New Bolton Center Plans for the Future

Last year, Penn Vet selected SRG Par tner ship, Inc , to develop master development plans for the School’s New Bolton Center and West Philadelphia campuses The master planning work for the 850-acre New Bolton Center, located west of Philadelphia in Chester County, has been completed, and the School is ready to beg in Phase 1 the constr uction of a new Isolation & Colic Bar n

This state-of-the-ar t f acility will be located on a biosecure site area on the ser vice dr ive between the Myr in Building and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit It will have two wings, one with ante-chamber s dedicated to isolation cases, and one for colic cases Each wing will have a procedure room and be attached to a common headhouse, or central staffing area The building will be constr ucted using the new design guidelines generated by the master plan, which focus on low-maintenance, durable mater ials in keeping with the Chester County f ar m ver nacular

In addition, this fir st phase will include the constr uction of Pennsylvania’s fir st tissue digester, which features a technology that is super ior to incineration and will provide a valuable resource in the event of disease outbreak in the sur rounding area

Both f acilities will beg in constr uction in late June 2008 with completion by September 2009

Dr. Bernard Vallat selected as First Penn Vet World Award Winner

Global Public Good Takes Center Stage with Announcement

Dr Ber nard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), has been selected as the fir st recipient of the Penn Vet World Award “I can think of no one more appropr iate to receive this award,” said Dr. Joan C. Hendr icks, the Gilber t S Kahn Dean of Veter inar y Medicine “Dr Vallat’s vision and leader ship have changed the practice and image of the veter inar y profession throughout the world ”

As indicated in his nomination, under Dr Vallat’s leader ship, the OIE “has become absolutely central to the development and maintenance of a global per spective on animal health ” Underwr itten by the Ver non and Shirley Hill Foundation, the award provides $100,000 in unrestr icted funding to the recipient The fir st veter inar y medicine award of its kind, this singular award was designed to recognize a veter inar ian who has dramatically changed the practice and image of the profession and substantially influenced the lives and career s of other s

“I am par ticularly honored to be the fir st per son to receive the prestig ious Penn Vet World Award, and I am thankful to the Ver non and Shirley Hill Foundation for its tremendous contr ibution to helping us f ace the about

Dr. Vallat

Dr. Ber nard Vallat was elected Director Gener al of the Wor ld Or ganization for Animal Health (OIE) in May 2000 by the Inter national Committee , which br ings together delegates from 172 member countr ies His five-year mandate star ted Januar y 1, 2001, and was renewed for an additional five year s in May 2005

Ber nard Vallat gr aduated from the French National Veter inar y School in Toulouse (Fr ance) in 1971, qualifying as a Doctor of Veter inar y Medicine , and then going on to a postgr aduate cour se in tropical veter inar y medicine (1972), and another in animal nutr ition at the Institut National Agronomique in Par is (1973) In 1983, he fur thered his scientific tr aining with specialist studies in economics and management, obtaining a DESS (diploma in advanced specialist studies) from the Univer sity of Par is X

He has wor ked on progr ams devoted to livestock health and production and the tr aining of livestock producer s, in addition to super visor y roles at regional and national levels This exper ience allowed him to acquire technical skills in the control of epizootics, exper tise in the administr ation and management of public agencies, and exper ience in the negotiation of technical and financial assistance with inter national donor s.

Ber nard Vallat was bor n in 1947, is mar r ied and is the father of three children He holds sever al French honor ar y titles: Chevalier of the French Légion d’Honneur and the Ordre National du Mér ite He is also an Officier du Mér ite Agr icole