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April 2017 - Vol. 12, No. 4

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A Day at the Arena

Grand opening for Equine Performance Testing Center

Ribbon cutting at new Equine Performance Testing CenterThe Veterinary Health Center held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony March 29 for a new $2.8 million state-of-the-art facility called the Equine Performance Testing Center.

The center offers an indoor riding arena with hard and soft footing to optimally evaluate and diagnose lameness or performance limiting issues affecting equine patients.

 

 

Dr. Ying Fang receives CVM’s top faculty research award

Dr. Ying Fang

The College of Veterinary Medicine has presented the 2017 Zoetis Animal Health Award for Research Excellence to Dr. Ying Fang, professor of molecular virology in the diagnostic medicine and pathobiology department. The award, the college's highest research honor, was presented as part of the recent annual Phi Zeta Research Day activities.

 

 

Dual-degree students win scholarship and poster awards at AASV

Laura Constance and Jordan Gebhardt

Two K-State veterinary students joined some of the nation’s top students in receiving a scholarship and poster competition awards at the AASV meeting in Denver.

Jordan Gebhardt was one of five students to receive a $5,000 scholarship. He also won the top prize of $500 in the Veterinary Student Poster Competition.

 

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Dr. Brad Crauer receives Excellence in Engagement Award

Dr. Brad CrauerDr. Bradley Crauer, assistant professor in Shelter Medicine, had been in private practice for about 20 years when a natural disaster uprooted his life and career plans. Hurricane Katrina struck and Dr. Crauer was recruited by a friend to be a first responder. While in New Orleans, he helped opened a rescue shelter, saving over 1,300 animals. Upon returning to Seattle, he found his perspective on his work had changed, leading him to get in contact with local shelters and nonprofits to continue the work he began in New Orleans.

 

 

Veterinary students earn national recognitions for excellence

Maxwell Beal and Sohaila Jafarian

Two third-year veterinary students recently earned prestigious national honors.

Sohaila Jafarian is one of 34 students from around the world who was recently to receive a $5,000 scholarship from Merck Animal Health, in partnership with the American Veterinary Medical Foundation.

Maxwell Beal is a recipient of a $1,000 Dr. Jack Walther Leadership Award from the Western Veterinary Conference.

 

 

VHC cattle lameness clinical trials

 

 

Volunteers aid areas hit by wildfires

A devastating spate of wildfires in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas made national headlines in early March. One of the areas hit the hardest in Kansas has been in Clark County around the city of Ashland.

There has also been an outpouring of donations and volunteers from farmers and other volunteers from across the country. Truckloads of hay and supplies have arrived from states such as Wisconsin and Illinois. A group of Kansas 4-H youth have “adopted” several orphaned calves to try to provide care while veterinarians, including faculty from K-State, have been volunteering to help treat surviving cattle.

Dr. Dan Thomson with the CVM has explained that relief is still needed, and that while certain supplies are useful, that monetary donations might be a better option.