Look Who's Celebrating 50 Years Service for Dr. Brenda Love The CVHS is proud to be a member of the Association of American Veterinary Colleges. The AAVMC is celebrating its 50th anniversary of providing support to academic veterinary medicine, which plays such a critical role in the health of animals, people and the environment in which we live. Read more here. Dr. Brenda Love, former employee at the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, passed away on June 3, 2015. An inurnment service will be held on Friday, June 12, at 11 a.m. beginning in the Turrentine, Jackson, Morrow Funeral Home located at 2525 Central Expressway North in Allen, Texas, and ending at the Ridgeview Memorial Park also located in Allen. Messages of condolence and her obituary can be found at http://www.tjmfuneral.com/. Please feel free to leave a message sharing the important role Brenda played in so many of our lives. Bourbon Virus The Bourbon virus is named after Bourbon County Kansas where it was first identified in a human in the U.S. in 2014. A second case was recently confirmed in a person from Payne County in May 2015. Here is some helpful information for people and specifically pet owners click here. Publication Lis K, Fernández de Mera IG, Popara M, Cabezas-Cruz A, Ayllón N, Zweygarth E, Passos LMF, Broniszewska M, Villar M, Kocan KM, Ribeiro MFB, Pfister K, de la Fuente J. 2015. Molecular and immunological characterization of three strains of Anaplasma marginale grown in cultured tick cells. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 6:522-529. Owl Release Dr. Joao Brandao, assistant professor of Zoological Medicine at OSU's Veterinary Medicine Hospital, will be releasing this great horned owl on Wednesday, June 10. OSU/OVMA Summer Seminar Welcome to all veterinarians attending the OSU/OVMA Summer Seminar on Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13! Online registration is still open at http://www.okvma.org/. A great lineup of speakers for this continuing education seminar include these general session presenters:   Dr. Doug Hufstedler sponsored by Elanco USDA APHIS NVAP modules 9, 18 and 19 A cytology lecture and wet lab will be presented by Dr. Theresa Rizzi, veterinary pathobiology. Companion animal presentations will be made by these speakers:        Dr. Joao Brandao, Avian, Exotics and Zoo Medicine Dr. Andrew Hanzlicek, Small Animal Internal Medicine Attorney Tina Harmon, Public Information Officer, Oklahoma District Attorneys Council Dr. Aaron Herndon, Small Animal Internal Medicine Dr. Sanjay Kapil, Virology, OADDL Dr. Paige Mackey, Small Animal Internal Medicine Resident Dr. Laura Nafe, Small Animal Internal Medicine   Dr. Yoko Nagamori, National Center for Veterinary Parasitology Dr. Lara Sypniewski, Henthorne Clinical Professor of Small Animal Medicine, Certified Veterinary Medical Acupuncturist Equine presenters include:     Everyone is invited to a short seminar on wildlife rehabilitation at 4:20 p.m. in Room 104 at the Veterinary Hospital followed by the owl's release back to the wild. Full details are here. House Officer Seminars Dr. Megan Downing will present "Dysnatremias in Ruminants" on Thursday, June 11, at 8 a.m. in Room 104 at the Veterinary Medical Hospital. Downing is a Food Animal Medicine and Surgery Intern mentored by Dr. Melanie Boileau. Dr. Kelly Sesemann will present "IMHA in Dogs and Cats" also on Thursday, June 11, following Dr. Downing in Room 104 at the Veterinary Medical Hospital. Sesemann is a Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Rotating Intern mentored by Dr. Laura Nafe.       Dr. Michael Davis, Oxley Chair in Equine Sports Medicine, Comparative Exercise Physiology Laboratory Director Dr. Lyndi Gilliam, Equine Internal Medicine Dr. Todd Holbrook, June Jacobs Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine, Equine Section Chief Dr. Reed Holyoak, Bullock Professorship in Equine Theriogenology, Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department Head Dr. Charlotte Kin, Exclusively Equine Veterinary Services, Inc. Dr. Camilla Jamieson, Equine Internal Medicine Resident Dr. Darla Moser, Equine Surgery Resident Dr. Jonathan Puckett, Ophthalmology Dr. Sabrina Reilly, Anesthesiology Dr. Grant Rezabek, Anatomical Pathology, OADDL Speakers in the Food Animal section include:        Dr. Melanie Boileau, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery Section Chief Dr. John Gilliam, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery and Ambulatory Service Dr. Doug Hufstedler sponsored by Elanco Dr. Sandra Morgan, Toxicology, OADDL Dr. Jerry Ritchey, Veterinary Pathobiology Dr. D. L. Step, Food Animal Extension Specialist Dr. Robert Streeter, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery