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On Call A MAGAZINE FOR FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
A Leg to Stand On Custom-made prosthetic limb lets rescued miniature donkey walk again
Vaccinated Against Cancer Five-year trial will test potential to preventively target disease
SAVING LIVES & SERVING WISCONSIN The UW School of Veterinary Medicine helps make both animal and human lives better. Our discoveries have advanced cancer treatments, we’ve created new ways to fight the flu, and we’re a world leader when it comes to figuring out what keeps cows healthy and happy.
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We have trained over half of the veterinarians in the state and serve as a resource and referral clinic for all.
Our teaching hospital provides exceptional care for animals throughout the state. Of our 27,000 patient visits last year, 80% were from Wisconsin.
Our scientists conduct 75% of the infectious disease research at UW-Madison, including work to prevent pandemic influenza.
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Our livestock experts launched The Dairyland Initiative, a program that works directly with farms to optimize cow comfort, health, and production.
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Features In Each Issue 4 Message from the Dean Thank You All 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
9 A Leg to Stand On At 10 years old, Ferguson has a new lease on life. And a new leg. Previously plagued by chronic pain due to a deformity in his lower left leg, today the rescued miniature donkey is standing strong after receiving the first amputation with a prosthesis at UW Veterinary Care’s Morrie Waud Large Animal Hospital.
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18 DVM Badger Den News for and about graduates of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program
More 5 Ask a UW Veterinarian 5 Socializing with the SVM 20 Donor Honor Roll 28 Students at Work 29 Awards & Honors 30 Patient Profile
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14 A Shot at Preventing Cancer Can a vaccine prevent cancer before it starts? The UW School of Veterinary Medicine is part of a clinical trial now underway to evaluate a vaccine strategy for the universal prevention of canine cancer, utilizing the body’s own immune system to mount a watchful defense.
Ferguson, a miniature donkey who had a deformed front left hoof, eats grass in a pasture at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine in June as he finalizes his recovery from amputation surgery and receiving an artificial leg — a first-ofits-kind procedure for a large animal at the school. (Photo: Bryce Richter/University Communications) ©2018 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
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Thank You All!
BRYCE RICHTER
Message from the Dean
Welcome to the winter issue of On Call. In this issue, we highlight many of the latest advances at the School of Veterinary Medicine and, importantly, we dedicate the magazine to the many friends, alumni, and donors who support all that we do here at the school. Whether it is improving our students’ education, enhancing the research that we conduct to benefit both animal and human health, or improving the excellent care we provide to the nearly 27,000 patients who visit our hospital, our success is dependent on the support of friends such as you. With Mark D. Markel heartfelt gratitude, I thank you for your support, generosity, and leadership. You will find in this issue several highlights of the transformative research our faculty are conducting here at the school. We’ve launched the Vaccination Against Canine Cancer Study, the largest clinical trial conducted to date in veterinary medicine. Two recent discoveries carry important implications for potential therapies for bladder-related diseases and for female infertility. And Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka and his team have developed a new tool called FluVision that allows scientists for the first time to witness influenza infection in a living animal and better understand how the body responds. Notable stories from our hospital include the adorable Ferguson, the first large animal to receive an amputation and prosthesis at UW Veterinary Care, and a blue crane named Periwinkle who received life-saving surgery and is now reunited with her mate Kito at the International Crane Foundation. We continue to remain focused on providing an outstanding education to our veterinary medical students and graduate students, and on preparing these cohorts — as well as pre-college students — for the broad array of career possibilities in our amazing profession. Along these lines, this summer we were able to host seven local high school students for an internship in our teaching hospital through a Madison Metropolitan School District program focused on careers and curriculum in the health sciences. Lastly, each year the school is proud to produce an annual report detailing the impact of the school’s accomplishments across teaching, research, clinical care, and public service. I hope you will take a moment to read our 2018 report with pride, viewable at vetmed.wisc.edu/annual-report-2018. Enjoy the winter issue of On Call!
WINTER 2018–19 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 Nancy Parkinson, Assistant Dean for Human Resources Ed Rodriguez, Associate Dean for Budget and Finance Kristi V. Thorson, Associate Dean for Advancement and Administration Lauren Trepanier, Assistant Dean for Clinical and Translational Research Ken Waller MS‘07, DVM‘07, Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs
Editorial Editor/Writer: Meghan Lepisto Contributing Writers: Kayla Huynh, Tyler Fox, Ann Grauvogl, Kelly April Tyrrell Photography: Denise Garlow, Nik Hawkins, Samuel Lei, Meghan Lepisto, Bryce Richter, D. Z. Johnson Design: Christine Knorr, University Marketing Additional Design: Ashley Voss
Connect with Us Please send your feedback and comments to oncall@vetmed.wisc.edu, 608-263-6914, or On Call Editor, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706. vetmed.wisc.edu uwveterinarycare.wisc.edu facebook.com/uwvetmed facebook.com/uwveterinarycare twitter.com/uwvetmed youtube.com/uwvetmed
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Concerns About FIP in Multi-Cat Household This expert response comes from Michael Wood, board-certified specialist in small animal internal medicine and clinical assistant professor. Question: In February our kitten stopped eating and went into complete kidney failure. Because of her stunted size, our vet tested her markers for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) and they came back over 2,000. We had no choice other than to put her to sleep. We still have her littermate sister, who has been healthy, as well as a four-year-old cat. We were thinking of bringing in another young cat, but I’m terrified at the thought of losing another to what may have certainly been FIP. I have done extensive research on this disease and just about every article quotes a different amount of time to wait. What is the general consensus among staff there for the waiting period? Answer: Unfortunately there is not a set timeframe by which you can ensure that your cats (or cats introduced to your household) will not develop FIP. FIP is caused by a variant of feline coronovirus (FCoV) that is ubiquitous in cat populations. FCoV usually causes either no signs or mild gastrointestinal signs like diarrhea. Upon exposure to the virus, most cats are either resistant to the virus or are transiently affected and shed the virus for months before returning to normal. However, about
10 percent of cats will chronically shed the virus in their feces. These cats may show no clinical signs while others will develop chronic diarrhea as they age. While these cats rarely develop FIP, their persistent shedding of the virus can infect cats that contact their feces. Given that you have had a cat in your household with FIP, I would be suspicious that all of your cats have been exposed to FCoV and that perhaps one of your cats may be a chronic shedder of the virus. This does not mean your cats will get FIP, as the virus undergoes the necessary mutation to cause FIP in only one to three percent of cats. However, it does mean that if one of your cats is a chronic shedder, your ability to permanently eradicate FCoV from your household is low. There are measures that may reduce the risk of FIP, but they involve identifying and separating FCoVshedding cats from their uninfected housemates. If a household of cats was tested as FCoV-free, then it is possible to reduce the risk of FIP by screening any new cats for FCoV before introducing them to the household.
The awesome and dedicated team of veterinarians at UW Veterinary Clinic who cared for and saved Miss Molly’s life. –Patricia Brice Via UWVC Facebook (@uwveterinarycare)
22 days post-surgery, Dalice is finally NG tube and e-collar free. Eating soft foods for a while, he has made a resilient recovery. Special thanks to Dr. Jessica Robertson for her fantastic care and compassion through everything we faced. –Elizabeth Early Via SVM Facebook (@uwvetmed)
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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For six weeks this summer, seven incoming juniors from the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) gained hands-on skills in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s small animal hospital. Their work was part of LEAP Forward, a paid internship hosted by UW–Madison and MMSD to expose high schoolers to careers and curriculum in the health sciences. For Lizzy Schmidt, a junior at La Follette High School, the opportunity was a “once in a lifetime experience” that showed her what it’s like to be a veterinarian. Now she hopes to become one in the future. UW Veterinary Care was one of the only internship sites on campus
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A Leap Forward for Local High School Students that allowed interns to work in an actual clinical setting. The students had many responsibilities including documenting patient data, cleaning and stocking examination rooms Students in the LEAP internship look over the paperwork needed for treating an animal at UW Veterinary Care. and wards, assisting veterinary technicians, internship’s impact. “I’m a very shy and interacting with animals. Ruthanne person and I don’t like asking for Chun DVM’91, director of UW help,” she says. “But by being in this Veterinary Care, says the program environment, I’ve learned that you have also got high schoolers outside of their comfort zones and taught them practical to put yourself out there and you have to know how to ask a lot of questions.” skills beyond the medical field. Kayla Huynh Schmidt is a testament to the
School Says Farewell to Three Exceptional Teachers and Mentors After 28 years of service to the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Linda Sullivan DVM’87, an alumna of the inaugural SVM class, retired in July. As a clinical instructor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Sullivan led the laboratory sections of a broad range of courses including bacteriology, parasitology, and clinical pathology. In addition to her impact in the classroom, students could always count on Sullivan for a sympathetic ear and wise counsel. Sullivan also served as the longtime coordinator of the Dog Jog, a twomile walk/run founded by the SVM’s inaugural class that raised more than $500,000 over 30 years for Madisonarea shelters and humane organizations. She plans to return to the classroom occasionally and will continue her work with Pet Pals, a program that brings volunteer dogs to visit pediatric patients at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison.
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Tim Yoshino, a professor of parasitology, also retired this fall after 30 years at the SVM. Yoshino served as coordinator and instructor for the Veterinary Parasitology course and led a research laboratory, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for more than 35 years, studying the cellular and molecular interactions between parasites and their invertebrate hosts. His research into schistosomiasis — a disease that infects more than 200 million people worldwide — provided important insights for global human health. Yoshino was also the long-time director of the NIH-funded Parasitology and Vector Biology Training Grant, which supported the research training of many graduate students and postdoctoral trainees at UW–Madison. Finally, Michael Collins, a professor of microbiology, will retire in January after 36 years with the school. Collins, who was part of the original cohort of SVM faculty, has long taught
the Veterinary Bacteriology course. His innovative and engaging teaching style has equipped thousands of students with practical knowledge of the bacterial pathogens they will encounter in veterinary medicine. Collins is a global leader in the study of paratuberculosis, or Johne’s disease, a prevalent, costly infectious disease affecting cattle and other ruminants. His research has revealed new information about the causative agent behind the disease and led to improved methods of detection. He ran the Johne’s Testing Center that handled more than 20,000 clinical samples annually (in anticipation of his retirement, Johne’s testing has shifted to the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory). Collins will continue to oversee the Johne’s Information Center website (johnes.org), which provides comprehensive, scientifically reviewed information on disease prevention, treatment, zoonotic potential, and more.
The bladder is a master at self-repair. When damaged by infection or injury, the organ can mend itself quickly, calling upon specialized cells in its lining to repair tissue and restore a barrier against harmful materials concentrated in urine. But a new study in mice from researchers at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) shows for the first time that non-bladder cells from a nearby anatomical structure called the Wolffian duct can actually provide an assist. It can contribute cells that migrate to the bladder, adopt bladder-like characteristics, and help restore the organ’s function. “We saw these other cells come in to compensate for the loss of bladder cells,” says Diya Joseph, a UW–Madison doctoral student and lead author of the study, published in July in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The surprising discovery carries important implications for potential therapies for bladder-related diseases and for patients’ quality of life related to bladder function and incontinence. These are often overlooked areas of study, says Chad Vezina, professor of comparative biosciences at the UW SVM, who led the new work. In the study, the research team was investigating the role of a specific gene called DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1). This gene modifies cell behavior during bladder and urethra development in mouse embryos. By removing it, Joseph says, the scientists could better understand the role the gene plays in the formation of the urinary tract. “Out of any other organ system, the urinary tract has the highest risk of congenital malformations,” Vezina explains. The researchers showed that inactivating Dnmt1 triggered widespread cell death in the embryonic
bladder and urethra, depleted the bladder progenitor cells that are needed for epithelial repair, and disrupted the expression of uroplakin, a protein essential to the barrier function of the bladder lining. Several layers of Wolffian duct cells (shown in pink) move into the urethra and bladder specialized tissue epithelium (shown in green) of mouse embryos with inactivated Dnmt1, a in the bladder gene that modifies cell behavior during bladder and urethra development. (the epithelium) act as an internal utilize those cues for improved bladder barrier against waste products in urine replacement therapies. For instance, that could otherwise seep into the body or cause irritation in the event of a breech the researchers would like to know what signals the bladder epithelium to the bladder lining. is producing that results in the The researchers discovered, reprogramming of Wolffian duct cells. unexpectedly, that in the Dnmt1 “Those signals could maybe be inactivated mice, Wolffian duct epithelial used to convert stem cells to bladdercells migrated into the bladder, like cells, and then you could use those transformed to look and behave cells to make an artificial bladder,” like bladder cells, and restored the says Joseph. expression of the uroplakin barrier. Vezina notes that this helping-hands Vezina likens this sequence of events relationship could also exist between to a community requesting assistance other organs, opening new avenues for from neighboring fire crews during a exploration: “Now as researchers try to four-alarm blaze. “The organ is saying ‘I figure out ways to regenerate and repair need help.’ And neighboring cells come tissue, we don’t need to only think in to make an assist.” about that specific organ. This might be The team is now working to identify something that happens elsewhere too.” the specific cues that marshal this Meghan Lepisto defense, as well as opportunities to
In Memoriam Rudolf “Tass” Dueland, a founding faculty member of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and former chair of the Department of Surgical Sciences, passed away in September. Throughout his career, Dueland taught hundreds of students, impacted the lives of thousands of animals with his medical and surgical skills, advanced orthopedic research through the publication of approximately 70 scientific papers, and received a U.S. patent for his work measuring hip dysplasia in dogs.
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Becoming Bladder: Cells Regenerate and Now We Know Why
Cellular Communication System Helps Control Female Fertility Research published in August in the journal PLOS Genetics provides a new piece of the puzzle of female infertility. Joan Jorgensen DVM’93 of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, graduate researcher Anqi Fu, and others discovered that two genes work together to construct a cellular communication system in the ovaries of mice to maintain healthy eggs. The researchers describe this system as a series of junctions between the eggs and the cells that surround and support the eggs, known as granulosa cells. Both reach out to form multiple junctions that exchange information and ensure the proper development and survival of the egg leading up to ovulation. Jorgensen, an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Biosciences, looks to build off the findings to uncover more information on fertility problems like premature ovarian failure. This condition leads to an early loss of viable eggs and affects as many as three percent of all women, according to the National Institutes of Health. In most cases the cause is unknown. Problems with the development of follicles — the combination of an egg and its Using animal models, Professor Joan Jorgensen tries to understand how surrounding granulosa cells — are likely behind many cases female fertility is affected by development of the ovary. Her research team of premature ovarian failure. recently discovered in a study of mice that eggs and granulosa cells, which surround and support the eggs (top), extend parts of their membranes to Jorgensen’s lab had previously found that mice missing form junctions that exchange information. In mice with the Irx3 or Irx5 gene two genes, Irx3 and Irx5, had defective follicles. In the deleted (bottom), these junctions fell apart, interrupting communication current study, they looked for how these genes work together and destabilizing the follicle. to keep follicles healthy. Jorgensen and Fu collaborated with researchers at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and the University of Toronto to complete this work. Other News The researchers showed that mice with either Irx3 or Irx5 deleted had fewer Zika: SVM Professors Ted Golos pups, which led the team to suspect that communication within the follicle was and Tom Friedrich contributed to breaking down. Looking within the ovary, they tracked the expression of each gene. new research published in Nature Early on, the researchers saw that Irx3 and Irx5 were expressed throughout the Medicine suggesting that Zika virus follicle. But as the follicle began to mature, Irx3 became isolated to the egg, while could pose a far greater threat to Irx5 was only expressed in the granulosa cells. pregnancy than recent studies of From their separate vantage points, these two genes synchronize the two cell miscarriage and stillbirth in human types to help them establish communication networks. Jorgensen’s team saw that the infections have reported. granulosa cells and the eggs extend parts of their membranes to form junctions with each other. These junctions allow signals to be transported in both directions. With Innovation: The SVM is among the Irx3 or Irx5 deleted, these junctions fell apart, interrupting communication within UW schools and colleges that will the follicle and destabilizing it. provide support for the new Forward “We think of Irx3 and Irx5 as the supervisors in connecting these two cells,” says BIO Institute, part of the Forward Jorgensen. She and Fu say the next step will be to evaluate exactly how these genes BIO Initiative established through a direct these key cell-to-cell interactions. grant from the Wisconsin Economic “If we can figure out how those networks are placed, we think that will be a Development Corporation to make major step in understanding the basic foundations of how follicles are built,” says Wisconsin a recognized center of Jorgensen. “That will go a long way towards helping women that have infertility, excellence for biomanufacturing especially those that undergo premature ovarian failure.” and help translate innovations into Tyler Fox commercial products. 8
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A Leg to Stand On
Previously plagued by a leg deformity, Ferguson is now standing strong with an artificial limb — the first large animal to receive an amputation and prosthesis at UW Veterinary Care The crowded surgery room hums with excitement as a rotary saw buzzes through the fiberglass cast encasing the left front leg of a supremely cute, extra fuzzy, little-bit-sassy miniature donkey. More than 20 surgeons, veterinary technicians, students, and other observers have gathered to see the small but mighty Ferguson fitted with a custom-made prosthesis. Five weeks earlier, the 10-year-old donkey’s disfigured lower left leg was amputated at the fetlock. The procedure was the first amputation with a prosthesis at UW Veterinary Care’s Morrie Waud Large Animal Hospital. Ferguson — or Fergie for short — may not know that he’s made history, but he’s certainly aware of his ever-growing fan club. During his
extended stay in the teaching hospital, he gained an affinity for handfuls of sweet feed, crisp carrots, and frequent neck scratches. Now back at Holyland Donkey Haven near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he will have lifelong sanctuary, he is the object of daily adoration from both people and fellow donkeys, frequently seen scratching the neck of his equine stablemates as they return the favor — mutual grooming that he wasn’t strong enough to do pre-amputation. Simply put, Ferguson’s leg deformity could have cut his life short. Amputations are rare in equids and other four-legged large animals due to their size and fight-or-flight nature. “They need four legs that they can run around on at all times,” says
Samantha Morello, clinical associate professor of large animal surgery at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. And amputations of front limbs, which bear about 60 percent of a four-legged animal’s weight, are even more challenging and extremely rare as a result. But Ferguson was a special case. His easygoing, sweet demeanor and his petite stature (he weighs about 250 pounds), combined with the tremendous pain he was experiencing due to the chronic leg deformity, made him a perfect candidate for a prosthetic device according to Morello. “It’s his best shot at getting back to a good quality of life,” she said in April ahead of Ferguson’s surgery. In the photos that follow, see this rescued donkey’s extraordinary journey. On Call
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1: When Ferguson was rescued by Holyland Donkey Haven in 2015, his hooves were overgrown and he could barely walk. Holyland brought Ferguson to UW Veterinary Care for evaluation and advice, then worked with their local farrier to reconstruct his deformed left front hoof through trimming and corrective shoeing every four weeks over several years. But in spring 2018, with the deformity still present (pictured) and causing substantial pain, UW Veterinary Care large animal surgeons determined that a partial limb amputation was the best path forward. “No less aggressive measure is likely to provide the comfort and stability that he needs in that limb,” said large animal surgeon Samantha Morello, who led the operation. 2: Ferguson’s chronic pain caused him to walk in an irregular way that placed pressure on the skin and soft tissue at the base of his heels. This subsequently began to cause deformity in his right hoof, as well. To help realign Ferguson’s conformation and balance his weight, in March UW Veterinary Care farrier Dean Johanningmeier trimmed Ferguson’s right hoof and attached a special shoe (similar to a human orthotic). This was a critical step for the amputation to proceed. “That provided a good foot to stand on,” said Morello.
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3: Radiographs revealed that the bones in Ferguson’s lower left leg (pictured) were chronically deformed and infected and of a different density than those in his right leg. Veterinarians believe the middle phalangeal bone, which normally extends into the hoof capsule, may have been missing from Ferguson’s left leg since birth. 4: Holyland Donkey Haven did everything possible to manage Ferguson’s left front hoof deformity, but exposed soft tissue and abscesses were an ever-present concern and source of pain. Before his amputation, Ferguson spent the majority of his days lying down due to discomfort. 5: On April 18, Ferguson’s lower left leg was amputated below the cannon bone, at the fetlock joint. Here a member of the surgical team uses sterile solution to clean the amputated limb, which after several weeks of healing in a cast became the stump for Ferguson’s prosthesis.
6-8: Immediately following the amputation, a team from the UW Health Orthotics and Prosthetics Clinic made a mold of Ferguson’s left leg and took measurements of both limbs to plan the construction of a customfit prosthetic foot. Next (not pictured), Morello placed two large stainless steel pins through the canon bone of the left front leg. These pins were incorporated into a cast placed around Ferguson’s leg for five weeks, helping to distribute weight away from the healing stump. 9: On May 23, Ferguson’s leg cast and pins were removed and he was fitted with the prosthesis. Here, Amy Paulios (center) of UW Health checks the height and angle of the bottom of the artificial limb as compared to Ferguson’s right hoof. The team also ensured that Ferguson could fully flex his leg without rubbing and that the prosthesis was easy to put on and take off. “It’s a perfect fit,” Morello (left) said as the device was slid on. “It’s so cool.”
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10: Orthopedic surgeons at the SVM also assisted in Ferguson’s case, using the school’s 3D printer to create plastic models of the bones that were to be amputated. These 3D-printed bones, modeled off of radiographs of Ferguson’s right front limb, were placed in the left leg cast below the amputated stump to help mirror the height of the sound leg. 11. Amy Paulios, a board-certified prosthetist, holds an early iteration of Ferguson’s prosthetic device (she later added additional, stronger straps, along with a clamshell backing to create a cleaner, closed environment). This was Paulios’ first time producing a prosthesis for an animal.
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Constructed of carbon fiber and acrylic resin, it’s light to allow for easy movement, while durable enough to withstand outdoor elements. She was assisted with socket fabrication by Patrick Shea at UW Health and Beau Marek at the Hanger Clinic. “I’m proud of our teamwork,” she said. 12. Just minutes after being fitted with the prosthesis and waking from anesthesia, Ferguson was on his feet, standing strong on the prosthetic device. “You got a brand new foot,” said Angela Langoski (left), founder and president of Holyland Donkey Haven. Throughout Ferguson’s stay at the hospital, Langoski made the 90-minute drive to UW Veterinary Care at least twice a week.
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13. On June 13, the day before Ferguson headed home to Holyland, Morello and large animal surgery resident Kelly Shaw took the valiant donkey out for a final jaunt. “He’s walking so well,” Morello said as she strolled beside him. While Ferguson grazed and basked in the sun, the surgeons reflected on his journey. “It takes a special patient to be able to come through and do well,” Shaw said. “It’s a testament to Ferguson and his toughness and tenacity.”
14. “There’s an inverse relationship between Ferguson’s personality and his size, and that personality has just grown with every day that he’s been recovering,” Morello added. “We knew that his attitude was going to be what saved him as much as anything else.” Morello is grateful for the chance to assist Holyland and credits the group’s unwavering dedication to Ferguson. “It’s been an awesome opportunity for a group effort to do the right thing.”
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UW Veterinary Care oncologist David Vail examines Senna, an 8-year-old Catahoula Leopard Dog held by owner Caitlin Junj. In September, Senna received his final chemotherapy treatment for multicentric lymphoma, a common cancer in dogs. A five-year clinical trial launched this fall will test a novel vaccine for the prevention of many types of cancer – a potential paradigm shift in veterinary and human medicine.
A Shot at Preventing Canine Cancer Five-year trial now underway to test universal vaccine
Could the body’s own immune system be primed to prevent cancer through a quick vaccine? A clinical trial launched this fall aims to bring new clarity to this complex question. “We’re testing a totally novel way of creating an anticancer immune response,” says David Vail, a board-certified oncologist with UW Veterinary Care. The Vaccination Against Canine Cancer Study will evaluate a vaccine strategy for the prevention, rather than the treatment, of cancer in dogs. With more than 800 patients enrolled as participants, it is the largest clinical trial conducted to date for canine cancer and across the history of veterinary medicine. The UW School of Veterinary Medicine is one of three participating institutions, 14
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together with Colorado State University and the University of California, Davis. Cancer is the number one cause of illness and death in the aging dog population, with approximately one out of every three dogs affected and six million new cancer diagnoses made in dogs each year. If the trial is successful, it could not only provide a new strategy to prevent a critical health concern in canine companions, but it could also provide justification for studying a similar approach in people. “The holy grail would be to prevent cancer as opposed to waiting for it to start and then treating it,” says Vail. Much like an influenza vaccine bolsters the body’s readiness to fight the flu, this preventative cancer vaccine follows the same principle —
“to have the immune system primed such that if a cancer cell develops, it will attack,” Vail says. Traditionally, vaccines work by introducing into the body a protein found on the surface of the virus that the vaccine is protecting against. The immune system sees the protein as a threat, establishes a memory of it, and then, if there is a later infection, recognizes that protein and is primed to react. “It’s almost like putting up a wanted poster for that particular virus,” Vail explains. “When that virus infects you, then the immune cells recognize it because of the ‘poster,’ go out, and kill it.” The anticancer vaccine now being tested targets approximately 30 abnormal proteins found on the
surface of cancer cells. These proteins, a result of improperly coded RNA (so called frame-shift mutations), are generally only found in patients with cancer (both dogs and people) and are agnostic of cancer type, meaning that a patient with breast cancer has the same abnormal proteins as a patient with bladder cancer. By injecting this cluster of proteins into healthy patients, along with a substance that stimulates an immune response, it’s theorized that the vaccine could serve as a universal defender against cancer by “turning on” the immune system. “Those proteins act as the wanted poster for the good guys, the killer cells, to be primed so that if they ever were to see that abnormal protein develop in a patient, they’re already primed to recognize it as bad,” Vail explains. “They have little receptors that will fit that protein, come along and attack the cancer cell, and essentially explode the cell.” Stephen Johnson, a professor at Arizona State University and director of the Center for Innovation in Medicine, developed the technology behind the vaccine. Several cancers that are common to dogs are targeted by the vaccine, including lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system; osteosarcoma, or bone cancer; hemangiosarcoma, a deadly cancer that originates in the blood vessels and is almost exclusive to dogs; and mastocytomas, or mast cell tumors. The potential to preventively target several types of cancer at the same time with a single vaccine series would be a revolutionary development and a major paradigm shift in veterinary and human medicine, according to Vail. “It’s a whole new way of looking at anticancer vaccines,” he says. “The key is that you don’t have to personalize the vaccine to an individual, which is a very expensive proposition. This is more of a global vaccination.” The trial is slated to run over five years, with cancer-free, healthy dogs between the ages of six to 10
“If this works, or even if this is one step in the correct direction, I will be thrilled.” randomized to receive either a series of the investigational vaccine or placebo vaccines. Two sets of vaccines will be given every two weeks, for a total of four treatments, and then annually. While no side effects other than those typical to any vaccine, such as moderate local pain or swelling at the site of injection, have been observed in mice or dogs to date, the study will also characterize any unanticipated adverse reactions in the larger study population. Participating dogs will live at home and be checked two to three times yearly for five years after enrollment to monitor for the development of any cancers. This medical care will be covered by the study, which is funded by a $6 million grant from the Open Philanthropic Project. About 280 dogs will be treated at UW Veterinary Care, with the remainder of participants at the other two trial sites. “Even if a patient is randomized to the placebo group, they will enjoy five years of the best medical care available at no cost,” Vail notes. “And funds are available to diagnose and treat cancers that may develop in dogs in both the treatment and placebo group.” A number of anti-cancer vaccines have been developed in recent decades, including by researchers at UW– Madison, for the treatment of cancer after it has been diagnosed. But those vaccines are tailored to a specific cancer type and are often produced for an individual patient, making broad deployment worldwide both time- and cost-prohibitive. “It would be far superior of course to prevent a wide range of cancer types before they develop,” Vail says. “There will be nine million human deaths resulting from cancer in the world this
year, with 70 percent of those patients in poor or third-world countries, where there’s no way they could afford the type of cancer treatment currently available. A preventative vaccine can be applied globally at low expense, so this could have a tremendous effect.” Initial trials of the vaccine in mice suggest that this new strategy could be successful, but many in the scientific community remain unsure. “It’s so outside of the current box, but that’s how breakthroughs and paradigm shifts happen,” says Vail. “Based on what we know right now about the immune system, there are several reasons why this vaccine shouldn’t work and there are several reasons why it could work.” “I go in with healthy skepticism, but if this works, or even if this is one step in the correct direction, I will be thrilled,” he adds. “With the possibility to prevent several cancer types before they develop, somebody absolutely needs to do the study.” And, Vail notes, the array of information gleaned throughout the trial will advance scientists’ understanding of cancer, the immune system, and how it responds. “This is a team project involving dozens of researchers across the country and hundreds of pets and pet owners. We’re so thankful that they’re with us and that they want to strive to push the envelope as far as what we can do to prevent cancer in the future.”
Up Next The spring 2019 issue of On Call will take a deeper dive into the field of comparative oncology, exploring how SVM studies of naturally occurring cancers in companion animals have advanced innovative cancer therapies for both pets and people, as well as new collaborative efforts now underway merging veterinary and human medicine.
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In the 1966 novel, Fantastic Voyage, written by biochemist and author Isaac Asimov, a crew of people become miniaturized in order to travel through the body of a scientist and save him from a blood clot in his brain. For University of WisconsinMadison virologist and flu expert Yoshihiro Kawaoka, recently seeing real, active influenza infection in the lungs of living mice for the first time was reminiscent of this 50-year-old piece of science fiction, which was also adapted into a film. Publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Kawaoka and his team describe a new tool they call FluVision, which allows them to witness influenza infection in a living animal in action. Moreover, it provides a window into a world none have seen before, allowing scientists to observe and better understand what happens when a virus infects the lungs and the body responds. “Now we can see inside of the body in real time in virus-infected animals,” says the professor of pathobiological sciences and faculty trainer in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. “It’s like we can shrink and go inside the body.” In so doing, the scientists have documented differences in the action of two different strains of flu, witnessed influenza viruses as they spread in the lungs, showed a reduction in blood flow speed in infected areas of the lungs, watched the activation and behavior of immune cells called neutrophils, and revealed some of the damage that can be caused by infection with a highlypathogenic flu strain. Notably, infection with a highly pathogenic strain of influenza — the “bird flu,” H5N1 — proceeds more quickly and causes more damage than infection with a milder, mouseadapted human strain — H1N1. 16
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Pathogenicity refers to the ability of a virus to cause disease. To microscopically peer inside the lungs of living mice, Kawaoka’s team had to overcome several challenges. The first was to find technology that allowed them to see through the lungs. Another group had pioneered this with an approach called two-photon excitation microscopy, In a study published in June, UW SVM virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Kawaoka’s team documented active influenza infection in the lungs of living mice adapted it for its study. for the first time. This still image of a video from the research The team had to shows capillary blood flow (blue), immune cells called neutrophils (red), and infected cells (green) in flu-infected lungs. build a system that allowed it to work with influenza viruses at portion of surgically exposed lung a high level of biosafety — biosafety during imaging. level three — while also allowing For the study, the researchers technicians access to the laser source infected mice with either fluorescently required to see objects of interest in labeled H5N1 or H1N1. Two days after the lungs. Lead author Hiroshi Ueki infection, they could see cells in the helped design a system in which the lung infected with virus particles. The laser is located outside of the highcontainment lab space, aimed through numbers of these cells reached their peak three days after infection and were a small glass window to a microscope higher in H5N1-infected lungs. inside the lab, all built on stabilized Blood flow in the capillaries platforms that had to be physically of influenza-infected lungs slowed separated but virtually connected. down after infection with either Kawaoka’s team also had to create virus, though to a lesser extent in fluorescently labeled viruses that could H1N1-infected mice. This suggests be used to infect the mice and viewed the viruses affect the vascular system with the laser under the microscope, before causing lung damage. but which also functioned similarly to The lungs of mice infected with viruses found in nature. They call the H5N1 also became “leaky” two days technology Color-flu. after virus exposure, whereby the In addition, the researchers had contents of the capillaries permeated to develop a method for keeping a into the tiny air sacs of the lungs, called portion of the lung still while the alveoli. This was also associated with an mouse breathed so they could get highincrease in the number of dead cells in quality images and videos. The team the lungs. had a small, custom-crafted device “Clearly, something is wrong made called a thoracic window, which with the pulmonary capillaries,” says Kawaoka says has been patented, that Kawaoka, who is also a professor at the uses a vacuum to stabilize a small
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University of Tokyo, where the work was performed. “The reason why we see this leakage is that the junctions between endothelial cells (which make up the vessels in the lungs) loosen for some reason. We have documented this for the first time.” Studying the mechanisms of infection can be something of a chicken-and-egg endeavor, because once infection starts, so does the body’s response, triggering a cascade of actions that can also cause some of the damage associated with the pathogen. Some of it, like the pulmonary leakiness Kawaoka’s team observed, may help the body respond, he says. His team chose to look at immune cells called neutrophils, one of the body’s first lines of defense. Their action can cause inflammation. In mice infected with H5N1, neutrophils were
FluVision provides a window into a world none have seen before, allowing scientists to observe and better understand what happens when a virus infects the lungs and the body responds.
recruited to the lungs on the first day after exposure, becoming six times more prevalent. They doubled in the lungs of mice infected with H1N1. After the number of influenzainfected cells peaked on day three, neutrophil numbers dropped, but those
that remained behaved differently than neutrophils in healthy mice. The team found that neutrophils show two kinds of motion: slow and rapid. In influenza-infected lungs, the neutrophils that remained after the peak day showed a decrease in rapid motion and spent more time moving slowly, as if scouting for infected cells. “We don’t yet know why and what they’re doing,” says Kawaoka, but, he notes, this is the first time this behavior has been documented. And for him, it is motivation to dig even deeper, and adapt the technology for other respiratory viruses. “We are seeing the mechanisms of the immune system at work,” he says. “These are the things you discover and it’s exciting, but now we have to figure out what’s going on.” Kelly April Tyrrell
From the CBMS Director Celebrating Students and Training of the Highest Caliber It is hard to fathom that five years have passed since I assumed the directorship of the Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CBMS) graduate program. It has been an exciting time to pilot the program and I am pleased to report on its current state. I am delighted that CBMS continues to garner the distinction of a top 10 national ranking among 51 programs in veterinary medical sciences, according to the Academic Analytics database. In parallel with the constantly changing academic landscape, CBMS has evolved into a dynamic and vibrant interdisciplinary graduate program. The range of training spans the fields of infectious disease, genomics, biomedical engineering, neuroscience, oncology, and developmental biology at the cutting edge of each discipline. The program currently has 95 faculty trainers from a wide array of departments at UW–Madison. Its interdisciplinary nature is a substantial strength, particularly in light of the current shift toward pursuing science as part of multi-disciplinary teams. We continue to recruit a highly talented and diverse pool of graduate students. Notably, among the program’s current 45 PhD and 14 MS students, 12 percent are domestic underrepresented students and 36 percent are international students. Our students
have successfully competed for fellowships from the National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, Morris Animal Foundation, and American Association of Immunologists, among others, reflecting the excellent caliber of students in the program. And I am happy to share that CBMS students complete the PhD program an average of one year before our Association of American Universities (AAU) peer institutions. The average CBMS time to degree completion is currently 4.3 years compared to AAU peer data of 5.2 years. Sixty one percent of CBMS PhD students finish within five years, compared to 34 percent of all PhD students campus-wide at UW–Madison and 41 percent of all biological science PhD students. This reduced time to degree is bolstered by strong mentor/student relationships and support from the CBMS community and the School of Veterinary Medicine. I am excited about the trajectory of CBMS and strongly believe that the program is poised for sustained success in training scientists at the leading frontiers of biomedical research.
M. Suresh Director, Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program John E. Butler Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences
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is on the UW–Madison campus, where continued growth and improvement are part of the mindset, and resources are readily available to employees, such as classes and access to expertise, from infectious disease to animal health. This is a two-way street, says Markel: “I think it’s best for SVM as well as for WVDL to have a really strong partnership, not only in how we interact with each other, but also in how we serve the citizens of Wisconsin.” Poulsen actually holds several degrees from UW–Madison, including the SVM. He grew up in Waunakee, and today, his parents live within sight of ABS Global, a leading bovine genetics company, located in DeForest. He first attended UW–Madison as an undergraduate, majoring in biochemistry. “I came to the university because I wanted to be in the marching band and when I got here I said I wanted to be a biochemistry major,” Poulsen explains. “But my advisor said I couldn’t do both, so either pick a different major or don’t WVDL
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) has a new director. As of September 1, UW–Madison veterinarian Keith Poulsen DVM’04, PhD’12 assumed official leadership of the lab, which plays a critical role in preserving animal health and the integrity of the state’s animal production industry. “I think we have a very important mission for the state and for the university,” says Poulsen, who had served as interim director of WVDL since March 2018. He first arrived at the agency in 2014 as a clinical professor at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), practicing large animal internal medicine. Poulsen continues to hold a second appointment as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medial Sciences at the SVM. The WVDL was first established in the early 1930s with the goal of providing animal disease diagnostic services to the state’s veterinarians and animal producers. It is located and administered by the UW–Madison campus as part of the University of Wisconsin System and is specifically funded as a line item in the state budget. Poulsen describes WVDL as “a hybrid of a state agency and a business.” With between 120 and 130 employees, the lab runs roughly 600,000 diagnostic tests each year, handling upwards of 38,000 cases. Nine out of 10 of these cases serve the state’s $250 million-a-year bovine (cow) genetics industry and its $43.4 billion dairy industry. The WVDL tests bull semen for export around the world to serve meat and dairy producers. Beyond bovines, WVDL also supports the state’s poultry industry
by helping respond to outbreaks of avian influenza, participating in the federal Salmonella Action Plan and the National Poultry Improvement Plan, and playing a role in maintaining flock health. It promotes health among all other animal species as well. Though Poulsen has a passion for animals, he says it is the people at WVDL who have helped make his new role rewarding. “We have a great team of people and we are very focused on the working culture of our organization,” he says. Among his first priorities is investing in these people, shifting to a team-based approach, and ensuring his employees know they are valued. He is also focused on engagement, inclusion and diversity. Mark Markel, the dean of the SVM, says Poulsen helps reinforce a welcoming environment and has created a climate where people want to show up for work every day, in part because he promotes good work-life balance. “For a director to do that is important and really critical to the success of an organization,” Markel explains. Poulsen feels fortunate that WVDL
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory runs roughly 600,000 diagnostic tests each year, handling upwards of 38,000 cases. Nine out of 10 of these cases serve the state’s bovine genetics and dairy industries.
play in the band. I went with the major.” He went on to earn his doctorate degree in veterinary medicine from the SVM in 2004 and after graduation, interned at North Carolina State University. He returned to UW–Madison for his residency and earned a PhD in comparative biomedical sciences in 2012. Poulsen then took a faculty job in large animal medicine at Oregon State University before joining WVDL, where he has also served as the organization’s diagnostic case and outreach coordinator. “What’s really impressed me and the (WVDL) board was seeing him grow in that position over the last three years or so and mature in how he led the service,” says Markel, “especially one targeted on interfacing with customers around the state with bull studs, and with other players, including DATCP (the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection).” As WVDL’s director, Poulsen will continue to provide appropriate support to the animal production industry
in Wisconsin; will continually work on process development, investment in research and staying “on top of the curve;” and work to broaden outreach to state industry leaders and elected officials in Wisconsin and nationally. “We want to continue growing our relationship with the state legislature and the agricultural industry to make sure they know us as a resource,” Poulsen says. “That means meeting with the (Wisconsin) Farm Bureau and elected officials on agricultural committees to explain what WVDL is and let them know that if there are problems like highly pathogenic avian influenza, or foot and mouth disease, or canine influenza, they know that we are a resource on campus and they can come get us, or we can come to their offices.” Poulsen says he didn’t necessarily seek out leadership, but working with the teams at WVDL lit the spark. “I learned it’s not all intuitive but it’s a learned-trait, like surgery,” he says. “That led me to the director’s role.” Kelly April Tyrrell
In Memoriam The UW School of Veterinary Medicine regrets to announce the loss of two alumni. Gerald Henseler DVM’87 passed away in March in Las Vegas. After retiring from the Valley Veterinary Service and Animal Care Center of Pahrump, Nevada, Henseler turned his attention to gardening, serving as president of the Pahrump Valley Garden Club and lovingly tending to a collection of over 2,000 flowering cacti. John Louis Marks DVM’89 passed away in July. Marks first practiced in New Glarus, Wisconsin, then in Sauk Prairie. His career concluded as senior veterinarian for Wisconsin’s Rural Electric Power Services program. “He was one of those fortunate few whose occupations are their passion,” his obituary notes. “It was his lifelong dream to be a veterinarian.”
A Message to DVM Alumni Gratitude for the School and for You In this season of Thanksgiving I can’t help but reflect on the many reasons I have to be grateful. Personally, I get to work on behalf of incredibly intelligent, hard-working, and compassionate people who are making a difference every day in the lives of animals and people. From our clinics to our classrooms, from the research labs to the farms, our faculty, staff, and students are providing exceptional care to animals and their owners, making discoveries that improve animal and human health, and training outstanding veterinarians and graduate students. This issue of On Call touches on just a few ways the UW School of Veterinary Medicine is making a difference. (You can find more examples at animalsneedheroestoo.com/our-impact.) I am also grateful for you and the many ways you give back to the school. Since 2013, nearly 450 alumni have made a
gift to the school. In addition, numerous alumni participate in our Companion Animal Fund clinic sponsor program. Many of you volunteer your time by being a part of our alumni advisory board, by hosting student interns, by speaking with our students, and sharing your experience and expertise. This past year some of you have contacted your state elected officials about the importance of the school and the need for an expansion. You’ve invited us to speak with your local veterinary medical and industry groups. For all this and more, thank you.
In gratitude,
Kristi V. Thorson Associate Dean for Advancement and Administration
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Patricia F. Bennett
Annette H. Cochrane
Mettja R. and Robert J. Overly
Jennifer L. Rochedieu
Mostafa Zamanian and Zahra Sagha
Beth M. and Neal R. Berger
Stephen C. Coleman
Donna Pegg
Rock Valley Veterinary Medical Association
Amy D. Conrad
Christopher W. Olsen and Claudia E. Meyers Omro Animal Hospital Sarah L. Orr Dan P. and Theresa M. Owens Thomas J. and Sharon A. Palmer
$500-$999
Dennis P. and Nancie Chuchel
Joan M. and Richard J. Rodrick
Carrie B. Coonce Country View Equine Clinic
Edward L. Rodriguez and Michelle M. Schartner
Gary W. and Mary T. Cragin
Diane O. Peltin John J. and Susan A. Petersen
Bob and Elsie P. Berget
$100-$499
Bebe R. Berkoff
Richard G. Placey and Carol E. Swanson
Anonymous
Bruce D. and Kathryn A. Berndt
James F. and Sophia R. Abenante
Bradley A. and Kathleen A. Bernstein
Susan M. and Eric J. Dahmen
Curtis T. Poor and Katherine M. Sigardson-Poor
Scott F. Abraham
Peter Berryman and Kristi J. Seifert
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
ABS Global Inc
Michael J. Prestigiacomo
Sandra J. Bertelle
Frederick A. and Paula Dick
Caroline L. Adams
John and Sally A. Ralph
Thomas Black and Ann M. Lanphear
Sarah Ritter
Frederick L. Bloom
Sargento Foods Inc
Kathleen A. and Lawrence J. Dickerson
Susan J. Adams Jan M. Adrian
Marlene B. Boccato
SAVMA
Cynthia H. Drollinger
Karen Agacinski
Adele and Matt Bodden
Dianne Schwartz
Christian O. and Julie K. Eisele
Nelson J. Agen
Chuck A. Bornhoeft
Nicole Schwendel
Mary A. Eschweiler
Ronald E. and Sonja A. Ahlert
Barbara E. Brandel
Gwendolyn W. Sharratt
Julie J. Flessas
Dean N. and Eleanore T. Alioto
Breakthru Beverage
Nancy S. and Timothy J. Sheehan
John C. and Lynn M. Gavelek
Anton M. Allen
Simmons Education Fund
GenOvations
Cheryl Allen
Michael Brezina and Janis D. Vaught-Brezina
Candace A. Sinow
Larry R. Genskow
Shannon A. Allen and Shawn Costello
Cathy A. and Michael G. Brotzman
Carla C. Allenstein and Daniel Roh
Steven D. Brown and Melody D. Cousins Brown
Andrew J. and Cynthia Rolfe R. Timothy and Susan Rooney William S. Rubin
Anne M. and Thomas L. Skalmoski
Tony L. Goldberg and Anne M. Readel
Iphigenia D. and Thomas G. Smith
Patti J. Gruber
Lesley J. Smith and Patryk W. Silver
Erik and Heather Gustafson
Judith A. and Robert J. Rubin Eric P. Sandgren and Holly I. McEntee Gerry D. Schaefer Craig A. and Litzi L. Schulz Adam B. Scott Gillian Shaw Jennifer Shea Christine and Joshua Sherk Marjorie H. Simon Mowry I. Smith Christopher J. and Lindsey B. Snyder
Jodie J. Alwin Arthur R. and Barbara J. Anderson
Andrew M. Brownfield and Jane E. Mahoney
Elizabeth B. Anderson and Michael L. Gerdts
Rebecca Brumder
Phillip A. Snyder
Dennis S. and Marie C. Hahn
Southwestern Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Inc
Genevieve and Theodore E. Haley
Howard Steinberg and Barbara J. Andrews
Daniel J. and Mary E. Hayenga
Elizabeth A. Strong
Matthew M. and Sherri L. Hebert
Lois K. and Norman E. Sudnick
Louis W. and Marguerite G. Anderson
John and Mary E. Stracka
Patrick G. Hellmann and Pamela M. Schmidt
James F. Swanson
Bonnie K. and James M. Andrews
Linda R. Burg
Carol L. and Wrightson J. Switz
Jean M. and Mark J. Andrews
Charles K. and Mary A. Burgess
Gwen M. and Terry E. Henricksen
Anita and Meru Thakur
Steven J. Thompson
Gail M. and John L. Anich
Jason R. and Jennie Burt
Thomas R. Herbst
Wayne M. Thal
Kristi V. and Lee M. Thorson
Animal Medical Center of Whitewater
Michelle Bushor
Lola and Paul Higgins
Thousand Hills ET Service
Marie Torres
Miriam Ansfield
Susan J. Butler
Debra K. and Kevin F. Hoffman
Jean M. Thuerer
Transamerica Corporation
David B. and Linda A. Arcand
Sandra B. and Timothy L. Buzard
Daniel P. Huegel
John and Virginia M. Tierney
Lauren A. Trepanier
Richard R. Arnold
John A. and Katherine F. Campbell
Irish Setter Club of Milwaukee
Tom Stamstad Memorial Fund
Dorothy M. Troller
Julie A. Asmus
Kimberly A. and Robert A. Campbell
Irongate Equine Clinic
Thomas N. and Jeanne M. Torhorst
Kirk M. and Lynn L. Tucker
Brad W. and Karla K. Jolin
Patricia E. Tumilowicz
Laura A. Atkinson
Joseph and Patricia R. Justiliano
Mark Baetke
Rosalind A. Carlyon-Rahn and Donald L. Rahn
University League Inc
David B. and Jeanine Urben
Peter C. and Lyn P. Vail
Nicholas G. Karabis
David M. Vail
Mary A. Baewer
Kenneth and Patricia A. Van Till
Charles and Madelon Baker
April M. Southwick Steven S. Lindsay Memorial Fund
Jacqueline A. Vaver
Eric K. and Susan E. Anderson
Alexis Buchanan Thomas J. Buetow Randy A. and Rita V. Bumgardner
Jeffrey M. Carter Roy A. and Sharon S. Causey Anthony G. and Deborah L. Cefalu
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Donor Honor Roll Patrick J. and Susan K. Frett
Carole Hoefs
Nancy A. Kindl
Constance Freuler
David Holstrom
Shirley M. Kirchner
Evelyn K. Fryer
Alan Holter
Susan P. Kleinman
Jackie and Matt Fryer
John R. Holtz
Carl J. and Janet K. Klemm
Bruce H. and Jane Fuller
Ellen C. Hooker
David G. and Vickie B. Klick
D. Ward and Judith Fuller
Barbara D. and Wayne E. Hoppe
Megan M. and Michael A. Kling
Janine A. and Robert B. Gage
Joseph E. and Kathy J. Houzner
John G. Knaak and Patricia M. Windau
David Galbis Reig
Ann L. and Kenneth A. Howell
Arthur L. and Frances Kneller
Karen N. Ganser
James Hudson and Diane M. Martin
Cheryl M. Kneubuehl
James and Lori A. Ganshert
James H. and Margaret T. Hughes
Robley G. and Sheila C. Knutsen
Linda M. and Robert C. Gapko
Judy J. Hughes
Barbara J. Knutson
Nancy M. Garner
Thomas H. Hurst and Kleo B. Kritz
Cristen L. Kogl
Donna J. Garske
Mary R. Hutchins
Lori L. Kolb
John C. Garver and Jean A. Kuehn
Gregory J. and Patricia J. Iaccarino
Dawn and Patrick Kondreck Lynn E. Konkel and Miles P. Melnikov
Paul W. Cerutti
Barbara B. Dougherty
Brenda K. and Peter J. Gauchel
Sandra S. and Harold B. Inda
CGC Inc
Catherine E. Downey
Barbara B. Gehl
Peggy Ivik
James M. Champagne and Donna Spangler
David M. Drake and Beth A. Lindl
Gillian B. Gentile
Suzanne and William N. Jacobsen
Hans D. Dramm and Sarah J. Keller
Jill M. Chavin
Don and Kathy Gereau
Joel N. and Peggy L. Jacque
Ilga R. Dravnieks
Linda K. Christian-Smith
Anne H. Jahren
Carolee Drewieck
Jacqueline D. Gilles and Bryan Michaels
Memee K. Chun
Doug and Julie Drmolka
Michael H. and Sara K. Gilman
David A. and Karen B. Cigan
Alan and Paula J. Jasperson
Kathy and Steven A. Duex
Jon C. and Nancy Gilmore
Genevieve C. Ciha and Michael O’Driscoll
Krista A. Jautz
Carol R. Dunbar
Jean E. Gilpin
Lucy J. Jenkins
Vicky L. Durben
Sherryl and William Gingerich
Sally Jensen
Brian W. Durtschi
Kathy and Paul Ginther
Lynda R. Jeppesen
Constance F. and Paul R. Eberly
Jerry J. and Karen L. Gipp
Edward V. Jesse
Debra A. Ecklor
Gail Glasser
Dean W. Johanningmeier
Educational Concepts LLC
Penny G. Gneiser-Hardekopf and Fred J. Hardekopf
Doris Johnson
Virginia Cioffletti William J. Claassen Craig E. Clark Barbara A. and Rod Clarke Ann S. and Howard J. Cleary David E. Cloninger and Mary K. Gillham
Karen Ehnert Jodi and Steven Eichelberger
Robert C. Cohen
Marie L. Eichinger
D. John and Mindy E. Coke
Sharon A. Elliott
Mary M. and Paul C. Colette
Shirley A. Emry
Michael T. and Cynthia Collins
Beth Engelbert
Gail S. Conder
David B. Enright
John L. Conlon
Patricia A. Ernest
Barbara A. Constans and Deborah A. Rohde
James M. and Michaelynn M. Erschnig
Mary R. Cook and John J. McEwan
Mona Everett
Marcia Cordts
Kara Ewers and Scott A. Sorenson
Joanne and Mark Cotter
Donald and Sherri R. Ewing
Country View Animal Hospital Lee A. and Sandra L. Cox
Mary F. Fahey and Robert A. Washenko
Amy L. and Jared Cralam
Amy L. and Eric Falk
Beverly and Ramon Cram
Cornelia E. Farnum
Cream City Canines Inc
Susan N. Fasciano
Ean H. and Ruth A. Crennell
Gina L. Federico
Thomas J. Cubinski
Constance A. Ferentz
John W. Currier
John T. Ferguson
Andrew Dahl
Tatiana H. Ferreira and Leandro B. Teixeira
Lisa H. Escher
Jon D. and Sara A. Goldstein Thaddeus G. and Kathleen A. Golos Jeanne-Marie and R. Kent Goode Kalaniwai and Lance S. Grady Lauri A. Grantman Nancy Greaving Catherine W. and Frank R. Greer Deborah S. and Warren K. Griffith Sue W. Grisamore Ann W. and Thomas F. Grittinger Mary M. Gronen William C. and Theresa A. Guelcher Don and Jill Gust Marina N. Haan and Richard B. Hammerstrom
Jean Jamieson
Mary N. and Thomas R. Johnson Melanie A. and Timothy L. Johnson Pamela L. Johnson Patricia M. Johnson Perry Johnson Scott L. Johnson Amanda L. Jones Cheryl A. and John A. Jonovic K-9 Playtime Roger L. Kaas Ursula L. Kaelin Jaeson and Joanna M. Kaplan Kelli and Ronald Karpinski Sally J. Kasik and John M. Moser Constance L. Kasperek
Michele J. Hagopian
Kim T. and Susan L. Kass
Deborah Hall
Angela H. and Robert C. Kaupie
Bruce A. and Terrie M. Halverson
Cathryn and Gary L. Keating
Nancy and Peter C. Halverson
David J. and Rita A. Kelliher
Mary Hanrahan
Blake R. and Pat R. Kellogg
Beth E. and Paul T. Hardy
Margaret Kelsey and Michael J. Teich
Beth S. Hargarten
Denise A. and Kevin G. Kempen
Linda S. Fibich
Harmony Veterinary Services
Catherine E. Kendrigan
Vincent Fidanza
Gene R. and Shirley I. Harms
Gail E. Kennedy
Jeffrey L. Filter
Sally D. Harper
Charles M. and Susan M. Kernats
Nicole Finitzo
Brent L. and Deborah O. Harvey
Dolores A. Kester
Ellen S. Fisher and Douglas A. Yanggen
Margaret R. Harvey
Jon A. and Patricia A. Kester
Gerald R. and Nancy T. Hazard
Judith A. Ketten
Dazzling Paws Jewelry LLC
James H. Fitzpatrick and Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick
Lisa A. Hebert
Jean Kieckhaefer
John R. and Sandra J. Decker
Ann R. and Michael O. Flegel
Susan M. Deegan
Karen L. and Steven J. Fleming
James M. and Victoria J. Demerath
Flint Creek Dogs Inc
Judith A. and Michael R. Dereszynski
Sisto T. Flores and Kevin L. Fryer
Allan Derge
Charles N. Ford and Sharon L. James
Audrey L. Dikkeboom
Bruce R. and Patricia R. Fowler
Mary Kay Dobbeck
Lynn Fox and Jill Hoover
Gary J. and Joyce T. Dobbert
Christine A. Francken
Laura L. Docter and Mark C. Maurer
Shelley Fredson
Vickie Domanus
Bob E. and Jill A. Freiermuth
Judith E. Donmoyer
James M. and Kathleen C. Freimuth
Glenn A. Dahl Ruth N. Dahlke Jeanne L. Daniels David J. Daray Donna and Paul Darland Bruce C. and Laurene D. Davidson Debra L. Davis
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Pauline C. Kopatich Ann L. Koski Constance L. and Rick Krahn Cherie L. Krenke Shirley A. Kroening Mary L. Kroll Yolanda K. Kropp Beth M. Kubly Elaine M. and Paul S. Kuipers Leslie B. and Roy A. Kupkowski Wendy Kuzma Elizabeth and Kenneth W. Laatsch James P. and Natalie J. Lacy Mary E. Laedtke Jason and Juliet R. Lai Elizabeth J. Laing Maldon D. Laitinen Lakeshore Appaloosa Promoters Rosalie A. Laketa Cindy Landolt Sharron B. Lane Steve Larrison Nancy L. Larson Reed A. Larson James M. and Jennifer Lattis Robin L. Lauersdorf Anthony J. and Pamela L. LaValliere Christine Law Peter R. Lawrie Ruth Leichtnam Elizabeth J. Leonard Beverly K. Lewis Kent H. and Mary Z. Libby Helen L. Limberg Brian A. and Katie K. Lindstrom William Linenfelser and Tamara L. Vaade John W. and Kathleen A. Linnen Jennifer L. and Robert F. Lloyd Barbara R. and Richard A. Loftsgordon Lori J. and Neil J. Lonergan Sally Y. Long and Franklin D. Loo
Michelle M. and Steven A. Heindel James E. and Linda K. Heineke Jonathan R. and Wendy P. Heise Carol L. and Michael T. Held Tammy A. Hendricks Ronald M. and Susan F. Hibben Jeffrey M. Hicklin Betty J. and James H. Higby David G. and Joyce W. Hinds Celia M. Hiteman Lynn K. Hobbie and James K. Little
“All of our questions were answered and not brushed aside. We felt respect not only for ourselves, but for our dog as well.”
Katherine Tipton
Lynn and Michael P. Schmidt
Marilyn D. Title
Debra J. and Paul M. Schneider
TNT Dog Center
Ruth M. Schoenwetter
Diana and Nolan Tobias
Kay C. and Roger L. Schramm
Karen K. and Russell H. Tomar
Gloria and Stephen F. Murray
Kay A. Buelke Schroeder
Carlos Tosca
Paul W. Luebke
Michael S. Murray
Schubert Bros Pest Control
Kellie A. and Ross E. Townsend
Bruce C. Luecke
Muscatine Agility Club of Iowa
David and Janice M. Schuler
Elizabeth C. Treacy
Alicia L. and Gordon B. Lugauer
Frank L. and Helen E. Myers
Michael A. and Trina S. Schuler
Vicki Treinen
Karen K. Lundquist
Kristine L. and Kyle A. Nabilcy
David J. and Mary E. Schultz
Jeffrey J. Trendel
Roger and Susan Lundsten
National Society of Phi Zeta
Diane M. and Thomas O. Schultz
Beth A. and Lance Treptow
Ann E. and Frank R. Luther
Carol S. and Christopher Nelsen
Kevin T. Schultz
Cheri A. Trimboli
Gary E. Lyons and Jayne M. Squirrell
Judith K. Nelson
Debra and Kurt R. Schuster
Michelle M. Turek and Kurt J. Amann
Cynthia MacEwen
Patricia W. Nelson
LaVerne L. Schwengel
Michael J. Turner
Deborah P. Machalow
Judith K. and Thomas H. Nettles
Jolene L. Schwingle
Kristina K. Uhlig
Arthur L. and Patricia T. Mackusick
James C. Neuroth
Diane Schwister
Becky J. and Bruce R. Van Houten
Nicole Maclaren
Philip F. and Sally A. Neustedter
Brenda K. Scidmore
William S. Vargas
Madison Veterinary Specialists
William T. Niles
Jennifer and Timothy Vellinga
Gary C. and Nancy Magnussen
Michele Plewa
Marlys A. and Patrick H. Semple
Deana J. and George Noonan
James A. Serpell
Kathleen E. and Steve P. Verrill
Diann S. Markovic
Michael L. Plumer
Nicole E. Noonan
James M. and Kristine L. Serwe
Kaye Martin
Rebecca Pokarney
Barbara J. Norene
Francis Shearer
Veterinary Ophthalmology Specialty Practice
Kenneth W. Martin and Beverly A. Priefer
Carol A. and Nicholas P. Pollis
Normington Excavating Inc
Elinor B. Posey
Sarah and Vincent Sherry
Martin Roche Farrier Service LLC
Northeastern Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association
Howard D. and Jean Poulson
James F. and Kathleen A. Shurts
David A. Martinson
Northwest Obedience Club
Brian D. and Michelle L. Powers
Marianne Siess and Charles C. Smith
Dave J. Masters
Northwood Veterinary Clinic
Kathleen A. Puerner
Randall I. Sirk
Barbara A. and Richard H. Quaas
Julie L. Sjullie
Jean E. Quale
Robert J. Slezak
Mary G. Randel
Andrew and Jennifer Smieja
Thomas F. Ransick
Catherine and Erik G. Smith
John A. and Rebecca N. Oaks
Agnes Redei
Julia F. Smith
Margo A. and Robert F. O’Brien Hokanson
Margaret J. Rice
Lizabeth A. Smith
Virginia B. Rice
Robert W. Smith
Delores J. Rinehart
William A. Smith
Muller Veterinary Hospital
Nancy Lorenz and Ronald J. Vavrik
Gloria and Stephen F. Murray
Mary Losikoff
James D. and Karen M. Murphy
Mary Beth S. Lubing
James R. Murphy
Mackenzie M. Lucas and Daniel J. Polenska
Louisa A. Murphy
Linda H. Matusewic
L. Carolyn and William W. Norton
Elizabeth S. and Terrence B. McCloskey
Gail M. and Gregory A. Norusis
Janice M. McCormick Janice McCrea Mark McCullough Brenda B. McDowell
Robert L. Nourse and De-Ann M. Pillers
DENISE GARLOW
Judy L. Schmidt
Cheryl J. and Richard A. Loose
Michael E. McFadden and Steven M. Scholze
Deborah R. and Terence M. O’Connor Carrie L. and Scott R. Odden
Teresa L. McFaul and Stephanie L. Mikesell
Elliott C. Robbins and Dulcie L. Truitt
Angela J. and David A. Snyders
Geoff and Rachel O’Donnell
Russell S. Roberts
Kathryn B. Oetjen
Allan D. and Carleen P. Robertson
The Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists
Patricia J. Ogren
Paul V. Rochotte
Susan R. O’Konski Christine Olsen
Daphne M. Rodriguez and Nitzet M. Velez-Mroz
Jerry McGinnis
Katherine H. and Penn R. Vieau Charles G. and Kathleen A. Vogel Dawn M. Vogel Dorothy A. and Lyle O. Voss Sandra K. Wagner Sharon D. Wagner Kathleen E. Walker Bonnie J. Wallander Shelly M. Waller David A. and Marjorie Walsh Jennifer L. and Joshua D. Walters Caitlin Warnimont Colin J. Weber Mary A. Weber Jerome C. Wegner
Jill J. and Steven D. Sorden
Leslie A. and Marc S. Weinberger
Leslie M. Spellman
Ronald I. Weisbrod
Andrea Speth
Thelma J. Wells
Janis and Rick Olson
Alexandria Roe
Karla A. Spinks
John W. and Marguerite L. Werner
Michael Olson
Mark W. Roemhildt
Kevin J. Spredemann
Leonard W. and Paula K. Werner
Mary E. and Torbjorn Ommundsen
Leroy Rogers and Mary T. Zellmer
Christie L. and Christopher H. Stahmer
Jacqueline C. and Thomas W. White
Rhonda I. Meath
Marie Orwig
Susan F. Roraff
Judith H. and William Stathas
Jacqueline M. and James C. White
Mark A. Meier
Sharon B. Ostach
Ellen M. and Michael J. Rosborough
Sonja A. Stauffacher
Susan A. Meier
Annette J. and Gerald M. Rosen
Lynne K. Stevens
Patricia Kugler Whitely and George C. Whitely
Elizabeth Ott
Robert B. and Sandee Merrick
Michele B. Ozkan
Viveka V. and William P. Rosenberger
Sara E. Stewart
Mary E. and Michael J. Mesenbourg
Margot Paddock
Marilyn C. Roth
Annette E. Stock
Albee Messing and Marsha R. Malick
George and Suzanne Pagels
Tori E. Rudolph
Carol J. Storm
Audrey F. and Joseph Metro
Lee T. and Susan L. Palecek
Earl K. Ruf
Richard A. and Susan B. Strait
Meyer’s Kennel Inc
Rori A. Paloski
Mary Ann Russell
Rhonda and Richard Strojinc
Donald L. and Mary J. Michalski
James K. and Patricia J. Pasell
Mary L. and Ronald J. Ryan
Linda F. and Roger G. Stuckey
Michele M. Michuda
Karen R. Passow
Helena Rylander and John R. Karl
Ruth A. Stuhr
Midwest Veterinary Dental Service
Rick J. Passow
Jackie and Mike Rymarz
Jean M. Suchomel
Charles B. and Patricia A. Mier
Alan M. Patterson and Sheli R. Sadoff
Michelle S. Safron
John P. and Laura L. Svaren
Karyn Minder
Nancy A. Paul
Marion and Timothy R. Sailor
Michael and Tracy Swanson
Donald R. Minor
Joyce M. Paulson
Joseph J. Salas
Jacquelyn L. Sweeney
Gordon B. Misner and Deborah Prior
Patricia D. and Thomas A. Paulson
Patricia J. and Peter A. Sammataro
Myrna Sweet
Paul E. Mleziva
Sara A. Paulson
Kayla A. Sampson
David A. and Marilyn E. Swenson
Carolyn and Thomas Molinelli
Henri B. and Patricia R. Pensis
Joan M. and Scott J. Sanders
Barbara C. and Donald E. Swinton
Jeffrey R. Moll
Gary L. and Shirley M. Peper
Joel A. Saydoff
Marlene and Rudolph H. Tardin
Daphne K. Moloney
Pet Partners Animal Clinic
Heidi R. Schaefer
Cheryl J. and Howard G. Teal
Erin M. Montgomery
Ellen R. Peters
Tracey L. Theis
Cecil P. and Geraldine A. Moore
David M. and Jennifer W. Phillips
Richard O. Schafer and Heidi Schweizer
James D. and Patricia D. Moore
Kathleen A. and Peter J. Piaskoski
Irene Schapiro
Gloria J. Thomas
Gordon L. Mortensen and Marianne Plaisier
Muriel I. Pick
Erna E. Schatzman
Nancy L. and Timothy M. Thompson
Barbara J. and Peter Schenck
Mary and Stephen Throne
Tracy L. and William T. Schleicher
Linda J. Tigert
Elizabeth and Nicholas Schmidt
Deborah and Steven E. Tinker
Michael J. McGreevy McGregor Hall - UW Platteville Herbert B. McKahin Thomas E. McManus and Allison G. Smith Richard and Susan McMullen
Andrew M. and Sally J. Mosko James C. and Julie J. Motz
Kari Pietsch-Wangard and Stewart Wangard Barbara and Joseph G. Pittman
Gail C. and Scott M. Thiede
Gretchen Schmidt
John P. Wilhelmsen Jessica Williamson Henry L. Wilson Regina Wilson Bethany Wiltshire Audra A. and Thomas L. Winder William F. Wingren Winnegamie Dog Club Inc Wisconsin Large Animal Emergency Response Lawrence A. and Marge R. Witt Sue and Wayne G. Woltman Norman W. Wright John F. and Linda M. Wrobel Mardelle K. and William W. Wuerger Timothy P. and Laureen Y. Yoshino Catherine M. Young Keith F. and Lynne Zauner Valerie H. Zimdars Mary L. Zimmermann Jeffrey A. and Marcia J. Zingg Paula M. and William J. Zirbes Arthur J. Zoellner Betty F. Zupke
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MEGHAN LEPISTO
Donor Honor Roll
Special Thanks for Legacy Gifts Veterinary Clinic Sponsorships Benefit the UW School of Veterinary Medicine The UW School of Veterinary Medicine receives tremendous support every year from veterinary medical clinics that make a donation to our Companion Animal Fund when a client’s pet has passed away. These donations are kind and thoughtful gestures by a client’s veterinarian at times of great sadness and loss. We are grateful for Companion Animal Fund clinic sponsors who share in our efforts to ensure that all companion animals lead longer and healthier lives. Thank you to the following veterinary medical clinics for their generous participation in our Companion Animal Fund Clinic Sponsor Program from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.
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. Anonymous
Claire H. Hackmann
Ardith L. Nyht
Robert and Deanna Alba
Priscilla Hadley
Joey E. Amberg
Denny and Kim Harms
Esther M. Olson and Weston R. Severson
Jeffry Anderson
James P. and Jennifer L. Hausch
Courtney Arnoldy and Zachary Bloom
Lisa Hebert
David and Nancy Aronson
Oscar and Mary Hildebrandt
Richard B. Baer
Patricia and Gregory Iaccarino
Belinda Jones Bauknecht Irving and Wendy Benveniste
Judith C. Illes and Keith L. Mausner
Philip E. Bloedorn
Charles R. and Laura M. Iverson
Bruce E. and Margaret M. Bowen
Mark B. Jacobs
Cheryl A. and Mark E. Brickman
Philip W. Jennings
Victor and Norma Brockmiller
Bruce J. and Jacqueline R. Johnson
Kim D. and Robert A. Bruss Debra A. Cervenka
30-35 Years
10-19 Years
Cheryl and Rob Christianson Lois Clementi
Jo Anna L. Helms
Scott L. Johnson Brad W. and Karla K. Jolin Gary and Kay Jones
Appanasha Pet Clinic
All Paws Animal Hospital
Hartford Animal Clinic Inc
Animal Hospital of Oshkosh LLC
Omro Animal Hospital
Bark River Animal Hospital
Barbara A. Constans and Deborah A. Rohde
Park Pet Hospital
Lakeside Animal Hospital
Ivy A. Corfis
Lynn A. Kniaz
Shorewood Animal Hospital
Military Ridge Veterinary Service
John W. Currier
Karla Kreklow
Thiensville-Mequon Small Animal Clinic
Muller Veterinary Hospital
Jody A. Ekern and Tim E. Jensen
Lois G. Le Vine
New Canaan Veterinary Hospital
Katherine A. and Robert J. Emery
Gerald and Patricia Lees
North Country Veterinary Clinic Ltd
Harold Engles
Kent H. and Mary Z. Libby
Russell Veterinary Hospital PC
SherRee L. Engles
JoAnn C. Luedke
Tecumseh Veterinary Hospital
Janice L. Erceg
Wittenberg Veterinary Clinic Companion Animal
Karen L. Fitt
Joyce Madsen in memory of Larry Madsen
Wright Veterinary Service
20-29 Years All Pets Veterinary Clinic Country View Animal Hospital Dodgeville Veterinary Service Family Pet Clinic SC
1-9 Years
Jefferson Veterinary Clinic SC
Delafield Small Animal Hospital
Kaukauna Veterinary Clinic LLP
High Cliff Veterinary Service
Layton Animal Hospital
Lake Country Veterinary Care
Loyal Veterinary Service
Lakeside Veterinary Medicine
New Berlin Animal Hospital Ltd
Marshfield Veterinary Service
Northside Veterinary Clinic
Metro Animal Hospital
Oregon Veterinary Clinic
Northwoods Animal Hospital
Perryville Pet Hospital
Queen Creek Veterinary Clinic
Pewaukee Veterinary Service SC West Salem Veterinary Clinic Inc
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Mary M. and Paul C. Colette
Earl E. and Linda J. Flaskrud Beverly Strike Freiberg Karen N. Ganser Kathy Gehl Mary E. Gerloff Gary and Jane Goffin Christine E. Gonia Jeanne-Marie and R. Kent Goode Daniel A. and Kimberly A. Grimm Melita F. Grunow Nancy Gusack
Sheryl L. Jones Judith A. and Robert T. Kaminski Kenneth and Cathy Kerznar
Stephen F. Maske Susan McCammon Rocille McConnell Suzanne McDonald Carla E. Moore John S. and Kristina L. Murphy Judy L. Murphy John S. and Linda L. Nelson Janet T. Newlands Kalen Nichols Alexis Norelle and Steven A. Stwertka
Sarah L. Orr Thomas J. and Sharon A. Palmer Joyce M. Paulson Barbara J. Pauly Nancy and Matt Peoplis Kerry L. Pranica Marcia A. Pulich Fred E. Putz and Marilyn Grabin Putz Theresa M. Radant Janet R. and Andrew L. Raddatz John and Robin Raley Edward L. Rodriguez and Michelle M. Schartner Gayle G. Rosemann and Paul E. McElwee Tami L. Schurer Marcie T. Schwengel Diane Schwister Anna A. Seaver David D. and Gail L. Seavert Patricia B. Smith Hedwig Spaight Suzanne M. Strachota Chester B. and Donna S. Thomas Linda M. Tomczak David and Gail Turner Jacqueline A. Vaver Judith A. Wagner Peter and Trisha Wagner Christine A. Walker Morrie Waud Marilyn R. Wilbur Edwin V. and Linda S. Wise John R. and Kelli J. Zellmer Mary L. Zimmermann
MacKenzie A. Pellin DVM’11 Kim Lord Plummer MS’85 and Gregg A. Plummer Jessica L. DVM’01 and Marc D. Powell
Gerald E. PHD’71 and Sharon K. Bisgard William C. Campbell MS’54, PHD’57 Susan J. Hyland MS’73, PHD’78 and Rudolf Dueland Narayana R. PHD’69 and Lalitha R. Kosuri
$5,000-$9,999 Kristen A. Bernard MS’92, PHD’95 and Rick K. Ezell Terrence P. DVM’87 and Irina Clark Jennifer M. Cyborski DVM’04 and Neil Roehrborn Bernard C. MS’58, PHD’61 and Charlene L. Easterday
Jodie L. Anderson DVM’89 Carrie L. Bunger DVM’10 and Matthew R. Reynolds
Kendyle M. DVM’88 and John A. Smith Linda J. Sullivan DVM’87 Ty J. Vannieuwenhoven DVM’89
Linda Bunkfeldt-Popp MS’79
Kenneth R. Waller DVM’07, MS’07
Joanne L. Carpentier-Kasner DVM’90
Amy S. DVM’97 and Gary W. DVM’97 Wiegel
Susan B. DVM’09 and Clarke Crawford
Tami M. Zalewski DVM’93
Jenny M. Dahlberg MS’09
$500-$999
Thomas M. England DVM’94
Erica K. Barkei DVM’08
Robert T. Forbes DVM’06
Tracy Bartz Kocialkowski DVM’92
Michele C. Gaspar DVM’94 and David M. Elsner
Monica M. Bender DVM’91
Deena A. Grimm DVM’91 Holly L. Hamilton DVM’89
Linda L. Bogart DVM’93 Jennifer S. Bridgham DVM’96 Deborah A. Brinkman DVM’88
Carrie S. Schwartz DVM’15
Linda B. Olson DVM’95, MS’00 and Kurt S. Romsos
Barbara L. DVM’87 and David P. Silva
Jean M. DVM’91 and John Osen
Amy L. DVM’87 and James M. Rossmiller
$100-$499 Claudia Barreto PHD’94 Lyric C. Bartholomay PHD’04 Judith L. Batker DVM’95 Patricia A. Bauman DVM’87 John T. DVM’88 and Ranjana G. Been Shawn C. DVM’91 and John J. Bogdanske Kathleen A. Burek DVM’88, MS’91 and Henry P. Huntington Christopher C. MS’87, PHD’90 and Mary Chase Ruthanne Chun DVM’91 and James A. Polikowski DVM’96
William E. DVM’09 and Samantha Sander Craig S. Satow DVM’94 Margaret A. Shaver DVM’96 Karl D. Solverson DVM’99 and Natalie J. Walleser Solverson Robert H. DVM’93 and Julie C. Steiner Heather L. Swanson DVM’02 Karen M. DVM’07 and Joshua P. Vanderloo Kimberly H. DVM’94 and Dean J. Vogel Martin O. Wayne DVM’00 James A. PHD’68 and Lorna S. Will
Sara A. Colopy DVM’04, PHD’12
Cara E. Williams DVM’13
Darlene M. Cook DVM’97 Ellen B. Cook PHD’03 Margaret E. Courter DVM’17 Clarice S. De Christina DVM’88 and Curtis Reif Carolyn M. Deegan DVM’87 Michael C. Dix DVM’98 Patricia A. Dunn DVM’89 Jean M. Elmer DVM’03 Erica J. Esser DVM’08 Michael S. Feldt DVM’98 Michael M. Fry DVM’98
Rose C. Grimm DVM’04
Loren D. Koller MS’69, PHD’71
Erica E. DVM’95, PHD’03 and Joseph C. Carroll
Holly J. Henseler DVM’88
Lisa A. Lindesmith DVM’88
Rita A. Creitoff-Rodriguez DVM’06
Siri R. Kavanaugh DVM’92
Gustavo Justines PHD’71 and Gladys Oro
Katarina E. Luther DVM’02
Kimberly H. DVM’07 and Kirk W. Everson
Jennifer A. DVM’00 and Jordan J. DVM’00 Kobilca
Tracy A. Goode DVM’05 Franziska B. Grieder MS’87, PHD’89 Tamara M. Holz-Jacobs DVM’95 and Michael A. Jacobs A. Neill PHD’77 and Julia Johnson
Jennifer A. DVM’90 and Daniel W. Fleming Shelley A. Humphrey DVM’00
Paul J. McGraw DVM’88
Bradley C. Poff DVM’87 and Linda Miller Poff
Jeffrey B. DVM’90 and Angela M. Meinen
Keith P. Poulsen DVM’04, PHD’12 and Beth M. Van Kekerix DVM’07
Scott T. DVM’87 and Sherryl L. Pertzborn
Laura A. Ramos DVM’92
Melissa A. Kubai DVM’08
Kathy M. Reilly DVM’90
Robert R. DVM’90 and Julie A. Poetzel
Jean E. Sander DVM’87
Sandra L. Larson DVM’87 and Philipp W. Simon
Kurt K. Sladky DVM’93 and Deborah A. Neff
Leilani J. Savitt DVM’13 and Brian Q. Millikin-Brown
Heidi L. Leder DVM’06
Scott A. Spaulding DVM’91
Susan L. Schaefer MS’88, DVM’92
Mandy J. Meindel DVM’06
Sarah E. VanderZanden DVM’06
Calico E. DVM’92 and Daniel G. Schmidt
Julie L. Moberg DVM’91
Patrick J. Warpinski DVM’91
Kim B. Rotner DVM’90
Heidi J. DVM’00 and Rodney J. Clark
Charity S. Gottfredsen MS’07, DVM’07
Brek W. DVM’94 and Tara J. Perry
Peter L. Rayne DVM’89 Kyle W. Richards DVM’94
Gary S. Hogge MS’97, PHD’99
Douglas D. DVM’98 and Kimberly A. DVM’00 Kratt
Paul M. Potenza DVM’88
Xiaoping Zhu PHD’97
Martin J. DVM’88 and Kelli K. Heindel
Barry B. Kleppe DVM’91
Thomas A. Peterson DVM’90
Katie M. DVM’05 and Adam Reed
Kristen R. Friedrichs DVM’91 and Daniel G. Wong
Jonathan F. MS’89, PHD’94 and Stacy A. McAnulty
Laura L. Oxley-Patterson DVM’99 and Aaron Patterson
Thomas M. PHD’64 and Ann W. Yuill
Donald H. MS’85 and Margaret Harkness
Daryl D. MS’74, PHD’75 and Sharon G. Buss
Darlene K. Osgood DVM’91
Katrina R. Viviano DVM’03
Patrick S. MS’83, DVM’87 and Anne M. Farrell
Rachel A. DVM’95 and James A. Budde
Carol J. McLaughlin DVM’92 Paula J. Northrop DVM’92
Edward W. DVM’90 and Lorrie A. DVM’90 Tritt
$1,000-$4,999
Kyle G. DVM’88 and Barbara J. Mathews Dawn M. Mogilevsky DVM’90
Tami L. DVM’06 and Sean Strom
$10,000 and above
Mary K. DVM’88 and John P. Lewis
Thomas A. DVM’91 and Christine M. Schumacher
Heidi H. DVM’11 and Kurt Stiehl
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 donated $100 or more to the UW Foundation between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, whether for the benefit of animal health or aspiring veterinarians, or simply to maintain the excellence of their school.
Thomas G. MS’76 and Shirley R. Ksiazek
Jennifer R. Rowntree DVM’16
Rebecca L. Stepien DVM’87 and Shawn P. Kennedy
Special Thanks to Alumni Donors
Shianne L. Koplitz DVM’99
MEGHAN LEPISTO
DENISE GARLOW
Christine D. Porter Olson DVM’94 and Ron J. Olson
Joan S. Jorgensen DVM’93 and David S. Compton
“I cannot say nice enough things about the care and compassion we received! It’s clear that everyone cares about animals and their owners.”
Donna B. Krochak DVM’91
Sarah L. Lowry DVM’10
Adam E. DVM’09 and Erin Moeser
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Donor Honor Roll MEGHAN LEPISTO
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 to the UW Foundation that the following donors have made toward our overall excellence as well as specific endeavors from 1982 to the present, including gifts and pledges. $1,000,000 and Above
Mary L. Comstock
Saputo Cheese USA Inc
Hannah V. Carey
Patricia L. Hayes
Anonymous
Timothy J. and Anne M. Connor
SCAVMA
Susan J. Cellmer and Jeffrey C. Neal
Lisa A. Hebert
Jean-Pierre and Nancy Boespflug
Dean Foods Foundation
Gary F. and Camille E. Seamans
Church & Dwight Co Inc
H. Edward and Kristine K. Heckman
Debra A. and Robert F. Cervenka
Kathryn N. Doane
David D. and Gail L. Seavert
Ciba-Geigy Limited
William G. Hein
Covance Inc
Dog Jog Companion Animal Club
Paul S. and Suzanne K. Shain
Terrence P. DVM’87 and Irina Clark
Harvey A. and Patricia G. Hetland
Dr. William James and Winifred Joyce O’Rourke Family Charitable Trust
Richard R. and Doris B. Dubielzig
Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon
Lois E. Clementi
Earl K. Holz
Sandra K. and Terry K. Shockley
Courtney H. and Guy B. Comer
Evelyn K. and Frank Fryer
Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation
Skeletal Kinetics
Companion Animal Club
Susan J. Hyland MS’73, PHD’78 and Rudolf Dueland
Oliver J. and Jane G. Ginther
Duffield Family Foundation
Smith and Nephew Inc
Compeer Financial
Melita F. Grunow
Garry and Deborah Eades
SONAC USA
Kelly J. Connor-Ginther
Christine F. Meyer
Margo and Jack Edl
Split Rail Foundation Inc
Consolidated Sterilizer Systems
John P. and Tashia F. Morgridge
Fort Dodge Animal Health
Jonathan C. and Mary L. Swain
Cooperative Resources International
Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc
Daniel A. and Kimberly A. Grimm
Lois M. vanKerkhoven
Country View Animal Hospital
Martha E. Pavcek
Patricia R. Hall
VCA Inc
CuraGen Corporation
Walter F. and Martha M. Renk
Arlene E. Hartman
Stuart Webb
John W. Currier
Timothy J. and Nancy L. Speaker
Hemopet
Marilyn R. Wilbur
Russell A. Cutting and Rene E. Randall
Barbara A. Suran
Heska Corporation
Dorothy and John C. Dahl
Karen A. Walsh and James G. Berbee
Hill’s Pet Nutrition
Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association
Morrie and Tracey Waud
Immuno Dynamics Inc
World Dairy Expo Inc
Dodgeville Veterinary Service
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
ImmunoStar
Charles H. and Sandra V. Yanke
C. Thomas and Suzanne Dow
Inviragen
Ray B. Zemon
Arthur E. and Betty M. Duebner
Judith Jackman
Zinpro Corporation
Bernard C. MS’58, PHD’61 and Charlene L. Easterday
$500,000-$999,999 Anonymous Irving and Wendy L. Benveniste John E. Butler Equiservices Margaret D. Fix June E. Harper Harvestime Farms Inc Allan Holladay Maddie’s Fund Merial Inc Moritz Foundation Albert O. and Nancy J. Nicholas OSOD LLC Pfizer Inc Rabies Challenge Fund VetCor Professional Practices Jeffrey D. and Sara R. Wiesner Zoetis
JB & MK Pritzker Family Foundation JE Salsbury Foundation
Eastern Artificial Insemination
Darian M. and Jamie H. Ibrahim IDEXX Laboratories Inc International Vaccine Institute Intervet Inc Inviragen (Singapore) Pte Ltd Jaqua Foundation Imogene P. and Samuel C. Johnson Ronald C. Katz Kaukauna Veterinary Clinic LLP Yoshihiro and Yuko Kawaoka Jack F. Kellner Mark and Michele Kellner King Abdulaziz City For Science & Technology Kohler Foundation Inc Narayana R. PHD’69 and Lalitha R. Kosuri
Nancy B. and Patrick G. Kennedy
Anonymous
Ecolab Inc
Carolyn A. Kenney-Carter
All Pets Veterinary Clinic
Karla Kreklow
Joanna C. and Todd R. Allen
Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust
Erick J. Laine
Carla C. Allenstein and Daniel Roh
Ellamae Siebert Foundation
Nanette O. and Robert G. Lamphere
Karen L. and Steven L. Allenstein
Endorex Corporation
Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp
Andrew J. and Linda D. Erdman
Martha M. Lound
Alta Genetics USA Inc
Deborah B. and Thomas R. Errath, II
William J. and Shirley A. Maeck
American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Evan and Marion Helfaer Foundation
Susan J. Anderson Laura A. Andrews
Patrick S. MS’83, DVM’87 and Anne M. Farrell
Antech Diagnostics
Mary R. and Robert B. Fick
Jacqueline W. Lindsay
Appanasha Pet Clinic
Nicole Finitzo
A. Brian Little
Betty J. and Eugene K. Arendt
Fort Dodge Laboratories
Kathleen R. Losurdo
Bayer - Agriculture Division
Friends of Henry Vilas Zoo
Jack R. and Darryl J. Luebeck
Bayer Corporation
Jorge O. and Sofija Galante
Mark D. Markel and LuAnn M. Shay
Ann M. Berres-Olivotti and David Olivotti
David J. Ganfield
Jacqueline Marshall
Suzanne S. and Robert F. Geller
Marshall & Ilsley Foundation Inc
Gerald E. PHD’71 and Sharon K. Bisgard
Genex Cooperative Inc
Merck & Co Inc
William R. and Cindy Gengler
The Merck Company Foundation
Mary E. Gerloff
Merial Intervet
Matthew R. Ginther
Eugene L. Meyer Midwest Veterinary Supply Inc
David S. Liebl and Linda A. Schuler
Marjorie Siebert Aylen Foundation Inc Matrix Foundation James E. and Jean Mohrhauser Monsanto Company Morinda Agriculture Mary A. Morse Nestle Purina Petcare Co Jeffry A. and Hidee L. Neuenschwander Alexis Norelle and Steven A. Stwertka
$100,000-$499,999
$25,000-$99,999
Datex Ohmeda Inc
Iams Company
NutraSweet Company
Farm Credit Services Of NE WI
John H. and Kennetha L. Krehbiel Gregg and Kathryn M. Kuehn John E. and Valeta R. Kuenzi Kuenzi Family Pet Hospital Dennis J. and Sandra J. Kuester Don D. and Helen S. Kynaston Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation Lakeside Animal Hospital Edward M. and Lois G. Le Vine
Anonymous
Oratec Interventions Inc
Allan P. and Shirley M. Abell
OsteoGenix Inc
AgSource Cooperative Services
Laura L. Bloomquist DVM’11
Judith A. and Terrance D. Paul
Aquila Biopharmaceuticals Inc
Joellen F. and Robert G. Blount
Mary A. Pierson
John D. Baumann and Catherine R. Doyle
James C. Brager
Theodore S. Plautz
Nancy J. Goldberg and James L. Hoehn
Lois J. Brager
Mary E. Poirier
Patricia J. and William J. Goodger
Cheryl A. and Mark E. Brickman
MillerCoors
Puelicher Foundation Inc
Jonathan V. Goodman
Kelly Bryson
Bruce B. and Rebecca J. Milne
Andrew J. and Cynthia Rolfe
Cynthia S. Grassman
Kenyon Bryson
Jean C. Mooring
Gayle G. Rosemann and Paul E. McElwee
Fred W. and Jean Green
Daryl D. MS’74, PHD’75 and Sharon G. Buss
Muller Veterinary Hospital
Claire Hackmann
Maureen B. Mulroy
Doris J. and John G. Salsbury
Edward J. Campbell
The Myelin Project
Eric P. Sandgren and Holly I. McEntee
Peter D. MS’94, PHD’97 and Karen L. Hanson
William C. Campbell MS’54, PHD’57
Hartford Animal Clinic Inc
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc Jane Bunn Ellen C. Butterworth and Bohdan W. Lucky Dianne M. Byerly and Stephen M. Johnson Carrington Laboratories Inc Shawn M. Cavanaugh
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Blackwell Science LTD
Cynthia R. Cannon
Miles Inc
National Guardian Life Insurance Company
Deborah L. Wells and Thomas G. DeBeck
Dubuque Kennel Club
Lake Country Veterinary Care
Carolyn D. and Ronald D. Schultz
Eastern States Exposition
Jean H. LaMack
Anna A. and Harlan Seaver
Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Fest
Eastern States Veterinary Association
Layton Animal Hospital
Nancy S. and Timothy J. Sheehan
Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation Inc
Elkhorn Veterinary Clinic
Rich and Joan Leffler
Simmons Education Fund
Elser Enterprises Inc
Shayna N. Leib
David H. Simon
Elsevier Science B V
Little Animal Hospital
Anne M. and Thomas L. Skalmoski
Embrex Inc
Clara Locher
Michele Levoir Sloan
Equity Coop Livestock Sales
Madison Cat Clinic Inc
Craig A. Smith
Anonymous
Mary A. Eschweiler
Susan K. Magee
Jay L. and Patricia H. Smith
ABS Global Inc
Annette R. and Richard C. Evans
Suzanne R. Magruder DVM’96
Mowry I. Smith
Accelerated Genetics
Evjue Foundation Inc
Mary A. Mahoney
Nancy I. Smith
Jerome D. and Rita M. Ahl
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Catherine M. Ahrens and Gary R. Edge
Family Pet Clinic SC
Paul A. Manley and Sheila M. McGuirk
Society for Research on Umami Taste
Sarah C. and San W. Orr
All Paws Animal Hospital
First Citizens State Bank
Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation
Southwestern Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Inc
Pan Genome
Leland C. Allenstein
Julie J. Flessas and Nick G. Takton
Gary A. Splitter
Richard D. Alsaker
Fond du Lac County Kennel Club
Rocille and Roger W. McConnell
Park Pet Hospital
Standard Diagnostics Inc
Jill G. and Frank J. Pelisek
Abdulaziz M. AL-Swailem
Peter S. Foote
William E. McGuirk
Standard Process Inc
Pepsi-Cola Sales & Distribution Inc
Alta Genetics USA Inc
Steve Frantz
Jane and Mark R. Melby
Stanley F. Staples
Perryville Pet Hospital
Enrique Alvarez DVM’96
John J. Frautschi
Susan M. Melby
The PEW Charitable Trusts
Alvin & Marion Birnschein Foundation
Stephen and Elizabeth Bechtel Jr. Foundation
Marilyn M. Potter
American Bouvier Rescue League
Friends of the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Teaching Program Inc
MiraBella Technologies LLC
Kenneth D. Powell
American Physiological Society
David H. and Leslie B. Frisinger
Ann Nakamura
Susan W. Prasse
American Veterinary Medical Foundation
Gail J. and Hugh K. Funderburg
Pat A. Nelson
Deborah L. and John Galvin
Neumeister Animal Hospital
Catherine L. and Kurt Garvens
Norden Labs Incorporated
GHEN Corporation
Norman Bassett Foundation
Giddings & Lewis Foundation
North Country Veterinary Clinic Ltd
Emil and Josette Glasberg
Northeastern Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association
Nestle USA Inc New Berlin Animal Hospital Ltd Dale A. and Katherine Nordeen Novartis Animal Health US Inc David Nowicki Julie R. Nowicki Mathilda V. Oaks Carl Olson Esther M. Olson and Weston R. Severson Omro Animal Hospital Oregon Veterinary Clinic William J. and Winifred J. O’Rourke
Mary K. Pritzker Promega Corporation Prostate Cancer Foundation John A. Puelicher
Wright Veterinary Service Mary Z. Zemon
$10,000-$24,999
David Anderson Animal Hospital of Ashwaubenon Animal Medical Center of Whitewater
Marcia A. Pulich
Arizona Equine Medical & Surgical Centre
Q Therapeutics Inc
Barbara Atwood
Sanjiv Goel
Janet R. and Andrew L. Raddatz
B. Peter Austin and Jean E. Bjorenson
Graunke Family Foundation
Rancho Amorio
Greer Laboratories Inc
Barbara C. Rettgen
AVMA Professional Liability Insurance Trust
Bonita L. and Richard K. Riederer
Badger Kennel Club
Dennis S. and Marie C. Hahn
Augusta D. Roddis
Terry A. Barker
Janice M. Happe
Ruud Family Foundation Inc
Bauernheim Llamas
Sandoz Ag
Bayer Corporation
Lisa A. Hebert
Saputo Inc
Mary Behan and Timothy F. Heggland
Barry J. and Jo Anna L. Helms
SARcode Corporation
Ellison Bentley and Charles W. Strawser
Sharon L. and William R. Henning
John V. and Candy D. Schaefer Ellen J. Schwendeman Mary Shea Shorewood Animal Hospital Kurt K. Sladky DVM’93 and Deborah A. Neff
Alan D. Berger and Ann H. Infortuna Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Linda Bunkfeldt-Popp MS’79 Burlington Wisconsin Kennel Club Bruce R. and Kathleen Buss
David C. and Patricia A. Hackworthy
Virginia H. Harrington
Charles K. and Patricia A. Henrikson Patricia W. Hewitt Hillside Animal Hospital Hinueber Veterinarian Service Home At Last Animal Sanctuary
Mark L. Morris MS’62, PHD’63 John S. and Kristina L. Murphy
Northside Veterinary Clinic Ned R. and Patricia J. Novsam Odyssey Veterinary Care Susan R. O’Konski Marilyn A. Olsen Ophthalmanagement Co Organ Recovery Systems Ottawa Hospital Pahle Small Animal Clinic
Lakshmi Subramanian and Marcus Schafer Linda J. Sullivan DVM’87 Catherine A. Tanck Ann and Thomas L. Taylor Dean E. and Shirley B. Taylor Tecumseh Veterinary Hospital Donna E. Tegelman 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 Christine M. and James P. Uihlein James I. and Mary P. Uihlein
Barbara J. Pauly
Umami Manufacturing Association of Japan
Simon F. and Laurie Peek
Unither Virology LLC
Mary S. Pfister
Paula L. and Stephen M. Varner
Pharmacia Corporation
Jacqueline A. Vaver
Pharmase Inc
Vion Pharmaceuticals Inc
Richard G. Placey and Carol E. Swanson
W D Hoard & Sons Company
SMS Foundation Inc
Jackelen A. Callahan
Humane Society of the United States
Solvay Animal Health Inc
Frank Cannella
Tara G. Icke
Jayne Z. and Joseph R. Spittler
Martha L. and Thomas L. Carter
Idexx Corporation
Steven S. Lindsay Memorial Fund
CHR Hansen Inc
Immunex Corporation
Suzanne M. Strachota
Bruce M. and Linda A. Christensen
Jackson Pet Hospital
Stryker Endoscopy
Clara Freshour Nelson Foundation
Jefferson Veterinary Clinic SC
Thiensville-Mequon Small Animal Clinic
Clear View Veterinary Solutions LLC
Brenda K. Jenkin
The Coburn Company Inc
Dub Jiles
Chester B. and Donna S. Thomas
Country Veterinary Service
Pamela M. Johnson
Barbara A. Tooman
Howard E. Cox
Fred E. and Marilyn G. Putz
Whitewater Veterinary Hospital SC
Thomas N. and Jeanne M. Torhorst
Cutco Foundation Inc
Wesley G. Johnson and Heather J. Reynolds Johnson
Ralston Purina Company
Gail and J Steve Winter
Charles D. Turgrimson
Charles J. and Kathryn M. Czuprynski
Johnson Family Foundation
Jan and Judith O. Rapacz
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Margery H. and David V. Uihlein
Glenn A. Dahl
Gary L. and Judy H. Jorgensen
Kathy M. Reilly DVM’90
Wisconsin Holstein Association
University League Inc
Dane County Humane Society
Rhone Merieux Inc
UW Wildlife Exotic and Zoo Animal Medicine Club
Darling Ingredients International
Gustavo Justines PHD’71 and Gladys Oro
Wisconsin Horse & Pony Humane Society Inc
Vilter Foundation Inc Judith P. and Thomas Vinson Vita Plus Corporation Robert T. Wallace Walter Schroeder Foundation
David V. Uihlein Foundation Deer-Grove Veterinary Clinics LLC DeLaval Inc Diamond-V Mills Inc Kathleen A. and Lawrence J. Dickerson
Karl Hausner Farms Foundation Ltd Kettle Moraine Kennel Club Carol J. and Donald F. Kress
The PMD Foundation Robert R. DVM’90 and Julie A. Poetzel Jeffrey H. and Lisa Post Prairie Animal Hospital-Beloit Professional Dairy Producers Foundation Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
Jane A. and Thomas J. Richter Donna J. and James W. Rieser Roche Vitamins Inc-New Jersey
Carol A. and Melvyn A. Kronn
Rock Valley Veterinary Medical Association
Virginia P. Kunch DVM’97
Thomas H. Roddis
Kunming Institute of Zoology
Volga A. Rojas Rural Security Life Insurance
Lucile Weinress
Elizabeth F. Dill and Christopher A. Rowbottom
LuAnn Kuzma and Shan Shea L & L Sales & Service Inc
Sanofi Pasteur S A
Patricia H. Weisberg
Disney Worldwide Services Inc
Michele M. La Fond MS’85, DVM’89
Irene Schapiro
Robert F. Weisberg
Daryn S. and John G. Drengler
Laboratoire M2 Inc
Randy Schueller
Waukesha Kennel Club
Walking Horse Charity Jubilee Waunakee Veterinary Service SC Wauwatosa Veterinary Clinic Laurence J. Weber and Alison N. Lindsay Mares West Central West Salem Veterinary Clinic Inc Western Veterinary Conference Whippet Health Foundation
Wittenberg Veterinary Clinic Companion Animal Elmer A. and Marian A. Woelffer Woodland Veterinary Clinic Ltd William Wrigley Jacquelyn L. and James A. Wrycha Wyeth Pharmaceuticals John R. and Kelli J. Zellmer
* 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 One Health: Myers Aids Poultry Vaccination Project in Madagascar In Madagascar, Myers put her belief into action. Chickens are an important alternative protein source to bush meat and can help protect the environment by limiting hunting. The chickens Laurel Myers DVMx’20 administers an in Makira Natural Park, ocular vaccine to protect chickens in Madagascar against Newcastle disease. however, are infected with Newcastle disease, a virus that spreads through the air and can wipe out flocks. In addition to vaccinating chickens, Myers helped to educate residents about animal husbandry and food safety, and will research other communities’ responses to the disease. While she appreciates the financial portion of the Anderson award, Myers was even more grateful for the vote of confidence. “I felt for so long that I was going into a field people were not pursuing and combining things (veterinary medicine and public health) that people weren’t combining,” she says. “It makes a tremendous amount of difference to see elders endorse what I’m doing and believe in the things I believe in.” Ann Grauvogl
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Laurel Myers DVMx’20 was still in elementary school when a shipment of goats to her family’s farm in Bridger, Montana, left everyone sick with fever. “So I grew up thinking of the connections between human and animal health,” she says. This summer, Myers, a dual doctor of veterinary medicine and master of public health candidate at UW– Madison, spent a month with Madagascar Health and Environmental Research vaccinating chickens as part of a project to improve human health. Her work was supported by the first Henry A. Anderson III Graduate Student Award from the UW Global Health Institute. “You’re improving human nutrition, avoiding environmental degradation and cutting down on disease spread,” Myers says of the village poultry health project. “Chickens are also seen as a source of women’s empowerment. Men bring in meat. Women keep chickens.” In work that looks at the many factors that can influence health and disease, Myers and Anderson are kindred spirits. Anderson, a 1972 graduate of the UW–Madison medical school, established Wisconsin’s environmental and occupational health program. For Myers, the idea of occupational or environmental health fits perfectly into the concepts of One Health and Planetary Health, both centered on the idea that human, animal, and environmental health are interlinked. “I really believe everything is connected,” she says.
In June, UW School of Veterinary Medicine students, together with Emergency and Critical Care clinician Corinne Lawson, led a veterinary medical training program for Wisconsin police officer-K-9 teams as part of a larger technical training program at Camp Randall Stadium. The session provided officers with training on canine first aid, CPR, taking vitals, and recognizing emergency situations such as heat stroke in their K-9 partners. Here, Wisconsin State Capitol Police officer Mick Price (center) and his K-9 partner Yacki get information about taking vital readings from Lawson (far right) and students Zoie Schaefer DVMx’21 (right) and Madeline Gluck DVMx’20 (left).
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Awards & Honors Lewin Receives Veterinary Graduate Award BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM
Andrew Lewin, who recently completed his residency in comparative ophthalmology at UW Veterinary Care, was presented with the 2018 Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Graduate Award at the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium in August. The award recognizes an exemplary research project by a graduate veterinarian. Lewin was honored for his research into infectious ocular disease and glaucoma. His work as a shelter veterinarian before starting his residency inspired him to pursue this area of focus. As part of his research, Lewin established a nationwide network of cat shelters to provide clinical scores and eye swabs for cats with ocular and respiratory infections, helping to determine the distribution of these pathogens nationwide — something that had never been done before. He also obtained viral samples for genomic sequencing and analysis. These samples and the data set will now make other downstream analyses possible.
Dulli Awarded Compassionate Care Scholarship Kelly Dulli DVMx’20 earned second place in the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) 2018 Compassionate Care Scholarship competition, recognizing her academic achievements and dedication to animal welfare, in particular her passion for helping community cats. Dulli serves as veterinary student coordinator for monthly spay days at Madison Cat Project, an organization that works with area animal rescues and shelters to offer adoptions and care for feral and under-socialized cats. She is also a patient care volunteer with the Dane County Humane Society and this summer she traveled to Washington state with Rural Area Veterinary Services, a nonprofit outreach program that brings free veterinary services to underserved rural communities. As president of the HSVMA Student Chapter at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, Dulli led the most active HSVMA chapter in the country, overseeing several speakers, a suture lab, and a spay lab.
Other Notable Honors •H annah Carey, a professor of comparative biosciences, was named president-elect of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the nation’s largest coalition of biomedical researchers. •P eter Muir, the Melita Grunow family professor in companion animal health, is part of the 2018 cohort of Fellows of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, recognized for meritorious contributions to knowledge in the field. • Alyssa Karklus DVMx’20 won the Morris Animal Foundation 2018 Veterinary Student Scholar Program Poster Presentation Competition for her research into mitochondrial DNA lineages in Bornean and Sumatran orangutans in North American zoos. •S hannon Gildersleeve DVM’18 received a 2018 Veterinary Student Innovation Award from Merck Animal Health and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation.
Support for Study of Rabies Prevention Elsa Cardenas Canales, a doctoral candidate in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences program, earned a 2018 Graduate Student Research Award from UW–Madison’s Global Health Institute for her work evaluating the feasibility of an oral rabies vaccination for vampire bats in Mexico. The funding will allow Cardenas Canales to travel to Mexico for
fieldwork. Her mentor in the project is Jorge Osorio, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. Vampire bat-transmitted rabies is a burden to the livestock industry in Mexico and a significant public health concern. Current rabies control measures in the country include culling vampire bats; however, this practice does not seem to be effective. In previous studies, the Osorio lab developed a novel, topically delivered rabies vaccine that protected big brown
bats against rabies. The technology could be adapted to target other bat species, including vampires. Elsa’s project aims to be the first to assess the practicality of vaccinating free-ranging vampire bats to prevent rabies in Mexico. Cardenas Canales will also evaluate public knowledge and perceptions about vampire-transmitted rabies in four Mexican communities, as well as the social impacts of the disease. Results will help to tailor public outreach efforts, educational campaigns, and control methods for rabies.
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Rare Surgery for Regal Blue Crane
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eriwinkle a 7-year-old female blue crane from the International Crane Foundation (ICF) in Baraboo, Wisconsin, received a lifesaving surgery at UW Veterinary Care earlier this year. In May, ICF aviculturists found Periwinkle in respiratory distress while choking on a pebble from her enclosure. Barry Hartup DVM’93, the foundation’s director of conservation medicine and a clinical instructor of zoological medicine at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), performed a tracheostomy, creating an opening through the neck into the trachea, and successfully removed the pebble from the airway so Periwinkle could breathe. Though Periwinkle healed outwardly from the surgery, her respiratory distress returned in early July. Due to suspicion of a tracheal stenosis (a narrowing of the airway and common complication in birds after a tracheostomy) and the 30
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complexity of a crane’s respiratory system, Periwinkle was transported to the SVM for further evaluation. With the assistance of zoological medicine clinical instructor Grayson Doss and resident Taylor Yaw, as well as specialists in anesthesia, a CT scan was performed, revealing a large mass within Periwinkle’s trachea at the base of her neck. An endoscopic camera showed that abundant scar tissue at the previous surgical site was impeding Periwinkle’s airway. The veterinary team determined that this portion of the trachea would need to be removed or Periwinkle would be unlikely to survive much longer. Sara Colopy DVM’04, PhD’12, clinical instructor of small animal surgery, was joined by a team of experienced technicians who prepared Periwinkle for surgery. Since the surgery involved the trachea, the anesthesia team placed Periwinkle’s breathing tube into one of
her abdominal air sacs, a respiratory structure unique to birds, to be able to breathe for her throughout the twohour surgery. Colopy isolated the area of the trachea that was of concern, removed it, and reattached the two healthy, unobstructed ends. This is the first reported case of a blue crane successfully receiving a tracheal resection and anastomosis, or reconnection, procedure. Within the first few hours after surgery, Periwinkle recovered well, was driven back to the International Crane Foundation, and reunited with her mate, Kito, in her enclosure. She can now be observed daily using her surgically repaired trachea to make various calls with Kito while on public display. Taylor Yaw and Barry Hartup Large photo: Periwinkle, two days following her surgery. Inset photo: Periwinkle (right) and her mate Kito (left) on public display at the International Crane Foundation.
WILL YOU BE A HERO? Morrie Waud, long-time friend and donor, has committed $5 million to match gifts and pledges toward the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Animals Need Heroes Too building expansion campaign — the most important project the school will undertake in the next 30 years. To date, alumni and friends have completed $3.5 million of this special opportunity, but we need your help to complete the match. DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BE A HERO. All gifts and pledges of $5,000 or more qualify for the dollar-for-dollar Morrie Waud Match.
To learn more and make your Morrie Waud Match gift today, visit vetmed.wisc.edu/morriewaudmatch. To make a multi-year pledge, contact: Heidi Kramer Director of Development heidi.kramer@supportuw.org 608-327-9136
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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 companions in our lives.
Each year, the SVM is delighted to present
original artwork for its holiday card fundraiser. This year, the school is offering “Winter Romp” (right) featuring the work of Wisconsin artist Kathy Esch. For a suggested $10 donation per card, the SVM will send a holiday card to the recipient of your choice. This 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.
The SVM holiday card makes a thoughtful
gift for veterinarians, friends, family, or even that special pet! Order forms for holiday cards can be downloaded at vetmed.wisc.edu/holidaycard or you may contact Laura Olson at 608-890-0203 to place an order by phone.
Meet the Artist Kathy Esch is a professional artist who specializes in animal portraiture. Working in a variety of media, her particular interest lies in capturing that special bond between humans and their animal companions. She resides in Oregon, Wisconsin, where her art studio is located.