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PubMed1979

Locational profiles: incoming veterinary students and outgoing new veterinarians, 1971-78, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University.

Relationships between the demographic areas of incoming veterinary students and first placement locations were examined during 1971-1978 for the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Seventy-four percent of the incoming students were New York residents whereas only 52 percent of the graduates selected New York sites for their first placement after graduation. Part of the net loss may be the result of temporary moves into the state to gain residence status, educational preparation and possibly some hope for improving admission eligibility. After completing their veterinary education, they are more likely to return to areas closely associated with family and childhood experiences for first placement choices or for advanced educational offerings. Three demographic classifications were used to identify patterns of movement into and out of the state (Urban, Suburban and Rural). No significant differences in area distribution patterns were observed between incoming and outgoing students/graduates. However, when the data were separated by sex, the outgoing distribution patterns were significantly different for female graduates (Urban and Rural areas preferred over Suburban). Sixty-five percent of the out-of-state placements were in New England and other Northeastern states, with Rural areas showing major strengths.

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PubMed1979

[Bovine mastitis: a problem of veterinary medicine, economics and food hygiene (author's transl)].

Veterinary medicine, dairying, and consumers are likewise interested in mastitis control. The veterinary point of view includes health and function of the udder as well as the production of milk of hygienic quality. Investigations in 6 dairy farms showed that a mastitis control program improved the udder health and resulted in economic benefits. Up to 67% of the subclinical infected udder quarters could be eliminated by prophylactical control measures, especially teat dipping and dry cow therapy. The frequency of clinical udder infections was reduced by about 50%. Furthermore in the first year 5.1% and 7.1% increase of milk and fat yield respectively could be noticed for cows being subject to the program for the whole time. These values could not be reached in the second year. In one herd the milk production increased by about 10% after a control period of two years. The owner of this herd (ca. 35 cows), who was very engaged in the program, obtained an economical benefit of ca. 3500 DM in the first and 7300 DM in the second year of the program. This realised a profit of1.85 DM in the first year and 3.85 DM in the second year per each DM cost in the control program. Mastitis as well as control measures do not implicate a special risk for the human health, because food and drug regulations enable the protection of the consumer in an optimal manner.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

[Newly developed virusvaccines in veterinary medicine (author's transl)].

Newly developed vaccines in veterinary medicine can be classified into two categories. The first category comprises inactivated vaccines produced by "classical" methods such as inactivation of the virus by formalin and the use of A1(OH)3 as adjuvant. Besides, this category also includes live vaccines from attenuated virus. Thus, all of these vaccines represent no genuinely new developments and owe their origin to the fact that the importance of several virus diseases of animals has grown in the last years, making neccessary the rapid production of corresponding vaccines. Such virus diseases are infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/vulvovaginitis, enzootic rhinopneumonitis of cattle, virus diarrhoe of calves, rhinopneumonitis of horses, kennel cough of dogs and Marek's disease of chickens. The second category comprises inactivated vaccines which represent genuinely new developments through the use of more efficient chemicals for virus inactivation (ethylenimines) and more efficient adjuvants (oil emulsions, DEAE dextran). Such vaccines were especially developed with regard to foot-and-mouth disease and Aujeszky disease in pigs, where "classical" vaccines are rather inefficient. These types of vaccines are, however, also efficient in other animal species and with other viruses. Entirely new vaccines which are more or less still in an experimental stage are vaccines made from split products of viruses e.g. from glycoproteids of rabies virus, or made from membrane constituents of cells infected with avian herpes viruses.

Adjuvants, Immunologic↗
PubMed1978

[Recombinant DNA studies, a controversial subject which is also promising from the point of view of veterinary medicine (author's transl)].

The hereditary characters of organisms are bound up in the DNA of their genomes. Genetic information is expressed by a complicated mechanism. The process by which this occurs and the control of the degree of expression in bacteria and a number of the other lower organisms are known only in broad outline. There usually is no exchange of DNA between organisms of unrelated species in nature. "Foreign" DNA can be linked to bacterial plasmid DNA and multiplied in the laboratory as a recombinant DNA molecule in bacteria using the recently discovered so-called restriction enzymes. Expression of bacterial DNA can thus be accomplished in a different, unrelated bacterium. In principle, this means that the natural barriers between unrealated species of organisms may be passed by. Human and animal DNA can also be multiplied in bacteria by this method. Previous recombinant DNA studies showed that the mode of expression of genetic information in the higher organisms differs markedly from that in bacteria. The initially sanguine expectations regarding the practical use of recombinant DNA research, for instance in the production of biologically important substances by bacteria, will therefore possibly not be realized at short notice. On the other hand this technique has added considerably to the knowledge of expression of genes within a short space of time. This is particularly true of the mechanisms of pathogenicity of E. coli, the bacterium which plays such an important role in veterinary medicine. The recombinant DNA technique is briefly reviewed in the present paper. The uses are broadly outlined, and one of these, which could be of importance in veterinary medicine, is described in greater detail. International discussions of potential hazards, and therefore also of the admissibility of this type of experiment, are griefly summarized.

Animals↗
PubMed1977

Development of a health and safety program at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine.

An accident prevention and zoonotic disease control program at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, was developed by a Health and Safety Committee comprised of members from all instructional departments. The program incorporated safety educational input during the basic, preclinical, and clinical years; a standardized accident reporting procedure; rabies vaccination, with serologic evaluation; a blood serum bank; and recommendations for future control procedures.

Accident Prevention↗
PubMed1978

[Combined vaccines in veterinary medicine in the developing countries].

It is in the interest of developing countries to have combined vaccines in veterinary medicine, not so much because they reduce production costs, but rather because they increase convenience and efficacy concerning the logistics of prophylactic projects in the field, thus lowering the cost of these projects. Their drawbacks are basically due to the biological compatibility of immunogens (possible immunosuppression by some viruses) and to the interaction of the various components when mixed, or when lyophilization is carried out. Some examples of such associations of vaccines are: (1) cattle plague + pleuropneumonia and possibly anthrax, (2) anthrax + blackleg, (3) sheeppox + anthrax, (4) pleuropneumonia + blackleg, (5) Newcastle disease + fowlpox + fowl typhoid, (6) fowl typhoid + chicken pasteurellosis. Practical results have been most positive and include the eradication of cattle plague - a major scourge of almost all of the African continent - and control over peripneumonia as a first step towards its eradication.

Africa↗
PubMed1979

[Use of infrared technic in veterinary medicine. (Review)].

More effectiveness of veterinary examination of the living animal is an important demand of socialist practice which applies equally to conditions of stepwise transition to industrialised production processes and to conventional production. The physiological and physico-technical prerequisites for possible use of infrared techniques in veterinary attention and production monitoring are discussed on the basis of available literature, with particular reference being made also to human medicine.

Animal Diseases↗
PubMed1978

A report on the student affairs and admissions programs of the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine.

The student administration and admissions functions of the College respond to numerous and diverse students needs and interests. The complexity of these programs, and the concept of this report precludes offering exacting detail or even mention of all activities encompassed under the concept of academic support services. The increased public interest in veterinary medicine has prompted significant increases in the number who apply each year. This causes particular emphasis to be given to the College Admissions program. Rapidly escalating costs of education mean increased dependency of students on our financial aid program at a time of static and potentially decreasing financial aid resources. Placement of graduates in the best possible employment opportunities has been and will continue to be vital to our overall missions. Involvement by students in activities beyond those purely curricular in nature, will always be critical to the health and growth of the College and the public it serves.

Educational Measurement↗