Vet fund newsletter Winter 2014/15

Vet Fund Newsletter Winter 2014/15 for the alumni of Glasgow Vet School

How your support helps our students, our research and the animals in our care See Page 3

Calling our Book now for the alumni: Annual Reunion thank you! Weekend See Page 4

See Page 5

The James Herriot Scholarship Fund

Supporting our vets of tomorrow

Chairman’s introduction Glasgow Vet School is renowned the world over for its excellence in teaching, research and the attention and expertise that is given to the animals entrusted to its care. Gifts towards the Vet Fund help the University to remain at the forefront of Veterinary Medicine and provide one of the best veterinary teaching and research environments in the world.

In this issue we cover some of the splendid projects that have recently been supported by the Vet Fund. Everyone involved with the Vet School is extremely grateful for this support that benefits our students, the animals entrusted to our care and enhances our research.

This year we piloted a telephone campaign to our non-graduate supporters, the clients and friends of the Small Animal Hospital. Crucial to the success of our telephone campaign was one of our Vet Students, Camilla Ramsoy, who as well as being a final year veterinary student also found time to be part of the University’s telephone campaign team.

We were also delighted to receive £1,500 towards the James Herriot Scholarship Fund from the convenors of the GUVMA Rodeo that took place in April.

As a proud Glasgow Vet graduate I am extremely grateful to everyone who chooses to support the Vet Fund. As you will read in our newsletter, your fundraising efforts and contributions make a huge difference. Thank you.

Professor Peter Holmes BVMS OBE FRCVS FRSE

Chair, The Vet Fund 2

James Herriot Scholars (pictured from front to back Natalie Hutchinson, Nuria Canedo, Elspeth Waugh and Chris Corbett) The success of the James Herriot Scholarship Fund resulted in the award of our first James Herriot scholarships to deserving postgraduate veterinary scholars at the end of last year. It was great to catch up with our scholars and hear how their work has been progressing.

Natalie Hutchinson’s project is looking at the effect of environmental tobacco smoke on pet dogs and in particular possible DNA changes in the telomere length associated with ageing. Natalie is currently engaging in laboratory work and also continuing to see dogs for their follow up appointments for the study.

She is also undertaking further work on the dog samples to look at other biological markers of ageing.

The funding from the James Herriot Scholarship Fund allowed Chris Corbett to convert to a PhD enabling him to develop a strategy on how to manage parasites in large groups of equids.

Chris’s work is based at the Donkey Sanctuary in Devon. He is continuing his research into combating resistance to wormers used in equids as well as looking to determine how worms are spread between donkeys.

Nuria Canedo’s work is concerned with sarcoids, a common tumour in horses that has far reaching consequences in

the equine industry in Europe and for working animals in developing countries.

Her preliminary findings show that viral infection distorts the microRNA profile in equine cells. Further experiments are planned to validate these results.

The outcome of this research will not only increase our understanding of the biology of equine sarcoids but may lead to the development of novel therapies for these tumours.

Elspeth Waugh’s work is being used to fund a small study looking at the genes expression patterns of canine lymphomas. The sequencing work for this project is currently taking place that once completed will allow for further analysis. It is hoped that by looking at the pattern of genes will allow for the differentiation of different types of lymphoma, which can then be studied in more detail. Elspeth also hopes to get some insight into how these tumours begin and how they function.

Further information To support the James Herriot Scholarship Fund please contact: • Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

The Small Animal Hospital Fund

What your support has helped us to do

The Weipers Equine Fund

Purchasing essential equipment

Equine Veterinary Medicine is an ever advancing field and The Weipers Centre Equine Hospital must keep up to date with new equipment in order to continue to offer cutting edge treatment.

Our staff are very grateful for the support of the Vet Fund. From left to right: Katherine Berman, Mark McLaughlin, Rodrigo Gutierrez Quintana and Gerard McLauchlan.

Vet School staff are incredibly grateful for the support of the Vet Fund. It allows them to carry out essential studies to support the welfare of animals, and purchase the advanced equipment to provide more effective treatment for the animals we help.

The following are just a few examples of the projects we have been able to undertake thanks to the Small Animal Hospital Fund Rodrigo Gutierrez Quintana and the Neurology Service team are undertaking vital studies to identify a genetic mutation responsible for a degenerative and lethal disease in young dogs. In the long term the study will allow for increased diagnosis and screening of breeding dogs in order to eradicate this disease.

Katherine Berman and her veterinary diagnostics team were able to purchase an advanced microscope and camera system. This system facilitates improved case discussion in which clinicians, residents, interns, staff, and students can all participate. The system allows reviews of cases that are challenging, unusual, or had unexpected findings that will help to improve diagnosis of similarly challenging cases in the future.

Mark McLaughlin is overseeing research in to Canine Degenerative Myelopathy (DM), a disease that affects older dogs, primarily German shepherd dogs. This disease unfortunately results in progressive paralysis of the limbs for which there is no treatment. Funds are supporting a study to understand how abnormalities that occur in the nerve cells contribute to this disease. The long term aim of the study is to support the design of new treatments.

A project overseen by Cathy Wyse, Research Fellow in the University’s Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine will allow work schedules to be designed that minimise the effects of night-work on the performance of vets, so that they can deliver the best possible 24-hour service to the animals in their care.

The recent purchase of a medical laser, funded by The Weipers Equine Fund, will allow state of the art therapy for horses affected by disease of the upper respiratory tract, the eyes and those affected with a number of common skin diseases.

The use of laser surgery has a number of advantages over conventional surgery in that many treatments can be performed with the horse standing and sedated, removing the risks of general anaesthesia, and involving minimal invasive surgery, leading to faster recovery times and improved welfare.

Healing time following laser surgery is excellent and recurrence rates for many of the diseases treated with laser surgery are lower than with conventional techniques. The additional purchase of a full set of protective glasses will allow final year students on clinical rotations to become involved with the use of the equipment and therefore become familiar with this exciting therapy.

Further information

Further information

To support The Small Animal Hospital Fund please contact: • Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

To support the Weipers Equine Fund please contact: • Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

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Calling our alumni

Thank you for your support!

Camilla Ramsoy who as well as being a final year veterinary student also found time to be part of the University’s telephone campaign team.

Camilla told us about her experience of the campaign, ‘As ever, our telephone campaign to our vet school graduates continues to be very successful. It was great to catch up with our graduates, and find out what career choices they made. I found this so useful for helping me decide the first few steps of my own career. Having started final year now it is great to hear that so many of our vet graduates absolutely love their job. I am very excited that I will be finally joining them in practice next year!’

Our telephone campaigns continue to go from strength to strength allowing our undergraduate callers to call and thank our alumni and hear about their time at Glasgow as well as raise essential funds towards our University projects including the Vet Fund.

This year we also piloted a telephone campaign to our non-graduate supporters, the clients and friends of the Small Animal Hospital.

Crucial to the success of our telephone campaign was one of our Vet Students,

Camilla also told us, ‘It was an absolute pleasure to speak to the client supporters of the Small Animal Hospital. I was touched to hear their individual stories about what made them donate to the fund – and sometimes I was able to hear the recovered patients barking in the background! I was also delighted to hear how impressed everyone was with both the service and the facilities of the hospital.’

Above: The telephone campaign team pictured on a visit to the Small Animal Hospital

A great day out at the GUVMA Rodeo Those of you closer to Glasgow may have been to the GUVMA Rodeo in April.

The Rodeo, now in its 54th year, is a fabulous event for the whole family. Our veterinary students also use the event as an opportunity to raise funds for many animal related charities, including the Vet Fund. We were delighted to receive a cheque for £1,500 towards the James Herriot Scholarship Fund.

A big thank you to everyone who helped raise £1,500 for the James Herriot Scholarship Fund

Lucy Irvine and Ewan Penny, the 2014 Rodeo convenors, told us how they decided on the charities they chose to support. ‘In one of our first meetings we asked everyone on the committee to suggest a cause they feel deserves to receive a portion of our proceeds and then a vote took place.

‘We chose to support the James Herriot Scholarship Fund to give something back to the vet students. The Rodeo cannot happen without the students who give up their time to help out on the day and throughout the year leading up to the event.

This scholarship fund allows people to come to Glasgow Vet School who otherwise might not have been able to and we felt this is an extremely worthwhile cause.’

‘For example, Inti Wara Yassi is a wildlife charity in Bolivia. They rescue animals such as pumas from the fur, pet and circus trades.

One of our members had volunteered for them last summer in Bolivia so had experienced first-hand the work they do and tell us exactly how they would use funds donated to them.

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Left: The GUVMA Rodeo was a huge success, attracting visitors of all ages to a whole host of events such as face painting and duck herding.

Forthcoming alumni events The following events are all scheduled over the next few months and provide a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and to make new connections.

Annual Reunion Weekend (Vet 152) • Friday, 31 October & Saturday, 1 November 2014 • Featuring the Professor James McCall Memorial Lecture 2014, CPD programme and the Annual Veterinary Alumni Reunion Dinner. See below for further details.

Glasgow get-together at the London Vet Show • Thursday, 20 November 2014 • 6.00pm - 7.30pm • Society Bar, Hilton London Olympia • For the first time we are holding an event for our graduates around the London Vet Show. For catering purposes please let us know if you are able to attend.

Western Veterinary Conference, Las Vegas • Tuesday, 17 February 2015 • This evening event will be hosted by Joyce Wason and Neil Evans.

BSAVA 2015, Birmingham • Friday, 10 April 2015 • 4.30pm - 6.00pm • The Malthouse, 75 King Edwards Road, Brindley Place, Birmingham B1 2NX • Annual Glasgow Vet Alumni get-together Reunions • If you’d like to organise a reunion of your own or as part of our annual reunion weekend please get in touch.

Left: (Above) The NAVC 2014 drinks reception. (Below) Members of GUVM’52 Year Club at the Vet School in October 2013.

NAVC Drinks Reception, Florida • Sunday, 18 January 2015 • Ewan Cameron will once again be hosting a drinks reception for Glasgow Vet Alumni at the NAVC and would be delighted if you can join him. If you are in the area please come along to meet with fellow alumni and catch up on news.

Further information For further information or to register, please contact: • Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

Book your place at the Annual Reunion Weekend (Vet 152) Professor James McCall Memorial Lecture 2014 Professor Elizabeth Simpson FRS FMedSci A tale of two lives: rural vet and research scientist • Friday, 31 October, 5.30pm • Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow • Followed by a drinks reception in the Hunterian Museum CPD programme • Saturday, 1 November, 9.30am • Glasgow Vet School • Three streamed CPD programme including Small Animal, Equine and Farm Animal.

Annual Veterinary Alumni Reunion Dinner • Saturday, 1 November, 7pm • Hunterian Museum and Bute Hall • All our vet graduates and friends are invited to attend and we welcome in particular our graduates celebrating a milestone anniversary. In 2014 it is year groups ending ‘4’ and ‘9’.

To book your place • Book online www.glasgow.ac.uk/vet152booking • or contact Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

Pictured: The ceilidh in full fling at the Vet 150 event in 2012.

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Forthcoming public events Service of Thanksgiving for the place of pets and companion animals in our lives • Tuesday, 2 December 2014 • University of Glasgow Chapel • The service commences at 6.30pm and is followed by refreshments at 7.15pm.

This popular service provides an opportunity for the Vet School’s clients to remember those pets that are no longer with us, and to give thanks for the pets and companion animals that are very much part of our lives now. It also includes the opportunity to show a photo of your much-loved pet or pets.

This year we will also remember those working animals who died during the First World War. Left: The Service of Thanksgiving takes place in the historic surroundings of The University’s Gilmorehill Campus.

Further information To find out more or to register, please contact: • Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

Small Animal Hospital Public Lectures 2015: Why should I worry about worms in my dog?

• Wednesday, 18 March 2015 • Small Animal Hospital, University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH • Doors open 6.30pm. Lecture commences 7pm and ends 8pm.

Presented by Jenny Helm, Veterinary Clinician, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, this lecture will have a special focus on lungworm in the dog. A behind-the-scenes tour of the Hospital’s main treatment hub area is available after the lecture.

We will be announcing further lectures to take place during 2015 over the coming months.

Further information To find out more or to register for one of the limited number of places, please contact: • Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

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Thanks to all our donors Thanks to all those who made gifts to the Vet Fund from 1 January 2014 to 31 August 2014.

Small Animal Hospital Fund • Platinum • In memory of Midas • Gold • From the Estate of Miss Margaret Jean MacGregor in recognition of her father, George Ogilvie MacGregor, Veterinary Surgeon • Silver • In Loving Memory of Lennox, taken too soon. Loved and remembered everyday. Barry, Fiona, Diesel and Roxy • Stella E Gibson • For all the care given to Ruby and keeping her happy and well • Bronze • For helping Ollie Blacker • In memory of Saskia Campbell • Posh Cook

• In memory of our beloved Rascal & Tia - The Costigane Family • Catherine C Davidson • For all the dogs that have been, are, or will be by my side • In memory of all our dogs - Rita and John Fox • In loving memory of Sparkey and Vinnie Granger; sleep well beautiful boys • In memory of Pinetop Shona 1999 - 2014 • Lynn Errol Heffron • Dr Ursula Kaufmann • Irene McLaughlan • Richard Philip • Philip G Timm • One anonymous donor • Noted • Gwen Channer • 40 years graduated • Donald Coutts • Nicholas Desmond • Kenneth Donald • Stuart & Janet Ellson

• In memory of our beloved Crunchie - Jean and Derek Fairley • Maciver - in memory of Glen, a much loved dog & faithful companion • Michelle M Martin† • Jazz: always in our hearts and thoughts. The Rae Family • Jesse • Annette Swan • Remembering our beautiful Lily (JasrobinkaTiger Lily) who gave us 14 wonderful years - Maurice and Rita Tindall • To celebrate Carol Tritschlers 50th birthday with love from friends & family • One anonymous donor Weipers Equine Fund • Bronze • Timothy R Greet • Noted • Nevin Smith, MRCVS • One anonymous donor

James Herriot Scholarship Fund • Gold • Dr Andrew Spencer • Silver • Dr Judy A MacArthur Clark • One anonymous donor • Bronze • Matthew D Eaglesome, BVMS • Emeritus Professor Peter Holt • Mr David J Lucas • Bill & Joanna McKelvey 1975, 2005 • Alexander F Weipers • One anonymous donor • Noted • Margaret Carlaw • Dr Helen M Laird • William C Petheram, BVMS 1970 • David W Rea • In memory of Doug Kramer † Denotes American Alumni of Glasgow University donor

Making a gift to the Vet School in your will Throughout its history the Vet School has been the fortunate and appreciative beneficiary of many bequest gifts from its alumni and friends.

By making a gift in your will you will help the Vet School remain at the forefront of veterinary medicine by allowing us to support future generations of vets and the animals in their care and contribute to pioneering future standards in animal treatment and welfare.

A gift in your will to the Vet School can benefit a specific area of research, support a scholarship or chair, fund a piece of equipment or be unrestricted, allowing us to direct it to where the need is greatest. Gifts of all sizes are extremely valuable and will make a lasting contribution to our work.

Making a gift in your will could also reduce your inheritance tax liability.

Gifts left to charitable bodies such as the University are also tax exempt.

Further information For further information about leaving a gift in your will please contact: • Sarah Hunter Development Officer • T: +44 (0)141 330 7145 • E: sarah.hunter@glasgow.ac.uk

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University of Glasgow Trust Donation Form

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