Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes
NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 7, 2007 AT 6:30PM
October
Here's this past Wednesday's meeting minutes:
President: Tyler Schaaf; tjschaaf@wisc.edu
- Next officer meeting at Union South- Red Oak Grill 10-18 6:30 anyone
welcome
- Next general meeting 11-1 7:00pm (Dr. Newbury from DCHS)
Vice President: Jenny Cigan; jlcigan@wisc.edu
-Symposium (March 16th-18th) Penn State
-Scholarship = $50
-pizza update
Secretary: Angie Geigler; geigler@wisc.edu
-Final Class list now posted
Treasurer: Simone Laza; laza@wisc.edu
-Pay dues = $15/year
Social: Nicole Ayala; nayala@wisc.edu and Kevin Joyce; kdjoyce@wisc.edu
-Valley of the Kings (large animal sanctuary) Oct 28th
-Moon Dance 2006 Oct 14-15
Bristol Equestrian Estates Sun Prarie, WI
contact Liv Sandberg AnSci 287 263-4303
sandberg@ansi.wisc.edu
If you volunteer up to 4 hrs = discounted admission
Public Relations: Jodie Starks; jdstarks@wisc.edu and Allana
Schwiesow; amschwiesow@wisc.edu
-Order your t-shirts ($10) l/s shirts ($15) and sweatshirts ($30)
-Orders due 10-11!!
Fundraising: Stephen McGrath; scmcgrath@wisc.edu and Christina Rossi;
carossi@wisc.edu
-Selling magnets
CALS Rep: Mindy Wesely; wesely@wisc.edu
-ASM funding response
Our speaker was Dr. Keith Poulsen of large animal medicine.
-graduated in 2004 with his BS in Biochem, GPA 3.0
-He highly reccomends research experience and volunteer experience
-He didn't decide he wanted to go to vet school until he was a junior
in college
He also talked about:
-DVM program
-externships
-confrences
-summer work-do something for less money if it means experience
-other options: army
-4th year options
-The Match
-The Scramble
-Practice vs. Internshiop
-Private practice internship vs. academia
-Residency- he's a resident now, likes teaching in food animal medicine
A few points to help us out that he talked about:
-Finish your BS
-Take GRE more than once
-Diversify your experience (veterinary and life)
-work in a lab
His email is poulsenk@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
WEBMASTER Missy Schultz msschultz@wisc.edu
-Direct all website-related comments to Missy
Website Address: http://www.uwprevetclub.00space.com
November 1
Hey Pre vets!
This week's meeting minutes are as follows:
11-1-06
President: tyler at tjschaaf@wisc.edu
Next club meeting 12/6 at 6:30pm in 2360 vet bldg
Next officer meeting 11/15 at 6:30pm in the Red Oak Grill of Union South
Leadership Info due 11/22
vice president: jenny at jlcigan@wisc.edu
symposium March 16-18: sign up and pay $150.00 next meeting
secretary: angie at geigler@wisc.edu
If you'd like to be taken off this email list, email angie
treasurer: pay $15/yr dues
$30 for sweatshirt
$10 tshirt
$15 longsleeve shirt
Fundraising: steve at scmcgrath@wisc.edu and christina at carossi@wisc.edu
car magnets can be pre ordered
ralley for rescue bracelets are also for sale
Social: nayala@wisc.edu
valley of the Kings dec. 2nd 8 am meet at the vet school, goes until 2or 3 pm
$ for drivers: $5-10
$ for donation: $3-5
also bring a bag lunch
Public Relations: jodie at jdstarks@wisc.edu
Shirts/sweatshirts were not ready at the meeting, but can be picked up at memorial union on thurs 11/9 or friday 11/10 from 4:45 to 6:45 in the cafeteria with the big windows facing the lake
webmaster: missy at msschultz@wisc.edu
www.prevetclub.00space.com
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The pre vet club would like to do a program called ALPS (adventure learning programs) maybe in November? It will help you get to know other members of the club and have fun doing it doing fun weird games all together.
Speaker: Dr. Sandra Newbury from the Dane County Humane Society
Topic: Seeking Balance: Defining the Problem of Shelter
Animal Population Management
Director of Animal Medical Services
Population Factors: Animal care days, stress, health, and welfare
Infectious diseases- closely linked to population control and "herd health"
The single most important tool for infectious disease control is to spay and neuter
Prevention: get vaccinated right away (resource drain, risk for group as a while, treatment may be unrewarding
Crowd control: Population management:
-best prevention -difference between intake and adoptions is the
-spay/neuter outreach determinant of the euthansia rate
-diversion programs -ideal plans maximize adoptions and reduce in shelter
-realism populations while conserving resources for preventative
-population management programs
Dose Effect:
-increased dose leads to greater likelihood of disease, more rapid onset and more severe disease
Disease Transmission:
-understanding trnasmissions key to prevention
-direct contact
-formites
Fomites:
-aerosol transmission is NOT common
-air quality
-droplet (4-5 feet)
-fomite transmission demonstrated for FHV and FCV
Aerosol transmission of feline caliciviruses?
-naive cats placed in open wire cage in common air space, 6 feet away are the clinically ill cats
-naive cats cared for prior to infected cats w/ no infection or transmission
-cats cared for in random order had transmission in 6-10 days
rehousing induced herpes activiation in 83% of cats
vaccination programs are one way of preventing disease, but is not the only solution
cats seems to adjust to their surroundings after 5 weeks with the 1st 2 weeks spending the most time hiding (urine cortisol levels were initially elevated and then dropped with time
Their stressor is irregular caretaking and their coping mechanism is finding hiding places
There is a correlation between urine cortisol and signs of systematic disease
environmental contributors: air quality and us
balancing act: we need to limit everything else so that others can interact with them
goals: define goals
use goals to set policies
write and follow protocols
December
Hey Pre Vets
Here's December's Meeting Minutes:
(sorry it took so long :( )
President:
next meeting 2/7/07 6:30pm
ALPS- February
Vice President:
sympsium March 16-18th
Fundraising:
get your $3 magnets
Public Relations:
get your shirts
(jdstarks@wisc.edu)
Social:
coming events:
Milwaukee County zoo
Racine zoo
Large animal outing
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Speaker: Dr. Kurt Sladky (wildlife/zoo medicine)
Some topics he discussed were:
captive wildlife
(giraffes, buffalo, monkeys, cougars, gorrilas)
chronic dermatitis-water too warm in Mexico city for Keiko the whale
Free Ranging wildlife
satelite transmitters on elephants
sea turtles ingesting fish hooks
fishing line embedded on whale-giving anesthetic
How did I get here?
BS animal science here at UW- Madison
MS psychology- UW Madison
DVM-vet school
small animal practice- Milwaukee
residency in zoological medicine- NC state vet med.
Ass. vet- north carolina zoo
UW school vet med
Diplomate American college of zoological medicine- very difficult
Position at UW
*ass. professor
*clinic duties
*vet med teaching hospital
*collaborative projects and consultant
teaching
*formal lectures including undergraduates
*student clinical training during 4th year of vet school
*resident training
research
*clinical research
conservative health
Emerging diseases in WI
*chronic wasting disease- like Mad cow -prion disease (white tailed deer)
*monkey pox (giant gambian rats) from Africa went to giant warehouse in Chicago to prarie dogs to people
*spring viremia of carp-10 tons found dead in Cedar Lake, WI in Mississippi river- can mutate to pike
Global Emerging Diseases
*West Nile Virus
*Ebola Virus
*Diclofenac in vultures (kidney failure in bird species)
*SARS
Field Projects
*Ecosystem Health Evaluation of Sloths in Costa Rica
Human-Elephant Conflict:Cameroon
*elephants travel long distances-people build towns in between the elephants seasonal paths which causes poaching, killing...
can monitor migratory patterns
Red Wolf Project
Only carnivore that's been taken out of the wild and been reintroduced
reintroduced in S.carolina
Migratory Bird Project
Soda Ash mines- waste water lakes-dump things in lakes
birds get crystalized
found that there's an increase in Na in blood compared to bird in wild in British Columbia
Lord Derb's Eland : Cameroon, W. Africa
big game hunters
Puerto Rican Parrot Project
most endangered species of bird in the world
February 7
Spring 2007 2-7-07 Pre Vet Meeting Minutes
I. President (Tyler Schaaf, tjschaaf@wisc.edu)
3-7-07 next meeting
Next officer meeting 2-21-07 6:30 pm Red Oak Grill
Constitution Revision- want to get involved?
II. Vice President (Jenny Cigan, jlcigan@wisc.edu)
Scholarship = $100
Cats need homes
III. Secretary (Angie Geigler, geigler@wisc.edu)
Check class list for errors
Attachment in email
IV. Treasurer (Simone Laza, laza@wisc.edu)
Pay dues, =$15
Selling shirts if not picked up
V. Public Relations (Allana and Jodie, amschwiesow@wisc.edu, jdstarks@wisc.edu)
2nd shirt order- sign up was after meeting or email
More people that order shirts = cheaper!
VI. Fundraising (Stephen McGrath, scmcgrath@wisc.edu)
Rally for rescue, bracelets for yourself and a collar for your dog, cat, etc.
Magnets = $3, say, “Spay/neuter” or “Animal rescue”
VII. Social (Nicole Ayala, nayala@wisc.edu)
Feb 10th=fine feathered friends 9am vet school
Feb 24th= Milwaukee county zoo 7:30am vet school, $5program cost + discounted zoo admission (normally $9)
Feb 24th=Spay day 8-4pm @humane society
VIII. CALS (Mindy Wesely, wesely@wisc.edu)
CALS day for kids-Tues April 24th 8am-3:30
Email Mindy if you have any ideas or if you’re interested at all (can bring an animal in)
IX. Web (Missy, msschultz@wisc.edu)
www.uwprevetclub.00space.com = our website
Veterinary Student Panel this year consisted of:
ü John a 4th year student
Applied one time
Grew up on a dairy farm
Dane humane society volunteer
Worked at the vet school in the summer for his senior project
He recommends research experience
Do something that makes you stand out
Hates everything being in PowerPoint format
Recommends taking Biochem 501 in undergrad also physiology, comparative anatomy
Didn’t think it was that big of an adjustment into vet school
When people usually study during lunch, he plays basketball
Lives in Middleton
Since he’s already in vet school, he said that there’s no need to have to be the one w/ the highest grades
He got 7 credits transfer to undergrad in his first year of vet school
ü Jennifer a 2nd year student
Applied 4 times
During the time she was waiting, she worked at a bar, at the Dane, and was married
She got a job at a small biotech company and worked a lot getting a lot of experience
If you’re not sure whether vet school is for you, take a year off
She applied out of state and didn’t care where she was accepted
Recommends taking a lot of ansci classes
Has a fish, bird, 3 dogs, and a cat
When in vet school the people are very laid back and share everything
Contact 2nd years for old exams/tests
She most likes the closeness of vet school and hates neuro anatomy
Take parisitology and physiology
She didn’t have problems fitting in
She lives in Mt. Horeb and doesn’t have a problem commuting; her commuting time is usually her husband time (carpools w/ him)
Makes Friday a date night and a non-homework/study night
Glad she doesn’t work during vet school because you shouldn’t spend your extra time working- but that’s up to you
ü James, a 3rd year student
Going for mixed animal
Applied twice
Didn’t decide he was going to be a vet until after he graduated and went back as a special student and took classes over
Was a student while working full time at a vet clinic to get a letter of recc. for vet school
Most people form study groups which you definitely need to do in vet school
His apt. does not allow pets
He hates lectures the most, but also realizes how much he has learned in only 2 years
Each class passes down cheat sheets- the same every year basically
He wouldn’t recommend taking biochem 501 in undergrad if you don’t have to- take the easy route and get a good GPA
He doesn’t study much when he goes home for vet school
There are usually 70-80 people in a class
He used to live in Arlington and hated it, now lives 10 mins away and his grades are now dropping
Says commuting makes you study more in the vet school
Your third year it doesn’t seem like you ever have class, your first year is the worst
ü Rob, a 2nd year student
applied once
in lab medicine
Recommends making an appointment w/ Carmen to talk about your GRE, experience…
Get experience in things you love mostly so you know what you’re talking about
Take a year off and don’t get burned out before vet school- his opinion
Take wildlife classes
Lives right behind the vet school
Says it’s very doable to get married during school, many do
Works at the primate center on weekends
His apt. doesn’t allow pets
Loves neuro anatomy
ü Rebecca, a 3rd year student
In Equine medicine
Applied once
Write down all of your volunteer activities, etc. as you go
Has a dog and a horse
If you’re taking hard classes but don’t have a great GPA, say that in your essay that
You’re challenging yourself
In vet school you do group-building exercises to take away competition
Recommends taking medical terminology
Feels like you spend your life in labs, here at vet school until 5 or 5:30 everyday
Everyone knows everyone (sort of like high school with lockers)
Her first year she lived with an undergrad but now lives with a first year and a prevet
Worked in research lab, tutored for the last 2 years
ü Sara, a first year student
Small animal student
Applied once
Make relationships, get good letters of recommendation, and make sure you’re well-rounded
She lives within walking distance- 30 mins
Recommends getting a bike
Lives with 2 undergrads which she’s gotten used to and now likes
Tried to get a degree for undergrad while in vet school and couldn’t
Didn’t make that much difference if you had a degree or not
Says if she would have taken a year off, she doesn’t’ think she would have been able to get back into the grove of things when coming into vet school
Has a cat and a rabbit
It’s nice to get to know the professors and they want you to do well
Pay attention to Biochem, it will help you in the future
Your first year you will have 3 lectures then labs all afternoon everyday
ü Caitlan
Not sure what she wants to get into
Applied once
Worked at Charmony
Had an internship at Milwaukee County zoo w/ sea lions-unpaid for 500 hours
Likes most that you get to know everyone really well
She has tests she got from other students dating back to 1987
She works 2 hours a week when she can
Recommends taking comparative anatomy, but it is a lot of work
She did a lot in undergrad, but nothing her first semester at vet school, it goes really fast
She stays at school to study because she can’t get anything done at school
ü Meg, a first year student
Small animal medicine
Applied once
They look highly on volunteer experiences vs. paid experiences
Vet school is a huge financial commitment
Professors are a lot more caring in vet school
Recommends taking Greek or Latin courses
She doesn’t like to commute
She lives with a nursing student and an undergrad
She works in a lab in the vet school whenever she has time
She’s a night manager at doggy day care and get’s paid to sleep
Get a job that’s flexible with your schedule
Always have a backup plan
Contact Information:
Rob Zweig: rczweig@wisc.edu
Sarah: smfeirer@wisc.edu
Caitlan: cctearney@wisc.edu
Rebecca: rdkrueger@wisc.edu
Jennifer: jmbrenz@wisc.edu
LASC: large animal supportive care
*email rdkrueger@wisc.edu
*have to be to the vet school within ½ hr that you’re called
*Shifts range
*Things you do can range from monitoring a foal, a neurologic lung, colic surgery, emergencies during the night, etc.
*you’re only called if it’s an emergency
*They don’t expect you to know everything
*Can take this for 1 credit pass/fail
*just write a one page summary/essay at the end
*sign a waiver