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October 2018 - Vol. 13, No. 10
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Taking a big step forward

Veterinary researchers and Anivive license antiviral drug for fatal cat disease

Drs. Yunjeong Kim and KC Chang

For many cat owners, help is on the horizon with a viral cat disease that can be deadly. A new collaboration at Kansas State University is promoting the commercial development of GC376, an antiviral compound for feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP, which previously has had no effective treatment or cure.

Drs. Yunjeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang, virologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kanas State University, and Dr. William Groutas, a medicinal chemist at Wichita State University, have been collaborating since 2006 on the development of antiviral drugs for important human and animal viruses.

 

 

First-year students selected for VTPRK program

VTPRK students: Natasha Vangundy, Will Patterson, Shaylee Flax, Colton Hull and Whitney Sloan

Five new students in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University have been chosen for the largest veterinary scholarship program offered by the state of Kansas: The Veterinary Training Program for Rural Kansas.

This year’s recipients are first-year veterinary students: Natasha Vangundy, Americus; William Patterson, Holton; Shaylee Flax, Wakeeney; Colton Hull, Stockton; and Whitney Sloan, Lebo.

 

 

National bovine association presents service award to Dr. Dan Thomson

By Janelle Marney

Drs. Dan Thomson and Bob Smith

On a stifling, 108-degree day in Phoenix, Arizona, a crowd of more than 1,200 veterinarians rose to a standing ovation for the 2018 AABP-Zoetis Distinguished Service Award winner: Kansas State University’s Dr. Dan Thomson.

The award was presented Sept. 15 at the 51st annual conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners conference.

 

 

Bonus sidebar: Dr. Dan Thomson serves on food animal welfare advisory boards for the food industry

By Gabriella Doebele

Dr. Dan Thomson at Hamburger U.

Animal welfare – the state or well-being of animals – is an important aspect in the veterinary profession. Dr. Dan Thomson, Jones professor of production medicine and epidemiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, decided to take his part in animal welfare to the next level.

“Recently, I was placed on Tyson Foods Animal Welfare Advisory board,” said Dr. Thomson. “Temple Grandin, Janice Swanson Candace Croney and I were appointed. I have been doing a lot of work for them at their packing plants as well.”

 

 

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Maggie Wu’s summer in Schaumburg at the AVMA

By Xiaotong “Maggie” Wu

Xiaotong "Maggie" Wu

I am a third-year veterinary student at Kansas State University, attending as a member of the U.S.-China Joint DVM Program. I am working hard to be a fine candidate toward becoming one of the future leaders in the Chinese veterinary medicine industry. This summer, I completed an externship at the AVMA headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois. This externship exposed me to a completely new area which I could not experience at other schools or within clinical externships.

 

 

Outsmarting antibiotic resistance is topic of Kansas City One Health Day on Nov. 1

Dr. Mike Apley speaks at K-State Olathe

Celebrate One Health at Kansas City One Health Day by learning about how the collaborative approach to human, animal and environmental health may help society outsmart antibiotic resistance.

The event, "Outsmarting Antibiotic Resistance," is from 3-6 p.m. on Nov. 1 at K-State Olathe and will be livestreamed on Zoom for those unable to attend in person.

 

 

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U.S-China Joint DVM Program celebrates its annual homecoming event

On June 5, Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine hosted its annual homecoming for the U.S.-China Joint DVM Program. The lone 2018 graduate, Dr. Aolei Chen, earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. The U.S.-China Joint DVM Program provides for the selection of four Chinese students each year to study for a veterinary degree in the United States. Students must complete one year in the pre-veterinary program at K-State, after which they can enroll in the four-year veterinary programs at K-State or one of its partnering schools in the U.S.