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04/29/2009 Home Page ISU/UNL Students Provide Care to Rescued Horses in Nebraska
04/28/2009 Home Page Latest Information for Veterinarians on Influenza
04/16/2009 Home Page Vet Med Professor Retires from ISU

Dr. Lorraine (Johnson) Hoffman retired from her position as Director of Operations at the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory on April 1, 2009. She was professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine and served as Section Leader in Bacteriology at the diagnostic laboratory from 1975-2006 at which time she was appointed to the position of Director.
04/10/2009 Home Page Less is more when setting priorities with dairy producers
03/24/2009 Home Page An ounce of prevention leads to payoffs in beef production

Understanding the costs of production, such as feed and animal health, is an important step in evaluating programs that help producers save money. “If the producers don’t know how much their production costs are, then they don’t know which areas to target for savings/cost reductions and once targeted, whether they’ve had an effect on them,” said Dr. Grant Dewell, beef extension veterinarian at Iowa State University.
03/24/2009 Home Page Small gains result in big savings for swine producers

Throughout the year, swine producers need to evaluate the animal health status of their swine herds with special attention to feed efficiency and mortality. “Don’t except big gains at one time,” said Dr. Jim McKean, extension veterinarian at Iowa State University. “But making smaller gains add up, especially in tough economic times.”
03/16/2009 Home Page College Restructures Administrative Team

Responding to the current reductions in state budgets, the College of Veterinary Medicine is consolidating its three associate dean positions into two. Dean John U. Thomson announced Monday that Dr. Lisa Nolan and Dr. Eldon Uhlenhopp have accepted new roles in the College, effective March 16, 2009.
03/12/2009 Home Page Thomson Urges Veterinarians to be Involved in Securing their Future

“Securing our future is not a spectator sport,” urged Dr. John U. Thomson, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University.

“For a secure future, swine veterinarians must remain a recognized and valued resource for the production of safe, affordable and available pork,” said Dr. Thomson who delivered the Howard Dunne Memorial Lecture at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.
03/12/2009 Home Page ISU Veterinary Students Win Scholarships

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students during the AASV annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. Five of the 15 students receiving scholarships were from Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
03/10/2009 Home Page ISU Veterinarian Begins Term as President of the AASV

Dr. Rodney “Butch” Baker, Ames, Iowa, was installed as the 40th president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians during the association’s annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, March 10. Dr. Baker is a senior clinician in the Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Unit at Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.