FY2009 Annual Report - University of Georgia College of Veterinary
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FY2009 Annual Report - University of Georgia College of Veterinary
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine 501 D.W. Brooks Drive Athens, Georgia 30602-7371 Return Service Requested Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Athens, Georgia Permit 11 T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f G e o r g i a College of Veterinary Medicine 2008-2009 Annual report to donors Adva n cin g kn owled g e . Providin g high qua lit y c a r e . servin g the public . 1 This publication is paid for by advertising income and private donations, and is available online at vet.uga.edu. For future mailings, if you would prefer to receive our Annual Report electronically please email us at vetnews@uga.edu and tell us what email address you would like us to notify when the publication goes online. Thank you for your support of the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. 2 Dear Alumni and Friends, On behalf of the College of Veterinary Medicine, I am proud to present a summary of our activities over fiscal year 2009. The College and University have faced unprecedented challenges over the past year as a result of the economic downturn that no doubt has affected many of you as well. I am continually inspired by how the entire CVM community -- students, staff, and faculty -- have pulled together to fulfill all of our missions, despite the hardships many are facing in their personal and professional lives. The class of 2009 entered varied careers, with more than 28-percent of our new graduates going into large or mixed animal medicine. As we have seen nationally, more than 35-percent of our graduates chose to go on for advanced study; five of those graduates chose to study pathology, laboratory animal medicine and public health, all of which are areas that currently face a severe shortage of veterinarians. Two graduates entered the U.S. Armed Forces to serve our profession and our country. We will continue to encourage our students to pursue these and other underserved areas of our profession. Our students continue to be challenged by a rapidly rising educational debt load (mean and median of $110,000 per student). The scholarships donated by many of our alumni and friends are critical to minimizing this burden. While we have much to celebrate among our students’ accomplishments, this past year also was marked with sadness as we lost a dear member of our student body, Josh Howle (DVM 2011), as a result of a tragic automobile accident. We all miss Josh dearly, as he was such a bright part of our community. Photo by Robert Newcomb Sheila W. Allen Dean The leadership of the College has seen some changes over the past year. Dr. Murray Hines has assumed the position of director for the Tifton Diagnostic Laboratory following the retirement of Dr. Sandy Baldwin, who served in that role in an exceptional manner for nine years. Dr. Karen Cornell has been named Interim Director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital after the retirement of Dr. Doug Allen, who also served in that role in an exemplary manner for 15 years. Dr. Greg Freden is the new Director of the Animal Health Research Center. In addition to these key recruits, we have many enthusiastic, talented professionals who have joined us, some of whom are highlighted in this report. Dr. Steeve Giguère joined us as the Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies. Dr. Ira Roth (DVM 1986) joined us as Director of Community Practice, through the generous support of Merial. Drs. Don Harn and Biao He are Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigators who joined us to enhance our efforts in research of infectious diseases. We are grateful to Gov. Sonny Perdue (DVM 1971) for including funds for planning our new Veterinary Medical Learning Center in his FY 2011 budget recommen3 1 Financial Report dation. We anxiously follow the debate in the General Assembly in hopes that this allocation is approved. This facility is critical for faculty retention and to increase our enrollment in the DVM program. Once the new facility is built, we will gradually boost our annual enrollment to 150. Our ability to educate and graduate more veterinarians will help provide veterinary services for our fast-growing state. The support of our alumni and friends in this effort is vital. Raising private funds for this project is crucial to its success. Our campaign to raise funds for this badly needed facility is described in this report. These are difficult economic times for everyone; nevertheless, the College and University persevere to serve all our missions in the face of decreased state funding, with deeper cuts possible in the near future. Some difficult, but necessary, budgetary decisions have been made. Faculty and staff have experienced pay cuts in the form of furloughs, while their cost of health insurance premiums increased. We have eliminated more than 50 positions in the College, thankfully through attrition (no layoffs). Throughout this process I have been deeply impressed by the spirit and dedication of our faculty, staff and students in working even harder to make sure we not only serve our missions of teaching, research, and service, but also that the College continues to progress in the realm of discovery and innovation to better serve our stakeholders. Faculty, staff and students alike have all identified measures and taken appropriate action to increase revenue wherever possible and diminish the cost of operating without negatively impacting the quality of the educational experience that has been and always will be a fundamental value at the University of Georgia. No doubt many of you have endured hardship in your professional and personal lives this past year. I am continually inspired by the achievements and dedication of our alumni who work so hard every day to bring further recognition to their families, our profession, and to themselves. Likewise, I am forever grateful for the unwavering support provided by our devoted alumni and friends, without which much of what you read about in this report would not be possible. Please let us know if you would consider receiving this report electronically, which would greatly diminish the cost of production and mailing, and allow us to direct your contributions to other alumni activities. Information about how to elect this option is provided on the back of this publication. The total annual budget for the College in FY09 was $62.3 million. To meet our budget we rely upon the income from services, state and federal support, tuition, and gifts and endowments. Please see the table below for a complete breakdown on income received and expenditures for FY09. Revenue source State support Tuition received Federal sponsored Other sponsored Income Gifts Other subsidies FY09 Rev. $28,816,679 $2,440,274 $9,755,959 $2,687,468 $15,458,318 $823,416 $2,317,226 $62,299,340 % FY 09 Rev. 46% 4% 16% 4% 25% 1% 4% FY08 Rev. $29,193,864 $2,601,400 $8,754,295 $2,540,638 $16,362,940 $953,554 $1,435,340 $61,842,031 % FY 08 Rev. 47% 4% 14% 4% 27% 2% 2% Salaries Personnel benefits Operating supplies Equipment Other FY09 Exp. $33,012,569 $7,709,909 $17,305,992 $1,324,468 $2,946,402 $62,299,340 % FY 09 Exp. 53% 12% 28% 2% 5% FY08 Exp. $31,306,754 $7,343,571 $17,957,905 $2,627,050 $2,606,571 $61,842,031 % FY 08 Exp. 51% 12% 29% 4% 4% All of us strive to sustain and improve upon the College of Veterinary Medicine’s tradition of excellence, and hope that you will take pride in your affiliation with us. We welcome your input as we work to improve in all our missions. Please call (706-5423461) or e-mail me (sallen01@uga.edu) at any time. Better yet, stop by to say hello the next time you’re in Athens! As always, thank you for your interest and support of the College. Sheila W. Allen Dean 2 3 Alumni and Friends FY09 Giving The College of Veterinary Medicine had a successful fundraising year in Fiscal Year 2009 with a total of $4,387,653 contributed in gifts and pledges from alumni and friends (compared to FY08 total of $6,824,917 raised). The College of Veterinary Medicine has one Allocation of FY09 Annual Giving Class Campaign/Reunion Giving Class of 1969 Endowments Scholarships (non-endowed) Hospital Building Fund Student Activities Alumni Activities Research Support Publications Gifts in Kind (equipment, services, etc.) Facilities and Support $2,114,756 $111,797 $301,198 $10,700 $24,635 $475,327 $26,388 $594,872 $727,980 Total $4,387,653 FY09 proved to be a great reunion giving year for the College of Veterinary Medicine, with $132,885 in class campaign totals. Gifts from the Class of 1969 totaled $38,100 (with a 27% participation rate), more than any other reunion class at the 46th Annual Veterinary Conference & Alumni Reunion. The Class of 1984 of the strongest alumni donor giving bases of came in at a close second with gifts totaling $32,040 all the schools and colleges at the University (a 34% participation rate). The Class of 1959 came of Georgia with 20% of our alumni donating, in third with $16,300 in gifts and a 32% participation the same as in FY08. Only the School of rate. Thank you, UGA CVM alums! Class of 1984 Law exceeds our alumni giving, at 23% participation in FY09. Our goal is to have at least 25% of our alumni giving annually. Class of 1959 Wingate Downs Photography Of gifts $10,000 and less from alumni to the College in FY09, 661 alumni (17% of all alumni donating) gave a total of $233,171. Sources of FY09 Annual Giving Alumni Achievement Distinguished Alumni awards were presented at the 46th Gifts restricted to the College of Veterinary Annual Veterinary Conference & Alumni Reunion held at Medicine from all UGA alums (a total of 744 the Classic Center in downtown Athens in March 2009. alums from all UGA schools and colleges) Pictured are (l to r): Dr. Sheila W. Allen (MS ’86), dean; amounted to $554,301. The graph on this page Dr. William J. Price (DVM ’68), Distinguished Alumnus shows a breakdown of donations by entity. Award; Dr. Carla Case McCorvey (DVM ’99), Young Achiever Award; Dr. Eugene T. Maddox (DVM ’59), Major Gifts/Pledges from Alumni in FY09 Distinguished Alumnus Award; Dr. Tim Montgomery Spencer H. Morrison, DVM `54 (Estate) $893,336 (DVM ’83), president, Veterinary Alumni Association. James C. Waggoner, DVM `69$100,000 Wingate Downs Photography 4 5 Serving you for more than 60 years Help us build our new Veterinary Medical Learning Center www.vet.uga.edu/giving/campaign 1 2 8 3 2 The University of Georgia 6 9 8 7 4 11 10 12 12 giving 5 College of Veterinary Medicine Ruminant Barn Naming 1 Cattle/Small Opportunities Large Animal Barn – $1 million Food Animal Handling and Treatment – $100,000 Bull Stall – $50,000 (3) Small Ruminant Stall – $10,000 (8) Barn Naming Opportunities 2 Equine Large Animal Barn – $1 million Large Animal Treatment Area – $100,000 (3) Mare and Foal Stall – $50,000 (6) Large Animal General Stall – $25,000 (85, 1 sold) 3 4 5 Large Animal ICU Naming Opportunities Equine Colic ICU – $2 million Large Animal Neonatal ICU – $1 million Colic Stall – $50,000 (4) Large Animal Receiving Naming Opportunities Large Animal Client Reception Area – $2 million Large Animal Patient Receiving Area – $250,000 Large Animal Patient Exam Area – $50,000 (4) Large Animal Client Consultation Room – $25,000 (2, 2 SOLD) Other Large Animal Naming Opportunities Large Animal Lameness Exam Area – $2 million Equine Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics Suite – $2 million Equine Farrier Area – $250,000 Contact: Kathy Bangle Director of Veterinary External Affairs 706.542.1807 give2vet@uga.edu 6 Animal Clinical, ICU, and Emergency 9 Small Services Naming Opportunities Imaging Naming Opportunities 6 Diagnostic Diagnostic Imaging Center – $5 million Small Animal Minor Radiology Room – $100,000 (2) Small Animal Major Radiology Room – $250,000 (2) Large Animal Radiology – $250,000 Small Animal Ultrasound – $100,000 (2) Large Animal Ultrasound – $250,000 CT – $750,000 MRI – $1.5 million Small Animal Intensive Care Unit – $1 million Small Animal Intermediate Care Unit – $500,000 (SOLD) Small Animal Physical Therapy Area – $250,000 Dermatology Treatment Area – $50,000 Cardiology Diagnostic Room – $50,000 Exotic Animal Medicine Suite – $500,000 Exotic Animal Treatment Area – $50,000 Exotic Animal Ward – $10,000 (4) Gait Analysis Lab – $100,000 Neurology Diagnostics Room – $250,000 Neurology Treatment Area – $50,000 Ophthalmology Suite – $500,000 Ophthalmology Exam Room – $50,000 (3, 2 SOLD) Small Animal Kennel Area – $250,000 (3) & Large Animal Surgery Naming Opportunities 7 Small Large Animal Anesthesia and Surgery Suite – $3 million Anesthesia Induction Area – $500,000 Large Animal Surgery Room – $350,000 (3) Small Animal Anesthesia/Surgery prep – $250,000 Small Animal Operating Room – $100,000 (8, 1 SOLD) Minimally Invasive Surgery Suite – $200,000 Naming Opportunities 8 Other Community Practice Clinic – $2 million Pharmacy – $750,000 Clinical Pathology Laboratory – $500,000 Slide Reading Room – $50,000 (SOLD) Departmental Office Suite – $200,000 (3) Faculty Offices – $25,000 (78, 1 SOLD) Resident and Intern Offices – $10,000 (20) Auditorium for 375 people – $500,000 Individual Seat – $500 Cafeteria – $250,000 Student Locker Rooms – $100,000 (2) Student Rounds Rooms – $25,000 (9, 6 SOLD) Pledge payments can be made over a 5-year period. Naming opportunities must be approved by the University System Board of Regents. Naming Opportunities 10 Oncology Small Animal Oncology Center – $5 million Radiation Therapy – $1 million Client Counseling Room – $50,000 Chemotherapy room – $200,000 (SOLD) Treatment/Lab Area – $200,000 Oncology Office Area and Rounds Room – $200,000 Oncology Outpatient Ward – $100,000 (2) Animal Receiving and Exam Rooms 11 Small Small Animal Client Waiting Room – $2 million 12 Small Animal Exam Room – $25,000 (28, 5 SOLD) Outdoor Public Area Naming Opportunities Dog Park – $2 million Memorial Garden – $2 million Roof Garden – $1 million CVM has a Friend in SCAV The South Carolina Association of Veterinarians (SCAV) has a long-standing tradition of making a significant difference in the lives of our students, staff and faculty at CVM. SCAV has pledged a generous $50,000 toward the building of our new Veterinary Medical Learning Center. In addition to providing more room to expand Hospital services and add new technologies, the new facility will also provide additional classroom space that will enable the CVM to boost enrollment by as much as 50-percent. SCAV officials join us each August to welcome new students at our annual White Coat Ceremony; SCAV also sponsors each white coat given to a student who calls South Carolina “home.” (l to r) Drs. Roger Troutman, Ginger Macaulay and Allen Finley from the SCAV passed out drinks at the annual GVMA BBQ (Aug. 22, 2007). Sue myers Smith A few days later, SCAV helps host our annual Back to School Barbecue, furnishing drinks for this fun event, as well as volunteers to help distribute them to students, faculty, staff and other guests. Each spring, SCAV sponsors the South Carolina Association of Veterinarians Leadership Award, two $1000 scholarships presented to second-year students who are residents of South Carolina. Each award recognizes a student who has demonstrated leadership skills and exhibits a positive and professional attitude in the field of veterinary medicine. SCAV has been a consistent donor to our College for more than 30 years. We greatly value our partnership with South Carolina veterinarians. Thank you, SCAV! 7 The 2009 White Coat Ceremony welcomed 102 new veterinary students— the Class of 2013—into the College of Veterinary Medicine, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. Sue myers Smith Great Gifts from GVMA From the time we greet our new students at the start of the fall term, throughout their educational pursuit at CVM, the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association provides a multitude of opportunities and events for our students, as well as for our faculty and staff. Each August, officers and representatives from GVMA host our annual White Coat Ceremony – a tradition GVMA helped initiate in 2001. The organization provides white coats for each new student who is a Georgia resident, GVMA’s president is the keynote speaker and the organization also sponsors the reception. A few days later, every year, GVMA hosts our annual Back to School Barbeque. In addition, GVMA provides coveralls to juniors who are on a mixed 8 animal, food animal, or equine track. Each fall, it sponsors a career fair luncheon for our large animal students. Every spring, rising seniors are each given copies of “The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult.” And the last two Februaries, the GVMA has helped CVM host a career day for our students; the event provides opportunities for resume feedback, as well as interviews for job openings and externships. GVMA’s Auxiliary supports our students and their spouses by providing five cash awards each year: Outstanding Auxiliary Member and Outstanding New Auxiliary Member, both $50 awards to spouses who have shown outstanding leadership and service; Outstanding Sophomore Student Award, $150 for exemplary academic performance and involvement in extracurricular activities; Outstanding Junior Student Award, $150 for exemplary academic performance and involvement in extracurricular activities. The Auxiliary also provides our annual Veterinarian-of-the-Year Award, $1,000 to a senior who has demonstrated professionalism, commitment and scholastic excellence. In addition, GVMA has pledged $100,000 toward the building of our new Veterinary Medical Learning Center – a facility we need greatly, as we have outgrown our current Teaching Hospital, which was built in 1979. GVMA has been a faithful partner to our College for more than 30 years. Thank you, GVMA! Uga VII pictured with Dr. Shannon Boveland, Dr. Simon Platt and Dr. Nicole Northrup. Leave a Lasting Gift in Honor of Our Friend Our dear friend and cherished mascot, Uga VII, passed away suddenly shortly before Thanksgiving. “Seven” was only four years old. And while he only served as mascot for a mere 18 months, he will live on forever in the hearts of UGA fans everywhere. Within hours of the official announcement of Uga VII’s death, donations were already pouring into the College; people who were giving toward the future of this great institution, in memory of our friend. It is well known by all who grace our doorstep that we are in great need of a new Veterinary Medical Learning Center that will include a new animal hospital. This building is needed so that we can better fulfill our mission of educating tomorrow’s veterinarians who will take care of the growing population of animals in Georgia. Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler, his wife, Cecelia Seiler, and the Seiler family – owners of all the UGA mascot “dawgs” – have urged Uga’s fans to commemorate his memory by making a gift to the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine to support our building campaign. 100 percent of your tax-deductible gift will go toward the building of our new Veterinary Medical Learning Center. Sue myers Smith Please make your check payable to: Arch Foundation; in the “memo/for” area, please reference: Veterinary Medicine Hospital Building Fund, (Uga VII). Mail your check to: Office of Development UGA College of Veterinary Medicine Athens, GA 30602 Questions? E-mail give2vet@uga.edu or call 706.542.1807 The Seilers will be informed of your generosity. On behalf of Uga VII, the Seilers, and all of us at the College, thank you! 9 Five CVM Researchers Lead Team in Discovery Involving Fish Parasite, ‘Ich’ Big Studies in Little Dogs CVM Neurology team searches for causes of ME By Kat Yancey Gilmore Confocal laser scanning image of Ich showing intracellular bacteria in red and the Ich macronucleus and micronucleus in blue. R esearchers from the College have made an unexpected dual discovery that could open new avenues for treating Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, or “Ich”, a single-celled protozoan parasite that commonly attacks freshwater fish. With the aid of whole-genome sequencing, researchers found that Ich harbors two apparently symbiotic intracellular bacteria: Bacteroides, which are usually found free-living, and Rickettsia, which are obligate intracellular bacteria. The two bacteria represent new species. Five researchers from the College’s department of infectious diseases worked on the project in collaboration with two researchers from the department of microbiology and immunology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, and a researcher from the J. Craig Venter Institute. Their initial intent was to map the genome of Ich; the DNA sequencing was done by JCVI and funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Their study is published in the December 2009 issue (Issue 23) of Applied and Environmental Microbiology with an image from the study on the cover. It was the presence of Rickettsia DNA sequences found in the initial genome data that provided scientists with a clue that bacteria might live inside of Ich. Intracellular bacteria have been described in free-living ciliates such as Paramecium, but never in Ich, which is an obligate parasite. “It was unexpected; it was stunning to find bacteria in Ich. And, it came about due to the genome sequencing,” said Dr. Harry W. Dickerson, a co-author who has been studying Ich in the veterinary college for more than 20 years and a member of the UGA Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, which has a focus on parasitic diseases, primarily of humans. “Ich occurs world-wide and is one of the most common protozoon pathogens of freshwater fish. It is easily recognized by most aquarists, and fish farmers often are confronted with massive epizootic outbreaks to devastating economic effect.” Ich (which causes “white spot disease”) is a ciliated protozoan 10 By Sue Myers Smith MRI of a small dog with ME. Arrows denote areas of brain inflammation. The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine; © 2009 parasite that bores into the skin and gills of fish where it feeds, destroying tissue and thereby blocking exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, usually leading to death of the host. Each parasite grows on the fish from roughly 40 microns, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, to approximately one millimeter in diameter, which can easily be seen as a white spot. The parasites leave the fish in about 5-6 days (a ciliate with its typical large nucleus is shown in the image). Each cell then divides multiple times to produce up to 1000 more infective organisms. The entire life cycle takes about 6-7 days. With subsequent rounds of infection the number of parasites continues to increase, and each wave of re-infection becomes more deadly than the last. By the second or third re-infection the fish population is usually overwhelmed and fish begin to die. Fish that survive mild infections can develop immunity. There are currently no drugs or chemicals that kill Ich while it resides in the fish skin or gills; they can only kill Ich when the parasite is in the water, and therefore all current therapies require a cyclical re-treatment program. The first major outbreak of Ich in North America was recorded at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Ich is a well-known problem for aqua-culturists, aquarium owners, pond owners, hobbyists and retailers of freshwater fish. People and birds can also carry the parasite, unknowingly, from pond to pond. “Work to sequence the genome of this parasitic protozoan unexpectedly revealed that bacterial DNA sequences were also present,” noted Dr. Craig Findly, one of the College’s researchers on the project. “Following up this discovery led to our demonstration that two new species of intracellular bacteria use Ich as their host. We now need to determine if these intracellular bacteria play a role in infection.” Next, the researchers will try to determine what role the two organisms play in the physiology of Ich and whether Ich remain infective if the bacteria are removed. The scientists hope their finding takes them a step closer to developing better treatments for Ich. Courtesy UGA Neurology Service M eningoencephalitis (ME) is an inflammatory disorder of the brain and its surrounding membranes that affects primarily small dogs, especially toy and terrier breeds. Dogs with ME develop neurological signs very quickly and often die due to a lack of ideal therapies. Researchers in the CVM neurology service are working to determine the causes of ME so that the disease may one day be treated more effectively and efficiently. “Trying to treat these dogs when they come into the Teaching Hospital is particularly frustrating because some of them do not respond to therapy,” said Dr. Renée Barber, a veterinarian and resident in the neurology department who is working on the study as part of her Ph.D. program. “It is hard to not be able to effectively treat your patients, so I wanted to try to understand these disorders better so we can develop more effective treatments.” CVM neurologists see two to five cases of ME per month. Typical symptoms range from mild (such as lethargy and depression) to severe (e.g., seizures, loss of balance and weakness, visual deficits and blindness), to death if left untreated. Dogs that survive a bout with ME may require lifetime therapy, and the dogs are often considered “in remission” rather than cured. “I was initially drawn to the study of idiopathic meningoencephalitis because there are some who believe these are autoimmune diseases,” explained Dr. Barber. “I have always been fascinated by autoimmune diseases since they are the result of the body attacking itself. There is so little known about autoimmune diseases, in people and dogs, that they are an important area of research.” Dr. Barber and Dr. Scott Schatzberg, the principal investigator, are currently studying two major aspects of ME: possible infectious agents involved (e.g., viruses and bacteria) and possible genetic factors that may predispose specific breeds to the disease. Through these studies, funded by the Morris Animal Foundation, the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation and the Pug Club of America, the researchers hope to find better, complementary ways to treat ME; one possibility is to modify breeding programs to eliminate the disease from certain gene pools. Their search for infections that might trigger ME has been predominantly negative. However, recent landmark work from the Schatzberg lab has identified changes on several chromosomes that likely contribute to ME in certain breeds. Work is ongoing to confirm these findings and to identify specific genetic mutations. Dr. Schatzberg credits Dr. Barber and the other neurology faculty members (Drs. Marc Kent and Simon Platt) as well as the neurology intern and residents (Drs. Amy Wood, Joe Eagleson, Courtenay Freeman, and Allison Haley) for playing a major role in the ME studies. The entire department routinely identifies cases for inclusion in the studies and works tirelessly treating the patients with ME, he said. Dr. Schatzberg believes that ME in small breed dogs is likely due to several factors. His theory is that abnormal genes lead to abnormal responses by the animal’s immune system when the dog encounters certain “triggers” in the environment; those same “triggers” might otherwise be harmless in a dog with normal genes. “Certain breeds like Pugs may develop ME because their immune response goes into overdrive and inadvertently ends up attacking the dog’s nervous system,” he said. Such a response makes this an autoimmune problem of the central nervous system, and most current treatments are aimed at blocking this abnormal immune response. Along with additional genetic studies, Dr. Schatzberg and his colleagues plan to focus their next round of ME studies on evaluating the response to new therapies. If you are interested in supporting neurology research at the College, consider making a gift to the Small Animal Medicine Fund, with instructions for the donation to benefit neurology research. Visit the Neurology Web site for further information: www.vet.uga.edu/GO/neurology.php. 11 Practical Learning for Practice Management “Sitting in the classroom and absorbing information that was totally alien to a lot CVM, SBDC partnership yields business-savvy graduates animal hospital. (This program) lets them put those theories into practice.” By Johnathan McGinty of (students) wasn’t the best way to teach them about running and managing an C Sue Myers Smith Jeff Sanford (3rd from left) from the UGA SBDC visits with Drs. Shari (left) and Jimmy Cobb (2nd from left) of Winder Corners Animal Clinic in Winder, Ga., on Oct. 7, 2009. Veterinary student Carole Amos (right), class of 2010, participated in the Veterinary Practice Management Externship with Sanford and produced a report for the Cobbs’ veterinary practice. 12 arole Amos considers herself fortunate. The fourth-year student at the College of Veterinary Medicine is close to finishing her studies and, as Amos prepares to start her career, she can draw from a wealth of previous experiences to assist her. Prior to returning to school, Amos spent several years working in the financial industry as the manager of a Charles Schwab practice. That business experience, she said, will prove valuable as she enters into professional practice, but it’s a relevant background that most veterinary students lack when they graduate. “You get so little business training in the actual core curriculum,” said Amos. “I think a lot of the students come straight from college, and they have had almost no business classes. Somehow, I guess, they think this knowledge of how to run a clinic is going to be bestowed on them. Everybody needs to have some business experience as part of their studies.” Thanks to a joint partnership between the College and UGA’s Small Business Development Center, students are able to get that experience through an externship program that focuses on the cultivation and implementation of business skills as they pertain to veterinary practices. Funded by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., the Veterinary Practice Management Externship program is based upon a simple premise: The primary focus in veterinary medical -Jeff Sanford, externship program director education deals with the science and clinical training, yet managing a practice requires an understanding of basic business skills. “Sitting in the classroom and absorbing information that was totally alien to a lot of (students) wasn’t the best way to teach them about running and managing an animal hospital,” said Jeff Sanford, the externship program director. “(This program) lets them put those theories into practice.” Students devote three to four weeks working with a particular practice in the areas of finance, budgeting, marketing, personnel and other various management-related areas. During their rotation they are given responsibilities that require them to have a hands-on role in the day-to-day business operation. This relationship is mutually rewarding. Drs. Jimmy (DVM ’88) and Shari Cobb (DVM ’87), owners of Winders Corner Animal Hospital in Winder, Ga., said students like Amos helped them identify various areas of cost savings to help increase their efficiency. “We didn’t really have anything like this, and a lot of the learning we had to do (when we graduated) came on the fly,” said Dr. Shari Cobb. “What they’re doing here is giving the students that experience before they head out into the professional world, and that’s something that we sure could have used. And that’s why this is such a valuable program.” There are also intangible benefits for practitioners that cannot be measured by statistics or performance reports, noted Dr. Mike Younker (DVM ’82), another participant. “Our benefit comes, in part, by having young blood and new ideas in the clinic,” said Younker, who co-owns Fayette Veterinary Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ga. “It’s the opportunity to connect with a prospective doctor, someone who may join your practice one day, and we get a good look at them. We also get a look at some of the new stuff being taught today and some of the new methods being used, so it brings a freshness to our office.” Motivated by their experiences, both Younker and the Cobbs gave donations to help support the program. This mutually beneficial relationship is a primary reason why the program has proven to be so successful. “The externship under Mr. Sanford’s supervision allows the students to learn about running a veterinary practice by gaining direct exposure,” said Dr. Sheila Allen, dean of the College. “In return, the practice owner gets a comprehensive analysis from an outsider’s perspective on what works well in the practice and what could be improved.” Sanford said it is that real world experience that is driving the interest. “Will they be an expert in business? Probably not, but they do get exposed to the theories, principles and best practices of animal hospitals,” Sanford said. “From my observations, it’s a whole different perspective when you’re actually in it. You’re working on your practice, rather than in your practice.” 13 Kennel Club Scholarships Purebred Thanks Kennel Club scholarships honor students, clubs, members and breeds By Kat Yancey Gilmore 14 Awarded to students from South Carolina who have demonstrated financial need and whose academic achievement is at or above the 50th percentile of their class. (Two $750 scholarships awarded annually.) A $1000 scholarship presented to a student in the College of Veterinary Medicine who is interested in practicing canine medicine and surgery and who has demonstrated financial need. (One scholarship awarded annually.) The American Kennel Club Veterinary Student Scholarship Sponsored by the American Kennel Club Griffin Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Griffin Georgia Kennel Club The Atlanta Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Atlanta Kennel Club Sue Myers Smith T Georgia Boxer Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Georgia Boxer Club A $5000 scholarship for a talented, future veterinarian selected on the basis of academic achievement and potential, activities in purebred dogs, and/or relevant research and financial need. (One scholarship awarded annually.) Hazel Ayers and Dean Sheila W. Allen at the April 2009 Honors and Awards Celebration. he gift of scholarship is one that will forever be engraved in the memory of the lucky and deserving student who receives it, but when it comes to kennel club scholarships, it’s also a gift that keeps on giving in a multitude of ways. Each year, for as long as anyone can remember, 10 area kennel clubs (see list) have given scholarship awards every spring to CVM students who meet each club’s criteria. An eleventh club, the Spartanburg Kennel Club, long ago endowed a fund and gives an annual scholarship from its proceeds. An Honors and Awards committee, comprised of faculty and students, makes all of the decisions about scholarship recipients. “The Kennel Club awards add up to easily more than $225,000 just in the last 10 years, and that does not include the scholarship awards from the endowed fund,” said Kathy Bangle, director of veterinary external affairs for the College. “The College greatly appreciates the clubs making these scholarships available to the students each year, and the students are grateful that we are able to offer a wide variety of scholarships to help fund their veterinary education.” The clubs give for many reasons, but in all cases the award stems from their members’ love of dogs and their collective desire to help and to encourage a Spartanburg Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Spartanburg Kennel Club small animal veterinary student who has a fondness for dogs and a desire to pursue canine medicine. For some clubs, the annual scholarship gift is also an opportunity to pay tribute to a departed member who was active in the club and the canine community during his or her lifetime. The Atlanta Kennel Club, founded in 1900, gives four $2000 scholarships each year in the names of former members. When a member dies, the club’s board decides whether to give a scholarship in that member’s name, explained Janet Lucree, who has served as the club’s treasurer for the last seven years. “These are members who have contributed a lot to the dog community, so the club is honoring them in that way,” Lucree said. The Atlanta Kennel Club scholarships are given in the names of: J. Wen Lundeen, Herman and Judy Fellton, Roy L. Ayers, Asa Mays DVM, and Gloria and Paul Karelson. Ayers was president of the Atlanta Kennel Club for five years, served as vice-president for five years, and on the board of directors for more than 25 years; he also served as the club’s delegate to the American Kennel Club. In addition, Ayers was an all-breed judge for the American Kennel Club and was considered one of the nation’s top breeders and exhibitors of collies from the late 1940s through the early 1970s. Following his death in 1993, the club honored him with their first Lifetime Achievement Award and the board named a scholarship in his memory. “It was a surprise. It was a wonderful honor,” recalled his daughter, Linda Ayers Turner Knorr. Knorr and her brother, Roy L. Ayers Jr., are AKC judges, just like their father. At the time of his death, Ayers was recognized by the American Kennel Club as one of only eight allbreed judges in the United States. “Advancing veterinary science to promote better breeding programs for healthy animals was at the top of my father’s agenda,” said Knorr. “Since their two children attended the University of Georgia, my parents were avid Bulldog fans. Being honored with a scholarship in his name by the Atlanta Kennel Club would truly delight my father.” “The Atlanta Kennel Club’s Delegate to the American Kennel Club, Ann Wallin, brings my mother to the CVM Annual Awards dinner every year. It is a highlight of the year for Mother to meet the exceptional students who earn the Roy Ayers Scholarship. How wonderful it is to see these all-breed dog clubs recognize that there is no better way to invest in the future of their sport than to educate those responsible for the health of their animals,” Knorr said. (continued on pg. 16) Four memorial scholarships in the amount of $2000 each, honoring distinguished deceased members who have made a significant contribution to the Atlanta Kennel Club and to the sport of purebred dogs. These scholarships are awarded annually to veterinary students at the University of Georgia who are residents of the state of Georgia. Recipients have demonstrated interest in canine medicine with special consideration given to those who are involved in the sport of purebred dogs. These scholarships are in memory of J. Wen Lundeen, Roy L. Ayers, Herman and Judy Fellton, Asa Mays DVM, and Gloria and Paul Karelson. (Four scholarships awarded annually.) Conyers Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Conyers Kennel Club A $2000 scholarship presented to a resident of Georgia (preference given to resident of Rockdale, Newton or Henry Counties) who intends to practice veterinary medicine in Georgia and who has demonstrated financial need. (Scholarship is renewable each year the student is enrolled in the CVM and remains in good standing; new scholarships are awarded as students graduate.) Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta Scholarship Sponsored by the Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta A $500 scholarship presented to a student expressing an interest in canine medicine and surgery who plans to go into small animal practice upon graduation. (One scholarship awarded annually.) A $1500 scholarship presented to a student who has demonstrated financial need as well as a sincere interest in working in the field of canine medicine and surgery in Georgia. Special consideration will be given to students who graduated from high school in the following counties and who plan to return to practice veterinary medicine: Spalding, Lamar, Pike, Henry, Upson, Monroe and Clayton. (One scholarship awarded annually.) Lawrenceville Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Lawrenceville Kennel Club Three scholarships of $1000 each, presented to three students in the College of Veterinary Medicine who have demonstrated financial need and a sincere concern and interest in canine veterinary medicine. (Three scholarships awarded annually.) Newnan Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Newnan Kennel Club Scholarships in the amount of $1500 awarded to third-year students who are residents of Georgia (preference to residents of Coweta County), who have demonstrated financial need as well as a sincere interest in working in the area of canine medicine and surgery. (Two scholarships awarded annually.) Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Sawnee Kennel Club A scholarship in the amount of $1500 awarded to a student who has demonstrated financial need as well as a sincere interest in working in the field of canine medicine and surgery in Georgia. Special consideration given to students who graduated from high school in the following counties: Forsyth, Dawson, Cherokee, Pickens, Hall, Lumpkin, White, Banks and Habersham. (One scholarship awarded annually.) Douglasville Kennel Club Scholarship Sponsored by the Douglasville Kennel Club A $1000 scholarship awarded to a student who grew up or attended high school in one of the following counties: Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson or Paulding, and who has an interest in practicing small animal veterinary medicine in a similar community following graduation. The scholarship is renewable each year through the senior year as long as the recipient remains in good standing. (New scholarships are awarded as students graduate.) 15 Roy Ayers Club members also recognize the importance of supporting the College, and of having it as a resource to all animals and their owners who live in the area, said the representatives we talked to. “The kennel club members wanted to support the school and they realized it was an investment in the future and in the veterinarians who will be coming out into practice,” noted Gail LaBerge, an active member of the Lawrenceville Kennel Club for more than 20 years. “I call it preparing our future veterinarians, because eventually you lose the veterinarians you start with because they do retire, and we want to encourage the students. There is a great deal of cost in becoming a veterinarian now.” LaBerge, who is also active with the Atlanta Kennel Club and the Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta, enjoys attending the annual awards banquet because she gets to interact with CVM students. “I’m always so impressed with their intelligence and with the broad spectrum of their interests and the things they have done and that they are planning to do,” she said. Many of the clubs also give back to their community in other ways. Atlanta Kennel Club helps junior handlers (10 to 18 years old) cover expenses to dog shows, and they also match scholarships that are awarded by the American Kennel Club to junior handlers entering college, said Lucree. In addition to providing scholarship money to CVM students, the Conyers Kennel Club is very active in its local community. “As Conyers Kennel Club is a nonprofit organization, we like to give back to the community,” said Merry Carol Houchard, who has been active with the Conyers club for more than 20 years. “We support 4-H club camp students, a family at Fort McPherson at Christmas and the Rockdale Food Bank. We also bought a drug dog for the Newton County Sheriff’s Department and bullet proof vests for dogs who work in law enforcement in Rockdale, Henry and Newton counties.” The Conyers club gives $2,000 each year to a student who hails from their tri-county area, or who would like to practice their tri-county area. The club then renews the scholarship for each year the student is enrolled in the CVM, as Roy Ayers Ayers family photo (from left to right): Jim Knorr, Hazel Ayers, Linda Ayers Turner Knorr, Todd Turner, Roy Ayers and Roy L. Ayers Jr. 16 long as the student keeps up his or her grades and continues to meet the club’s scholarship qualifications. Only Conyers and the Douglasville Kennel Club give awards that are automatically renewed each year the student qualifies. Houchard says that while this can be a significant annual financial commitment for the club, the arrangement allows Conyers’ members to get to know each scholarship recipient because they follow the student throughout all or most of his or her veterinary education. “They interact with the club; they come to the shows; they come to the Christmas party. They have a good relationship with the club and club members, which the club members really appreciate,” said Houchard, who added that the club’s ties to the College are strengthened, too. “We like to know what our students are learning, and in return the kennel club can teach the students more about purebred dogs.” Cheryl Bettis, now a third-year veterinary student, received the Conyers Kennel Club Scholarship in 2009. She has a desire to learn more about purebred dogs, their specific medical issues and the concerns of breeders, since she anticipates having breeders as future clients. Bettis said knowing the scholarship is renewed each year is “an immense financial relief”; she is also grateful for the chance to build relationships with the members. “It is especially helpful for students like me who have to borrow all they can for living expenses. I appreciate the generosity of the club members in helping support me through my education,” Bettis said. “I try to send them an email update once per month to their newsletter list-serv and some members will communicate with me through those emails as well. I do hope to remain in contact with the club members in the coming years.” Kennel club members who wish to leave a bequest to the College, or clubs that wish to endow a scholarship fund or make scholarships available to CVM students should contact our Development office at 706.542.1807 or give2vet@uga.edu. Roy L. Ayers pictured with Ch. Conrad’s Music Maestro, named “Best Collie in the South” and chosen by Dog World Magazine to represent the Breed Standard of perfection. Always breeder, owner handled, Ayers’ Conrad Collie Kennels produced many of the country’s topwinning collies beginning in the late 1940s. 17 The Gift of Scholarship ‘Dreesen Scholarship’ aims for the middle of the pack ment of Health; he also served as a veterinary scientist for the World Health Organization. In 1975, WHO sent Dr. Dreesen to the Caribbean for two years, where he worked in several countries (Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent) toward the control and prevention of rabies in vampire bats, mongoose and domestic animals. Dr. Dave Dreesen continued his public health and rabies work once he joined the College and, with the help of his students, conducted many of the clinical trials that would ultimately lead to the development of pre-exposure rabies vaccines. He also conducted research on toxoplasma in swine and campylobacter in poultry, and on the transmission of these pathogens to humans. Dr. Dreesen said he always enjoyed interacting with students who were, like him, interested in the non-traditional areas of veterinary medicine. Following his retirement, he continued to give lectures and also helped create the College’s DVM-MPH dual degree program. The Dreesens’ retirement years have been busy, too. From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Dave Dreesen served as the executive vice president of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. He also served on the board of directors for the UGA Alumni Association from 2005 to 2008. In 2000, he was awarded the AVMA Public Service Award for outstanding contributions to public health and regulatory veterinary medicine. In 1995, the College recognized him as a Distinguished Alumnus. Dr. Dave Dreesen chairs his local planning and zoning commission and serves as president of their homeowners’ association. Both Dreesens are active in select UGA activities including the President’s Club and the Heritage Society. They are members of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art, enjoy concerts at Hodgson Hall, and are season ticket holders to UGA football, baseball and basketball games. They both continue to enjoy travel and are avid readers. And then of course, there is the immense joy of their four grandchildren! By Liz Dalton Courtesy of Drs. David and Libby Dreesen T hat middle-of-the-road veterinary student – one who exhibits great potential and needs just a little financial help – is the kind of student Dr. David W. Dreesen (DVM ’60) and his wife, Dr. Alice “Libby” Mewborn Dreesen (DVM ’58) desire to help forevermore, by bequeathing a scholarship known as the “Dr. David Walter Dreesen Scholarship Fund.” “Each year we would go to the ‘Honors and Awards Celebration’ program and scholarships were always awarded at that time; it seemed like they went to the top academic students in the class, occasionally others,” said Dr. Dave Dreesen, who retired from the College of Veterinary Medicine faculty in 1998. “Having been in the median area of my class myself, I thought (others) needed to be taken care of in that median area as well.” In his will, Dr. Dreesen is leaving the College an endowed scholarship to benefit a veterinary student entering his/her third year, who can demonstrate financial need and whose grade point average is in the middle 10-percent of the second year class. The Dreesens liked the ease of giving to the College this way. They also liked that by endowing a scholarship, and setting the parameters for it, they could ensure their award would honor a student who might otherwise be overlooked every year in perpetuity. 18 Dr. Alice “Libby” Mewborn Dreesen (DVM ’58) and Dr. David W. Dreesen (DVM ’60) Having been married while attending the College, the Dreesens said they had considerable debt upon graduation, so they well understand the need for any financial support that may be available. They both also know that the growing prominence of the College has made it a more competitive environment and a more expensive place to study. Both are also very proud of the College and all the ways they have witnessed it change through the years, especially Dr. Libby Dreesen, who was the seventh woman to graduate from the College. The gift of a scholarship allows them to help others get an education at an institution they both believe in and to which both are dedicated. Dr. Dave Dreesen joined the faculty in 1977 and retired from the department of medical microbiology (now the department of infectious diseases). Dr. Libby Dreesen spent much of her career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, specializing in poultry. She also did relief work in small animal clinics in North Atlanta area and helped her husband establish the first veterinary clinic at the Atlanta Humane Society when he was the organization’s executive director from 1971 to 1975. Their daughter, Laura Light, is a registered veterinary technician and a nurse supervisor in the College’s Small Animal Teaching Hospital. Before joining the College faculty, Dr. Dreesen had been employed by the USDA and the Georgia Depart- Leave A Legacy... Remember the College of Veterinary Medicine in your estate plan! If you decide to include the College in your will, IRA, life insurance, etc., you may use this official language: I give, devise, and bequeath to the Arch Foundation for the University of Georgia, a non-profit corporation duly existing under the laws of the state of Georgia and located at Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, _______% of estate or $_______ to be used for the benefit of the College of Veterinary Medicine. If the College is included in your plan, PLEASE let us know! We’d like to personally thank you for your support. For more information, please call us at (706) 542-1807, e-mail us at give2vet@uga.edu, or visit www.vet.uga.edu/giving. The UniversiTy of GeorGia College of Veterinary Medicine Chuck and Brenda Horton have proudly designated the College of Veterinary Medicine in their estate plan. Brenda advised more than 2,000 students in the Academic Affairs Office before retiring in 2003. 19 Quite a Quest Leave a Legacy Brick by Brick and Step by Step Equine veterinarian honors peers ‘Step by Step’ By Kat Yancey Gilmore Kathy Reid Bangle R espect for his peers, love of equine history and the desire to share those traits while also educating today’s budding equine practitioners have combined forces to help drive Dr. Jim Woods (DVM ’71) toward an ambitious goal. A few years ago, Dr. Woods began participating in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s “Brick by Brick and Step by Step” program of purchasing plaques, adorned with horseshoes, to help raise money toward a new Veterinary Medical Learning Center. His goal was to buy one plaque to honor each president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) -by his own estimate that will take 15 years! “Unless someone else wants to help,” he said laughing. “My intention is to continue to do this myself.” Dr. Woods, a retired equine veterinarian who spent much of his career working with racehorses, originally intended to accomplish his goal anonymously, then changed his mind. “Sometimes if you show what others have done it helps people understand the need for giving back to the university,” he said. What he liked about the “Brick by Brick and Step by Step” program was that it gave him an outlet to honor leaders in the equine veterinary profession, while simultaneously allowing him to contribute toward CVM’s goal of raising $15 million to help build a new Veterinary Medical Learning Center. Dr. Woods also found the program to be a good outlet for recognizing fellow classmates; he has coordinated the purchase of bricks to honor deceased members of the CVM’s Class of 1971. “This is something we could do to honor (our classmates who have died),” Dr. Woods said, adding that the experience was also one of fellowship: “… it is also a tribute to our class bond, having been together for those years.” 20 Dr. James R. (Jim) Woods (DVM ’71) and Carol Spencer Woods (AB ’68) visiting the CVM before the Georgia-LSU football game, Oct. 3, 2009. Dr. Woods said he personally knew 10 to 15 of the AAEP presidents, and that he also belonged to other equinerelated organizations, including the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association, yet he never took on an active role in any organization. “I worked too hard,” he laughed, with a note of regret. “I just always felt that I should have been more (involved). It was difficult for me with my schedule to be more involved than I was.” Now, he said, he would encourage veterinarians to be as involved as they can be in veterinary organizations. “I think that many times the people you meet in vet school and your colleagues are the people who best understand you and your family,” he said, emphasizing that these are the people who can relate to your circumstances both professionally and personally. Dr. Woods spent most of his career working in Pennsylvania, Florida and other regions of the country with an active horse racing circuit; in 2002, he and his wife, Carol, returned to Georgia. They now live on a farm. Retirement has enabled Dr. Woods to find time for both his horses and his community. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Harris County Chamber of Commerce; is active with the Harris County Rotary Club; is a member of the Friends of the Harris County Library and chairs the Harris County Republican Party. He and his wife own DCD Rivercat, a Quarter Horse and one of the top cutting horses in the United States. “I’m from Harris County,” he declared with enthusiasm. “I was always going to come home!” Buy a brick or horseshoe to honor or memorialize a pet, family member or friend, recent graduate, family veterinarian, or your practice. Brick tiles and horseshoes are displayed prominently on the walls of the current teaching hospital; they will be moved to the new Veterinary Medical Learning Center once it is built. Red Brick – 4”x8”; $250 (inscribe up to 3 lines; up to 14 characters per line) Black Brick – 8”x8”; $500 (inscribe up to 6 lines; up to 14 characters per line) Replicas for your display -- $45 Black horseshoe -- $500 (inscribe up to 3 lines; up to 14 characters per line) Copper horseshoe -- $1,000 (inscribe up to 3 lines; up to 14 characters per line) Silver horseshoe -- $2,000 (inscribe up to 6 lines; up to 14 characters per line) For more information: 706.542.1807 http://www.vet.uga.edu/giving/campaign.php Past AAEP Presidents honored thus far by Dr. Jim Woods: Dr. Marion L. Scott*; 1955 Dr. Willard F. Guard*; 1956 Dr. Horace N. Davis*; 1957 Dr. Edwin M. Churchill*; 1958 Dr. Wayne O. Kester*; 1959 Dr. Jordon Woodcock*; 1960 Dr. M. B. Teigland; 1961 Dr. William O. Reed*; 1962 Dr. Jack K. Robbins; 1963 Dr. William R. McGee; 1964 Dr. Ora R. Adams*; 1965 Dr. Joseph E. Burch*; 1966 Dr. R. Scott Jackson*; 1967 Dr. Dean D. Lusk*; 1982 Dr. Delano L. Proctor, Jr.; 1983 Dr. Joseph C. O’Dea*; 1984 Dr. Frank J. Milne*; 1985 Dr. Thomas E. Dunkin*; 1986 Dr. Thomas D. Brokken; 2006 Sea Skippa Doc, or “Skip” American Quarter Horse; age 7 Owner: Marsha Powell Dawsonville, Georgia W e own a small ranch in Montana, and we also live in Georgia. We haul our horses out West and back every year. In 2006, when Skip came off the trailer in Montana he was lame on his left rear leg. I gave him some rest time to see if he would heal on his own, but he did not. All that summer we were in and out of veterinary clinics, and we were given a variety of diagnoses and treatments. I even took him to an equine chiropractor; nothing seemed to help. My heart was truly broken, as I was afraid I had forever lost my friend to this lameness; we had ridden together through 24 of our 50 states. Upon arriving back in Georgia in November, my veterinarian suggested that we go to the UGA Large Animal Teaching Hospital to see if they could solve Skip’s lameness problem. Skip got a basic exam, then had x-rays and an ultrasound done. The tests revealed Skip had a deep tissue tear in his left rear pastern. I was told to keep him on stall rest for six months, hand walking him only, and that Skip was not to be ridden or allowed to run for a year. We made quite a few trips back to UGA, but Skip seemed to improve with each one. After his year of rest I began riding Skip again. I am so very grateful for the team at the Teaching Hospital for making the correct diagnosis and for giving me back my wonderful Skip to ride and love and enjoy. *Deceased 21 Sue Myers Smith Equine Expert, Extraordinary Teacher Meet UGA CVM’s first Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies By Sue Myers Smith Dr. Steeve Giguère, Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies, photographed for the 2009 Annual Report on Dec. 1, 2009. D r. Steeve Giguère’s interest in equine medicine arose With more than 70 refereed papers to his credit — more from growing up around horses. However, his inthan half of those on various diseases and conditions affecting terest in research really took off after seeing some foals — as well as numerous book chapters and a book on anunusual cases of partial paralysis in foals. As an intern, Dr. timicrobial therapies, Dr. Giguère has researched everything Giguère encountered several foals infected with Rhodococfrom vaccines to diagnosis and treatment of infections such as cus equi that presented with abscesses compressing their spinal R. equi, a treatable pathogen that seldom affects adult horses. cords. R. equi typically manifests as pneumonia with abscesses He recently has focused on how to treat foals infected with in the lungs, but in these cases, the compression caused by the antimicrobial-resistant strains of the disease, and also on trying abscesses paralyzed the foals’ hind limbs. Dr. Giguère became to better understand why it is that foals are susceptible to the fascinated with the pathogen and, as a result, published a sepathogen while adults are resistant. His other research areas ries of case studies; he also have included the use of made it the topic of his antimicrobials in horses “The main reason (I was interested in working at doctoral research. and the study of cardioDr. Giguère, the first UGA) was that many people work in similar areas vascular monitoring in recipient of the Margueneonatal foals. rite Thomas Hodgson of research -- inflammation, immunity and infectious His teaching credenChair of Equine Studies tials are equally impresat the University of Geor- diseases-- so there will be more opportunities for sive, and he has received gia College of Veterinary numerous teaching team work and collaboration. Medicine, has since beawards stretching from come an award-winning his days as a resident at -Steeve Giguère, researcher and teacher, New Bolton all the way Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies most recently receiving to the highest veterinary the Intervet/Scheringteaching honor bestowed Plough Animal Health Applied Equine Research Award at the each year: the Carl Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher World Equine Veterinary Association Congress held in GuaAward, which he received from the veterinary college at the rujá-SP, Brazil in September. He comes to the College from University of Florida in 2006. the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, “Dr. Giguère is a talented researcher, teacher, and cliniwhere he was a professor of large animal medicine and head of cian — a genuine triple threat,” said Dr. Andrew Parks, head of the neonatal unit. the College’s department of large animal medicine. For Dr. Giguère, teaching was not his original intent, but “The main reason (I was interested in working at UGA) was rather a manifestation of a self-discovery. that many people work in similar areas of research — inflamma“I always intended to work in an equine practice after vettion, immunity and infectious diseases — so there will be more operinary school. However, during my internship I really enjoyed portunities for team work and collaborations,” said Dr. Giguère. teaching students and I decided to pursue advanced training in His education has taken him from the University of Monorder to remain in an academic environment,” he said, adding: treal, where he completed his doctorate in veterinary medicine “There is nothing more gratifying than seeing the evolution of and internship in equine medicine and surgery, to the Univera veterinary student from their first day on clinics, when they sity of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center for a residency, then have much theoretical knowledge that they do not know how back to Canada to complete a Ph.D. in veterinary microbiolto apply, to their last rotation, when they have evolved into ogy and immunology at the Ontario Veterinary College at the astute young clinicians.” University of Guelph. 22 23 Flint Buchanan Foal Research may also help Human Infants Goal is new treatment, better survival rate By Sue Myers Smith R esearchers at the College are studying the role of cortisol and how it may help boost the survival rate in critically ill foals. Their findings could also help critically ill human infants. When a foal, or a human infant, is stressed by an infection, the brain normally releases a hormone that stimulates the release of cortisol from the adrenal gland to help the body cope with that stress and fight the infection. Cortisol is a steroid that mobilizes sugars to give you energy, helps control blood pressure, and helps keep the immune system in check so that it does not overreact to illness. Sometimes the body does not respond to stress appropriately, causing a sick patient to show low blood cortisol levels, a condition known as “relative adrenal insufficiency” (RAI). When the patient develops RAI due to a serious infection, it is known as “critical-illness-related cortisol insufficiency” (CIRCI). CIRCI is associated with higher likelihood of mortality, but studies in adult humans have demonstrated reduced death rates when these patients are supplemented with a synthetic cortisol called hydrocortisone. Dr. Michelle Barton and Dr. Kelsey Hart have performed a series of research projects to determine if supplementing CIRCI foals with synthetic cortisol leads to a higher likelihood of positive outcomes, and to determine proper dosage for optimal results. Their work is shedding new light on the old concept of using steroids to help the body fight infection, explained Dr. Barton, the Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair in the large animal medicine department. Drs. Barton and Hart, a large animal internal 24 medicine clinician and a Ph.D. candidate, are hoping to find an inexpensive treatment that will increase the likelihood of survival and also decrease complications. Their efforts have culminated in a multi-center, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial involving collaborators from the University of Florida, Cornell University, Texas A&M University, Auburn University and several private equine practices around the country. Funding for this ambitious project has come from several sources, notably the National Institutes of Health, the Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation in Louisville, Ky., and the American Quarter Horse Association. Assuming the participation in the study reaches between 80 and 100 foals over the coming foaling season, they hope to have publishable results in about a year. During this clinical trial, when one of the study centers admits a foal that is in septic shock, they will check to see if it fits the study’s criteria. If it fits the criteria and the owner is willing to participate, the foal will be enrolled in the study and it will receive treatment according to the study’s protocol. The clinicians at the treatment center will not know whether they are administering a vial of hydrocortisone or a placebo such as saline — this is the “blind” part of the study — and they will report their results to Drs. Barton and Hart for analysis. Because the clinicians are “blinded” during the study, they do not know which foals are in the control group and which foals are in the treatment group, so a potential bias cannot influence the outcome of the study. The patients’ owners are “blinded” as well, since they will not know which form of treatment their foal received. The Courtesy of Dr. Kelsey Hart Dr. Kelsey Hart, left, and Dr. Michelle Barton, right, draw blood from a foal. Support Equine Research If you would like to support equine research at the College, please make a donation to our For the Love of the Horse Equine Endowment Fund. For more information visit www.vet.uga.edu/giving/fund_brochures.php#equine or call 706.542.1807. foals in both the control group and the treatment group will receive the same additional forms of treatment and supportive care that would be given routinely. Dr. Hart, who completed her residency at the College in 2008, said she never thought she’d pursue a graduate degree in physiology, and never dreamed that she would love lab work or be able to obtain funding for veterinary research from the NIH — a feat that is “notoriously difficult.” “I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to do my graduate work in the lab of Dr. Barton and Dr. Jim Moore [a professor of large animal medicine] here at UGA,” said Dr. Hart. “In addition to the top-rate and diverse basic science and clinical research going on in the large animal medicine department, the degree of cooperation and collaboration among researchers here is second to none.” Researchers often need start-up funding to perform preliminary studies, the results from which can be used to apply for grants to help fund more extensive studies. In this Dr. Hart examining a sick neonatal foal case, the “White Fox Farm Fund” at the College (given by Karen and Dewey White) provided the initial funding for these studies. As Dr. Hart and Dr. Barton wrote grant applications for their subsequent studies, they found that their early data spoke for itself: they received funding from every organization they applied to, and actually had to turn down some of the grants they received. But, without that seed money from the College’s fund, none of this would have been possible. “I have been astounded by the scope of research we have covered over the past four years,” said Dr. Hart. “These studies have opened up opportunities for collaboration with researchers in animal science and pharmacology at several other universities and private practices, as well as with a human criticalist and a human neonatologist who conduct similar research in people. I am thrilled by the chance to work in conjunction with such a wide range of brilliant and wellrespected researchers at this stage in my career.” 25 Utterly Sustainable Prison partnership provides training ground for all parties Dr. Michael Overton UGA CVM students Estella Hovland (far left), Rachael Bodiford (center left), Dr. Isaiah Smith (center right) and Lauralyn Marshall (right) give fluids to the cow after conducting a field surgery to repair the cow’s displaced abomasum. By Kat Yancey Gilmore F or more than two decades, UGA veterinarians have provided veterinary care and management oversight for the livestock herds that feed Georgia’s prisoners. It started in 1986 as an agreement between the Georgia Department of Corrections and Cooperative Extension, and was aimed at boosting efficiency of the state’s swine herds. Within a few years, the agreement followed an associate professor who relocated from the College of Agriculture to the CVM. Nurtured by the CVM’s department of population health, the partnership has blossomed into oversight of the state’s swine, beef and dairy herds. In October 2007, the program jumped the state line to form a new pairing with the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The South Carolina agreement calls for the CVM to provide consulting services to help manage the state’s dairy herd—approximately 500 cows, of which about 275 are milked twice daily. The program is already growing. South Carolina is building a new dairy, slated to open in November 2010, that will allow the system to expand the herd so that 1,000 cows can be milked daily, said Herbert Dew, Branch Chief for Agriculture for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. “The milk produced in Wateree is homogenized, pasteurized, fortified 26 with vitamins A and D and reduced to 2-percent fat content, then packaged in six-gallon containers,” explained Dew. The milk leaves Wateree, travels to a central warehouse in Columbia, and is then distributed to the state’s 29 prisons, providing milk for 24,000 inmates. “The dairy has a mandate to be self-sufficient and the goal is to create a large, modern dairy similar to the best private herds in the area,” explained Dr. Michael Overton, an associate professor who, along with veterinary students, provides the CVM’s consulting services for the dairy herds in both states. About once every six weeks, Dr. Overton, Dr. Isaiah Smith, who is a Food Animal Health Management graduate student, and three to four fourth-year veterinary students travel the three-and-a-half hours one-way to Wateree. It’s an overnight journey, allowing time for the students to help provide care and treatment to ailing animals, as well as training to inmates and staff. A local veterinarian, who provides routine care to the herd, interacts with the students and Dr. Overton, and also sits in on the training sessions. Dr. Overton, who joined the CVM faculty about four years ago from UC-Davis, has noticed a growing trend that could yield a side benefit to rural areas having dif- ficulty attracting veterinarians to serve their large and small animal communities. “Most of the students that we take on dairy visits are those on a food or large animal track. But what I am noticing, and am pretty happy about, is we are creating enough interest in mixed track or even small animal students participating because they want to learn more, and they are having fun,” he said. “So in the past we have offered two dairy rotations, but next year I have had to offer three to get everybody in.” Students also participate in site visits throughout Georgia to farms that keep swine and beef herds, overseen by other instructors in the department of population health. “Many of the concepts of population health management are similar among beef, dairy and swine management,” said Dr. Overton. He reminds every student that a food animal rotation is different than a rotation in the Teaching Hospital. “Our emphasis is taking a step back and looking at animals on a population basis and understanding how do we manage, how do we house, and how do we feed the population to minimize the risk to the individual. So that is the training opportunity; the preventive management approach of nutrition, housing, and implementing management protocols,” he said. “Institutional herds offer unique challenges and opportunities as compared to privately owned herds, and usually have fewer time constraints. When visiting a private herd and working with the owner operator, time tends to be more limited and it is imperative that we are more efficient with our work. They are very interested in increasing milk production and overall profitability,” Dr. Overton said. “We visit one of our private herds every other week. We see the Georgia prison herd on a regular basis as well, but it’s a larger herd. They milk about 1,700 cows three times a day and it’s a very well-run herd, so the students get a chance to see a variety of levels of production.” At institutionally owned dairies there is a need for ongoing training; prison administration is interested in the bottom-line, but inmates who work the dairy do not get a pay incentive, and there is a lot of turnover with inmate labor. The need for on-going training provides additional learning opportunities for the students who not only prepare the training materials but also conduct the training sessions. “(The dairy rotation) taught me about the dairy industry as more than just (providing) the medicine for treating sick animals but (also) how to evaluate the production system and make suggestions for improvements” said Rachael Bodiford, a fourth-year veterinary student on a mixed-track. “My favorite part of the program was that we, the students, were encouraged to work on problems alone and make suggestions that were then evaluated by Dr. Overton.” Because the work opportunities differ between the dairies, the students have different learning opportunities based Dr. Michael Overton UGA CVM students Justine Bolyard (left), Estella Hovland (center) and Brandon Pinson (right) present a talk on dystocia management to a local veterinarian, inmates and prison staff at a prison in Wateree, S.C. on whether they travel to Wateree or to the Georgia prison dairy in Reidsville. “In Georgia, we do the hands-on stuff: the pregnancy evaluations, the surgeries, treating sick cows. With the South Carolina herd we may do a little bit of that in conjunction with the local veterinarian but most of what we do is training and protocol implementation and monitoring,” said Dr. Overton. The CVM-prison partnership programs offer side benefits, too. “We are able to teach inmates job skills while producing food products at a cost savings to the taxpayers of the state,” said Joe English, the state farm administrator for the Georgia Department of Corrections. “We strive to produce the products that we can grow and process at a savings as compared to purchasing from outside entities. With the central warehouse and distribution system in place we can use our combined buying power to secure favorable prices for products that we are unable to produce. The menu and inventory system allows us to forecast future needs thus allowing time for efficient production.” The College also hopes to develop opportunities for ongoing, collaborative research at both prison programs. To date, the Georgia Department of Corrections has participated in a few clinical research projects and both prison systems have indicated a willingness to have their herds participate in research projects in the future. “The agreement that exists between the DOC and CVM is an example of government doing what is right,” said English. “The CVM gains access to a large teaching laboratory in a commercial setting. Corrections gains access to a group of very knowledgeable professionals to assist with the management of a very large and diverse agricultural operation.” 27 Honor Roll of Donors for July 1, 2008–June 30, 2009 University Partners Donors of $1,500–2500 or greater to the College and $1,000 to the President’s Venture Fund. Dr. and Mrs. Chester W. Anderson B. J. Butler and Elizabeth B. Butler Dr. Doris Marie Miller-Liebl Dr. and Mrs. William G. McCart Ms. Mary McDonald Ms. Swann Seiler Heritage Society Donors who have included the College of Veterinary Medicine in their estate plan. Anonymous 6 Dr. Samuel R. Adams Jr. Ms. Lizbeth Luke Andrews Dr. Wayland D. Andrews Stan and Lana Augustus Ms. Sylvia E. Bailey Jeff Bangle and Kathy Reid Bangle Dr. and Mrs. Needham B. Bateman III Dr. Richard B. Best Dr. and Mrs. Horace G. Blalock Jr. Carol H. Bugh on behalf of Kodi (canine) John and Jeanne Capozzi Dr. Jerry L. Case Mrs. Kathy Clark Larry M. Clarkson Dr. Wayne Allen Crowell Drs. David W. and Alice M. Dreesen Ms. Kathy G. Gestar James L. Gillis Jr. Shelley Griffitts Dr. E. Ray Griner Dr. Sara Thomas Hall Dr. Ralph E. Hitt Chuck and Brenda Horton Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. C. Edwin Jordan Dr. Clyde W. Jordan Helen E. Jordan, DVM, PhD Dr. Bonnie Ballard Kershaw Mr. James E. King Robert D. Kline and Miriam S. Kline Dr. Melissa A. Kling-Newberry Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lafferty Mrs. Patricia H. Lancaster Dr. and Mrs. James Curtis Lee Dr. John N. Maxwell IV Dr. Don W. McMillian, Jr. Ms. Barbara B. Miller Ms. Julia W. Morgan *Dr. Spencer H. Morrison Ms. Linda Oakley Barbara D. and Roger B. Orloff Mrs. Eleanor L. Parr Dr. and Mrs. George W. Patton, Jr. Drs. Keith W. and Susan W. Prasse Dr. Jean E. Sander Mr. Lee Scheinman 28 Ms. Betty R. Schmidt Mrs. Barbara Edwards-Scott David K. Selleck and Betsy Selleck Dr. Raymond Eugene Shuffler Dr. Craig F. Smith Norman M. Stoker and R. June Stoker *Thomas J. Swanson, Jr. and Marylee Swanson Mrs. Susan Stanton Todd Dr. Michael J. Topper Mrs. Germaine Whittaker Ms. Faith Towles Williams Ms. Paulette Williams President’s Club Founding Members These alumni and friends of the College of Veterinary Medicine joined the President’s Club during the first 25 years of its existence. Founding members supported the College with a pledge of at least $10,000 over a 10-year period or a commitment of at least $25,000 through a planned or deferred gift. Dr. Donna Gale Adams Mrs. Milton E. Adsit Dr. and Mrs. David P. Anderson Dr. Wayland D. Andrews Mrs. Elizabeth Wilder Austin Dr. and Mrs. Needham B. Bateman III *Earl B. Bearden Dr. Donovan B. Bell Dr. Albert C. Benson Jr. Mr. Upshaw C. Bentley Jr. Ms. Lynnette A. Berdanier Dr. Ronald A. Bickley Dr. Dilmus M. Blackmon Dr. and Mrs. Horace G. Blalock Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James R. Bloodworth Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Henry E. Bohn Dr. and Mrs. John M. Bowen Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Brackett Dr. and Mrs. J. Curtis Branch Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Roger Broderson Dr. Roy E. Brogdon Dr. Mary Jo Brown Dr. Lucy Bruckner and Mr. William Joseph Bruckner C. Gary Bullard, DVM and Brenda L. Bullard Mrs. Sarah B. Burnett Dr. Angela Shurling Bushway Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Cason J. Callaway Jr. Dr. William Lee Carter Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Case Dr. and Mrs. Earl H. Cheek Jr. LTC/Ret. Earl Herman Cheek Sr. Dr. and Mrs. James R. Clanton Jr. Dr. J. Derrell Clark Dr. Janis L. Cleland Dr. William Paul Cleland Jr. Dr. Larry M. Cornelius Dr. and Mrs. Larry R. Corry Dr. and Mrs. Dwight B. Coulter Dr. Wayne A. Crowell Dr. and Mrs. Calvin M. Davis Dr. Edsel D. Davis Mrs. Edsel Dennis Davis Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Thomas Davis Mrs. Maxine Kicklighter Davis *Dr. William S. Davis and Mrs. Paula Kearns Davis *Dorothea S. Dawson Dr. Armand A. DeLaPerriere Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Dobbins Jr. Drs. David W. and Alice M. Dreesen Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Duncan Mrs. Joseph D. Edens Dr. and Mrs. Ryland B. Edwards Dr. Elizabeth Jackson Eidson Dr. Thomas G. Fansher Dr. Delmar R. Finco Dr. Gary Oliver Garrett Dr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Garrett III Gene & Matt Tractor Sales Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Gratzek Ms. Nona Lou Greene Mrs. Charles A. Greenig Dr. and Mrs. Wiley J. Greenway Jr. Dr. Ben Griffith Dr. Melvin C. Haddad Dr. Robert Hall Dr. Sara Thomas Hall Mr. Robert M. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Hand III Dr. William L. Hanson Mrs. R. Harold Harrison Dr. Annie Katherine Prestwood Mrs. Mary Beth Henke Mrs. Joan L. Hoffman Dr. Harold Hamilton Holbrook Mr. and Mrs. Loyd S. Horton III Dr. Jep Patrick Hudspeth Ms. Katherine Flatt Hutto Dr. Mark C. Hutto Dr. Henry B. and Kathleen R. Inglesby Dr. Karen L. Jacobsen and Dr. Michael E. Mispagel Mr. C. Edwin Jordan Dr. Clyde W. Jordan Dr. Stanley H. Kleven Mrs. Doris Watson Knox Ms. Irene B. Kovalcin Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lafferty Mrs. Mary Frances C. Larimer Mrs. Gweneth Agee Lazenby Dr. and Mrs. James Curtis Lee Dr. Robert E. Lewis Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Lorenz Dr. and Mrs. Custin B. Lowery Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Phil D. Lukert Dr. Phil D. Lukert Jr. and Lindy L. Lukert Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Martin Dr. John N. Maxwell IV * deceased donor Dr. and Mrs. John W. McCall Dr. and Mrs. John McCormack Dr. Don W. McMillian Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Donald Woody McMillian Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Birch L. McMurray Doris Marie Miller-Liebl, DVM, PHD Dr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Mobley Dr. James N. Moore and Dr. Cynthia Trim Moore Ms. Julia W. Morgan Mrs. Peter Julius Muller Dr. and Mrs. John E. Oliver Jr. Mrs. Pat P. Page Dr. W. Alexander Patterson Dr. and Mrs. Charles Patton Drs. Keith W. and Taffi Prasse Dr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Rawlings Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Rigdon Dr. Branson W. Ritchie Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Roberson Dr. Albert Kelly Robinson Dr. and Mrs. David K. Selleck Dr. Emmett B. Shotts Jr. Dr. R. Eugene Shuffler Dr. and Mrs. E. Max Sink Dr. and Mrs. Felix M. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Still Mr. Norman M. Stoker Dr. A. Fred Stringer Jr. Mr. Casey Thompson and Dr. Susan L. White Frederick N. and Judith F. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. David E. Tyler *Dr. and Mrs. William P. VanEseltine Dr. Thomas F. VanMeter II Dr. James Cowan Waggoner and Marjorie Schear Waggoner Mr. Dewey C. White *Dr. and Mrs. David J. Williams III Dr. Carol Veatch Winthrop Dr. Gwen Wood and Mr. Barry Wood Dr. Freddie Zink Annual President’s Club Alumni and friends of the College who have made a gift of $1,000 or more from July 1, 2008– June 30, 2009. Annual Gifts: $500,000 or more Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. Annual Gifts of $100,000-$499,999 Anonymous Olive K. Britt Estate Annual Gifts of $50,000-$99,999 Merial Limited Dewey C. and Karen M. White Annual Gifts of $25,000-$49,999 Bayer Corporation Dr. Karen L. Duncan Heritage Technologies, LLC Intervet, Inc. Dr. Bob Menardi Southern Poultry Research, Inc. Ms. Caroline J. Spenser Sweetbay Foundation Dr. and Mrs. James Cowan Waggoner Annual Gifts of $10,000-$24,999 Dr. Ivan Ricardo Alvarado American Lung Association Arcadia Wildlife Preserve, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Broussard The Martha F. Cannon Trust Coca-Cola Company Dr. and Mrs. Larry Randall Corry Georgia Veterinary Medical Association Lohmann Animal Health International Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin III Merial Select, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. James D. Parker Quigley Corporation Grace Shearon Memorial Foundation South Carolina Association of Veterinarians Stan Fried Private Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Topper Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tufts Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. W. Terrell Wingfield Annual Gifts of $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous 2 Drs. Douglas and Sheila W. Allen Alpharetta Animal Hospital The American Anti-Vivisection Society The Atlanta Kennel Club, Inc. The Atlanta Steeplechase, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Needham B. Bateman III Ms. Lisa Bezzeg *James B. Bostic Jr. and Lois D. Bostic Dr. Carl Brown Dr. Gary and Brenda Bullard Drs. Randy Basinger and Louise Burpee Laura Ann Cook Burrell and David Burrell Citi Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc Dr. and Mrs. Walter Cottingham Dekalb Animal Hospital Fayette Veterinary Medical Center Fieldale Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Joe Lee Gaston Dr. Michael Paul Good Ms. Susan H. Gordy Kenneth M. Greenwood Family Honey Creek Veterinary Hospital, Inc. Dr. Kerry Young Jackson and Mr. Brian S. Jackson Karl Storz Veterinary Endoscopy-America, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm Kling Lafferty Animal Clinic Dr. and Mrs. Rob R. Lafferty Dr. and Mrs. Phil Dean Lukert Jr Maddie’s Fund Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Mauldin Jr Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. McMillian Jr. Merck Company Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Montgomery Morgan Angus Drs. Billy and Lee Myers Drs. Flynn and Susan Nance National Onion Labs, Inc. Dr. Janice Sosnowski Nichol and Mr. Scott G. Nichol Drs. Keith W. and Taffi Prasse Rajar Food Services, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Rawlings Dr. and Mrs. Tom Riddle Dr. Edith Martin Rogers Drs. John A. and Emily M. Smith Southern Crescent Animal Emergency Clinic Tara Foods, LLC Deborah and Don Theall Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Thrift Dr. Thomas Field VanMeter II Dr. Ruth McNeill Vaughn and Mr. Campbell Vaughn Dr. W. Michael and Mrs. Terri King Younker Annual Gifts of $2,500-$4,999 American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Dr. Chester W. Anderson and Paula Long Anderson Avian Health Network, Inc. AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust Brooklyn Veterinary Emergency Services Clairmont Animal Hospital Dr. and Mrs. Billy Connolly Dutch Fork Animal Hospital Dr. Carolann Eisenhart Dr. Thomas G. Fansher and Janet Fansher Hickory Flat Animal Hospital Dr. Robert Hilsenroth Dr. Gary Holfinger The IAMS Company The Honorable and Mrs. Tommy Irvin Mr. Butch Jordan Langford & Veitch, DVM PA Lawndale Veterinary Hospital Lawrenceville Kennel Club, Inc. Dr. Brett Levitzke Marylou and Pete Mandell Dr. and Mrs. William G. McCart Dr. Catherine L. McClelland and Mr. Mark Maio Drs. James N. Moore and Cynthia M. Trim Nestle Purina PetCare Newnan Kennel Club Pharr Road Animal Hospital Powers Ferry Animal Hospital The Charles & Catherine B. Rice Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Scott Richter Dr. Alice Runk Simmons Educational Fund Dr. and Mrs. James E. Thomas Ms. Jennie Woodlee Dr. and Mrs. James R. Woods * deceased donor 29 Annual Gifts: $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous 2 Dr. and Mrs. Mark J. Abdy John and Breckyn Alexander Rebecca Allen and Michael R. Allen Alta Genetics USA Inc. Dr. Luis F. Andrade Animal Care Center Drs. Aric and Linda Applewhite Dr. and Mrs. Charlton P. Armstrong III Aruvek Investments, Inc. Cynthia Cleland Austin, DVM Auxiliary to The Georgia Veterinary Medical Association AVS Equine Medical & Surgical Hospital, PA Dr. Carla J. Awalt Dr. Eve M. Badger Dr. Lara Ellen Cawthorn Bailey Banfield, The Pet Hospital Dr. Robert H. Batchelor and Betty Lou Riley Batchelor Mr. Ray R. Bateman Dr. Felicia Berkowitz Dr. Richard Best Dr. Melanie Bevere Dr. and Mrs. Henry E. Bohn Dr. Julia Black Bonner and Carl Bonner Dr. Tiffany Boyette Michael J. Brady and Carol J. Brady Dr. and Mrs. J. Curtis Branch Jr. Brogdon and Williams PC Dr. Roy E. Brogdon Dr. Cynthia Jo Brown Dr. Gary Steven Brown Dr. Grayson Brown Dr. George Scott Bryant Dr. Nancy J. Buchinski and Mr. Joe Buchinski Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Butler John Capozzi and Jeanne Capozzi Dr. Karen Paige Carmichael and Mr. John Ahee Ms. Lee A. Carmon Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Carnes Dr. David McCrea Carpenter and Ms. Mirta Armas Carpenter Dr. Jerry L. Case and Mrs. Brenda H. Case Case Veterinary Hospital, PC Dr. and Mrs. Francis W. Chandler Jr. Drs. Kevin L. and Sue W. Chapman Dr. Charles E. London Chattahoochee Weimaraner Club, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. James R. Clanton Jr. Clanton’s Veterinary Hospital, P.C. Kevin D. and Carol K. Cleveland Drs. Mark and Shari Cobb Dr. Steve Cohn Conyers Animal Hospital Conyers Kennel Club Dr. Carla Griswell Courtney Phyllis Causey Craft and Ken Craft Jr. Dr. Lee A. Darch Dr. Margaret Leigh Dasher Dr. Carlos Edward Davidson Jr. Dr. Edsel D. Davis Drs. Thomas J. Divers and Nita L. Irby Dr. and Mrs. Dan T. Domingo Drs. John P. and Joyce R. Donahoe Douglasville Kennel Club, Inc. Drs. David W. and Alice E. Dreesen Dr. and Mrs. James R. Duncan Ms. Amy Dunning Dunwoody Animal Medical Center Duquesne University Dr. and Mrs. James S. Ellis Dr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Fisch Dr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Fletcher The Florida West Coast Avian Society Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce Fort Dodge Animal Health Friarsgate Animal Hospital Dr. and Mrs. James Bruce Gates Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Geitner Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Gent II Georgia Boxer Club, Inc. Georgia Cage Bird Society Georgia Egg Association Georgia Power Foundation William G. Gholston and Kathleen H. Gholston Drs. Steven and Susan Taylor Glenn Dr. Leigh E. Glerum and Mr. Kyle A. Glerum Dr. and Mrs. John R. Glisson Gloyd Group, Inc. Dr. Joe S. Gloyd Dr. and Mrs. Blaine P. Godley Dr. Karen Bernhards Gold Grace Animal Hospital & Pet Lodge Dr. and Mrs. John B. Gratzek Dr. Christopher Grice Griffin Georgia Kennel Club Ms. Karen Grogan Dr. James R. Harden Dr. Elizabeth Hardie Bobbie D. Wagoner and David F. Harris Dr. and Mrs. Henry Aaron Hart III Dr. and Mrs. John Edson Hayes Dr. Brock Hendrix Hiram Animal Hospital, Inc. Harold Hirsch Scholarship Fund Dr. Marian Shuler Holladay Horner & Nash, DVM, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Horton Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Howell Dr. Eddie B. Hudspeth II Dr. Lois Hunkele Dr. and Mrs. William S. Hunter Drs. David W. and Shannon Colvin Hurst Dr. Thomas Asbury Hutto Jr. Idaho Peruvian Horse Club Dr. Merrill P. Irvin Mr. Bert Henry Jacobs Edna P. Jacobsen Charitable Trust for Animals, Inc. Dr. Tracy Ann Jagocki Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Lacy Johnson III Dr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Jordan Ms. Gail E. Jordan Helen Elaine Jordan DVM, PHD Dr. James E. Kay Bil-Jac Foods, Inc. Dr. Pamela Jean Kelly Mr. Raymond Kelly Alexis T. Kirijan and Fred Joel Kirijan Ms. Stephanie J. Kirijan Dr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Kleven Dr. Miranda Cochran Knight and Mr. Travis W. Knight Dr. and Mrs. Gary D. Knipling Dr. Marc Kraus and Mrs. Anna M. Gelzer Dr. Dolores J. Kunze in memory of Dr. Morrow B. Thompson Dr. Timothy F. Koby Mr. and Mrs. Jennings and Suzy Lambeth Drs. Margie Lee and John Maurer Dr. Doris Marie Miller-Liebl Dr. and Mrs. Roy Wood Lindsey Lindsey & Wills Animal Hospital PC Dr. Daniel Carrington Longest Dr. Timothy Patrick Loonam Drs. Michael J. and Mary Lee Lynch Dr. Ginger Macaulay Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Mallady Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc. Martinez Animal Hospital Dr. and Mrs. John E. McCarty Dr. Robert E. McCaskill Dr. Heidi McClain Dr. Carla Case McCorvey and Mr. David Paul McCorvey Dr. Melissa McDearmon Dr. John P. M. McGrath Dr. and Mrs. Don McMillian Sr. Midwest Animal Blood Services Dr. N. W. Midyette Dr. and Mrs. Keith E. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Scott David Miller Mills Foundation, Inc. H. Milton and Helen H. Mills Michael Moles and Brenda Moles Mrs. Doris C. Momeier Dr. Mark Douglas Mosher Drs. Eric Mueller and Monica Kucher Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mundell Dr. and Mrs. Egbert S. Mundt Mr. and Mrs. Thomas George Nemetz Dr. Melvin Asher Newell III The North Georgia Siberian Husky Club Northside-Wesleyan Animal Hospital Novartis Animal Health U.S., Inc. Pfizer Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Kinsey L. Phillips Pine Harbor Animal Hospital Drs. Edward R. and Debbie A. Pinson The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Dr. William J. Price Prince Agri Products, Inc. Kennard L. and Claudia R. Rawlinson Mr. Andrew Rhorer Mr. and Mrs. Barton Rice Charles B. Rice Sr. and Mrs. Charles B. Rice Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Rigdon Dr. Kibbie Richardson Ringer Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Roberson Dr. David Scott Roberts Dr. Diane Elizabeth Roberts Dr. Yvette Roshto Dr. Jaime Ruiz Mr. P. Alan Rutter Dr. Susan McLaren Ryan Satterfield Agency, Inc. Mr. Scott R. Satterfield Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club of Georgia, Inc. Schering-Plough Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Schultz Dr. Claude H. Schumpert Ms. Swann Seiler Sel-Plex & Poultry Manager Dr. and Mrs. John Sexton Shallowford Animal Hospital Dr. John F. Shapira Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Sharp Drs. Kevin and Laura Shuler Dr. and Mrs. E. Max Sink Dr. Beverley Morse Slonina Dr. and Mrs. Donald Collier Smith II Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Roy Houston Smith Dr. Thomas Andrew and Mrs. Zan Harvill Smith Mr. and Mrs. P. Chester Sosebee South Athens Animal Clinic Dr. Harriet Elizabeth Sowell Dr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Still Dr. and Mrs. Craig A. Stonesifer Dr. Laura Ann Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Roger Jay Troutman Dr. J. Lynn Turner Dr. and Mrs. David E. Tyler Mr. and Mrs. William Ulm Dr. Kurt R. Venator Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society Ms. Terri Ann Votava Dr. Teresa Michelle Wall West Ashley Pet Care Center West Ashley Veterinary Clinic Dr. and Mrs. D. Scott Westmoreland Westover Animal Hospital, LLC Dr. James Burpee Wilkes Dr. Frank M. Williams Dr. Susan Williams Dr. Michael David Wills Dr. Allison Witherow Dr. Meg Carriere Wright Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Yeomans DVM Alumni Consecutive Giving by Classes Alumni of the College who have made gifts from July 1, 2008—June 30, 2009. No number beside a name indicates a first-year gift or a break in sequential giving. Class of 1950 12.50% participation Dr. Ernest Ray Griner Dr. Robert Odum Shannon (5) Class of 1951 16.67% participation Dr. James Ozro Briggs (7) Dr. Wiley J. Greenway Jr. (6) Class of 1952 7.14% participation Dr. Charles Robert Rigdon (6) Class of 1953 41.18% participation Dr. Albert C. Benson Jr. Dr. Raymond Teague Copeland Dr. George Algimon Elliott (18) Dr. Edward Garner (4) Dr. Norfleet Ward Midyette (6) Dr. Harty Stewart Powell Dr. Harold Eugene Stinson (7) Class of 1954 17.86% participation Dr. Malcolm Thomas Barksdale Dr. Horace Guy Blalock Jr. (7) Dr. J. Curtis Branch Jr. (6) Dr. Walter Reid Eskew Jr. Dr. Donald Townsend Walbert Dr. Walter Thomas Stinson (7) Dr. Walter Linner Widdowson (8) Class of 1958 39.53% participation Dr. John Edgar Awalt (2) Dr. Robert Henry Batchelor (3) Dr. Alice Mewborn Dreesen (8) Dr. Thomas Henry Eleazer (9) Dr. Kenneth Lawton Huggins Dr. John Edison Kittrell Dr. Herbert Van Lundy (4) Dr. Matthew Page Mackay-Smith Dr. Patrick Monroe Morgan (2) Dr. Columbus Bowen Parsons Dr. E. Maxwell Sink (17) Dr. John Morgan Springs Jr. (12) Dr. Billye Redmon Vickers (4) Dr. Harry E. Walburg Jr. (5) Dr. Theodore G. Westmoreland (9) Dr. Robert Ruhland White Dr. Billy Hillman Wingfield Class of 1959 36.84% participation Dr. John Plunket Bohanan (2) *Dr. James Bennett Bostic (2) Dr. William Maxwell Colwell Dr. James Robert Duncan (6) Dr. Frederick A. Ingle (2) Dr. James Malcolm Kling (9) Dr. William P. Knox III Dr. William George Lord (5) Dr. Eugene Talmadge Maddox Dr. Donald Woody McMillian Sr. (2) Dr. William H. Pryor Jr. (25) Dr. Edwin Tanner Still (30) Dr. Garrett W. Thornton Jr. (6) Dr. John William Watson Class of 1955 17.24% participation Dr. Tony M. Allen Dr. Donald Taylor Barnes (3) Dr. Helen Elaine Jordan (8) Dr. Eugene Franklin Nicks (3) Dr. Walker Sneed Thompson (5) Class of 1956 18.52% participation Dr. Thomas Franklin Fussell Dr. Eddie B. Hudspeth II Dr. Harry H. Price Jr. (3) Dr. James B. Sharp Jr. Dr. David Hagood Spearman (9) Class of 1957 19.35% participation Dr. John Metcalf Bowen (27) Dr. Fred Malone Garrett Dr. Robert Sidney Mouser (2) Dr. Roland Tollison Rogers Class of 1960 21.74% participation Dr. Henry Morris Anderson Dr. William H. H. Clark Dr. David Walter Dreesen (8) Dr. David Robert Fulton (6) Dr. John Ira Gray Jr. (5) Dr. Gerald Bentley Guest Dr. John Martin Herrmann (5) Dr. C. Ben Lowery (6) Dr. Burton Gilman Maxfield Dr. Jack Riley Whittaker (15) Class of 1961 14.29% participation Dr. James Derrell Clark (2) Dr. Walter Carlisle Cottingham (9) Dr. John Norman Dalton Dr. Glynn Henry Frank (12) Dr. Edward L. Roberson (7) Dr. James Ernest Strickland * deceased donor 30 31 Class of 1962 25.00% participation Anonymous (2) Dr. Henry Edmond Bohn (3) Dr. Loren Buchanan Jr. Dr. Bobbie Joe Butler (13) Dr. Robert James Eckroade (3) Dr. Dagmar E. Frank (12) Dr. Richard H. Hughes Dr. Norval W. King Jr. (4) Dr. James Wiley Palmer Jr. (5) Dr. Richard Donald Tally (2) Class of 1963 15.38% participation Dr. John Edson Hayes (2) Dr. William O. May Jr. Dr. Gordon Proffitt Miller Dr. James Walter Ramsay (5) Class of 1964 29.73% participation Dr. Max Brugh Jr. (3) Dr. Marvin Randall Clayton (2) Dr. Horace Ray Dunahoo (2) Dr. Dan Harold Fincher (7) Dr. Oscar Jasper Fletcher (3) Dr. George Thomas Holder Dr. Malcolm C. Johnson Dr. James Edmond Lee Dr. Joseph William Sharp (21) Dr. Richard Carroll Simmonds Dr. David Cosby Tribby (2) Class of 1965 16.67% participation Dr. Bradford Elijah Buell (5) Dr. William John Johnston (15) Dr. Cynthia E. Jordan (5) Dr. Richard Harold Long (4) Dr. William N. Reeves (13) Dr. Maurice Tripp Sweat (4) Dr. Seaborn Jones Whatley Dr. John Tracy Wise Class of 1967 28.57% participation Dr. Chester W. Anderson (4) Dr. Richard H. Bruner (3) Dr. Francis W. Chandler Jr. Dr. Howard Larry Demore Dr. Ralph Buford Garrett III (3) Dr. Samuel Watson Horner III (22) *Dr. Robert Bruce Jackson Dr. Ronald Joseph Komich (11) Dr. Donald Glick Simmons (10) Dr. John Cecil Sundstrom (21) Dr. William David Thompson (30) Dr. James Burpee Wilkes (18) Class of 1968 22.73% participation Dr. Danny Thomas Allen (6) Dr. Calvin Elwood Anthony (3) Dr. Ralph Leo Buckel Jr. (14) Dr. Charles William Graham (24) Dr. Earl Hinton Janney Jr. (24) Dr. Michael James Lynch (12) Dr. Mary E. Mainster (10) Dr. William John Price Jr. Dr. Craig Alan Stonesifer (2) Dr. Lewis Andrew Townsend (4) Class of 1969 26.00% participation Dr. Cody Brannon Addison Dr. Charles Gary Bullard (16) LTC Robert Thomas Callis Dr. James Roland Clanton Jr. (6) Dr. James Edison Kay Dr. Gary Donald Knipling (4) Dr. Mary Ellrich Lynch (12) Dr. Patrick P. McCallum Jr. (5) Dr. William Benjamin Nessmith (2) Dr. Mary Jo Wood Osteen Dr. David Lawrence Ruehle Dr. Samuel Dixon Smiley Jr. Dr. James Cowan Waggoner (10) Class of 1970 Class of 1966 32.56% participation Dr. Carl Gerard Brown Dr. Grayson Brown (18) Dr. Billy Dean Connolly (4) Dr. Larry Randall Corry (12) Dr. Samuel Fuller Garrett Dr. James Bruce Gates Jr. (11) Dr. J. C. Hines (30) Dr. Joseph Thomas Horman (6) Dr. William Hunter (11) Dr. James Howard Jackson (6) Dr. William G. McCart (20) Dr. John Girardeau Murray III (6) Dr. Harry Windell Taylor Dr. Eugene Calvin Tutwiler III 32 17.86% participation Dr. Lucy Clark Bruckner (6) Dr. Steve Conboy (7) Dr. Edsel Dennis Davis (16) Dr. John Philip Donahoe Dr. Carl Michael Grant Dr. John Bynum Grant III Dr. Jerry Alvin Hinn (2) Dr. Roy Wood Lindsey (2) Dr. Arthur Serwitz (2) Dr. Jesse Albert Webster (10) Class of 1971 21.82% participation Dr. Needham B. Bateman III (12) Dr. Stephen Leslie Bowen Dr. Nancy Robison Burka Dr. Robert Orr Dickinson III (4) Dr. Joyce Rudisill Donahoe Dr. Ronnie Harold Fulmer Dr. Robert Hilsenroth Dr. Glenn Wayne Jones (5) Dr. Charles Dewitt Lee (2) Dr. Harvey Arnold Phillips (2) Dr. Gary Allen Pope (9) Dr. James Robert Woods (7) Class of 1972 16.36% participation Dr. David Lynn Abel Dr. David I. Byers (6) Dr. Graham Odell Dalton Jr. (3) Dr. Sandra Lou Hedge Dr. Robert Bruce Hollett (14) Dr. Robert E. 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Zinn (2) * deceased donor 41 Gifts from Corporations, Foundations and Organizations Contributions to the College made from July1, 2008–June 30, 2009 278 Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory, Burton G. Maxfield, D.V.M. AAALAC International Adams County Animal Hospital Advanced Testing Technologies International Services, Ltd. AGFA Corporation Alafia River Animal Hospital Inc Diane Z. Alexander, MD, PC All Pet Animal Hospital All Pets Emergency & Referral Center Alpha Psi Alumni Association Alpharetta Animal Hospital, PC Alta Genetics USA Inc. The American Anti-Vivisection Society American Association of Zoo Veterinarians American College of Theriogenologists American Lung Association Anesthesia Consultants of Athens LLP Angelcare Veterinary Hospital Animal Care Center Animal Care Center of Warrenton, LLC Animal Clinic of Stewart Co. Animal Health Center 204 Animal Hospital Animal Hospital of Peachtree Parkway Animal Medical Care Animal Medical Clinic of Forsyth Arcadia Wildlife Preserve, Inc. Arkle Veterinary Care, LLC Aruvek Investments, Inc. Athens Convention and Vistors Bureau The Atlanta Kennel Club, Inc. The Atlanta Steeplechase, Inc. Atlanta’s Dogwood Obedience Group, LLC Auxiliary to The Georgia Veterinary Medical Association Avian Health Network, Inc. AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust AVS Equine Medical & Surgical Hospital, PA Ball Ground Animal Hospital Banfield, The Pet Hospital Bayer Baytree Road Veterinary Hospital Beaver Crossing Animal Hospital Biomune Company Blairsville Animal Hospital PC Brantley & Jordan Animal Hospital, P.C. Brigadoon Animal Hospital Brogdon and Williams PC Brooklyn Veterinary Emergency Services C W T Farms Inc Cagle’s Inc. Camp Younts Foundation Campbell Veterinary Clinic Case Veterinary Hospital, PC Catawba Heights Animal Hospital Central Animal Hospital Centurion Poultry, Inc. Charles E. London, DVM, PC 42 Chattahoochee Weimaraner Club, Inc. Cherokee Trail Vet Hospital Chesdin Animal Hospital, Inc. Citi Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc Clairmont Animal Hospital Clanton’s Veterinary Hospital, P.C. Cleveland Park East Animal Hospital Cobb-Vantress Incorporated Coca-Cola Company Colquitt Animal Hospital, P.C. Companion Animal Hospital Companion Animal Rescue, Inc Conyers Animal Hospital Conyers Kennel Club Countryside Veterinary Care, PC Creamer Veterinary Services, PC Crescent Hill Animal Hospital, PSC Crystal Farms, Inc. Cumberland Animal Clinic Cumberland Animal Clinic Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta Dawsonville Veterinary Hospital Deer Run Farm Dekalb Animal Hospital Delaware Veterinary Medical Assoc. Dixie Animal Hospital Dixie Dancing Dogs Dogwood Animal Hospital, Inc. Douglasville Kennel Club, Inc. Dr. Ivey Smith Mobile Veterinary Care Dunwoody Animal Medical Center Duquesne University Dutch Fork Animal Hospital East Atlanta Animal Clinic, P.C. Eastside Animal Hospital, PC Ebert Veterinary Services, PLLC DBA Hickman Run Animal Hospital Elanco Animal Health The Exotics Club Fayette Veterinary Medical Center Fieldale Corporation Fletcher Animal Hospital, P.A. The Florida West Coast Avian Society Fort Dodge Animal Health Friarsgate Animal Hospital Gardenia Floral Design Georgia Boxer Club, Inc. Georgia Cage Bird Society Georgia Egg Association Georgia Ornithological Society Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Georgia Veterinary Medical Association Glacier Animal Hospital, Inc. Glenwood Veterinary Clinic Gloyd Group, Inc. Grace Animal Hospital & Pet Lodge Granite Hills Animal Care Kenneth M. Greenwood Family Gregg Animal Hospital (17) Griffin Avian & Exotic Veterinary Hospital Griffin Georgia Kennel Club Hampton Animal Hospital Hannahs Mill Animal Hospital, Inc. Harmony Crossing Animal Hospital, P.C. Hayfield Animal Hospital Ltd HBAT, Inc. Heritage Technologies, LLC The Hewlette Agency, Inc. Pet Rest Cemetery & Cremation Hickman Veterinary Hospital Hickory Flat Animal Hospital High Point Veterinary Hospital, PC Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. Hiram Animal Hospital, Inc. Harold Hirsch Scholarship Fund Honey Creek Veterinary Hospital, Inc. Hoof ‘N Paw Veterinary Services Horner & Nash, DVM, P.C. Horses-N-Hounds Kimberly A. Neff, DVM Houston Veterinary Clinic Hudson Road Veterinary Clinic Huie Design, Inc. Hy-Line North American, LLC The IAMS Company Idaho Peruvian Horse Club IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Infectious Awareables, Inc. International Ferret Congress Intervet, Inc. Intown Animal Hospital, LLC Ipswich River Veterinary Hospital Ivy Hill Animal Hospital Edna Jacobsen Charitable Trust for Animals Johnston Animal Hospital Jorgensen Laboratories, Inc. Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. Kelly Foods Corporation Kentuckiana Underwater Explorers Society Lafferty Animal Clinic Lake Harbin Animal Hospital Lake Oconee Animal Hospital Inc. Langford & Veitch Lawndale Veterinary Hospital Lawrenceville Kennel Club, Inc. Liberty Veterinary Clinic Lindsey & Wills Animal Hospital PC Lohmann Animal Health International Lowe Irrigation, Inc. Maddie’s Fund Mar-Jac Processing Inc. Martinez Animal Hospital Merck Company Foundation Merial Limited Merial Select, Inc. Midwest Animal Blood Services Mills Foundation, Inc. Fred, Kelly, Benjamin, Drew & Will Mills Mobley Veterinary Clinic Morgan Angus Mountain Animal Hospital National Hills Animal Hospital National Onion Labs, Inc. Nestle Purina PetCare Newnan Kennel Club Newtown Veterinary Clinic, Inc. The North Georgia Siberian Husky Club North Hills Animal Hospital Northside Animal Hospital Northside-Wesleyan Animal Hospital, PC Northwoods Veterinary Clinic Novartis Animal Health U.S., Inc. Novartis US Foundation Oconee Veterinary Hospital Olde Towne Veterinary Clinic Ophthalmology for Animals David Forehand Park Foundation Paws Whiskers & Wags LLC Pepsico Foundation, Inc. Pfizer Inc. Pharr Road Animal Hospital Philips PACE Piedmont Animal Hospital Pine Harbor Animal Hospital Plantation Centre Animal Hospital Pole Cat Branch Farms Powdersville Animal Hospital, Inc. Powers Ferry Animal Hospital Pre-Vet Club The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Prince Agri. Products, Inc. PriTest Inc. Quigley Corporation Rajar Food Services, Inc. Dr. W. N. Reeves Sam Reichman, DVM, PC Rennier Associates, Inc. Rescue On The Run, LLC The Charles & Catherine B. Rice Foundation Richards Family Trust Riverbend Swine Consulting, PC Riverside Animal Hospital Riversong Veterinary Clinic, PLLC Mary & E. P. Rogers Foundation Rowan Animal Clinic Royal Canin USA, Inc. Sandersville Veterinary Clinic Santee Animal Hospital, LLC Satterfield Agency, Inc. Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club of Georgia, Inc. Schering-Plough Corporation Schering-Plough Foundation Inc Sel-Plex & Poultry Manager Seymour Veterinary Clinic and Pet Services Shallowford Animal Hospital Shatozer Associates Grace Shearon Memorial Foundation Shoal Creek Animal Clinic Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. The Richard Simmonds Trust Simmons Educational Fund Skimble, P.C. Skyway Animal Hospital South Athens Animal Clinic South Carolina Association of Veterinarians Southern Crescent Animal Emergency Clinic Southern Poultry Research, Inc. Spartanburg Animal Clinic Stan Fried Private Foundation Straley Veterinary Associates, Inc. SunTrust Bank Foundation Sweetbay Foundation Tara Foods, LLC Tufts University Tyson Veterinary Care, Inc. Vance Publishing Corporation Veterinary Associates, Inc. The Veterinary Clinic Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society Veterinary Learning Systems Veterinary Services Veterinary Surgical Specialist Vinton Veterinary Hospital Waccamaw Regional Veterinary Center, Inc. The Wachovia Foundation, Inc. Wayne Farms, LLC West Ashley Pet Care Center West Ashley Veterinary Clinic West Rome Animal Clinic Westbury Animal Hospital Westover Animal Hospital, LLC Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Winter Animal Hospital Woodruff Road Animal Hospital Wyatt Insurance Agency Wyeth ZoomWorks Cover Photo Samantha (left) and Carrie (right) are award-winning purebred Black Angus heifers that live on a farm in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, not far from the University of Georgia. When they are not grazing in the pasture or gazing at passersby, the two are most likely shoring up their showring skills. Their owner and trainer, Shelby Eidson, is a high school student who plans to become a middle school agriculture teacher so she can share her love of agriculture with her future students. Shelby competes year-round with her heifers, which change with each show season. Shelby’s mother, Tanya Eidson, works in the Dean’s Office of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Samantha and Carrie won numerous awards in 2009 and will compete through Spring 2010. (Owner: Shelby Eidson; Photographer: Sue Myers Smith) 43 The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine 2008-09 Annual Report to Donors WAYS TO GIVE • Checks made payable to Arch Foundation • Monthly checking account debiting • Credit cards: AmEx, Discover, Mastercard or Visa • Gifts online can be made at www.vet.uga.edu/giving • Securities • Real estate • Wills or revocable living trusts • Retirement plans • Life insurance policies • Charitable gift annuities • Pooled income funds • Charitable remainder trusts Questions? Please contact the Office of Development at 706.542.1807 or give2vet@uga.edu Is your name missing? In this annual report to donors are the names of people who have made gifts to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine that were processed through the Office of Development between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. There are several reasons for your name not appearing in what you believe to be the appropriate giving level — or not appearing at all: 1. You made your gift either before July 1, 2008, or after June 30, 2009. 2. You made a pledge instead of an outright gift. If you made a pledge between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009, but chose to begin fulfilling it after June 30, 2009, your name will not appear in this honor roll, which reflects only gifts received. 3. We omitted your name in error. If so, we would like to hear from you. If you have questions or corrections, contact the Office of Development, 501 D.W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602-7371. You may also call 706.542.1807, or e-mail us at give2vet@uga.edu Copyright © 2009 by the University of Georgia. No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the editor. The University of Georgia is committed to the priniciples of equal opportunity and affirmative action. 44 ADMINISTRATION Michael F. Adams, President Jere W. Morehead, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Sheila W. Allen, Dean Harry W. Dickerson, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs K. Paige Carmichael, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Paula C. Tolbert, Director of Finance and Administration EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Kathy Bangle, Director of Veterinary External Affairs Carlton Bain, Assistant Director of Development Molly Muschamp, Major Gifts Officer Karen Alford Aiken, Client Advocate Kat Yancey Gilmore, Director of Public Relations Sue Myers Smith, Web Manager and Photographer Marti Brick, Director of Alumni Relations Teressa King, Administrative Associate Brenda Horton, Alumni Reunion Assistant Editor Kat Yancey Gilmore, kygilmor@uga.edu Contributing Writers Liz Dalton, Jonathan McGinty, Sue Myers Smith Photography Sue Myers Smith, Robert Newcomb Designer Lindsay Robinson Alumni Association Executive Board Dr. Tim Montgomery, President Dr. Angie Shurling Bushway, Past-President Dr. Michael Topper, President-Elect Dr. Mark Abdy Dr. Marian Shuler Holladay Dr. Delores Kunze Dr. Don McMillian Jr. Dr. Ruth McNeill Dr. Doris Miller, Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Mark Mosher Dr. Mary Ann Vande Linde Dr. Scott Westmoreland Dr. Fred Zink Dr. Sheila Allen, ex officio WHAT FEEDS YOU?_____________________ . 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U.S. Postage PAID Athens, Georgia Permit 11 T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f G e o r g i a College of Veterinary Medicine 2008-2009 Annual report to donors Adva n cin g kn owled g e . Providin g high qua lit y c a r e . servin g the public . 1 This publication is paid for by advertising income and private donations, and is available online at vet.uga.edu. For future mailings, if you would prefer to receive our Annual Report electronically please email us at vetnews@uga.edu and tell us what email address you would like us to notify when the publication goes online. Thank you for your support of the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. 2