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Rare Arabian Herd Rescued, Rehabilitated,Ready to Work as Equine TherapistsWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES DVM students beginclinical skills training in the first year of their program, practicingphysical exams and wellness care in the College’s two wellnessclinics. Second-year students gain more experience in theVeterinary Ambulatory Community Service vehicle, a clinic-onwheelsthatprovidesfree/low-costservices topeople whocan’t affordveterinarycare. Largeanimalclinicalexperience takes place at California State Polytechnic University,Pomona, at community preceptor practice sites, and during themany occasions when students volunteer with CVM faculty tohelp nonprofit organizations like The Pegasus Rising Project(www.pegasusrising.org) and its rescued herd of at-risk Arabianhorses.In January, eleven CVM students (some from the Student Chapterof the American Association for Equine Practitioners), and facultyvolunteers Dr. Paul Gordon-Ross and Dr. Elizabeth Schilling,joined volunteer equine veterinarians Dr. Steven Colburn andDr. Jeffrey Moss of Creekside Veterinary Service(www.creeksidevets.net) in Escondido, CA to help with physicalexams, surgical castrations, and hoof trimmings for a rescuedArabian herd of nine stallions,17 mares and three foals.For Tiffany Stillian, DVM ’11,the experience was nothingless than amazing. “For thefirst horse, Drs. Colburn andMoss demonstrated a fullequine castration, fromanesthesia induction, to theactual castration, to recovery.After this demonstration, wedivided into groups, where weeach got a chance atadministering injectable sedation and anesthesia, injectableantibiotics, preparing the surgical site, and actually performing halfor full castrations under doctor supervision and direction.”The family of horses rescued by Pegasus Rising is no ordinaryherd. The two original horses were brought from Poland with thehelp of Ronald Reagan during his Presidency. The first of thesetwo stallions—champion racer Gedymin—won races in Polandequivalent to the U.S.Triple Crown,while Dalimin was a descendentof the great stallion Lotnik,imported by World War IIGeneral George S. Patton.The 29 offspring of thesetwo rare, historicallysignificant Arabianchampions had developedand lived together over 30years on a ranch thatdegenerated as the ownersaged. They weremalnourished, teeming withparasites, up to their ankles inmud and their own waste.“This is about rescuing a very significantgroup of horses that are innately different than a lot of horses weencounter.They’re extremely docile and loving toward humans,”explained Cynthia Royal, founder of the Pegasus Rising Project.Julie Huber, DVM ’12, hasn’t decided if she will pursue equinemedicine, but she does plan to own a horse, and welcomed theopportunity to gain hands-on experience. “My favorite part of theday was taking part in an exam on a horse that had a history ofchronic obstructive pulmonary disease,” she said. “Dr. Colburnwalked us through the signs that the horse was displaying, allowedus to auscult the thoracic cavity, and educated us on the adverseeffects of performing anesthesia on a patient in this condition.”Dr. Elizabeth Schilling noted,“The students got to see some of thecommon complications associated with these ‘routine’ procedures,such as colic, had an opportunity to discuss the complications, andthink about strategies to prevent them rather than deal withthem.”When they regain their health, these gentle horses will have a newmission: to teach people with trust issues, past abuse or any typeof emotional trauma how to safely relate and connect withanother living creature again. The “Healing with Horses Therapyand Enrichment Programs” will provide equine-assistedpsychotherapy to further the emotional healing of veterans withpost-traumatic stress disorder, abused children, autistic children,and survivors of domestic violence.“The goal is to raise human healing, potential and consciousness toa new level through the way of the horse,” explains Cynthia Royal.“The Pegasus Rising Project will offer opportunities for all torealize a clearer understanding of the role that horses and humansplay in healing each other, the community and the planet.”4
College and Seoul National University CVM toCollaborate on Research, Clinical ProgramSEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SNU), a prestigious public researchuniversity founded in 1946 and located in Seoul, Korea, is ranked50th in the world and 8th in Asia by U.S. News & World Report,and 24th in the world in publications by the Science CitationIndex. The University comprises 16 colleges, six professionalschools, a student body of about 30,000 and is considered themost competitive university in South Korea. SNU graduatesdominate South Korea's academics, government, politics andbusiness.“The College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, hastaken a significant step forward with the collaborative link wehave established with the College of Veterinary Medicine atWesternU, which has a group of world class clinical faculty,” saidDr. Park.The MOU between the two institutions is expected to help fosteracademic exchange through collaborative research, teaching andclinical projects.The College of Veterinary Medicine at SNU conducts world-leadingresearch in the areas of stem cells, avian influenza, and otherzoonotic diseases including Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy(BSE). Western University’s College of Veterinary Medicine hasclinical faculty such as Dr. Y. Lyon Lee, DVM, PhD, diplomate ofthe American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists and a nativeKorean, who are internationally known with the board specialistrecognition that SNU lacks. Dr. Lee is a 1989 graduate of SeoulNational University.Yong-Ho Park, DVM, PhD, Dean of the College of VeterinaryMedicine at SNU, is committed to promoting global education andresearch collaboration with partners at institutions in the UnitedStates, Japan, China,Vietnam and other countries.Dr. Park and Dr. Phillip Nelson, Dean of the College of VeterinaryMedicine at Western University of Health Sciences, recently signeda Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), establishing a newrelationship of creative cooperation and collaboration with anemphasis on research.WesternU’s Pacific Rim collaboration with its new partner in Koreawill offer opportunities for SNU to learn about the U.S. veterinaryschool’s excellent clinical education, which SNU seeks to adopt.Dr. Park has set a goal for the College of Veterinary Medicine atSNU to achieve a position among the world’s top 20 veterinarycolleges by the year 2020. This new partnership will also offerWesternU’s College of Veterinary Medicine opportunities tobenefit from SNU’s excellent track record of graduate training andresearch.“The new synergy between our two veterinary colleges will moveboth of our programs into stronger academic and researchpositions,” said Dr. Nelson. “We are honored and look forward tomany years of creative cooperation with the College of VeterinaryMedicine at Seoul National University.”“Grads in the Field” continued from page 2I have practiced general medicine and surgery in a small animal clinic in Chula Vista, CA since August 2008. Iabsolutely love my job and I am grateful for having found this practice to become a part of. I finished a one-yearinternship at the Southern California Veterinary Specialty Hospital (formerly Southern California Veterinary ReferralGroup) after graduating. From the training I received there and from the two years of clinical rotations at WesternU, Ihave felt completely prepared for all of the cases I have seen. Sure, there are plenty of things that I see or do for thefirst time, but there is never a shortage of resources within reach that give me the answers I need. I work with asupportive crew and I have an endless supply of friends, classmates, and colleagues to call with questions I may have.I still use VIN almost everyday, which I was introduced to at WesternU, and the library of textbooks I have collected forthe WesternU curriculum surrounds me at work. It is a rewarding job and I am thankful to have chosen veterinary medicine as a career.Michelle Schexneider, DVMPacific Pet Hospital, Chula Vista, CACharter Class of 2007Grads: Have you had a scientific paper published in a peer-reviewed journal? Please let us know!Contact Renee Cook at rcook@westernu.edu. Thanks!5
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