August 2024 - Vol. 19, No. 8
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Hill’s Pet Nutrition donates $1 million to K-State clinical nutrition professorship By PetFoodProcessing.net
Hill’s Pet Nutrition has announced a $1 million investment in the CVM for an endowed small animal clinical nutrition professorship, which is designed to enhance the educational experience of veterinary students and contribute to the advancement of veterinary nutritional science.
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K-State researchers continue battling MERS and related bat coronaviruses of pandemic potential
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New program matches external awards for K-State veterinary students; first recipient wins national essay contest
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Veterinary Research Scholars Program recognizes scholars and mentors
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Vet Med ROCKS invites elmentary, middle school and high school students to annual day camp
Day campers recently took part in a wide variety of hands-on skills and activities geared toward teaching them about becoming future veterinarians! See a gallery of pictures at the Vet Med ROCKS Facebook page (Facebook login may be required). |
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Crush is Crushing it! | A Success Story from the Canine Blood Donor Program Video Report by Audrey Hambright, Rylee Coy and Kelsey Grimm
With a little help from a canine friend named Benton, Crush is on the road to recovery. The Canine Blood Donor program is now enrolling! Learn if your dog could help save a life! |
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The role of a veterinary social worker at the Veterinary Health Center By Fox43 TV, Topeka
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Third-year student travels abroad for unique experience in South Asia By Chloe Capodagli Sherrill
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Virologists in the CVM are leading a new round of pioneering research about Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, and related bat coronaviruses with pandemic potential. Drs. Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang, professor of virology, and Yunjeong Kim, associate professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, are continuing a research collaboration 
Summer veterinary student research projects took center stage on the first day of August for the presentation of posters and recognition of scholars and mentors. The 2024 session of the 
Third-year student Chloe Capodagli Sherrill shares some impressions after spending four weeks on a veterinary apprenticeship in South Asia. She worked with a local street dog rescue and low-cost clinic, visited a government veterinary clinic, and made a presentation on neonatal kitten and puppy care.
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Alumni Events, Development and Continuing Education
The Veterinary Medical Alumni Association organizes alumni receptions at several of the national annual conferences plus continuing education events and more.
Visit the Vet Town page for this year's schedule.
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Pair of parasitology events
Left: Theresa Quintana accepts the AAVP-CAPC Zoonotic Disease award. Top right: Grace Schieferecke, Dr. Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai and Theresa Quintana. Bottom right: Dr. Kamilyah Miller, Dr. Brian Herrin and Dr. Cameron Sutherland.
The K-State parasitology group recently attended the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists meeting in Atlanta. Dr. Kamilyah Miller, Dr. Cameron Sutherland, Dr. Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai, Theresa Quintana, and Grace Schieferecke all presented their research on a wide variety of topics from tapeworms to fleas to drug resistance to heartworm diagnostics. Theresa Quintana was also selected for the AAVP-CAPC Zoonotic Disease award, recognizing her outstanding work in the field of zoonotic parasites. She delivered a keynote talk on her work looking at the transcriptional changes of larval Toxacara canis when exposed to macrocyclic lactones.
Pictured are: (Back row) Sydney Andreano, Grace Schieferecke, Dr. Stephanie Martinez, Dr. Brian Herrin and Dr. Kamilyah Miller. (Front row) Dr. Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai, Amanda Roth, Evie Ary, Theresa Quintana and Dr. Cameron Sutherland.
Boehringer-Ingelheim hosted the K-State Parasitology and Pharmacology teams at their facility in St. Joseph, Missouri. The team was able to tour the research/development laboratories, production, manufacturing and distribution areas.
"This was a great learning experience for students to see what a truly massive scale-up of animal pharmaceutical production looks like," Dr. Brian Herrin said. "We also got to don the latest fashion in PPE. The site visit was coordinated by Theresa Quintana, who was finishing a summer fellowship in the regulatory affairs department of BI."
First-year students start school year with orientation activities
The CVM welcomes the class of 2028 for orientation. See pictures of some of the different activities at our Facebook and Instagram pages.
Veterinary Business Management Association students win innovative award
Second-year students Ilya Verekhman, VBMA president, and Weston Ahles, VBMA secretary, show the "Most Innovative Event Award" they received at the in competition national meeting in Orlando this past January. Ilya says this was part of a competition with all the other veterinary colleges/schools.
"Our chapter created 'Business Insight Tours,' which allowed members to tour local veterinary practices to get an in-depth look at how to run a private practice and everything that is needed to do so," Ilya aid. "We are incredibly fortunate to have local veterinary business owners offer their one-of-a-kind advice to veterinary students."
Equine Field Service gets into Dodge City Round-up Rodeo
Our equine team was on the rodeo circuit again for its annual visit to the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo to provide on-site veterinary services. Top image, from left: Dr. Chris Blevins; fourth-year students Chelsey Bieberle, Madison Engelbarts, Eden Johannes and Sierra Shelit; and Ashley VanMeter, veterinary nurse. Bottom picture: Chelsey, Eden, Madison, Sierra and Ashley.
Everybody Counts 2024
This August kicked off with a return trip to the "Everybody Counts Manhattan" community event where a group of about 30 veterinary students, nurses and veterinarians performed physical examinations, administered vaccines and provided preventative care. Products were donated by pharmaceutical and nutrition/pet food corporations. See a special video on the CVM YouTube channel that shows our folks in action. Photos provided by Hodes Family Dean Dr. Bonnie Rush and Drs. Susan Nelson, Kate KuKanich and Suma Rao.
Getting their teeth into their school work!
A group of fourth-year students recently took part in elective denstistry: Kylie Crystal, Victoria Cross and Traniesh Byrd. They practiced extractions, dental rads, nerve blocks, scaling and polishing. Photos submitted by Dr. Suma Rao
More happenings
The exotics rotation had a fun day at the Riley County Fair on July 25, evaluating rabbits and birds. They completed more than 150 exams and the students learned about pullorum testing! Those participating included: Drs. Hannah Kunzman, Haley Straub, Jennifer Doles, Savannah Dunn and Gretel Tovar, as well as fourth-year students Katherine Melendez-Santiago, Skylar Gray, Sixto Mahecha-Diago, Audrey Kastner and veterinary nurse intern Letha Schults.
Congrats to Dr. Todd Gunderson on passing the American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine (ACVPM) board certification and Dr. Flavia Vaduva for successfully passing board certification by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Nutrition Specialty.
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CVM News Feed is published each month by the Marketing and Communications Office at the College of Veterinary Medicine. The editor is Joe Montgomery, jmontgom@vet.k-state.edu.