transboundary Animal Disease training at the Biosecurity Research Institute

New opportunities open

Laura Constance and Rachel Palinski

A group of Kansas State University students have recently completed the Transboundary Animal Disease (TAD) Fellowship program at the Biosecurity Research Institute. With completion of the program by these students, the program is now seeking new applicants.

 

Faculty chosen for professorships in the CVM

Drs. Mary Bagladi-Swanson, Ellyn Mulcahy, Tom Schermerhorn and David Renter

A quartet of faculty members in the College of Veterinary Medicine have recently been chosen as the new holders of professorships, each dedicated to promoting different academic areas within the college.

Selections for the new professorships were chosen by a committee composed of Drs. Peying Fong, Rose McMurphy and Brad Njaa, faculty members in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

 

 

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New grant supports animal health training for high school teachers in Kansas

By Adrian Austin

Research lab

Dr. Bob Rowland, professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently awarded an education grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture.The major focus of the grant will be on the three-week summer boot camp in animal health biotechnology for high school science teachers recruited from the greater Kansas City area. This will include teachers from schools serving under-represented communities.

 

Dr. Roman Ganta establishes potential collaborations in Brazil for CEVBD

Dr. Roman Ganta visits Brazil

Dr. Roman Ganta, director of the Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases, was recently invited to visit the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro campus in Brazil. He presented at the VI International Symposium in Veterinary Sciences held in Seropedica City, Brazil. The event was focused on the “New trends in Veterinary Science Research.”

 

 

Dr. Ralph Richardson to step down at K-State Olathe

Dr. Ralph Richardson

Dr. Ralph C. Richardson has announced plans to retire as the dean and CEO of Kansas State University’s Olathe campus before July 1. He has served in the position since August 2015.

“I certainly have mixed emotions about retiring, as I’ve never enjoyed my work more and am proud of what has been achieved at the Olathe campus in the last several years,” Dr. Richardson said.

 

 

Accelerating health through 1Data is theme of Feb. 7 conference

An upcoming conference looks at how a clearinghouse platform for human and animal health data can transform research and expedite breakthroughs for human, animal and environmental health.

 

DMP's Dr. Stephen Higgs selected for Higuchi-KU research award

Dr. Stephen Higgs with KU Chancellor Doug GirodDr. Stephen Higgs, University Distinguished Professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, was one of four faculty distinguished researchers from Kansas universities, (one of two from Kansas State University) chosen as recipients of the prestigious Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, which are presented for scholarly excellence.

Winners were recognized at a Nov. 29 ceremony at the University of Kansas.

 

 

 

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Alumni Events, Development and Continuing Education

VMAA logo The Veterinary Medical Alumni Association organizes alumni receptions at several of the national annual conferences plus continuing education events and more. This month's section includes news about the VMX alumni recognition award honorees, plus info on this year's SCAAEP Winter Equine Conference and Hands On Laboratory.

 

 

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More activities and accomplishments in the College of Veterinary Medicine:

Dr. Emily Reppert presented an abstract, “Evaluation of chlortetracycline-medicated mineral formulations to control active bovine anaplasmosis,” at the 99th Annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD) on Dec. 1-4 in Chicago.

Dr. David Eshar presented, “Pain Management in Reptiles” for a continuing education conference in Israel Dec. 3-4.

Dr. Bob Larson attended the 2018 Tri-State Cattle Expo in Oberlin, Kansas, Dec. 4-5. Dr. Larson was one of the featured industry-leading presenters where he presented, “Success in the Cow-Calf Business: Reproductive Efficiency and Calf Health as Key Drivers in Cow Herd Profitability.”

Dr. Mike Apley presented, “The Future of Drug Use in Cattle,” at the Northwest Kansas Livestock Association Meeting and Beef Quality Assurance Training on Monday, Dec. 10 in Colby, Kansas.

Dr. Chris Blevins and two fourth-year veterinary students, Erin Strathe and Kathleen Flanagan, attended the KDA emergency response training in Larned, Kansas, Dec. 19. They were the field veterinarians for a mock foot and mouth disease outbreak.

Drs. Raelene Wouda, James Roush and David Biller published, “Bilateral Osteosarcoma Associated with Metallic Implant Sites in Two Dogs,” in the December 2018 edition of the Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. James W. Carpenter’s book, "The Exotic Animal Formulary, 5th Edition" recently hit the top 3 percent of sales for all Amazon books. It is ranked 58,521 out of 1.8 million books; ranked 12th in veterinary medicine; and ranked 38th in all medical books/

Camping out at the Sunset Zoo

Dr. Jim Carpenter with fourth-year students Dani Windle, Katie Lutz, and Margaret Belshaw
Dr. James Carpenter and three fourth-year students, Katlie Lutz, Margaret Belshaw and Dani Windle, spent part of their December zoological medicine service clinical rotation by being invited to teach at a zoo camp at Manhattan's Sunset Zoo on Dec. 26. Dr. Carpenter said the camp hosted 12 kids from ages 5 to 7, plus numerous staff attended as well.

Dani Windle and Margaret Belshaw at the zoo

North American PRRS Symposium attracts international scientists to Chicago

NA PRRS panel disccussion

A couple of scenes from the North American PRRS Symposium, which features keynotes talks, oral presentations and poster presentations.

NA PRRS poster presentation

An annual scientific conference organized by the CVM’s Drs. Bob Rowland and Ying Fang concluded a successful event recently in Chicago.

The North American PRRS Symposium, a conference centered on emerging and foreign diseases in pigs, attracted 207 registered attendees from 19 countries. PRRS stands for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. Attendance for the conference was enhanced by CRWAD, the Annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, which pushed attendance numbers approaching 240 for the North American PRRS symposium.

Notable CVM participation at the North American PRRS Symposium included keynote talks by: Pengcheng Shang, "Emerging PRRSV variants: molecular signatures in nsp2 region"; Dr. Raymond (Bob) Rowland, “Host genetics: Bringing the pig to the vaccine”; Dr. Megan Niederwerder, “Risk for transmission by feed ingredients and potential mitigation strategies for ASF and other transboundary diseases”; and Dr. Waithaka Mwangi, “Vectored vaccine strategies for ASF”

Oral presentations from abstracts were made by K-State student: Yanhua Li, "Hyperphosphorylation of PRRSV nsp2-related proteins regulate viral subgenomic RNA accumulation"; and Laura Constance, "Fecal microbiota transplantation shifts microbiome composition and reduces morbidity and mortality associated with PCVAD."

Poster presentations were given by: Yanhua Li, “Interactome analysis of nsp1beta protein of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus”; Xingyu Yan, “Genetic characterization of emerging variants of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in the United States: new features of -2/-1 programmed ribosome frameshifting in nsp2-coding region”; Ana Stoian, “PRRSV-1 and PRRSV-2 recognition of peptide sequences in CD163 SRCR5

Ana Stoian, CD163 SRCR 4-5 inter-domain region is important for PRRSV-2 infection

Ana Stoian, Survival of African swine fever virus (ASFV) in feed ingredients under transboundary shipping conditions”; Naemi Shadipeni, “Adaptation of PRRSV-2 to cells expressing mutant CD163 receptors”; Matthew Olcha, “Models for understanding African swine fever virus entry into cells”; Yin Wang, “A Luminex multiplex assay for the detection of PRRSV, PCV2 and PCV3 and for PRRSV vaccine differentiation in the US”; Fangfeng Yuan, “Isolation and characterization of a divergent strain of porcine sapelovirus from swine farm in US”; Vlad Petrovan, “Diagnostic applications of monoclonal antibodies against African swine fever virus” and Pengcheng Shang, “Characterization and application of a panel of monoclonal antibodies against the capsid protein of porcine circovirus.”

Travel fellowships were made available for student presenters. The following CVM students received fellowship support: Pengcheng Shang, Fangfeng Yuan, Laura Constance, Yanhua Li, Naemi Shadipeni, Vlad Petrovan, Ana Stoian, Yin Wang and Xingyu Yan.

Mobile Surgery Unit at lighted parade
On Dec. 7, the Shelter Medicine trailer, faculty, staff and student volunteers participated in the Mayor's "Spirit of the Holidays" lighted parade. They were successful in turning the truck into a cat!

 

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