Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Rowing Association FRONT ROW: Binh Nguyen. Barbara Parker. Debbie Dinges, Patty Jones, Beth Boyle, M J. SECOND ROW: William Lin, John Price, Tom Bragg. Clay Walters. Patrick Mahoney, Brian Lin. BACK ROW: Shawn Aldridge, Sean Jendlin. Steve Neustaedter. Mike Janzen. Jeremy English, Bentley Skeie, Erik Walden. ULTRASOUND An addition to the anatomy and physiology department at the Vet Med Center was that of ultrasound used to examine the anatomy of an animal in two dimensions. With ultrasound, we can actually use live dogs and horses to see their anatomy in two dimensions and watch it move, said Glenn Hartke, professor Continued on page 208 Sailing Club FRONT ROW: Brad Stowe, Annette Allen. Jones. Melanie Schurle. BACK ROW: Richard Courtney, Angelo Evangelou, Aaron Hinrichs. SESA Science Education Student Association FRONT ROW: Larry Barnett, Elizabeth Martineau. Rick Hull. Earth Science Honorary FRONT ROW: Sandra Voegeli. Douglas Ekart, Graham Smith. BACK ROW: Ann Hinterleitner. Grant Smith, Vincent Voegeli, Mike Goydas. John Chitwood. at the large animal hospital give a blood to a steer. (Photo by Steve Rasmussen) Calvin Binns, Skip Koster and Mark Handlin, all in veterinary medicine, inspect a group of feeder pigs at the Junction City sale barn. (Photo by Jim Dietz) Building Construction Science Honorary FRONT ROW: Chris Liermann. Matthew Nordhus. Chris Hess, Matt Conners. Kevin Haefner. BACK ROW: Paul Hardenburger, Mark Lorenz, Ben Schrader, Robert Green, Scott Korte 207

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Discover vet Med Center Continued from page 205 clinical application of tests developed from this research would become a significant new service provided by veterinarians for owners and trainers. With the advent of pari-mutuel racing in Kansas, Erickson anticipated that this new approach to evaluating athletic horses would make a substantial contribution to equine medicine. We want to improve the benefits for the horse, Erickson said. Our goal is to make the horse healthier, and after that, make the horse more competitive. LARGE ANIMAL Part of the veterinary students ' fourth year was working with the care of large animals. This work experience was separated into two sections: herd health and the large-animal hospital, said Jerome Vestweber, professor of surgery and medicine. The large-animal hospital was to the small-animal hospital in that students participated in rounds and gained hands-on experience while learning. Working in the large-animal was at least a 40-hour-a-week job. The students arrived early in the morning to check their patients and assign any additional tests needed by their patients, Vestweber said. Between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon, the large-animal hospital received patients, and the students and resident veterinarians were busy assisting in the needs of the animals being admitted into the hospital. Later in the morning the students resea rched their cases. In the early afternoon they discussed the cases students were working with. This gave everyone an opportunity to experience each case, Vestweber said. The second part of the large-animal experience was herd health. During this unit the students involved studied and gained hands-on experiences in dealing with an entire herd ' s care instead of the individual animal ' s care. In this unit the students were concerned with preventive in the case of an entire farm. AVIARY Part of the Vet Med Center that was different from the traditional unit of cattle, swine and horses was the aviary unit. This was a unit in which birds were kept and husbandry techniques of birds were taught. The aviary was started in 1983 through a donation to the school from an aviculturist, Robert Travnecek. It was set up entirely by students and Terry Campbell, assistant professor of surgery and medicine, specializing in exotic animal medicine. It functions as a teaching aid to students who are interested in the care of pet birds, Campbell said. Since there was little in the curriculum for birds, Campbell said the aviary ' s function was to provide that. This is our way of learning about birds since we don ' t get it in our Teresa Bradley, sophomore in veterinary medicine, said. A calf stands below a sign placed on a pen at the large animal hospital. The sign was placed to warn people from the larger occupant of the pen. (Photo by Steve Rasmussen) 206

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Discover voi V ed Center Continued from page 207 of anatomy and physiology. Hartke said anatomy and physiology was the veterinarian students ' building block to other courses and curriculum. Classes in anatomy were set up so the students could use it in other courses down the line, he said. It (ultrasound) is here to show them how to use ultrasound in anatomy, Hartke said. According to him, the ultrasound device at K-State was the only one in the United States that was used in the first year of teaching. Hartke said ultrasound was a new phase at the Vet Med Center, since it only received the device in August 1987. During its first year, it was not an integral part of course work for students. I come here on Saturday morn- ings and whoever shows up, I work with them, Hartke said. It is a true participation, hands-on lab, he said. Plus, it didn ' t hurt the animal at all. DIAGNOSTIC Originally set up as a service the diagnostic laboratory in the Vet Med Center also provided for teaching and research. Our function is to provide to referral veterinarians and animal owners in determining causes of illnesses and death in animals, said Mahlon Vorhies, head of the and director of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory. Through this function, we teach students about pathology and methods of laboratory diagnosis. A diagnostic rotation experience was designed to improve the students ' abilities to recognize and interpret clinical signs. Seniors and graduate students worked in the lab in two- to three-week rotations through the lab. This allowed the students exposure to individual pathologists responsible for the lab on different days, thereby gaining insight through each pathologist ' s Vorhies said. Students assisted in performing necropsies, a form of postmortem examination on animals. Vorhies said the lab handled about 18,000 requests for assistance a year. This, he said, 208