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On Call A MAGAZINE FOR FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

A Wildlife Win-Win Partnership delivers care to Wisconsin species and teaching to clinical trainees

Building Better Dairies Together with dairy producers, SVM program aims to update cow housing

THANK YOU

for being our heroes...

With the successful completion of the $3 million BerbeeWalsh Match, we want to thank Karen Walsh, Jim Berbee,

and the many heroes who doubled their impact on the UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s Animals Need Heroes Too building expansion campaign. Together, you made a difference for animal and human health by supporting the most important project the school will undertake in the next 30 years.

See what’s next and how you can help too: ANIMALSNEEDHEROESTOO.COM

“As UW-Madison alumni, Jim and I like to support university projects that will help shape the future of education, research, and animal and human patient care. The school’s efforts in global health, innovative surgery and treatment, and cuttingedge research are really the whole package. We are delighted that so many others share our enthusiasm for this crucial project.” - Karen Walsh

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Features In Each Issue 4 Message from the Dean Thanks to Each and Every One of You 5 Menagerie A diverse collection of news and information from the SVM 16 Comparatively Speaking A special section for alumni of the Veterinary Science and Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate programs

18 DVM Badger Den News for and about graduates of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program

A Wildlife Win-Win

A new UW School of Veterinary Medicine partnership has yielded elevated veterinary medical care for the native mammals and birds of prey, from wolves to a badger and bald eagle, at a Wisconsin educational center and presented novel learning opportunities for SVM students and clinical trainees.

5 Socializing with the SVM 5 Ask a UW Veterinarian

Page 11 20 Donor Honor Roll 28 Students at Work 29 Awards & Honors 30 Patient Profile

On the Cover

8 Building Better Dairies The Dairyland Initiative helps dairy producers build better cow housing using sound scientific principles that are sensible, humane, and profitable all at once.

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14 Two Decades of Dedication For nearly 20 years, Sharon and TJ Palmer have sent a handwritten check to the SVM every month, a way of giving back to a cause they hold dear.

A red fox from the MacKenzie Center in Poynette, Wisconsin, visits UW Veterinary Care for an orthopedic exam ahead of surgery to repair a ruptured cruciate ligament. (Photo: Nik Hawkins) ©2017 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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Thanks to Each and Every One of You

BRYCE RICHTER

Message from the Dean

This issue of On Call celebrates the many friends and supporters of the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM). Without your support and generosity, the school would not be in the leadership position it is today, whether on the UW–Madison campus, nationally, or internationally, in advancing veterinary medical education and the improvement of both animal and human health. Mark D. Markel This year, we have many successes to celebrate, one of them being our achievements in UW–Madison’s All Ways Forward comprehensive campaign. After we twice exceeded the campaign goals set for the SVM, our goal has now been elevated to $100 million, with the school having raised greater than $85 million as of the publication of this magazine. These gifts provide much-needed funds to recruit and retain prominent faculty and staff, support groundbreaking research, and maintain our campus as a place of remarkable opportunities. Our philanthropic success is due to the leadership of the many friends of the school, such as Karen Walsh and Jim Berbee, who committed a $3 million matching gift to the SVM building expansion — a match which was met in October. I’d also like to highlight the generosity of Morrie Waud in support of our students, our large animal hospital, and the school more broadly. We have now exceeded the halfway mark of his $5 million matching gift to the SVM expansion. To date, the school has raised more than $20 million toward the $40 million private giving goal for our building expansion campaign. We also celebrate the enumeration of the Lot 62 parking ramp, which the legislature included and the governor approved in the current budget. Ramp construction is scheduled to begin in 2019, a necessary step toward facilitating the SVM expansion. Our goal is for the state to enumerate the addition to the Veterinary Medicine Building in the 2019–21 budget and to begin construction in 2020. Upon completion, estimated for 2022, this expansion will provide crucial upgrades to the UW Veterinary Care patient and client experience and to our facilities for teaching, learning, and research. Of course, providing an exceptional, affordable education remains an everpresent priority amidst these campaigns. Over the past five years, we have nearly doubled the school’s scholarship support provided to our veterinary medical students, which has resulted in a decrease in our students’ indebtedness at graduation from $128,200 in 2012 to $112,600 in 2016. This is in contrast to the national average indebtedness for veterinary medical students, which has increased from $151,670 to $181,740 in the same five-year period. We also celebrated the opening of the Renk Learning Center this past summer, with its many components that support our students’ education and mental health. Every day when I come to work, I am thankful not only for all of those who work and learn at the School of Veterinary Medicine, but also for all who are friends of the school and support it in any way that they can, whether it’s through philanthropy, advocacy, or spreading the word about all that the school does for the state of Wisconsin, its citizens, and the nation. Thank you!

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WINTER 2017–18 Administration Mark D. Markel, Dean Dale Bjorling, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Training Ruthanne Chun DVM‘91, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Director, UW Veterinary Care Robb Hardie, Associate Dean for Professional Programs Lynn Maki, Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs Ed Rodriguez, Associate Dean for Budget and Finance Kristi V. Thorson, Associate Dean for Advancement and Administration Ken Waller DVM‘07, Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs

Editorial Editor/Writer: Meghan Lepisto Contributing Writers: Chris Barncard, Terry Devitt, Denise Garlow, Eric Hamilton, David Tenenbaum Photography: Denise Garlow, Nik Hawkins, Meghan Lepisto, Jeff Miller, Bryce Richter, David Tenenbaum, Ashley Voss Design: Christine Knorr, University Marketing Additional Design: Ashley Voss

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Socializing with the SVM Friends of the school sharing their thoughts (and pets) on social media...

Feline Foibles: Eliminating Outside the Litterbox This expert response to a frequently asked question among clients comes from Sandi Sawchuk, primary care veterinarian at UW Veterinary Care and SVM clinical instructor. Question: What suggestions can you share regarding potential causes and solutions for a cat who is eliminating outside of the litterbox? Answer: Even under the best litterbox management, one in four cats will stop using the litterbox at some point in their life. Finding out why involves a step-by-step process. The sooner an inappropriate elimination problem can be addressed, the greater the success rate. Ruling out medical reasons such as sterile cystitis, urinary tract infections, hyperthryoidism, diabetes, and impacted anal glands is always the first step. A thorough physical exam, urinalysis, and stool evaluation may lead to other diagnostic tests depending on the results. Intact males, females in heat, and cats that are socially stressed may pass urine on vertical surfaces, such as walls and windows, to mark their territory. Spaying and neutering is the first step. Using soothing feline pheromones; increasing space vertically, such as by adding cat trees; and blocking the view of peeping tom cats by keeping windows closed and covered may decrease stress and marking behavior.

Litterbox management is an important next step. There should be at least one more litterbox than number of household cats. For example, a home with three cats should have four litterboxes in various locations, preferably not near feeding stations or noisy appliances. It is important that cats have easy access to boxes, especially senior cats who may find it difficult to go up and down stairs. Cats prefer large litterboxes at least 1.5 to two times the length of the cat from nose to rump. Think “outside the box” when hunting for an appropriate container, such as under-the-bed storage bins and cement mixing trays. Covered boxes, although preferred by many owners, can be small, harbor odors, and make cats feel trapped. Studies have shown that most cats prefer soft, sandy, scoopable litter over coarser litter. Manually scoop boxes at least once a day to provide clean facilities for elimination. Purchasing an automated litterbox may seem appealing, but to a cat the small litter-holding capacity and the noise made when scooping can be a trigger to eliminate on carpet. Simpler is better when it comes to litterboxes.

“University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, thank you for being this girl’s hero.” –Stacy Rose Via SVM Facebook (@uwvetmed)

“Big shout-out to UW Veterinary Care for saving my little boy’s life! As I type this he is calmly snuggled up in my lap in his post-bath towel. I’m so happy I get to see his charming, bright eyes again.” –Emily Hoggatt Via UWVC Facebook (@uwveterinarycare)

Have a question for our veterinary medical experts? Please send it to the On Call editor at oncall@vetmed.wisc.edu. We cannot guarantee responses to all submissions. For any urgent pet health issue, please contact your veterinarian directly.

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After a 29-year quest, Ian Duncan, a professor of neurology in the Department of Medical Sciences, has pinpointed the cause of a serious neurologic disease in a colony of rats. In the new study, published online in the journal Annals of Neurology, Duncan has shown that the rat abnormality closely resembles a rare human mutation that results in severe neurologic dysfunction. The human disease can affect many parts of the brain and has been called H-ABC. Indeed, both conditions arise from mutations in the same gene. Crucially, both abnormalities affect the production and maintenance of myelin — the white, fatty insulation that nerves need to carry electrical signals. The deterioration of myelin in the brain causes the common neurologic disorder multiple sclerosis. Myelin defects are also

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Natural Experiment, Dogged Investigation, Yield Clue to Devastating Neurological Disease at the root of the leukodystrophies — genetic disorders, which include H-ABC, with a wide range of causes and In the mutant spinal cord, the oligodendrocyte, a cell that makes myelin, symptoms. is surrounded by conductive fibers (called axons, marked with *) that lack Duncan’s myelin sheaths. On higher magnification, this cell has a huge increase in microtubules (arrows) that fill the cytoplasm and line up with cell membranes. examination of nervous system testing ground for medicines that inhibit tissue from both conditions revealed a microtubule formation, Duncan says. telltale overgrowth of tiny tubes known It could also support insights into the as microtubules in oligodendrocytes, larger group of leukodystrophies. the cells that make myelin and deposit And, Duncan says, an improved it on nerve fibers. understanding of how oligodendrocytes The study offers a window on a form and maintain myelin, and how rare disease — and also on the broader issue of myelin formation. “For a human those essential processes go awry, “could open a new window of understanding on disease, we have provided a model that the more widespread myelin diseases.” did not exist before,” Duncan says. David Tenenbaum The new rat model could become a

Several state agencies, including the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) on the UW– Madison campus, are working to make the 2017 deer harvest a safe one for hunters and their families. Last year, some 6,600 Wisconsin hunters submitted tissue samples from harvested deer to WVDL for free testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The infectious neurological disease has been found in both wild and captive deer in at least 24 Wisconsin counties, mostly in the southern half of the state. This year, there may be a new urgency to test deer taken in the hunt as preliminary results from a Canadian study released in April reported that cynomolgus macaques given infected meat in their diet over a three-year 6

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USDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Lab Encourages CWD Testing During Wisconsin Deer Season

To date, there is no evidence that CWD can be or has been transmitted from animals to humans, but preliminary results from a Canadian study reported that cynomolgus macaques given infected meat in their diet contracted the disease.

period contracted CWD. The study, conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, has only been published in abstract form and has yet to complete the peer review

process. The findings, however, are a signal that more research on the risk of CWD to human health is necessary and that hunters should strongly consider testing their deer, especially if the animals were taken in any of the Wisconsin counties affected by CWD, says Keith Poulsen DVM’04, PhD’12, diagnostic and case outreach coordinator for WVDL and clinical assistant professor at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. To date, there is no evidence showing that CWD can be or has been transmitted from animals to humans. “The chance of someone getting prion disease is remote, but not zero,” Poulsen explains. “It would be a mistake to ignore it.” David Tenenbaum

If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats and their supposed role in causing human disease, it is that they still have a lot to learn. Aside from well-established things like rabies virus, SARS coronavirus, and Marburg virus, bats appear to carry a plethora of other germs with unclear, if any, effects on human health. And even some commonly believed bat paradigms may be incorrect. For example, some speculate that bats play a role in the transmission of Ebola simply because Ebola and Marburg are related pathogens. But scientific evidence to support such speculation is scant, at best. A lack of evidence that bats are key reservoirs of human disease has not prevented their vilification or efforts to exterminate bat colonies where threats are presumed to lurk. “The fact is that they provide important ecosystem services — insect control, pollination, and seed dispersal, to name a few — and we want them around,” says Tony Goldberg, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the UW SVM. “But bats are also increasingly acknowledged as hosts of medically significant viruses. I have mixed feelings about that.” To better understand the dynamics of bats and potential threats to human health, Goldberg and his colleagues explored the relationship of an African forest bat, a novel virus, and a parasite. Their work, published in July in Nature Scientific Reports, identifies all three players as potentially new species, at least at the molecular level as determined by their genetic sequences. Many viral pathogens often have more than one or two hosts or intermediate hosts needed to complete their life cycles. The role of bat parasites in maintaining chains of viral infection is little studied, and the new Wisconsin research serves up some intriguing insights into how viruses co-opt parasites to help do the dirty work of disease transmission.

TONY GOLDBERG

Study Reveals Interplay of an African Bat, a Parasite, and a Virus

A forest bat netted in Uganda. The bat hosts a parasite — a large wingless, eyeless fly — that in turn seems to be host for a newfound virus. New work from the SVM’s Tony Goldberg is helping unravel the ecological interplay of important pathogens and their hosts. (After testing, the bat was released unharmed.)

The parasite in the current study is an eyeless, wingless fly, technically an ectoparasite. It depends on the bat to be both its eyes and wings. And it plays host to a virus, as the current study shows. For the virus, the fly plays the role of chauffeur. “From a virus’s perspective, an ectoparasite is like Uber. It’s a great way to get around — from animal to animal — at minimal expense and effort,” Goldberg explains. The bat in the study belongs to the megabat suborder. It is a fruit bat and was trapped, tested, and released by Goldberg’s colleague and study co-author Robert Kityo of Uganda’s Makerere University in Kampala.

The bat fly, according to the new study, was infected with a newly discovered rhabdovirus dubbed Kanyawara virus, a distant relative of the rabies virus. But, Goldberg says, “we don’t know if this virus is transmitted beyond the ectoparasite. We couldn’t find it in the bat. Maybe it is an insect virus.” The subtext of the research, according to Goldberg, is the ecology of disease. Scientists are beginning to understand that serious pathogens like Ebola and SARS don’t come out of nowhere. They are already lurking in the environment, and the leap from an animal to a human can be just a matter of time and an organism’s ability to shift from one host to another. Terry Devitt

New Faculty Focus “The research we perform could lay the groundwork for new ways to prevent or treat HIV infections,” says Matt Reynolds, assistant professor of immunology in the SVM Department of Pathobiological Sciences. Read more about his research into new methods to design HIV vaccines, cure HIV infection, and, potentially, develop immunotherapy for cancer: go.wisc.edu/reynolds

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Building Bette SVM program aims to update housing so dairy cows can be happy The cows at Koepke Farms, a few miles north of Oconomowoc in southeastern Wisconsin, are a mellow bunch. They’ve obviously been treated well by John Koepke, a fifth-generation dairy farmer, and his employees. And yet Nigel Cook, a professor of food animal production medicine at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, sees these Holsteins as “Olympic athletes,” with the speed-demon metabolism needed for phenomenal milk production. Koepke’s 350 Holsteins earned him and his relative-partners David, Jim, Kim, and Alan the “Dairy Farm 8

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of the Year” award at World Dairy Expo in 2011. Nonetheless, Koepke realizes that his buildings are old and crowded. Before he adds another hundred cows or more, he is consulting with Cook, an expert in scientific treatment of dairy cows, which, Cook says, is sensible, humane, and profitable all at once. Cook, who became fascinated with cows and farms while growing up in England, insists that barns must be tailored to cows, and that ignoring basic principles and data can lead to costly mistakes. Just the day before

this visit, a troubleshooting mission to a costly new dairy had proven his point. “We would rather talk about the pros and cons of the options in advance, rather than come in when it’s too late and suggest expensive, stopgap solutions to avoidable problems.” The fundamentals of cow welfare rest in their evolutionary status as herd animals. Cows are comfortable doing the same thing at once, so feed bunks should be large enough to allow a group to chow down in unison. Changes in the group should be minimized, especially during the vulnerable weeks before cows

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Photo below: Clinical Professor Emeritus Kenneth Nordlund, right, helped develop the scientific principles behind Dairyland Initiative-recommended changes.

A Helping Hand

er Dairies By David Tenenbaum

Photo above: The Dairyland Initiative provides dairy producers the information they need – through consultations and assessments, workshops, and web-based resources – to build better housing, yielding healthier cows, improved animal welfare, and more efficient and productive dairies.

give birth, to avoid the stress needed to establish a new pecking order. So is the goal a happy cow? Yes, Cook says. Happy cows have what they need, and avoid situations that are practically guaranteed to stress them out. As Cook and Koepke confer at the farm, Koepke quickly profiles his operation: where the cows live at different stages of life, how manure is managed, where his fields are located, what he hopes for the new barn, and where it can be placed. Since 2010, Cook has directed the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Dairyland

Initiative, which focuses on providing dairy producers the information they need to build better housing using sound scientific principles that Cook and his vet school colleague Kenneth Nordlund developed. “Buildings are one of the four rate-limiting factors for successful dairying, alongside genetics, nutrition and management,” Cook says. A barn should allow the cows a comfortable, clean, and spacious place to rest. And it must prevent overheating in summer. Soon, Koepke and Cook home in on the relative merits of a northsouth versus east-west orientation for

Dairy producers and their consultants and University Extension personnel interested in accessing the online resources available through the Dairyland Initiative website can register for a free, two-year subscription, made possible by the generous financial support from sponsors Dean Foods Foundation, Saputo Inc., Zinpro Corporation, and Zoetis. Online training modules cover welfare-friendly dairy cattle housing, lameness prevention, and, coming soon, calf management. Other webbased tools include facility virtual tours, budget calculators, and an online forum. The Dairyland Initiative also hosts a rotating series of interactive workshops throughout the year, covering topics such as ventilation design, facility planning, and the remodeling and building of new dairy cattle barns. For more information about the modules and workshops, visit thedairylandinitiative.vetmed. wisc.edu. On Call

DAVID TENENBAUM, UW–MADISON

Nigel Cook, left, director of the Dairyland Initiative, consults with Oconomowoc dairy farmer John Koepke about the design of a new building for cows that are close to giving birth. Estimates suggest that 65 percent of new cow barns nationwide are built with Dairyland Initiative principles.

Internet Famous In July, the Associated Press produced a video story spotlighting the Dairyland Initiative and Mystic Valley Dairy, whose owner and operator Mitch Breunig has been working with Nigel Cook and others from the SVM to ease cow stress and improve comfort at his 400-cow farm in southcentral Wisconsin. “If you take away their stress, they actually produce more milk,” says Breunig, who has seen increased milk production, fewer cow injuries, and longer lifespans at his farm since implementing Dairyland Initiative-recommended changes, such as expanding stall size, incorporating a deep, soft bedding of sand to encourage rest, and improving ventilation and cooling. The Huffington Post published a variation of the story to Facebook that has so far received more than 1.4 million views and been shared nearly 2,000 times. To watch: go.wisc.edu/APdairyland

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the new barn. North-south fits the location better, while east-west would extend the thrice-daily round trips to the milking parlor. But the west side of a north-south barn gets hot in the afternoon sun. The emphasis on ventilation reflects a warming climate and the steady improvement of production. Koepke’s cows are already averaging almost 100 pounds of milk per day – well above the statewide average of 75 pounds. High-producing cows, however, generate more heat. “A lot of barns built even 20 years ago are being challenged by these Olympic-athlete cows,” says Cook. “If you put it in human terms, they are a professional cyclist doing the Tour de France every day.” “For many years, everybody talked about the clean, dry, comfortable cow,” Cook says. Only in the past decade or so have changes in bedding, barn design, and management made that worthy goal attainable. A clean, dry, and comfortable cow finds plenty of time to rest, chew her cud, and make Wisconsin’s number one agricultural product. Since 2011, the initiative has performed 46 facility design consultations, 29 more limited facility risk as-

sessments, and 276 ventilation design assessments. It has also trained more than 1,000 attendees in 31 workshops in North America, Europe and Japan, and created a network of certified consultants. The website tracks over 3,500 registered users worldwide. Cook estimates that 65 percent of new cow barns nationwide are built with these principles. The advice brings results, says Matthew Berge, owner of the 950cow Badger Pride Dairy in Valders, near Manitowoc in eastern Wisconsin. In 2009, the farm consulted on a “dry cow” barn to hold about 200 heifers and cows before they give birth. “The work Nigel has done on cow behavior helped frame our thinking,” Berge says. “We decided, ‘Let’s try to design a facility that will address some behavior issues that can cause problems.’ Every time you change the membership in the pen, the cows have to establish a new hierarchy. We went into the design looking to avoid that type of interaction so they don’t have that stress on top of the stress of birthing.” The approach, says Berge, comes down to letting cows be cows. “Rather than build something and make the cows conform to it, why not build a facility to match the cows? We are very happy with how it has turned out.” Plans at the Koepke farm are at an early stage, but Koepke says Cook’s advice so far has been helpful. “Like a lot of UW–Madison folks, he offers a lot of good input, insight.” UW agricultural extension services “have always been impartial.” Cook asks how this expansion will set the stage for the next expansion. Koepke demurs, saying he’s leaning toward an incremental approach. “If I can make a decent living, I am content with that. I don’t need growth for its own sake.” Nonetheless, Koepke is also thinking long-term. His three sons, he mentions, have already expressed interest in becoming the sixth generation of Koepke dairy farmers in the area.

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By Meghan Lepisto

A Wildlife Win-Win From a badger to bald eagle, new partnership yields advanced veterinary care for the animals of a Wisconsin educational center – and broader learning opportunities for SVM clinical trainees. As the temperature hovers around 20 degrees on a winter morning outside Poynette, Wisconsin, Christoph Mans and Grayson Doss work alongside staff of the MacKenzie Center to transport a coyote for a medical exam. Walking briskly over the snow-covered ground, they carry the sedated coyote, resting in a dog crate, to a makeshift workspace in a small outbuilding. After placing the animal on a large table that today will serve as an examination area, they conduct a physical exam, take a close look at the coyote’s teeth, trim his nails, collect blood samples, and administer vaccines. Examinations of a red fox and redtailed hawk are also on the day’s agenda for Mans and Doss, clinical faculty of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine

(SVM) Department of Surgical Sciences and clinicians in the UW Veterinary Care (UWVC) Special Species Service. They are at the facility for a monthly visit, part of a recently established partnership between the SVM and the MacKenzie Center, an educational center about 30 minutes north of Madison that is owned and operated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Since October 2016, the SVM and UWVC have been providing veterinary medical care for the wildlife in the center’s animal exhibits — a range of native mammals and birds of prey, including gray wolves, lynx, a badger, bald eagle, turkey vulture, barred owl, and great horned owl, that inhabit Wisconsin’s ecological community. “The way I look at it, we’re argu-

ably the best possible tool to teach kids to respect and have awe for the animals that are in their backyard,” says Kyle Coker, wildlife technician team lead at the MacKenzie Center. Mans appreciates that the facility helps visitors build an awareness of species, such as the badger and wolf, that they may not otherwise witness in real life. “It’s about teaching people of Wisconsin what’s actually out there,” he says. “If you don’t even know what’s in your direct surroundings, why would you care about protecting it?” All of the animals exhibited for educational purposes were previously injured, orphaned, or raised in captivity, so cannot be released. Explaining to visitors why it’s important to keep wildlife wild, why these

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Previous page: Clinical instructor Grayson Doss examines a red fox in an outbuilding at the MacKenzie Center. Above: Dentistry and oral surgery resident Ellen Scherer, right, repairs a lower jaw injury on one of the MacKenzie Center’s red foxes while residents Amy Thomson and Jessica Robertson observe.

animals are at the MacKenzie Center, and why wild animals don’t make good pets provides another learning opportunity, notes Coker. “Any time we have the opportunity to lead tours and work directly with the public, I think the best thing that comes from it is being able to quell myths or answer questions,” he adds.

‘A Great Opportunity for Everybody’ In 2016, 50,000 visitors explored the center’s wildlife area, museum, environmental education offerings, and more. Nearly 14,000 of those patrons were K-12 students from all over the state. The shared educational mission of the MacKenzie Center and the SVM makes their collaboration a natural fit. The partnership helps the MacKenzie Center to provide, within a limited budget, an advanced level of veterinary care for the animals, focused on longterm preventive health management. And it allows the SVM to broaden learning opportunities for clinical trainees and students through exposure to novel species and procedures. “It’s mutually beneficial,” says Coker. “For us, we’re able to receive an exemplary level of veterinary care. And from talking to Dr. Mans, I know it’s especially advantageous for his zoological medicine residents to get more variety in what they’re able to care for.” 12

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In the past, veterinary medical care at the MacKenzie Center had been limited to brief visual exams of animals, annual vaccines, and emergency response as needed. Through this partnership, Mans has now instituted preventive health care plans for each of the center’s animals. This includes creating a medical records system to track the animals, reviewing their diets and vaccination and anti-parasitic protocols, and, for the first time ever, conducting thorough health checks while the animals are under anesthesia. “In the past, we would have just restrained the animals and done a quick physical exam. Now we’re safely anesthetizing them and conducting a thorough medical exam on each animal, at least once per year,” says Coker. “It’s a night and day difference — we’re able to get ahead of things versus just reacting, and potentially treat things before they become an issue. Working with Dr. Mans and the Special Species team has been very beneficial to the center.”

Outdoor Education Mans and UWVC zoological medicine residents (veterinarians who are training to become specialists) visit the MacKenzie Center about once a month to evaluate animals, barring constraints due to weather and the outdoor setting. For example, examinations were avoided during sweltering summer days because restraining animals could put

them at risk of overheating. In between visits, Mans also conducts frequent phone and email consultations, offering advice on everything from nutritional needs to ways to reduce and repel biting flies. “We’ve picked Dr. Mans’ brain every opportunity we can and received advice regarding just about every facet of care here over the last year,” says Coker. Each visit to the center begins with a blank slate, Mans explains, requiring a multitude of supplies to be packed and loaded into a minivan. “We work in an empty room there, so we need to bring everything — every syringe and needle, the right vaccines and blood tubes, dental probes for dental exams,” he says. “And then we have a box of anesthesia drugs, another box that has fluids and scales, and we bring medical records to see what happened last time.” “It’s almost like doing field work. We have a building and electricity, but that’s about it,” he adds. “It’s a challenge; I enjoy that. And I think it helps my residents to learn that it’s not always shiny rooms that you walk into and everything is ready for you.” Aside from the center’s wolves and lynx (additional planning is underway for these species due to the increased difficulty in handling them), every other animal and bird has now received a thorough physical exam, blood testing, and preventive health care.

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CHRISTOPH MANS

Center: Zoological medicine resident Taylor Yaw conducts an examination of a turkey vulture at the MacKenzie Center. Above: Since October 2016, the UW School of Veterinary Medicine has been providing veterinary medical care for animals in the center’s educational wildlife exhibits.

Specialized Service In several instances, these exams have revealed broader health issues requiring follow-up — opportunities for additional UW Veterinary Care teams, ranging from dentistry to soft tissue surgery, to lend their expertise. For example, when it was discovered that several teeth would need to be extracted from a coyote and river otter, Christopher Snyder, clinical associate professor of dentistry and oral surgery, and Molly Allen, an anesthesiology resident, joined Mans on one of his visits to the center to conduct these procedures. “That’s the exciting thing about this — we’re trying to make a lasting impact for all the animals by guiding the center to better nutrition, care, and enclosures, but we’re also then making an impact on individual animals,” says Mans. The school also responds to more urgent needs, either at the MacKenzie Center in coordination with a local ambulatory veterinarian who has a longstanding relationship with the facility, or at UW Veterinary Care for cases requiring more complex equipment or services. One of the center’s foxes, ailed by lameness due to a ruptured cruciate ligament in his knee, received TPLO (tibial plateau leveling osteotomy) surgery performed by Susan Schaefer MS’88, DVM’92, clinical associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, to help stabilize

the knee. “He’s doing great – bouncing around the yard with the other fox,” says Coker. The center’s second fox also visited the veterinary medical teaching hospital in September after sustaining an injury to his lower jaw, and is recovering well after the wound was repaired by Ellen Scherer, a resident in dentistry and oral surgery.

Teachable Moments Zoological medicine resident Lily Parkinson says every experience with MacKenzie Center animals has been memorable, but she especially enjoyed being part of the river otter’s care. “I got to work with her at the center, where we discovered that ‘he’ was a she and we also discovered that she had extensive dental disease. We were then able to get our dentistry service to help her,” says Parkinson. “Next, when she wasn’t feeling well, we discovered a splenic tumor and were able to remove it. Even though the cancer didn’t have the best prognosis, we undoubtedly helped her live longer and feel better in her last days by removing her spleen.” The chance to work in partnership with the MacKenzie Center has helped to diversify Parkinson’s residency experience, she says. “We also work at a large zoo and a wildlife rehabilitation center in our residency, but MacKenzie is specifically for teaching the public.

This gives us a different set of unique circumstances to consider and a different type of patient population.” Pursuing these types of partnerships has been made possible through the school’s recent hiring of new Special Species faculty and residents, says Mans, and he is grateful for the support that has allowed for this growth. His long-term goal is to integrate student training into visits to the MacKenzie Center and other sites, and to establish an ambulatory service that would visit zoological and wildlife facilities in Wisconsin to offer the specialized veterinary services only available through the SVM and its three board-certified specialists in zoological medicine. “There are places out there right now that don’t get the veterinary and preventive health care they need. That’s why we are growing — in order to make our services more available,” says Mans. “In the future, with more support, we hopefully will have the opportunity to cover more places and bring students. It’s about making our expertise and services available to the people of Wisconsin, improving the lives of the wild animals in captivity, and giving trainees opportunities to learn.” Members of the public are invited to visit the MacKenzie Center’s wildlife exhibit, events, and more. For information and hours: dnr.wi.gov/education/mackenzie On Call

SHARON PALMER

By Meghan Lepisto

Two Decades of Dedication Giving monthly for nearly 20 years, UWVC clients support breakthroughs in cancer treatment

haron Palmer attributes many things to the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM): the care of her beloved pets, the opportunity to be part of the teaching of tomorrow’s veterinarians, and, on one fateful Halloween evening in downtown Madison, meeting the man who would become her husband. You see, it was the SVM that drew Sharon to attend UW–Madison. As a high school student graduating in 1984, she learned of UW’s new School of

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Veterinary Medicine, founded in 1983, and hoped to be among the school’s first few classes of alumni. “I wanted to be a veterinarian. I can’t ever remember a time when animals weren’t important to me,” says Sharon, who enjoyed the company of everything from rabbits and horses to chickens and geese to pigs and sheep at her family home. Though veterinary medical school didn’t pan out (“because math and science are by no means my forte,” she

quips), Sharon earned a bachelor’s degree in human ecology. And other stars aligned at UW. In October of her sophomore year, as she departed her dorm for State Street’s storied Halloween festivities, Sharon, dressed as a genie, crossed paths with TJ Palmer, costumed as a doctor. Five years later, Sharon (maiden name Nienhaus) and TJ would be married. Recently, they celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary. For more than half of that span, the SVM has been close to their heart.

A Family Affair In the early years of Sharon and TJ’s marriage, they welcomed into their home three rescue dogs — Bo, Onyx, and Pike — and a cat, Chester. All then patients of UW Veterinary Care’s Primary Care Service, the crew would often visit together. “I’d schedule the appointment for three dogs and a cat and we’d come in with our whole clan,” says Sharon. “Chester was more doglike than catlike some days, so he was just like one of the pack.” The Palmers grew fond of Sandi Sawchuk, clinical instructor and primary care veterinarian at UW Veterinary Care, who they still see today. “Dr. Sawchuk would come in and usually we’d have two students, and we would be there for a good long time,” Sharon recalls. As the years went on, the Palmers were inspired to give back, and in 1998 they made their first gift by way of a $5 donation. They have been consistent givers ever since, supporting the school and UW Veterinary Care for nearly 20 years. Each month, Sharon sits down at her desk to pen a handwritten check to the SVM. “The vet school has always meant something to me. Giving to the SVM was just a good fit and then over time it became a habit,” Sharon says. “I have it in my planner to send a donation every month because it’s easier to spread it out. It’s small

“Giving to the SVM was just a good fit and then over time it became a habit. I have it in my planner to send a donation every month because it’s easier to spread it out.”

amounts, but you know if everybody gave a penny, you’d have a ton of money. And it’s increased over the years as we’ve been able to increase what we have.”

Invested in Animal and Human Medicine While the monthly gifts have become routine for the Palmers, the impact of their donations is anything but. Over the years, they have supported cutting-edge cancer research and treatment, including the hospital’s procurement of a TomoTherapy unit to precisely deliver radiation therapy to cat and dog tumors. (UW Veterinary Care is the first of only two veterinary medical hospitals in the world to offer TomoTherapy as a treatment option for pets, and the hospital’s successful clinical trials led to widespread use of TomoTherapy in human medicine.) Most recently, the Palmers doubled their monthly contribution to include the Animals Need Heroes Too building expansion campaign. And they have included the SVM in their estate plans, as well. “Cancer in and of itself affects so many people and animals across the globe, and I think the more money that can go into understanding, treating, and researching it is only better for everybody,” says Sharon. “I don’t necessarily know if we can cure it, but I think we can manage it and maybe fight it through other methodologies by understanding it sooner.” Ruthanne Chun DVM’91, the SVM’s associate dean for clinical affairs and hospital director, says donors like Sharon and TJ are a source of inspiration. “Their constant and faithful support of the hospital and more recent specific gifts toward TomoTherapy and the Animal Cancer Treatment and Research fund exemplify that they are joining us ‘for the long haul,’” says Chun. “This is the mindset we take not only in caring for our patients, but also what we have to keep in mind as we investigate new and better ways to

diagnose and treat cancer.” After relocating for a time to Missouri and Oklahoma, the Palmers have now returned to Wisconsin and are back as clients of UW Veterinary Care, this time with a new group of dogs, each representing one of the locations where the couple lived while TJ, previously a registered nurse, pursued training to become a physician. Atlas, a 12-year-old rat terrier, was adopted in Kirksville, Missouri, while TJ was in medical school; Titan, an 80-pound Great Dane lab mix, hails from Tulsa, where TJ completed his medical residency; and Athena, a youthful “mix of a mix,” one day showed up in the Palmers’ yard in Joplin, the location of TJ’s first job as an internal medicine physician. “For us to be able to use the vet school for our primary care and to give the students the experience they need is very, very important to us,” says Sharon. Photo page 14: For nearly 20 years, TJ and Sharon Palmer, pictured from left to right with their dogs and UW Veterinary Care patients Titan, Atlas, and Athena, have supported the School of Veterinary Medicine in its efforts to investigate new and better ways to diagnose and treat cancer and more.

How to Give The UW School of Veterinary Medicine and UW Veterinary Care owe much of their success to the friends of the school who have made gifts to support advancements in animal and human health. With your help, we can continue to lead the future of veterinary medicine. For more information regarding giving opportunities, please visit vetmed.wisc.edu/giving or contact Pat Bowdish at 608-294-7661 or pat.bowdish@supportuw.org or Heidi Kramer at 608-327-9136 or heidi.kramer@supportuw.org.

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Comparatively Speaking

New Insights into Transmission and Effects of Zika Infections The UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s investigations on the front lines of fighting Zika virus and other infectious diseases continue to yield important discoveries, including these three recent findings from Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program trainees and alumni.

Zika Unlikely to be Passed by Kissing, Casual Contact Saliva is no way to pass a Zika virus infection. According to researchers at UW– Madison who conducted studies with monkeys, casual contact like kissing or sharing a fork or spoon is not enough for the virus to move between hosts. Their findings were published in August in the journal Nature Communications. Scientists believe mosquito bites are the source of most Zika virus infections in people. After infection, the virus is present in blood and saliva for up to two weeks, but it remains in bodily fluids like breast milk for weeks and semen for months. The virus can also be spread by sexual intercourse, but much about Zika remains unknown — including, until recently, whether the saliva of an infected person posed a danger.

“Our study helps to put into context some of the transmission risk,” says Tom Friedrich, a virology professor at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM). SVM research scientist Matthew Aliota PhD’10 also contributed to the findings. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health in 2016 amid uncertainty about other potential ways Zika could spread between people. In the study, rhesus macaque monkeys at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center were infected with the strain of Zika virus that has been circulating in North and South America in recent years, and saliva was collected from the infected monkeys. The researchers swabbed the tonsils of five uninfected monkeys with the saliva, and swabbed the tonsils of

three monkeys with a concentrated high dose of Zika virus in solution. None of the saliva-swabbed monkeys developed an infection — nor did a pair of monkeys who had infected saliva swabbed in their nostrils or eyelids. However, all three monkeys who had high-dose virus applied directly to their tonsils in the absence of saliva got infected. Chris Barncard

Virus Could Be Factor in More Pregnancies

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of infection in the fetus when the pregnancies reached term. The UW researchers infected four pregnant rhesus macaque monkeys at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center with a Zika virus dose similar to what would be transferred by a mosquito bite, and found evidence that the virus was present in each monkey’s fetus. “That is a very high level — 100 percent exposure — of the virus to the fetus along with inflammation and tissue injury in an animal model that mirrors the infection in human pregnancies quite closely,” says Ted Golos, a reproductive physiologist and professor of comparative biosciences at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. “It’s sobering. If microcephaly is the

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Zika virus infection passes efficiently from a pregnant monkey to its fetus, spreading inflammatory damage throughout the tissues that support the fetus and its developing nervous system — suggesting the virus poses a wider threat in human pregnancies than generally appreciated, UW–Madison scientists have found. The researchers, along with collaborators at Duke University and the University of California, Davis, published their study in May in the journal PLOS Pathogens. Their work, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, followed the pregnancies from infection in the first or third trimester, regularly assessing maternal infection and fetal development and examining the extent

A female Aedes albopictus mosquito, which can spread the Zika virus, obtains a blood meal from a human host. This summer, a new vector disease center co-led by SVM Associate Professor Lyric Bartholomay PhD’04 identified the mosquito for the first time in Wisconsin.

tip of the iceberg for babies infected in pregnancy, the rest of the iceberg may be bigger than we’ve imagined.” Three of the fetuses involved had small heads, but not quite so small relative to normal that they would meet the human standard for diagnosing microcephaly — the most striking and widely discussed result of Zika infection

since Brazilian doctors raised alarm in 2015 of many babies with arrested brain development. The new study did not find abnormal brain development, but the researchers did discover unusual inflammation in the fetal eyes. The similarities between the monkey pregnancies and reported complications in Zika-affected human pregnancies further establish Zika infection in monkeys as a way to study the progression of the infection and associated health problems in people. “There are so many things about Zika infection we can’t study as well in pregnant humans — or fast enough to make a difference for a lot of people who may be infected,” says Dawn Dudley, a UW–Madison pathology research scientist and one of the lead authors of the research.

An animal model opens the door to studying how Zika infection interacts with other infections, how the effects of early pregnancy infection might be different from later infection, and, according to Dudley, whether quick treatment with some antiviral therapies could manage the damage of what has come to be known as congenital Zika syndrome. “The precise pathway that the virus takes from mom’s bloodstream to the fetal bloodstream, across that interface, cannot be studied except in an animal model,” says Golos. “The results we’re seeing in monkey pregnancies make us think that, as they grow, more human babies might develop Zika-related disease pathology than is currently appreciated.” Chris Barncard

From the CBMS Director A Successful 2017 It is my pleasure to report that 2017 has been a remarkable year on many fronts for the Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CBMS) graduate program. One MS student and eight PhD students successfully finished their CBMS graduate studies in the 2016-17 academic year and are now pursuing scientific careers in their chosen avenues, including academia, government, and industry. We wish them continued success in their future endeavors. As in previous years, CBMS attracted a very strong applicant pool in 2017 and we have 21 excellent students in this year’s incoming class. Notably, about half of the new recruits are foreign students, which is a testament to the program’s international reputation. The number of students in the program has grown considerably; CBMS now has a total of 62 students, of which 49 are pursuing doctoral degrees, 13 are pursuing master’s degrees, and 39 percent are international students. Also, CBMS has again received competitive Biological Sciences Fellowship Funds from the UW–Madison Graduate School, which will sustain our efforts to recruit graduate students of the highest quality. Notably, two CBMS graduate students were recently successful in garnering nationally competitive fellowships. Maria Arendt was the recipient of the Poultry Research Fellowship from Merck Animal Health and Jennifer Reinhart received the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation Clinician-Scientist Fellowship. In summary, we had a successful 2017 and we expect to build on our achievements to further enhance graduate student training and experience in the program.

Zika-Transmitting Mosquito Found in Wisconsin This summer the new Upper Midwestern Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases, housed at UW–Madison and co-led by UW School of Veterinary Medicine medical entomologist Lyric Bartholomay PhD’04, identified the Asian tiger mosquito, which can spread the Zika virus, for the first time in Wisconsin. The center identified three individuals of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in July from a trap set in Dane County. A $10 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to a group of Midwestern universities earlier this year established the center and increased surveillance efforts. The identification of Aedes albopictus does not pose an immediate threat to human health, as multiple factors reduce the likelihood of local transmission of Zika in Wisconsin,

according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Aedes albopictus had previously been identified sporadically in Minnesota and Northern Illinois. Southern Illinois hosts one of the northernmost established populations. It is currently thought that cold Wisconsin winters help prevent this species from establishing itself in the state. The individuals identified this summer might have arrived from interstate travel, possibly hitchhiking on motor vehicles. “With the number of specimens we’ve found, it’s important to be alerted, but not cause for alarm,” says Bartholomay. “So far in the Midwest, Aedes albopictus has not been associated with transmission of Zika virus.” Eric Hamilton

M. Suresh Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences Director, Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

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DVM Badger Den

A Course of Her Own Making From being an equine veterinarian, to working with military working dogs in Afghanistan, to teaching veterinary technicians and working as a small animal emergency veterinarian, Lund has sought out contrasting experiences — always open to learning from the diversity of perspectives she encounters along the way. DENISE GARLOW

Jane Renee (JR) Lund’s MS’07, DVM’07 latest adventure, a residency in diagnostic imaging, is many years in the making. In the ten years since graduating with her DVM/MS, Lund has charted her career course like an agile sailor, picking points on the horizon and fluidly adjusting to the conditions.

To help ensure cow comfort and fair competition, JR Lund MS‘07, DVM‘07 uses an ultrasound to scan a Brown Swiss’ udder prior to judging at the 2017 World Dairy Expo. A diagnostic imaging resident at the UW SVM, Lund became interested in veterinary radiology and ultrasound while serving in the military.

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As a teacher and student of life, Lund has advice for current DVM students: “Keep your eyes open and just say ‘yes’ when opportunities present themselves. There are a million things you can do — important things that need to be done. Yet know that once you recognize this, you’ll never have time enough to do all that you are capable of.” Lund’s first big yes was joining the Army Reserves in 2010. It was quite a departure from her previous work as an associate equine veterinarian in Maine. As a young woman, she grew up riding performance horses and training in dressage. She always knew she wanted to work with horses and was doing just that when she tacked right instead of left and volunteered, as an equine ambulatory veterinarian, for a six-month deployment with the Kentucky National Guard in Afghanistan. As a subject matter expert and animal husbandry specialist for the Agribusiness Development Team, she conducted train-the-trainer sessions in health, disease, and nutrition with Afghan paraveterinarians, teaching them the basics of veterinary and wound care for goats, sheep, and cattle. Lund witnessed firsthand how these programs improved herd health, thereby increasing livelihoods and creating greater economic stability within villages across the Kandahar Province. She fondly remembers one elderly gentleman who brought his donkey to her saying, “He is my Cadillac limousine, make him well.” One week after returning from Afghanistan, Lund said yes again and volunteered to plan the veterinary mission in Cambodia and Indonesia for the Navy Pacific Partnership — an annual deployment of forces from the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy, in cooperation with nongovernmental organizations and regional governments, to provide humanitarian, medical, and engineering assistance. Over the next

eight months, while teaching full-time for a veterinary technology program, she planned this mission from home and at meetings in Hawaii and San Diego. Lund’s duties in the Pacific led her to remote areas, setting up foot and mouth vaccination and prevention programs, spay and neuter clinics, and coordinating with local officials and organizations to create sustainable regional programs. It was no coincidence that her decision to do a residency in diagnostic imaging at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine was influenced by a military experience. After serving with the Kentucky National Guard in Afghanistan, she opted to stay on with the Active Army Unit. A pivotal meeting with Major Patrick Grimm, the only board-certified veterinary radiologist in Afghanistan and one of the soldiers responsible for keeping the K9s performing at their peak, caused Lund to say yes again. “The military takes great care of their dogs. They keep soldiers safe, are good for morale, and can go where soldiers can’t,” she says.

“The veterinarian unit was housed adjacent to the military hospital at the Kandahar Air Force Base and we used their CT machine for our dogs,” Lund continues. This experience showed her how veterinary radiologists function within the military and also inspired her to work as a small animal emergency veterinarian, which she did prior to starting her residency at UW. Another field experience, during her time in Cambodia, nudged Lund further toward diagnostic imaging, when she was asked by the locals to provide ultrasound training. “They were eager to learn and gain experience with newly available technologies,” she notes. “Medical equipment is frequently donated to areas in need, but there are limited training opportunities.” Lund’s original impetus to join the Army Reserves stemmed from her desire to be of service and, by all counts, these overseas missions accomplished just that. Back in Madison at UW Veterinary Care, Lund is putting to use her years of experience with horses, working dogs,

emergency medicine, and teaching. She also continues her military service with the Army Reserve 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion in Green Bay. “The world is such a giving place, from my employers who supported me during deployment to the people in the field, to the university and school. I’ve noticed that if I just keep adjusting my course, adding skills as I go along, I end up in a place better than I could have imagined — with even more to give back,” she says. Denise Garlow

In Memoriam Philip R. Woods DVM’87 died suddenly on June 5, 2017. After living and working in a variety of places, including Australia, he moved to North Carolina in 2003 and established a large animal veterinary practice in Vass. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, their children, and by a sister and their father.

A Message to DVM Alumni Scholarship Success What about scholarships and the cost of education? This is a question I receive from alumni who are wondering how scholarships fit in our priorities during our building expansion campaign. I am pleased to share that in the last five years, our scholarship support for DVM students has nearly doubled (increasing 96 percent). In 2016-17, 94 percent of scholarship applicants received aid. Our scholarship endowment has grown from $8.9 million to $16.8 million in five years. And through their estate plans, generous donors have committed more than $10 million in future gifts to SVM scholarships. Scholarships will always be a fundraising priority. According to the most recent Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) cost comparison tool, our total educational costs are fifth lowest for resident students and second lowest for non-resident students of the 24 U.S.-based schools. This, combined with scholarship support, is one reason why our affordability, as reported by a 2017 joint report from the American Veterinary Medical Association and AAVMC, is second

lowest among U.S. schools. Our debt-to-income ratio for new graduates is 1.4-to-one, well below the national average of twoto-one. We will continue to work to bring this ratio lower by not only continuing to increase our scholarship support, but also through ongoing financial literacy and salary negotiation training. In addition to our scholarship success, in the last five years we’ve also added the Renk Learning Center, the selectives weeks, and online learning modules. We’ve increased counseling and mental health and well-being resources. We’ve been able to make these investments in our students while at the same time seeing our average debt at graduation decline to $112,605 while the national debt load has risen to $181,740. Being a top five school doesn’t have to mean top five in cost to our students. With the support from alumni and other friends, we are able to provide an exceptional education without an exceptional price tag. Kristi V. Thorson Associate Dean for Advancement and Administration

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Donor Honor Roll

We’re Grateful for Donations Made Between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017

n this issue of On Call, we would like to thank our individual and corporate donors by listing those who made gifts or pledges of $100 or more between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017. Cumulative donors, alumni of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and the Veterinary Sciences and Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate programs, and veterinary medical clinics that participated in the Companion Animal Fund are listed separately. $1,000,000 and Above Anonymous John P. and Tashia F. Morgridge Timothy J. and Nancy L. Speaker Morrie and Tracey Waud

$500,000-$999,999 Karen A. Walsh and James G. Berbee

Gayle G. Rosemann and Paul E. McElwee Ruud Family Foundation Inc. David D. and Gail L. Seavert Joseph R. and Jayne Z. Spittler Margery H. Uihlein VCA Inc. Jeffrey D. and Sara R. Wiesner Mary Z. Zemon Zinpro Corporation

$100,000-$499,999

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Jean-Pierre and Nancy Boespflug Debra A. Cervenka

We are deeply grateful to all who have contributed. Your gifts make an impact on the lives of animals and humans. Whether you have chosen to direct your gift towards studies to improve animal health, scholarships for students, facility upgrades, or an unrestricted fund that helps us meet emerging needs, your gifts go a long way. Your generosity makes the difference and allows us to maintain the school’s reputation for excellence.

Sharon M. McGann Bruce B. and Rebecca J. Milne Barbara J. Pauly Simon F. and Laurie Peek Jill G. Pelisek Gene and Nancy P. Phipps Janet R. and Andrew L. Raddatz Robert A. Reinhart Richard K. and Bonita L. Riederer Marcus Schafer and Lakshmi Subramanian Timothy J. and Nancy S. Sheehan

$10,000-$24,999

Duffield Family Foundation

Eugene K. and Betty J. Arendt

Daniel A. and Kimberly A. Grimm

Marjorie Siebert Aylen Foundation Inc.

“My mare was handled with care and understanding through all the tests and detailed shoeing that followed. I feel so lucky to have been directed to your phenomenal team.”

Split Rail Foundation Inc. Charles W. Strawser and Ellison Bentley Lauren A. Trepanier

Shawn M. Cavanaugh

Gary R. Edge and Catherine M. Ahrens

Jeffry A. and Hidee L. Neuenschwander

David R. and Gail F. Turner

Margo and Jack Edl

Elanco Animal Health

Lois M. vanKerkhoven

Saputo Cheese USA Inc.

Thomas R. and Deborah B. Errath

Robert F. Weisberg

Emergency Medicine Club (SVECCS)

Gary F. and Camille E. Seamans

Hugh and Gail Funderburg

Charles H. and Sandra V. Yanke

Robert L. Erb

Paul S. and Suzanne K. Shain

Johnson Family Foundation

Thomas J. and Marykay M. Zimbrick

Kevin W. and Whitney M. Evers

Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon

Patrick G. and Nancy B. Kennedy

World Dairy Expo Inc.

William J. Maeck

Karla Kreklow

Gloria K. Farquer

$1,000-$4,999

Michael F. Felix

Nestle Purina Petcare Co

Rita M. Ahl

John J. Frautschi

Michele Levoir Sloan

Susan J. Anderson

David H. and Leslie B. Frisinger

Laura A. Andrews

Nancy I. Smith

Animal Clinical Investigation, LLC

Fulcer Event Services

Anonymous

Suzanne M. Strachota

Badger Veterinary Hospital

Karen Gannon

James C. and Jean L. Brager

James P. and Christine M. Uihlein

Stephen C. and Gail C. Becker

Douglas E. and Jane L. Ganz

Lois J. Brager

James I. and Mary P. Uihlein UW Wildlife Exotic and Zoo Animal Medicine Club

Alan D. Berger and Ann H. Infortuna

Paul A. Geisel

Church & Dwight Co Inc.

$25,000-$99,999

Clint R. Billmann

Gurcharan S. and Ravinder K. Grewal

Dale E. and Nanci A. Bjorling

Claire Hackmann

Michelle Bushor

Patricia A. Hackworthy

Bruce R. and Kathleen Buss

Rick and Kathleen S. Halvorson

Campbell Supply Company

Jeffrey R. Hamann

Roy A. and Sharon S. Causey

Robert J. Hardie and Toi Pedrick

Virginia Cioffletti

Darleen Heartfield

Robert C. Cohen

Philip K. Hees

Byron K. Collins

Jo Anna L. Helms

Comfort Care for Animals LLC

William R. and Sharon L. Henning

Lois E. Clementi

Nigel B. and Lynn Cook

John and Deborah L. Galvin

Ivy A. Corfis

Charles K. and Patricia A. Henrikson

Robert F. and Suzanne S. Geller

Country Hills Pet Hospital

Lynne M. Hensley

David M. Gross and Cindy A. Trachta Gross

Mark A. and Carol B. Cullen

Harvey A. and Patricia G. Hetland

Melita F. Grunow

Russell A. Cutting and Rene E. Randall

William G. and Judy K. Hicks

Charles J. and Kathryn M. Czuprynski

Edith Holmstrom

Albert O. and Nancy J. Nicholas

Timothy F. Heggland and Mary Behan

Dale A. and Katherine Nordeen

Dolores Hurlburt

Daniel R. and Susan L. Daniels

Pan Genome

Susan J. Ipsen

John G. and Daryn S. Drengler

Humane Society of the United States

Puelicher Foundation Inc.

Stephen M. Johnson and Dianne M. Byerly

Ruth Ann Dziadulewicz

Jeffery A. Hvorcik

Guy B. and Courtney H. Comer Dean Foods Foundation Richard R. and Doris B. Dubielzig Garry and Deborah Eades Robert B. and Mary R. Fick Oliver J. and Jane G. Ginther H. Edward and Kristine K. Heckman James L. Hoehn and Nancy J. Goldberg ImmunoStar Gregg and Kathryn Kuehn John E. and Valeta R. Kuenzi Maddie’s Fund Merial Inc. Maureen B. Mulroy National Guardian Life Insurance Company

Deborah L. Wells and Thomas G. DeBeck

$5,000-$9,999 Todd R. and Joanna C. Allen Animal Behavior Club Janet M. Bodin Mark E. and Cheryl A. Brickman Susan J. Cellmer and Jeffrey C. Neal

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Eastern States Exposition

Hill’s Pet Nutrition Stephen J. and Janet L. Holtman

Tara G. Icke IDEXX Laboratories Inc. Imogene P. Johnson Wesley G. Johnson and Heather J. Reynolds Johnson Kaukauna Veterinary Clinic LLP Yoshihiro and Yuko Kawaoka Carolyn A. Kenney-Carter Helen Kratzer Michael Kroll and Kellie R. Brown Don D. and Helen S. Kynaston Allen J. and Nancy D. Labecki Jean H. LaMack Steven A. and Leota I. Larson David J. and Loretta Lechner Joan and Rich Leffler Jack R. and Darryl J. Luebeck Valerie E. Lukaszewicz Priscilla R. MacDougall Lynn M. Maki and David Hansen Mark J. and Renee G. Manion Mark D. Markel Ruth M. Marrion John R. and Coleen E. Marshall Brian Matsuura and Natalee R. Cruse Michael and Katharyn A. May Mary E. McAndrews Rocille McConnell Susan M. Melby Memorial Pet Services Inc. Sharon Metzger Thomas J. Mize Carla E. Moore MSA Professional Services Juergen and Virginia L. Mueller John S. and Kristina L. Murphy

$500-$999

Laura L. Pierret

Pat A. Nelson

Cheryl Allen

Michele M. Pino

Weldon A. Nelson and Caroline E. Fribance

Artex Barn Solutions Ltd

Laura M. Pittman

Northeastern Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association

Aurora Kennel & Pet Shoppe Inc. Daniel Bare

Richard G. Placey and Carol E. Swanson

ASHLEY VOSS

Judy L. Murphy

Richard C. and Kristen E. Plendl

David Olivotti and Ann M. BerresOlivotti

Charles E. and Prudence Birringer John and Cathy A. Bradley

Curtis T. Poor and Katherine M. Sigardson-Poor

Sarah L. Orr

Victor R. and Norma M. Brockmiller

Rose M. Powers

Thomas J. and Sharon N. Palmer

Steven J. and Thea R. Buholzer

John and Sally A. Ralph

Gerald L. and Catherine A. Petersen

Melissa A. Burchell

Michael and Catherine M. Rioles

Mary S. Pfister

Susan M. Camp

Eugene and Anne Roy

Joseph G. and Barbara Pittman

Jac G. and Cynthia G. Caplin

Sargento Foods Inc.

Susan W. Prasse

John D. and Sue Ellen Cassiday

James Schad and Celia Kiela

Marcia A. Pulich

Paul W. Cerutti

Gerry D. Schaefer

Fred E. and Marilyn G. Putz

CGC Inc.

Janice M. Schuler

Richard R. Arnold

Vaught-Brezina

Robin E. Raab

Dennis P. and Nancie Chuchel

Vincent and Sarah Sherry

David H. and Nancy K. Aronson

Michael G. and Cathy A. Brotzman

Gary M. and Gail A. Reynolds

Carrie B. Coonce

Daniel E. and Susan S. Sills

Martin E. and Lois M. Auer

Sabrina H. Brounts

Jennifer L. Rochedieu

William J. Crowley

Marjorie H. Simon

Barbara Augustine

Rock Valley Veterinary Medical Association

Dane County Veterinary Medical Association

Jay L. and Patricia H. Smith

Bad Dog Frida LLC

Steven D. Brown and Melody D. Cousins Brown

Edward L. Rodriguez and Michelle M. Schartner

Frederick A. and Paula Dick

Anne N. Stoelting

Badger Dachshund Club

Harney B. and Barbara R. Stover

Mary A. Baewer

Steven A. Stwertka and Alexis Norelle

Charles and Madelon Baker

Norman E. and Lois K. Sudnick

Susan M. Banach

John P. and Laura L. Svaren

David W. Bange

David A. and Marilyn E. Swenson

Barbara B. Barber

John G. and Leslie Taylor

Brian K. and Elizabeth A. Barnes

Thomas L. Taylor

Matthew J. Barnum

Meru and Anita Thakur

Robert Bartosik

Tom Stamstad Memorial Fund

Clifford W. Bass

Michelle M. Turek

Katherine L. Bauer

David B. and Jeanine Urben

Lynn E. Baumann

Deborah A. Vandeveld

Paul H. Bautzmann

Paul J. and Emily Varkala

Jeffrey J. and Jan Beardsley

Barbara G. Grosse

Veterinary Ophthalmology Specialty Practice

Timothy E. and Gayle C. Beck

Erik and Heather Gustafson

Michael C. and Judith A. Vivion

Dennis S. and Marie C. Hahn

Trisha Y. Wagner

Harmony Veterinary Services

Andrew J. and Judith A. Waterman

James Heartfield

Jeffry K. Behan and Laura A. Brenner

Leslie Whitaker

Thomas K. Hocking

Cindy Behling

Whitewater Veterinary Hospital SC

Jill Hoover and Lynn Fox

Theresa L. Behrs

Frank C. and Lenore J. Wichlac

Del M. Januchowski and Barbara A. Baron

Mackenzie Beldon

Joseph M. and Debra A. Wisniewski

Patricia F. Bennett

Diana J. Work

Theodora B. Berg

Jennifer A. Work

Neal R. and Beth M. Berger

Andrew J. and Cynthia Rolfe

Lawrence J. and Kathleen A. Dickerson

R. Timothy and Susan Rooney

Cynthia H. Drollinger

Wayne Rupp and Karen Winquist

Robert L. and Pamella Elliott

Irene Schapiro

Mary A. Eschweiler

Monty R. Schmidt and Pamela C. Wilson

Richard C. and Annette R. Evans

Mark A. Schriner Ellen J. Schwendeman Diane Schwister Gwendolyn W. Sharratt Shan Shea and LuAnn Kuzma Simmons Education Fund Thomas L. and Anne M. Skalmoski Craig A. Smith Thomas G. and Iphigenia D. Smith Southwest Wisconsin Veterinary Association Spaulding Group LLC Steven S. Lindsay Memorial Fund John and Mary E. Stracka Susick Consulting LLC Chester B. and Donna S. Thomas Steven J. Thompson Kristi V. and Lee M. Thorson Tomah Veterinary Clinic SC Thomas N. and Jeanne M. Torhorst Dorothy M. Troller Kirk M. and Lynn L. Tucker Tufts University United Veterinary Service University League Inc. Jacqueline A. Vaver Dale Ventura Vilter Foundation Inc. Thomas and Judith P. Vinson W D Hoard & Sons Company Laurence J. Weber David R. Wenninger and Gale W. Fisher Whippet Health Foundation Sheldon Winkler Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Fest Wisconsin Holstein Association Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association

Nanci Fisher Karen L. Fitt Four Lakes Veterinary Clinic Pamela A. Frazier Karen N. Ganser Kathy Gehl Joan C. Gill Frank R. and Catherine W. Greer

Edward V. Jesse John Wiley & Sons Thomas R. and Mary N. Johnson Joseph and Patricia R. Justiliano

Charles F. and Jean E. Balsmeider

Alvin M. and Arlene R. Becker Robert J. and Lori E. Beggs

Bob and Elsie P. Berget

$100-$499

Berndt CPA, LLC

Thomas and Barbara Bruns Ruth H. Bruskiewitz Thomas J. Buetow Brian P. and Ellen M. Buggy Kevin A. Buhr and Tracey EvansBuhr David P. Bunde and Ann E. Decker Gina L. Burgert Charles K. and Mary A. Burgess Mary E. Burns Jason R. and Jennie Burt Susan Bushman Susan J. Butler Timothy L. and Sandra B. Buzard Diego F. Calderon Robert A. and Kimberly A. Campbell Hannah V. Carey Spencer S. and Candice J. Cattell Jill Cavitt John P. and Laurie L. Celebre Central Wisconsin Vizsla Club James E. and Linda L. Chadwick James M. Champagne and Donna Spangler Malcolm R. Chandler Ann Chandoha Jill M. Chavin Karen A. Cherry Chesterfield Kennel

James F. and Sophia R. Abenante

Marc A. and Cathy T. Bernstein

Michael W. Abraham

Keith and Christine Beury

Douglas Achtemeier

William F. and Laura Bird

Susan J. Adams

Thomas Black and Ann M. Lanphear

Jaime Albrecht

Steven C. and Marcia S. Blaylock

Anton M. Allen

Philip E. Bloedorn

Arthur R. and Barbara J. Anderson Dale M. and Kathleen Anderson

Joshua R. Blomberg and Amber M. Abraham

Eric K. and Susan E. Anderson

B-Magic Kennel

John R. and Marian McClellan

Louis W. and Marguerite G. Anderson

Eric D. and Cathleen Boegel

MERCK Animal Health

James M. and Bonnie K. Andrews

Robert B. and Sandee Merrick

Susan M. Bonzi

Mark J. and Jean M. Andrews

Gary A. and Karen S. Mier

Chuck A. Bornhoeft

Robert Andrews and Katherine J. Wegner

Dennis L. Borski

Animal House Veterinary Hospital PC

Jennifer Boznos

Barbara A. Constans and Deborah A. Rohde

Anonymous

Robert E. and Ann C. Braaten

Michael D. Constant

Miriam Ansfield

Barbara C. Bradley

Tamar Cooney

Shane M. and Carrie E. Anton

Barbara E. Brandel

Mark and Joanne Cotter

David B. and Linda A. Arcand

Michael E. Brennecke and Mary E. Laedtke

Country Pet Clinic LLC

Kristine M. Klewin Robert J. and Karen Klostermann Theresa L. Korycan Jeffrey H. Lardy Mark E. Linzer Michael T. Loomis Katharine C. Lyall Paul K. and Gretchen L. Mansfield Robert T. McArthur

James P. and Deanna C. Moris Ronda M. Nikolai Joel Nomkin Ned R. and Patricia J. Novsam Susan L. Oâ€™Brien

Donald A. and Cathryn L. Wittke

William N. Oâ€™Brien

Wolf River Veterinary Clinic Inc.

E. Christian and Betty F. Olsen

Timothy P. and Laureen Y. Yoshino

Robert J. and Mettja R. Overly

Cynthia A. Archer

Shaughn P. and Katherine O. Bolton

Dana L. and Heather R. Bott

Michael Brezina and Janis D.

Chewy.com LLC Neil I. and Kathleen Christensen Linda K. Christian-Smith Clark Hill PLC Rod and Barbara A. Clarke Howard J. and Ann S. Cleary Margaret E. Clemons Scott M. and Lisa L. Clendening David E. Cloninger and Mary K. Gillham D. John and Mindy E. Coke Paul C. and Mary M. Colette Michael T. and Cynthia Collins Liz Conant

Country View Animal Hospital (Beloit) Cream City Canines Inc.

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Donor Honor Roll Ruth A. Crennell

D Ward and Judith Fuller

M. Schmidt

Cheryl M. Kneubuehl

Guy Lord

James A. Crittenden and Ann B. Olewnik

Robert B. and Janine A. Gage

Preston T. and Jeanne S. Henderson

Ross and Jean L. Knutson

Michael D. Lovelace and Yvonne Jarmoc

Douglas R. and Deborah L. Cummings John W. Currier Rick and Dianne Dakich Bruce C. and Laurene D. Davidson Debra L. Davis Diego De Gasperi John R. and Sandra J. Decker Kathleen M. Deering Allan Derge Desert Paws Obedience Club of Midland TX Margaret A. Devenney Gary J. and Joyce T. Dobbert Charles A. and Mary Anne Doll Vickie Domanus Judith E. Donmoyer Margaret R. Draeger Hans D. and Sarah J. Dramm Carolee Drewieck Louise R. Dumke Carol R. Dunbar Jeff Dunn and Pamela J. O’Hearn

J.K. Gans Robert C. and Linda M. Gapko Nancy M. Garner Donna J. Garske Catherine L. Garvens John C. Garver and Jean A. Kuehn Peter J. and Brenda K. Gauchel John C. and Lynn M. Gavelek Ernest Gdisis Barbara B. Gehl Michael L. Gerdts and Elizabeth B. Anderson

John R. Holtz Patricia R. Hoover

David A. and Magdalene T. Hoyt

Jean E. Gilpin

Daniel P. Huegel

Jerry J. and Karen L. Gipp

Thomas H. Hurst and Kleo B. Kritz

Charles and Carrie Glapinski

Elizabeth A. Hutchinson

Scott J. Goethel and Heidi Drengler-Goethel

Jennifer L. Hynek

Scott and Deborah M. Golan

Kristina Gorman

Janet L. Ehn

Lorna M. Goshman

Karen Ehnert

Thomas L. Graber

Marie L. Eichinger

Great Lakes Veterinary Clinic

George and Kayleen Ellenberger

Freddi L. Greenberg

Darla J. Ellison

Daniel and Carol Gregory

Bill and Martha Encherman

Warren K. and Deborah S. Griffith

David B. Enright

Carl E. and Mary S. Gulbrandsen

Patricia A. Ernest

Nancy Gusack

James M. and Michaelynn M. Erschnig

Michael and Nanette Hackbarth Barbara C. Hagan Sam A. Hagopian Theodore E. and Genevieve Haley Bruce A. and Terrie M. Halverson Peter C. and Nancy Halverson

Walt and Linda L. Faria

Richard B. Hammerstrom and Marina N. Haan

Cornelia E. Farnum

Lyle E. and Kathryn A. Hansen

Susan N. Fasciano

Raymond C. and Sharon C. Hansen

Alexander F. Felland

Paul T. and Beth E. Hardy

Constance A. Ferentz

Suzanne Harmelink

Vincent Fidanza

Doris Harrison

Jeff L. and Jill S. Filter

Judith L. Harrison

Ronda L. Fish

James D. and Barbara B. Hart

Michael O. and Ann R. Flegel

Gary Haulotte

Barbara Flynn

James and Jennifer Hausch

Dan and Mary Flynn

Daniel J. and Mary E. Hayenga

Lisa J. Forrest and Major C. Glennon

Gerald R. and Nancy T. Hazard

James M. and Kathleen C. Freimuth

Cheryl L. Hoffer

Jon C. and Nancy Gilmore

Educational Concepts LLC

Shelley Fredson

Carole Hoefs

Kenneth A. and Ann L. Howell

Jonathan V. Goodman

Christine A. Francken

James F. and Lynn M. Hobart

Michael H. and Sara K. Gilman

Paul R. and Constance F. Eberly

Mark and Beth Fox

Celia M. Hiteman

Evelyn A. Howell

R. Kent and Jeanne-Marie Goode

Barry C. and Linda J. Fox

David G. and Joyce W. Hinds

Daniel D. and Jean D. Gilman

Dianne Dziengel

Charles H. and Susan M. Fafard

Roy D. Hilgart

Joseph E. and Kathy J. Houzner

Thaddeus G. and Kathleen A. Golos

Gwen A. Evseichik

Ava M. Higginbotham

Derek J. and Lynn M. Horkan

Frances W. Dye

John P. and Rhonda F. Evans

Ronald M. and Susan F. Hibben

Lisa J. Gilbert

Tony L. Goldberg and Anne M. Readel

Charles H. and Doris J. Evans

Thomas R. Herbst

Bradley Gerlach

Wayne E. and Michelle L. Dvorak

Kevin and Diane Esser

Terry E. and Gwen M. Henricksen

Lisa A. Hebert Matthew M. and Sherri L. Hebert Steven A. and Michelle M. Heindel James E. and Linda K. Heineke Ron Heinrich Chrysanthe Heins

IMA Peggy Ivik Tina C. Jackson William N. and Suzanne Jacobsen Julie A. Jagemann Anne H. Jahren Jean Jamieson Christopher M. Jarosh and Nicole Muenchow Alan and Paula J. Jasperson Krista A. Jautz Lynda R. Jeppesen Angelika B. Johnson Daniel K. and Sally J. Johnson Greta A. Johnson Karen S. Johnson Linda Johnson

Ann L. Koski Ann E. Kovich Rick and Constance L. Krahn Heidi and Matthew Kramer Jeffrey A. and Natalie J. Krause Cherie L. Krenke George P. and Nancy L. Krieger Shirley A. Kroening

Joann C. Luedke Howard S. and Mary E. Luethmers Gordon B. and Alicia L. Lugauer Karen K. Lundquist Michael M. Lupetini Frank R. and Ann E. Luther Gary E. Lyons and Jayne M. Squirrell Alfred MacCoun Cynthia MacEwen

Raymond R. and Barbara L. Krueger

Daniel D. Machkovech and Mary E. Sesto

Margaret Krug

Mad City Canicross LLC

Martha A. Kuba

Dawn T. Maday

Beth M. Kubly

Donald H. Maier

Aimi L. Kunesh

Roscile C. Maier

Wendy Kuzma Anthony J. and Pamela L. La Valliere

Christoph Mans and Cecilia S. Robat

Kenneth W. and Elizabeth Laatsch

Diann S. Markovic

Rebecca Ladd

Joseph A. Marotta

Elizabeth J. Laing

Kaye Martin

Maldon D. Laitinen

Mary Hanrahan Veterinary Service

Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists

Dave Masters

Edward J. Lakner

Diana C. Mattern

John E. and Nancy L. Larson

Linda H. Matusewic

Peter W. Larson

Mary S. Mayberry

Reed A. and Joyce A. Larson

John Mayer

Pete Lawrie

Sarah McClelland

Mary Leach

Rebecca L. McCulloch

Martha R. Lee

Mark McCullough

Elizabeth J. Leonard

Brenda B. McDowell

Robert F. Lera

Michael E. McFadden and Steven M. Scholze

Allen L. Leverett Allen R. Lewis Beverly K. Lewis Carol R. Lewis

Brian S. and Ann McGill Jerry McGinnis Michael J. McGreevy

Tom E. and Pat H. McManus Mark A. Meier

Helen L. Limberg Alison N. Lindsay Mares

Miles P. Melnikov and Lynn E. Konkel

Kimberly P. Lindsey

Joseph and Audrey F. Metro

John W. and Kathleen A. Linnen

Kent Meyer

James K. Little and Lynn K. Hobbie

Meyer’s Canine Colony

Robert L. and Maryanne Julian

Robert F. and Jennifer L. Lloyd

Meyer’s Kennel Inc.

Roger L. Kaas

Neil J. and Lori J. Lonergan

Sally J. Kasik

Franklin D. Loo and Sally Y. Long

Jeremy Michalek and Molly Bain Frounfelter

Kim H. Kazarian

Richard A. and Cheryl J. Loose

David J. and Rita A. Kelliher

Misael H. and Judith A. Lopez

Scott L. Johnson Terrance W. Johnson James W. Johnston Abigail J. Jones Gary D. and Barbara A. Jugenheimer

Donald L. and Mary J. Michalski Linda Michalski

Dave and Barb Kerlagon Charles M. and Susan M. Kernats Dolores A. Kester Judith A. Ketten Bobby Kewan and Ronald Thomas B. Duke and Karen M. Kimbrough Brittany Kleber Susan P. Kleinman Carl J. and Janet K. Klemm David G. and Vickie B. Klick

K. Klish

Jason Fruit and Anne K. Degreve

John G. Knaak and Patricia M. Windau

Evelyn K. Fryer

Patrick G. Hellmann and Pamela

Arthur L. and Frances Kneller

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Pauline C. Kopatich

Bruce C. Luecke

Michael J. and Sue M. Lietz

Sarah K. Johnson

Morgan P. Heller and Adrienne M. Luber-Heller

John R. Konrad

Paul W. Luebke

Thomas E. McManus and Allison G. Smith

Marilyn Helgestad

Elizabeth H. Friedgut

David L. Kolitz

Kent H. and Mary Z. Libby

Michael A. Kling and Megan M. Cullen-Kling

Fritz and Lynne A. Fridley

Lori L. Kolb

James and Shelley B. Lewis

Ralph A. and Beth Johnson

Jonathan R. and Wendy P. Heise

Patrick J. and Susan K. Frett

Gary S. and Janice M. Kobylarz

NIK HAWKINS

Thomas J. Cubinski

David Galbis Reig

Midwest Veterinary Dentistry LLC

Harold and Ann Perkins

Timothy R. and Marion Sailor

Charles B. and Patricia A. Mier

Tim and Sarah Perkins

Joseph J. Salas

Cynthia M. Miller

John and Karen L. Permer

Christopher M. Salem

Michael M. and Kathleen M. Miller

Charlyne Perrine

Laurie L. Sales

Karyn Minder

Terence L. and Lisa M. Pertile

Peter A. and Patricia J. Sammataro

Donald R. Minor

Pet Partners Animal Clinic

Lauren M. Sammel

Gordon B. Misner and Deborah Prior

Donald P. Peterka

Scott J. and Joan M. Sanders

John J. and Susan A. Petersen

Kari A. Santas SAVMA

Elliott and Susan J. Moeser

Philip B. Pham and Jeanette L. Lampman Pham

Jeffrey R. Moll

David M. and Jennifer W. Phillips

Richard O. Schafer and Heidi Schweizer

Harry W. and Gail W. Momont

Robert E. and Mary Ann B. Phillips

Erna E. Schatzman

Cecil P. and Geraldine A. Moore

Peter J. and Kathleen A. Piaskoski

Robert and Polly J. Schellinger

James D. and Patricia D. Moore

Mark and Marie E. Pinkerton

Peter and Barbara J. Schenck

Samantha L. Morello

James C. and Catherine J. Plank

William T. and Tracy L. Schleicher

Karen A. Moriello

Michele Plewa

Nancy M. Schlunz

Steve Mueller

Kockanda B. Poonacha

Ruth M. Schoenwetter

Peter Muir

Judiann Porubcan

Roger L. and Kay C. Schramm

Amelia Munsterman

Cynthia M. Poss

Schreiber Foods West

John P. and Catherine M. Murphy

Eileen Potts Dawson

Gail L. Schroeder

Michael S. Murray

Howard D. and Jean Poulson

Glenn G. and Connie L. Schroeder

Frank L. and Helen E. Myers

Kathleen F. Pratt

Schubert Bros Pest Control

Hyla S. Napadensky

Proclip USA Inc.

Linda A. Schuler and David S. Liebl

Steven L. and Angela B. Nash

Kathleen A. Puerner

Fran A. Schultz

National Society of Phi Zeta

Catherine G. Pullar

Craig A. and Litzi L. Schulz

Carl R. and Sherrill A. Neess

Lisa M. Pye

Kurt and Debra Schuster

Michael L. and Maria-Katrina Neis

Richard H. and Barbara A. Quaas

Nicole Schwendel

Patricia A. Nell

Randall J. Raasch

James and Tonya L. Searles

Christopher and Carol S. Nelsen

Jean L. Radford

Patrick H. and Marlys A. Semple

Judith K. Nelson

Donna R. Radler

Seven Oaks Farm LLC

Karen K. Nelson

Donald L. Rahn and Rosalind A. Carlyon-Rahn

Diana K. Shadel

Paul E. Mleziva

“I appreciated the doctors and students keeping me informed as they did their examination and that they explained my dog’s illness in terms I could understand.” Barbara Stockhausen

Stacey Watson

John W. and Beverly J. Stoehr Carol J. Storm

Morris Waxler and Carolyn J. Zahn-Waxler

John P. Strachota

Richard and Susan M. Weaver

Richard A. and Susan B. Strait

Richard and Jane Weik

Gordon and Patricia Stroessner

Marc S. and Leslie A. Weinberger

Elizabeth A. Strong

Ronald I. Weisbrod

Kathleen H. Strong

Daniel Weiss and Felicia D. Roberts

Roger G. and Linda F. Stuckey Ruth A. Stuhr

Suzanne M. Weiss

Jean M. Suchomel

Robert H. and Deborah J. Weltman

Michael and Tracy Swanson

Leonard W. and Paula K. Werner

Jacquelyn L. Sweeney

Thomas W. and Jacqueline C. White

Donald E. and Barbara C. Swinton Harold and Emily Taggart Howard G. and Cheryl J. Teal

George C. Whitely and Patricia Kugler Whitely John P. Wilhelmsen

Francis Shearer

Michael J. Teich and Margaret Kelsey

Sheboygan Dog Training Club

Tracey L. Theis

Ron and Karen A. Reimer

Patryk W. Silver and Lesley J. Smith

Greg Thomas and Xuan Pan

Diane H. Remeika

David W. and Jean M. Simbro

Michael G. and Susan J. Thompson

Cheryl L. Rice

Dennis L. and Joan C. Singstock

John and Ginger Tierney

Winnegamie Dog Club Inc.

Margaret J. Rice

Candace A. Sinow

Linda J. Tigert

Janet Wintersberger

Virginia B. Rice

Randall I. Sirk

Nolan and Diana Tobias

Matthew D. and Tracy L. Ricker

Nancy A. Sivyer

Larry J. and Christine J. Tomko

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Mary Nozzi

Sheryl Riffle

Mark G. Slevin

Calvin F. and Joan L. Traver

B. William and Kristin K. Nussdorfer

Charles P. and Kathleen T. Riley

Robert J. Slezak

Tree Towns Boxer Club

Robert F. and Margo A. O’Brien Hokanson

Sharon S. Rinaldi

Jon M. and Nancy A. Sloan

Jeffrey J. Trendel

Sarah Ritter

Shields J. Sloan

Wittenberg Companion Animal Veterinary Clinic

Cheri A. Trimboli

Elliott C. Robbins and Dulcie L. Truitt

Andrew and Jennifer Smieja

Barbara A. Wolf

Mary Offerman

Michael J. Turner

Jeffrey R. and Paige A. Wolfgram

Michele L. Oie

Allan D. and Carleen P. Robertson

Charles C. Smith and Marianne Siess

David M. Vail

Joseph E. and Susan C. Wolters

Anne O’Keefe

Eleanor Robins

Jason T. and Kari M. Smith

Bruce R. and Becky J. Van Houten

Wayne G. and Sue Woltman

Christine Olsen

Paul Rochotte

Julia F. Smith

Kenneth and Patricia A. Van Till

Jayne M. Wonn

Christopher W. Olsen and Claudia E. Meyers

Sandra J. Rodgers

Kendall K. Smith

Charles D. and Susan J. Varco

Susan L. Woods

Susan M. Rogers

Kimberly A. Smith

William S. Vargas

Marilyn J. Workman

Daniel Roh and Carla C. Allenstein

Lizabeth A. Smith

Ronald J. Vavrik and Nancy Lorenz

Norman W. Wright

J. M. and Susan F. Roraff

Mowry I. Smith

Susan Verace

Robert W. Smith

Steve P. and Kathleen E. Verrill

William W. and Mardelle K. Wuerger

Marie Orwig

Karl S. Rosengren and Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

Courtney Verschuren

Megan B. Yockey

Sharon B. Ostach

Russ Rosenzweig

Gary and Roberta A. Soike

Catherine M. Young

Margot Paddock

Marilyn C. Roth

Charles B. Vetzner and Arleen A. Wolek

Betty Sommers

Jeffery C. and Julie A. Palkowski

Christopher A. Rowbottom and Elizabeth F. Dill

Nancy V. Vidlak

Steven D. and Jill J. Sorden

Penn R. and Katherine H. Vieau

Mostafa Zamanian and Zahra Sagha

Scott A. Sorenson and Kara Ewers

Charles G. and Kathleen A. Vogel

Lou Ann Zegers

Robert E. and Karla A. Spinks

Dawn M. Vogel

Ronald G. and Susan B. Zellmer

Kevin J. Spredemann

Lyle O. and Dorothy A. Voss

Robert J. and Mary L. Ziino

Sarah J. Stannard

Kieu-Oanh T. Vu

Valerie H. Zimdars

William and Judith H. Stathas

Sharon D. Wagner

Mary L. Zimmermann

Jennifer L. Steele

Jacqueline M. Walling

Jeffrey A. and Marcia J. Zingg

Howard Steinberg and Barbara J. Andrews

David A. and Marjorie Walsh

William J. and Paula M. Zirbes

Robert A. Washenko and Mary F. Fahey

Arthur J. Zoellner

William P. Wassweiler and Ann M. Schwichtenberg-Wassweiler

Betty F. Zupke

Patricia W. Nelson Philip F. and Sally A. Neustedter G Scott and Kalen K. Nichols Ian A. and Jeanette M. Nicolaisen Barbara J. Norene Nancy P. Norgord Gregory A. and Gail M. Norusis Robert L. Nourse and De-Ann M. Pillers

James A. and Ann S. O’Donnell

Bette H. Olson Louise A. Olson Nancy Orr and Lindsay Brice

James O. and Deanna L. Parrish Kenneth J. Parsons and Kendra L. Bonderud

Onnolee J. Rankin Joshua and Erica Reece

William S. Rubin Katherine A. and Paul E. Rudolph

James K. and Patricia J. Pasell

Joe G. and Lori L. Rudy

Alan M. Patterson and Sheli R. Sadoff

Michael and Carrie Ruhde

Joyce M. Paulson Sara Paulson Thomas A. and Patricia D. Paulson Bradley J. and Kelly K. Pausig Jeff M. and Marlene M. Pechura Gary L. and Shirley M. Peper

Mary Ann Russell Paul A. and Sherry A. Ruud Lawrence M. Ryan Mary F. Ryan

David A. and Angela J. Snyders

Mary Jo Ryan

Gerald L. and Georgia A. Stellmacher

Ronald J. and Mary L. Ryan

Lynne K. Stevens

Mike and Jackie Rymarz

Annette E. Stock

Norman J. Wilsman and Margaret R. O’Harrow Regina Wilson William F. Wingren Linda S. Winn

Gary A. and Margaret E. Withall Lawrence A. and Marge R. Witt

Karen M. Young

Kelly L. Zolinski

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Donor Honor Roll

Veterinary Clinic Sponsorships Benefit the UW School of Veterinary Medicine Every year, the UW School of Veterinary Medicine receives tremendous support from veterinary medical clinics that donate to the Companion Animal Fund Sponsor program in the name of a client’s pet who has passed away. We are thankful to be able to help during a pet owner’s time of grief, even just by being a part of that sense of connection generated when a pet owner learns that their veterinarian made a donation in the name of their pet. But we feel even more grateful that we are able to put these gifts to good use to benefit animal care. Thank you to the following veterinary medical clinics for their generous participation in this program between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017.

Special Thanks for Legacy Gifts Legacy gifts, such as bequests from a will or trust, charitable gift arrangements, and IRA beneficiary designations, make a positive and lasting impact on the school. We proudly celebrate these donors who have pledged their future support by documenting their intentions to provide a planned gift to the UW Foundation for the benefit of the SVM. For more information about providing a legacy gift, please contact Pat Bowdish at 608-294-7661 or Heidi Kramer at 608-327-9136. Robert and Deanna Alba

Jo Anna L. Helms

Joyce M. Paulson

Todd R. and Joanna C. Allen

Oscar A. and Mary E. Hildebrandt

Barbara J. Pauly

Joey E. Amberg

Charles R. and Laura M. Iverson

Marcia A. Pulich

Jeffry Anderson

Philip W. Jennings

Fred E. and Marilyn G. Putz

Anonymous

Scott L. Johnson

Theresa M. Radant

David H. and Nancy K. Aronson

Gary R. and Kay M. Jones

Janet R. and Andrew L. Raddatz

Belinda Jones Bauknecht

Sheryl L. Jones

John and Robin Raley

Irving and Wendy L. Benveniste

Kenneth A. and Cathy L. Kerznar

Bruce E. Bowen and Margaret M. Serak

Lynn A. Kniaz

Edward L. Rodriguez and Michelle M. Schartner

Mark E. and Cheryl A. Brickman

Lois G. and Edward M. Le Vine

Victor R. and Norma M. Brockmiller

Gerald and Patricia Lees

Robert A. and Kim D. Bruss

$2,000 and Above

$500-$999

All Pets Veterinary Clinic

All Paws Animal Hospital

Kaukauna Veterinary Clinic LLP

Delafield Small Animal Hospital

Lake Country Veterinary Care

Hartford Animal Clinic Inc

Muller Veterinary Hospital

Jefferson Veterinary Clinic SC

New Berlin Animal Hospital Ltd

Russell Veterinary Hospital PC

Oregon Veterinary Clinic Perryville Pet Hospital

Under $500

Debra A. and Robert F. Cervenka Rob and Cheryl Christianson Lois E. Clementi Ivy A. Corfis John W. Currier Robert J. and Katherine A. Emery

Karla Kreklow

Kent H. and Mary Z. Libby Joyce A. Madsen Stephen F. Maske Keith L. Mausner and Judith C. Illes

John S. and Kristina L. Murphy

Harold Engles

Judy L. Murphy Kalen K. Nichols

Wright Veterinary Service

Gregory O. and Janice L. Erceg

Dale A. and Katherine Nordeen

Bark River Animal Hospital

Karen L. Fitt

Ardith L. Nyht

Country View Veterinary Service

Earl E. and Linda J. Flaskrud

High Cliff Veterinary Service

Beverly S. Freiberg

Esther M. Olson and Weston R. Severson

Dodgeville Veterinary Service Family Pet Clinic SC Marshfield Veterinary Service North Country Veterinary Clinic Ltd Northside Veterinary Clinic Northwoods Animal Hospital Omro Animal Hospital Park Pet Hospital West Salem Veterinary Clinic Inc.

Lakeside Animal Hospital

Kathy Gehl

Layton Animal Hospital

Mary E. Gerloff

Loyal Veterinary Service

Christine E. Gonia

Metro Animal Hospital

Daniel A. and Kimberly A. Grimm

Military Ridge Veterinary Service

Melita F. Grunow

New Canaan Veterinary Hospital

Nancy Gusack

Pewaukee Veterinary Service SC

Claire Hackmann

Queen Creek Veterinary Clinic

Priscilla Hadley

Token Creek Veterinary Clinic

Denny and Kim Harms

Whitewater Veterinary Hospital SC

June E. Harper

Wittenberg Companion Animal Veterinary Clinic

James and Jennifer Hausch

Woodland Veterinary Clinic Ltd

Karen N. Ganser

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Lisa A. Hebert

David D. and Gail L. Seavert Patricia B. Smith Hedwig M. Spaight Steven A. Stwertka and Alexis Norelle

Suzanne McDonald

SherRee L. Engles

Kronenwetter Veterinary Care SC

Anna A. Seaver

Suzanne M. Strachota

Animal House Veterinary Hospital PC

Country View Animal Hospital (Neenah)

Marcie T. Schwengel

Rocille McConnell

Animal Hospital of Oshkosh LLC

$1,000-$1,999

Ronald F. and Tami L. Schurer

Susan McCammon

Shorewood Animal Hospital

Appanasha Clinics SC

Deborah A. Rohde and Barbara A. Constans

David R. and Gail F. Turner Jacqueline A. Vaver Judith A. Wagner Peter S. and Trisha Y. Wagner Morrie Waud Marilyn R. Wilbur Edwin V. and Linda S. Wise

Sarah L. Orr

John R. and Kelli J. Zellmer

Thomas J. and Sharon N. Palmer

Mary L. Zimmermann

“The patient care staff was super friendly and reassuring. All of my questions were answered and everyone took great care of my bearded dragon.”

NIK HAWKINS (2)

Special Thanks to Alumni Donors Our alumni donors form a special group of individuals. They have seen both the excellence and the potential of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine firsthand, and even after they graduate, the school holds a special place for them. Whether they work in private practice or academics, stay in Wisconsin or travel far abroad, or even return right here to their alma mater, we appreciate that our alumni remember where they came from. We would like to thank our alumni who have made gifts and pledges of $100 or more between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, whether for the benefit of animal health or aspiring veterinarians, or simply to maintain the excellence of their school.

“I love the UW Teaching Hospital. They always make me feel like [my cat] isn’t just a pet, but a member of my family, which he is. I appreciate their care, concern, and dedication to making sure he has the healthiest life.”

Kimberly H. Everson DVM‘07

Peter L. Rayne DVM‘89

Kristen R. Friedrichs DVM‘91 and Daniel G. Wong

Joanne M. DVM‘01 and Allen D. Reuter

Sarah Gertmenian DVM‘02

Erin P. DVM‘02 and Paul Ribka

Hannelore Geyer DVM‘98

Kyle W. Richards DVM‘94

Janet D. DVM‘88 and Stanley A. Gildner

John K. PHD‘73 and Sandra Rosenberger

Meghan E. Glazer DVM‘12

Amy L. DVM‘87 and James M. Rossmiller

Franziska B. Grieder MS‘87, PHD‘89 Deena A. Grimm DVM‘91 Rose C. Grimm DVM‘04 Tamara M. Holz-Jacobs DVM‘95 and Michael A. Jacobs Guy D. DVM‘87 and Susan K. Jodarski

$10,000 and Above Laura L. Bloomquist DVM‘11 Patrick S. MS‘83, DVM‘87 and Anne M. Farrell

$5,000-$9,999 Daryl D. MS‘74, PHD‘75 and Sharon G. Buss Terrence P. DVM‘87 and Irina Clark

Robert R. DVM‘90 and Julie A. Poetzel Paul M. DVM‘88 and Priscilla M. Potenza Kathy M. Reilly DVM‘90 Scott D. Ruetten DVM‘89 and Edith G. Brandt DVM‘88 Karl D. Solverson DVM’99 and Natalie J. Walleser Solverson Scott A. Spaulding DVM‘91

Jean E. Sander DVM‘87

A. Neill PHD‘77 and Julia Johnson

Timothy J. PHD‘07 and Tiffany Stein

Siri R. Kavanaugh DVM‘92

Alvin F. Weber PHD‘49

Thomas J. MS’73, PHD‘75 and Beverly K. Kennedy

Gary W. DVM‘97 and Amy S. DVM‘97 Wiegel

Jennifer A. Kobilca DVM‘00

Tami M. Zalewski DVM‘93

$100-$499

Oscar J. Fletcher PHD‘68

Rebecca L. Stepien DVM‘87

Peter J. Accola DVM‘01 and Laura Accola Goodman

Gustavo Justines PHD‘71 and Gladys Oro

Linda J. Sullivan DVM‘87

Claudia Barreto PHD‘94

$500-$999

Rodney S. DVM‘87 and Lana A. Kuenzi

Jodie L. Anderson DVM‘89

Ty J. Vannieuwenhoven DVM‘89

Lyric C. Bartholomay PHD‘04

Kenneth R. DVM‘07, MS‘07 and Shelly M. Waller

John T. DVM‘88 and Ranjana G. Been

$1,000-$4,999

Kristen A. Bernard MS‘92, PHD‘95 and Rick K. Ezell

Gerald E. PHD‘71 and Sharon K. Bisgard

Kathleen A. Burek DVM‘88, MS‘91 and Henry P. Huntington

Linda Bunkfeldt-Popp MS‘79

Sara A. Colopy DVM‘04, PHD‘12

Allen S. Hallada DVM‘90

Jennifer M. DVM‘06 and Troy T. Coonen

Peter D. MS’94, PHD‘97 and Karen L. Hanson Susan J. Hyland MS‘73, PHD‘78 and Rudolf Dueland

Kathryn A. Coyle DVM‘94 and James W. Tracy

Donna B. Krochak DVM‘91

Bernard C. MS‘58, PHD‘61 and Charlene L. Easterday

Virginia P. Kunch DVM‘97 Diane L. Larsen DVM’90, PHD‘99 Gayle S. Leith MS‘85, DVM‘88 Tenneille E. Ludwig PHD‘01 Jonathan F. MS‘89, PHD‘94 and Stacy A. McAnulty Mandy J. Meindel DVM‘06 Sarah J. Novak DVM‘06 Kim Lord Plummer MS‘85 and Gregg A. Plummer

Tracy Bartz Kocialkowski DVM‘92 Judith L. Batker DVM‘95 Patricia A. Bauman DVM‘87

Shianne L. Koplitz DVM‘99 Mary M. Kraft-Lee DVM‘90 and Thomas J. Lee Douglas D. DVM’98 and Kimberly A. DVM‘00 Kratt Kathryn R. Krueger DVM‘03 Rebecca A. DVM‘05 and Chad D. Krull Thomas G. MS‘76 and Shirley R. Ksiazek

Charles W. MS‘64, PHD‘65 and Valerie S. Beard

Barbara J. Larcom DVM‘89

James G. DVM‘88 and Heather A. Bednarek

Lynda L. Ludwig DVM‘00

Lisa A. Lindesmith DVM‘88

Kristine M. Bisgard DVM‘90

Kyle G. DVM‘88 and Barbara J. Mathews

Shawn C. DVM‘91 and John J. Bogdanske

Laura L. McLain Madsen DVM‘97

Sarah Bro DVM‘99 Diane M. Brown DVM‘89 Robert J. Callan PHD‘96 and Cindy L. Pickens Benjamin P. Chen MS‘79, PHD‘83 and Lynne E. Guagliardi

Jenny M. Dahlberg MS‘09

Jacob W. Odders DVM‘98 and Greta E. Grittinger-Odders DVM‘00

Kathleen M. Holan DVM‘91

Deborah L. MS‘94 and Benjamin J. Darien

Todd M. O’Hara DVM‘92 and Carla E. Willetto DVM‘92

Joel C. DVM‘88 and Laura M. Koenig

Carolyn M. Deegan DVM‘87

Jean M. DVM‘91 and John Osen

Steven G. Delonay DVM‘89

Laura L. Oxley DVM‘99 and Aaron Patterson

Steven L. DVM‘87 and Deborah P. Erickson

Susan L. Schaefer MS‘88, DVM‘92 Charles S. Schobert DVM‘96 Barbara L. DVM‘87 and David P. Silva Kurt K. Sladky DVM‘93 and Deborah A. Neff Jesse A. DVM‘03 and Emilie B. Sondel Robert H. DVM‘93 and Julie C. Steiner Kim D. Taylor DVM‘89 Kevin L. DVM‘04 and Dawn M. DVM‘03 Thrall John K. Tracey DVM‘12 Kimberly H. DVM‘94 and Dean J. Vogel Paige E. Wilder DVM’14 Cara E. Williams DVM‘13 Kaitlin B. Young DVM‘10

Winifred G. Morenz DVM‘88

Heidi A. Chupp DVM‘99

Mary K. DVM‘88 and John P. Lewis

Craig S. Satow DVM‘94

Andrea J. DVM‘95 and Robert J. Moore

Jennifer A. DVM‘90 and Daniel W. Fleming

Stacey L. Kumbalek DVM‘06

William E. DVM‘09 and Samantha Sander

Dawn M. Mogilevsky DVM‘90

John P. Naeser DVM‘02

Terry L. Dew DVM‘87

Brett H. Saladino DVM‘92

Fran S. Miyake DVM‘92

Thomas M. England DVM‘94

Loren D. Koller MS‘69, PHD‘71

Robert A. Sahaghian MS‘10 and Melissa M. Schutten DVM‘02

Carol J. McLaughlin DVM‘92

Ruthanne Chun DVM‘91 and James A. Polikowski DVM‘96

Mary E. Griffith DVM‘13

Kim B. Rotner DVM‘90

Paula J. Northrop DVM‘92

Thomas A. Peterson DVM‘90 Keith P. Poulsen DVM‘04, PHD‘12

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Donor Honor Roll NIK HAWKINS

Special Thanks to Cumulative Donors Every gift to support the UW School of Veterinary Medicine is always appreciated. The school is especially grateful to those donors who have shown a high level of support, whether they have done so through many gifts or pledges over the years or through a larger donation. Consistent support at this level provides the margin of excellence in our teaching, research, and service and also serves to show others that our cause is a worthy one. We gratefully acknowledge the cumulative contributions that the following donors have made toward our overall excellence as well as specific endeavors from 1982 to the present, including gifts and pledges.

Mary L. Comstock

Gary F. and Camille E. Seamans

Kelly J. Connor-Ginther

International Vaccine Institute

Jean-Pierre and Nancy Boespflug

Timothy J. and Anne M. Connor

David D. and Gail L. Seavert

Consolidated Sterilizer Systems

Intervet Inc.

Debra A. and Robert F. Cervenka

Dean Foods Foundation

Paul S. and Suzanne K. Shain

Cooperative Resources International

Inviragen (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Covance Inc.

Kathryn N. Doane

Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon

Country View Animal Hospital

Jaqua Foundation

Frank and Evelyn K. Fryer

Dog Jog Companion Animal Club

Terry K. and Sandra K. Shockley

CuraGen Corporation

Samuel C. and Imogene P. Johnson

Oliver J. and Jane G. Ginther

Richard R. and Doris B. Dubielzig

Skeletal Kinetics

John W. Currier

Melita F. Grunow

Duffield Family Foundation

Smith and Nephew Inc.

Stephen M. Johnson and Dianne M. Byerly

Christine F. Meyer

Garry and Deborah Eades

SONAC USA

Russell A. Cutting and Rene E. Randall

John P. and Tashia F. Morgridge

Margo and Jack Edl

VCA Inc.

Dr. William James and Winifred Joyce O’Rourke Family Charitable Trust

Fort Dodge Animal Health

Stuart Webb

Daniel A. and Kimberly A. Grimm

Marilyn R. Wilbur

Patricia R. Hall

Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association

$1,000,000 and Above

Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc. Martha E. Pavcek Walter F. and Martha M. Renk Timothy J. and Nancy L. Speaker Barbara A. Suran Karen A. Walsh and James G. Berbee

Arlene E. Hartman Hemopet Heska Corporation Hill’s Pet Nutrition Immuno Dynamics Inc. ImmunoStar

Morrie and Tracey Waud

Inviragen

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Susan J. Ipsen

$500,000-$999,999 Irving and Wendy L. Benveniste Equiservices Margaret D. Fix

Judith Jackman Carolyn A. Kenney-Carter Karla Kreklow Erick J. Laine Robert G. and Nanette O. Lamphere David S. Liebl and Linda A. Schuler

World Dairy Expo Inc. Charles H. and Sandra V. Yanke Ray B. Zemon Zinpro Corporation

$25,000-$99,999 All Pets Veterinary Clinic Todd R. and Joanna C. Allen Steven L. and Karen L. Allenstein Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp

Kaukauna Veterinary Clinic LLP

Datex Ohmeda Inc.

Jack F. Kellner

Dodgeville Veterinary Service

Mark and Michele Kellner

Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust

Patrick G. and Nancy B. Kennedy

C. Thomas and Suzanne Dow

King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology

Arthur E. and Betty M. Duebner

Kohler Foundation Inc.

Bernard C. MS‘58, PHD‘61 and Charlene L. Easterday

John H. and Kennetha L. Krehbiel

Eastern Artificial Insemination Ecolab Inc. Endorex Corporation Andrew J. and Linda D. Erdman Thomas R. and Deborah B. Errath Farm Credit Services Of NE WI

Alta Genetics USA Inc.

Patrick S. MS‘83, DVM‘87 and Anne M. Farrell

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Robert B. and Mary R. Fick

Susan J. Anderson

Nicole Finitzo Fort Dodge Laboratories

Harvestime Farms Inc.

Martha M. Lound

Allan Holladay

Laura A. Andrews

Maddie’s Fund

Bohdan W. Lucky and Ellen C. Butterworth

Appanasha Clinics SC

Merial Inc.

William J. and Shirley A. Maeck

Moritz Foundation

Matrix Foundation

Albert O. and Nancy J. Nicholas

James E. and Jean Mohrhauser

OSOD LLC

Monsanto Company

Gerald E. PHD‘71 and Sharon K. Bisgard

Pfizer Inc.

Morinda Agriculture

Blackwell Science LTD

Mary E. Gerloff

Rabies Challenge Fund

Mary A. Morse

Laura L. Bloomquist DVM‘11

Matthew R. Ginther

VetCor Professional Practices

Jeffry A. and Hidee L. Neuenschwander

Robert G. and Joellen F. Blount

William J. and Patricia J. Goodger

James C. Brager

Jonathan V. Goodman

Lois J. Brager

Claire Hackmann

Mark E. and Cheryl A. Brickman

Peter D. MS‘94, PHD‘97 and Karen L. Hanson

Jeffrey D. and Sara R. Wiesner Zoetis

NutraSweet Company Oratec Interventions Inc.

$100,000-$499,999

OsteoGenix Inc.

Badgerland Financial Bayer - Agriculture Division Bayer Corporation

Kelly Bryson

Friends of Henry Vilas Zoo Jorge O. and Sofija Galante David J. Ganfield Robert F. and Suzanne S. Geller Genex Cooperative Inc. William R. and Cindy Gengler

Mary E. Poirier

William G. Hein

Aquila Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

Edward J. Campbell

JB & MK Pritzker Family Foundation

Cynthia R. Cannon

Evan and Marion Helfaer Foundation

Marjorie Siebert Aylen Foundation Inc.

Puelicher Foundation Inc.

Carrington Laboratories Inc. Shawn M. Cavanaugh

Hannah V. Carey

Harvey A. and Patricia G. Hetland

Andrew J. and Cynthia Rolfe

Susan J. Cellmer and Jeffrey C. Neal

Gayle G. Rosemann and Paul E. McElwee

Church & Dwight Co Inc.

James L. Hoehn and Nancy J. Goldberg

Eric P. Sandgren Saputo Cheese USA Inc. SAVMA

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Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation Lakeside Animal Hospital Edward M. and Lois G. Le Vine Jacqueline W. Lindsay Kathleen R. Losurdo Jack R. and Darryl J. Luebeck Mark D. Markel Jacqueline Marshall Marshall & Ilsley Foundation Inc. Merck & Co Inc. The Merck Company Foundation Merial Intervet Eugene L. Meyer Midwest Veterinary Supply Inc. Miles Inc. MillerCoors Bruce B. and Rebecca J. Milne Jean C. Mooring Muller Veterinary Hospital

National Guardian Life Insurance Company

AgSource Cooperative Services

Daryl D. MS‘74, PHD‘75 and Sharon G. Buss

Salsbury J E Foundation

Don D. and Helen S. Kynaston

The Myelin Project

Theodore S. Plautz

Jane Bunn

Dennis J. and Sandra J. Kuester

H. Edward and Kristine K. Heckman

Mary A. Pierson

John G. and Doris J. Salsbury

Kuenzi Family Pet Hospital

Maureen B. Mulroy

Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.

John E. and Valeta R. Kuenzi

Patricia L. Hayes

Terrance D. and Judith A. Paul

John D. Baumann and Catherine R. Doyle

Gregg and Kathryn M. Kuehn

Hartford Animal Clinic Inc.

Allan P. Abell

Kenyon Bryson

Ronald C. Katz

John C. and Dorothy Dahl

Nestle Purina Petcare Co Nestle USA Inc. New Berlin Animal Hospital Ltd Dale A. and Katherine Nordeen

Earl K. Holz

Novartis Animal Health US Inc.

Terrence P. DVM‘87 and Irina Clark

Susan J. Hyland MS‘73, PHD‘78 and Rudolf Dueland

David Nowicki

Lois E. Clementi

Iams Company

Guy B. and Courtney H. Comer

Mathilda V. Oaks

Darian M. and Jamie H. Ibrahim

Companion Animal Club

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.

David Olivotti and Ann M. BerresOlivotti

Ciba-Geigy Limited

Julie R. Nowicki

Carl Olson

Robert T. Wallace

Esther M. Olson and Weston R. Severson

Waukesha Kennel Club

Omro Animal Hospital Oregon Veterinary Clinic William J. and Winifred J. O’Rourke

Lucile Weinress Patricia H. Weisberg Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Fest

Charles J. and Kathryn M. Czuprynski

Melvyn A. and Carol A. Kronn

Irene Schapiro

Virginia P. Kunch DVM‘97

Randy Schueller

Kunming Institute of Zoology

Ronald D. and Carolyn D. Schultz

L & L Sales & Service Inc.

Harlan and Anna A. Seaver

Michele M. La Fond MS‘85, DVM‘89

Timothy J. and Nancy S. Sheehan

Laboratoire M2 Inc.

Simmons Education Fund

Lake Country Veterinary Care

David H. Simon

Jean H. LaMack

Thomas L. and Anne M. Skalmoski

Layton Animal Hospital

Michele Levoir Sloan

Eastern States Veterinary Association

Shayna N. Leib

Jay L. and Patricia H. Smith

Gary R. Edge and Catherine M. Ahrens

A. Brian Little

Nancy I. Smith

Little Animal Hospital

Society for Research on Umami Taste

Glenn A. Dahl Dane County Humane Society Deer-Grove Veterinary Clinics LLC DeLaval Inc.

San W. and Sarah C. Orr

Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation Inc.

Pan Genome

Wright Veterinary Service

Dubuque Kennel Club

Park Pet Hospital

Mary Z. Zemon

Eastern States Exposition

Jill G. and Frank J. Pelisek Pepsi-Cola Sales & Distribution Inc.

$10,000-$24,999

Perryville Pet Hospital

ABS Global Inc.

The PEW Charitable Trusts

Accelerated Genetics

Marilyn M. Potter

Jerome D. and Rita M. Ahl

Kenneth D. Powell

All Paws Animal Hospital

Mary K. Pritzker

Leland C. Allenstein

Promega Corporation

Richard D. Alsaker

Prostate Cancer Foundation

Abdulaziz M. AL-Swailem

John A. Puelicher

Enrique Alvarez DVM‘96

Q Therapeutics Inc.

American Bouvier Rescue League

Janet R. and Andrew L. Raddatz

American Physiological Society

Rancho Amorio

American Veterinary Medical Foundation

Barbara C. Rettgen Richard K. and Bonita L. Riederer Augusta D. Roddis Daniel Roh and Carla C. Allenstein

Disney Worldwide Services Inc.

Elkhorn Veterinary Clinic

Clara Locher

Elser Enterprises Inc.

Madison Cat Clinic Inc.

Elsevier Science B V

Susan K. Magee

Embrex Inc.

Suzanne R. Magruder DVM‘96

Equity Coop Livestock Sales

Mary A. Mahoney

Richard C. and Annette R. Evans

Roger W. and Rocille McConnell

Evjue Foundation Inc.

William E. McGuirk

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Mark R. and Jane Melby

Steven A. Stwertka and Alexis Norelle

Family Pet Clinic SC

Susan M. Melby

Linda J. Sullivan DVM‘87

First Citizens State Bank

MiraBella Technologies LLC

Nick G. Takton and Julie J. Flessas

David Anderson

Fond du Lac County Kennel Club

Catherine A. Tanck

Animal Hospital of Ashwaubenon

Peter S. Foote

Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation

Animal Medical Center of Whitewater

Steve Frantz John J. Frautschi

Mark L. Morris MS‘62, PHD‘63 John S. and Kristina L. Murphy

Gary A. Splitter Standard Diagnostics Inc. Standard Process Inc. Stanley F. Staples

Dean E. and Shirley B. Taylor Thomas L. and Ann Taylor Donna E. Tegelman

Ruud Family Foundation Inc.

Eugene K. and Betty J. Arendt

Sandoz Ag Saputo Inc.

Arizona Equine Medical & Surgical Centre

Friends of the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Teaching Program Inc.

SARcode Corporation

Barbara Atwood

David H. and Leslie B. Frisinger

Neumeister Animal Hospital

AVMA Professional Liability Insurance Trust

Hugh K. and Gail Funderburg

Norden Labs Incorporated

GHEN Corporation

Badger Kennel Club

Giddings & Lewis Foundation

Northeastern Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association

Terry A. Barker

Emil and Josette Glasberg

Northside Veterinary Clinic

Norman Bassett Foundation

Sanjiv Goel

Odyssey Veterinary Care

Bauernheim Llamas

Graunke Family Foundation

Susan R. O’Konski

Stephen and Elizabeth Bechtel Jr. Foundation

Greer Laboratories Inc.

Marilyn A. Olsen

Ellison Bentley and Charles W. Strawser

Dennis S. and Marie C. Hahn

Ophthalmanagement Co

Umami Manufacturing Association of Japan

Walter Schroeder Foundation Ellen J. Schwendeman Mary Shea Shorewood Animal Hospital Ellamae Siebert Foundation Kurt Sladky DVM‘93 and Deb Neff SMS Foundation Inc. Solvay Animal Health Inc.

Ann Nakamura

Southwest Wisconsin Veterinary Association

Clara Freshour Nelson Foundation Pat A. Nelson

Steven J. Thompson John E. Toepfer Town and Country Veterinary Clinic Kirk M. and Lynn L. Tucker David R. and Gail F. Turner Twin Disc Inc. Twycross Zoo East Midland Zoological Society James I. and Mary P. Uihlein James P. and Christine M. Uihlein

Janice M. Happe

Organ Recovery Systems

Unither Virology LLC

Virginia H. Harrington

Ottawa Hospital

Steven S. Lindsay Memorial Fund

Alvin & Marion Birnschein Foundation

Karl Hausner Farms Foundation Ltd

Pahle Small Animal Clinic

UW Wildlife Exotic and Zoo Animal Medicine Club

Suzanne M. Strachota

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Lisa A. Hebert

Mary S. Pfister

Stephen M. and Paula L. Varner

Stryker Endoscopy

Linda Bunkfeldt-Popp MS‘79

Pharmacia Corporation

Jacqueline A. Vaver

Thiensville-Mequon Small Animal Clinic

Burlington Wisconsin Kennel Club

Timothy F. Heggland and Mary Behan

Pharmase Inc.

Vion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Bruce R. and Kathleen Buss

Barry J. and Jo Anna L. Helms

W D Hoard & Sons Company

Chester B. and Donna S. Thomas

Jackelen A. Callahan

William R. and Sharon L. Henning

Richard G. Placey and Carol E. Swanson

Barbara A. Tooman

Frank Cannella

Charles K. and Patricia A. Henrikson

The PMD Foundation

Waunakee Veterinary Service SC

Thomas N. and Jeanne M. Torhorst

Thomas L. and Martha L. Carter

Patricia W. Hewitt

Prairie Animal Hospital-Beloit

Wauwatosa Veterinary Clinic

Charles D. Turgrimson

CHR Hansen Inc.

Hillside Animal Hospital

Susan W. Prasse

David V. and Margery H. Uihlein

Bruce M. and Linda A. Christensen

Hinueber Veterinarian Service

Deborah L. Wells and Thomas G. DeBeck

University League Inc.

Clear View Veterinary Solutions LLC

Home at Last Animal Sanctuary

Professional Dairy Producers Foundation

Lois M. vanKerkhoven

The Coburn Company Inc.

Vilter Foundation Inc.

Country Veterinary Service

Humane Society of the United States

Thomas and Judith P. Vinson

Howard E. Cox

Vita Plus Corporation

Cutco Foundation Inc.

Joseph R. and Jayne Z. Spittler Split Rail Foundation Inc.

Tara G. Icke Idexx Corporation Immunex Corporation Jackson Pet Hospital Jefferson Veterinary Clinic SC Brenda K. Jenkin

“We have been coming to UW Veterinary Care for many years because it is a top-notch facility providing excellent care for our many pets.”

Dub Jiles Pamela M. Johnson Wesley G. Johnson and Heather J. Reynolds Johnson Johnson Family Foundation

Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin Marcia A. Pulich Fred E. and Marilyn G. Putz Ralston Purina Company Jan and Judith O. Rapacz Kathy M. Reilly DVM‘90 Rhone Merieux Inc. Thomas J. and Jane A. Richter James W. and Donna J. Rieser Roche Vitamins Inc-New Jersey Rock Valley Veterinary Medical Association

Walking Horse Charity Jubilee

West Central West Salem Veterinary Clinic Inc. Western Veterinary Conference Whippet Health Foundation Whitewater Veterinary Hospital SC J. Steve and Gail Winter Wisconsin Alumni Association Inc. Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Wisconsin Holstein Association Wisconsin Horse & Pony Humane Society Inc. Wittenberg Companion Animal Veterinary Clinic Elmer A. and Marian A. Woelffer

Thomas H. Roddis

Woodland Veterinary Clinic Ltd

Volga A. Rojas

William Wrigley

Rural Security Life Insurance

James A. and Jacquelyn L. Wrycha

Yoshihiro and Yuko Kawaoka

Sanofi Pasteur S A

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Kettle Moraine Kennel Club

Marcus Schafer and Lakshmi Subramanian

John R. and Kelli J. Zellmer

Gary L. and Judy H. Jorgensen Gustavo Justines PHD‘71 and Gladys Oro

Donald F. and Carol J. Kress

* We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list. We apologize for any error or omission and encourage you to contact the Office for Advancement at 608-263-6914 with any corrections.

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Students at Work

COURTESY ERIN MCGLYNN AND MELISSA FARQUHAR

SVM Student Aids Post-Harvey Mosquito Control in Houston

s the floodwaters receded in Houston following Hurricane Harvey, millions of mosquitoes emerged to blanket southeastern Texas, hampering recovery efforts and raising public health concerns about mosquitoborne diseases. To assist ongoing mosquito-control efforts, two UW– Madison students, Melissa Farquhar DVMx’20 and Erin McGlynn, flew to Texas to help trap and identify mosquitoes. Part of the new Upper Midwestern Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases housed at UW–Madison, the students monitored for disease-spreading species of mosquitoes and determined the effectiveness of control efforts. Farquhar, a veterinary medicine student, and McGlynn, a medical and master’s in public health student, were made temporary employees of Clarke, the mosquito control company contracted by Texas. Illinois-based Clarke, a partner in the vector-borne disease center, hired the students to assist their employees, who were overwhelmed by unprecedented numbers of mosquitoes. Joined by a third center trainee from Iowa, Brendan Dunphy, Farquhar and McGlynn gained hands-on experience in disaster response while contributing to public health efforts. The public-private partnership took shape quickly. Just days after Clarke entomologist Rajeev Vaidyanathan reached out to center co-directors Susan Paskewitz and Lyric Bartholomay PhD’04, an associate professor of pathobiological sciences at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, Farquhar, McGlynn, and Dunphy were hired and on their way to Texas. The students were in Houston from September 13-21. Operating out of a mobile lab, the trainees were given a crash course in Texas mosquitoes and spent long days 28

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identifying mosquitoes brought in by Clarke’s trapping crew. The floodwater mosquitoes that Texas was dealing with lay eggs in the soil that hatch and develop into adults quickly after floods. The widespread flooding produced by Hurricane Harvey led to far more mosquitoes emerging than normal. While a mosquito trap might typically collect 10 to 20 mosquitoes in a night, workers were finding several thousand per trap in areas around Houston. While these floodwater species of mosquitoes do not typically spread diseases such as West Nile virus and Zika virus, standing water left behind by receding floodwaters could harbor disease-spreading species. Texas had one case of Zika virus transmitted locally by mosquitoes earlier this year; most cases of Zika infection in the United States are in people who have traveled outside the country. All of the mosquitoes that are collected must be identified and reported to regional health authorities, in part to determine the abundance of disease-spreading species. Farquhar, McGlynn, and Dunphy, already trained in mosquito identification, helped keep pace with the increased demand. “It’s a really unique experience to see how companies like Clarke deal with disaster relief,” says Farquhar, who also spent the summer investigating vector-borne diseases in animals at the UW–Madison Arboretum. Eric Hamilton

Photo left: Melissa Farquhar DVMx’20 (left) and Erin McGlynn stand outside the Clarke mobile entomology lab, where they worked to identify mosquito species to assist mosquito-control efforts following Hurricane Harvey. Photo right: Farquhar identifies mosquitoes using a microscope near Houston, Texas.

Awards & Honors Strong Showing at Annual Veterinary Dental Forum Faculty and staff from the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) Dentistry and Oral Surgery program earned several honors at the 31st Annual Veterinary Dental Forum, held in September in Nashville, Tennessee. Professor Emeritus William Gengler, the founding section head of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, was awarded the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC) Presidential Medal of Stewardship, honoring his legacy, pioneering spirit, and exceptional sense of duty. As past president of AVDC, Gengler was instrumental in integrating dental education into DVM curriculum through his involvement with the Student American Veterinary Medical Association. Since his retirement, he has continued to show leadership and dedication – fostering involvement with future DVMs and AVDC Diplomates. Christopher Snyder, clinical associate professor of dentistry and oral surgery, received the AVDC Peter Emily Service Award. Presented to an outstanding Diplomate of the College, the award recognizes leaders who further the field with their academic and research efforts, scientific presentations, publications, and community involvement. Snyder and Cindy Bell, co-founder of the Center for Comparative Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at the SVM, and two others from outside the school, were also awarded a $10,000 Academy of Veterinary Dentistry Grant to support their research assessing pulp vitality in intrinsically stained teeth in dogs. Stephanie Goldschmidt, who recently completed a dentistry and oral surgery residency at the SVM and is now an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, received

SVM Alumna, Faculty Recognized at National Scholars Symposium Two individuals with UW SVM connections were honored in the Young Investigator Award competition at the 2017 National Veterinary Scholars Symposium in Bethesda, Maryland. Meghan Vermillion DVM’13, who is currently pursuing a doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, received first place. And Xuan Pan, SVM assistant professor of medical sciences, received second place. The awards, sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association and American Veterinary Medical Foundation, recognize graduate veterinarians pursuing advanced research training through doctoral or post-doctoral programs. The annual meeting highlights the ways that veterinary scientists advance basic and applied biomedical and environmental research. Seventeen veterinary medicine students who participated in the SVM’s Summer Scholars Program also presented research posters at the symposium.

Photo left: Norm Johnston, right, clinical director of DentalVets, presents Christopher Snyder, SVM clinical associate professor of dentistry and oral surgery, with the 2017 AVDC Peter Emily Service Award. Photo right: SVM Professor Emeritus William Gengler with Sandra Manfra Maretta of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, both recipients of the 2017 AVDC Presidential Medal of Stewardship.

the Robert B. Wiggs Outstanding Candidate Award, presented annually to an extraordinary veterinarian on the successful completion of an approved training program in veterinary dentistry; the Mark and Debra Smith Award, which honors the author of the most outstanding and influential manuscript published in the Journal of Veterinary Dentistry in the past year, for her manuscript co-authored with SVM Clinical Associate Professor Jason Soukup; and the Pat Frost Memorial Scholarship, awarded to outstanding candidates who have taken the AVDC certification exam. Denise Garlow

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n the moments after handing Janet McGowan a parking pass to place in her car, UW Veterinary Care (UWVC) reception staff member Julie Cotton sensed that something was seriously wrong with McGowan’s cat, Molly, who waited in a carrier atop the hospital’s reception desk. The cat was struggling to breathe so Cotton acted quickly, hurrying her to the hospital’s Critical Care unit. Cotton’s instincts were correct, and may have saved Molly’s life. “She was open-mouth breathing, which in cats we treat as an immediate emergency,” says small animal internal medicine resident Casandra Jacobs (pictured above left), who helped to treat two-year-old Molly. When McGowan returned from the parking lot, Jacobs and Marcella Granfone, a resident in Emergency and Critical Care, had already begun delivering oxygen to Molly and were working to diagnose her situation. Just a few minutes later, it was discovered that a large polyp above the soft palette was restricting the cat’s upper airway and causing ulcerations in her mouth. A team was readied to remove the obstruction and anesthesia staff were standing by. 30

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Jacobs briefed McGowan on Molly’s condition and a brief surgical procedure was set in motion. “It just went really fast, like precision clockwork. I was really impressed,” recalls McGowan. “It was phenomenal teamwork, from the front desk recognizing it to quick triage in the hospital,” adds Jacobs. “Everyone dropped what they were doing and came to help this cat. We were really worried about her.” A pink, oval-shaped polyp was plucked from Molly’s nasopharynx region (in the upper part of the throat, behind the nasal passages). Benign or noncancerous masses of tissue, polyps are common in cats that experience upper airway inflammation, which Molly had a history of, but they typically grow to one to two centimeters. Molly’s polyp was more than three centimeters in length. “We’d never seen one this big,” says Jacobs. “I was shocked.” The size is even more significant considering Molly’s small stature. The runt of her litter (McGowan rescued Molly and three siblings from a corn granary as kittens), Molly weighs less than two kilograms, or about three and a half pounds.

Following the procedure, it took a while for Molly to adjust to unobstructed breathing. Whereas in normal breathing an accumulation of carbon dioxide in the blood signals the lungs to exhale and inhale, because Molly had been deprived of oxygen for so long due to the obstruction, a low oxygen level had come to drive her breathing. “She had to relearn how to breathe,” explains Jacobs. Molly was also ravenous after the surgery, chowing down on several bowls of food. In the weeks prior, McGowan says, Molly would choke when she tried to eat, one of the symptoms that originally spurred her referral appointment at UW Veterinary Care. Molly’s primary care clinician at Ashton Animal Clinic in Ashton, Illinois, referred her to UWVC for an endoscopic examination. “She was so sick she couldn’t eat,” says McGowan. “I had been preparing for the worst.” Molly stayed one night in the hospital after her surgery, then she and McGowan were back on the road, with both now breathing easier. “I felt really good about coming up here,” says McGowan. “You don’t know how impressed I am.” Meghan Lepisto

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A Holiday Card that Helps Advance Animal Health The holiday season is here, and the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) has the perfect gift for the animal lovers on your list – one that truly helps those special creatures and companions in your lives. For a suggested $10 donation per card, the SVM will send a holiday card to the recipient of your choice. The beautiful, full-color card will include a greeting stating that a donation was made to the school in the recipient’s name and that proceeds will support projects that advance animal health and well-being. Each year, the SVM is delighted to present original artwork for its holiday card fundraiser. This year, the school is offering two selections, “Joy Ride” (left) and “Snow Day” (right), featuring the work of Wisconsin artist Robin Raab. Both cards make thoughtful holiday gifts for veterinarians, friends, family, or even people’s pets. Order forms for holiday cards can be down-

Meet the Artist Robin Raab is a self-taught artist who resides in Delavan, Wisconsin,

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surrounded by numerous four-legged family members. For more than 25

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with a particular interest in dogs and horses.