Jan Chambers featured in "Our People"

As a professor in basic sciences and director of the Center for Environmental Health Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Jan Chambers plays with some pretty mean chemicals, but to her, it's all in a day's work.
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Employee of the Month

Please join us in congratulating Ms. Dee Gallik, Administrative Assistant - PPM Department who has been chosen as CVM "Employee of the Month" for MAY 2009.

MSU 'bails out' Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

By Linda Breazeale

MSU Ag Communications

MISSISSIPPI STATE – Equine veterinarians at Mississippi State University feel like celebrating when they hear news about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Instead of gloom-and-doom news from Wall Street, they think about the healthy twin products of a champion cutting horse named Cal Senorita. Read More...

Dr. Joy Mordecai, an equine reproduction resident at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, holds Freddie Mac, one of the twin foals from a champion cutting horse, while its surrogate mother keeps a close eye on her colt. (Photo by Linda Breazeale)

Congratulations Graduates, Class of 2009

Instead of the tradition of throwing regalia caps after the graduation ceremony, CVM graduates rang cowbells in exuberant celebration Wednesday April 29th. The cowbells were a gift to the graduates from the MVMA (Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association)

Pork is Safe

Mississippi Public Broadcast Radio Interview with MSU/CVM's Carla Huston Thursday April 30th, 2009 (10min mp3)

U.S. pork is safe
http://www.pork.org/

H1N1 Update April 29th from Mississippi Board of Animal Health
James A. Watson, DVM, State Veterinarian and Brigid Elchos RN, DVM, DACVPM Deputy State Veterinarian/Public Health Veterinarian

H1N1 Influenza in Humans and in Animals (Provided by Carla Huston)
Since March 2009, several cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses have been reported in the US and Mexico. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Read More....(pdf)

For more information on influenza in humans, see the CDC website:
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/general_info.htm

A publication that answers many of the questions about swine flu has been posted on the MSUcares Web site.

http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2553.pdf

CVM Awards & Graduation April 29th

CVM Awards & Graduation ceremonies will be on Wednesday, April 29. The awards program will be held at 10 a.m. in the CVM Wise Center main auditorium. The graduation ceremony will be 2 p.m. at the Humphrey Coliseum. The reception will follow the ceremony at the CVM Wise Center in the 2nd floor Foyer. (Click on links for location)

CVM Golf Scramble

The weather was a little wet Saturday morning but proved to be nice the rest of the day for CVM's golf scramble.

Congratulations to the winners!

First place:
Randy Carpenter
Joshua Carpenter
Cassie Carpenter
Perry King

Second Place:
Cooper Brookshire
Brian Brookshire
Aaron Posner
Alan Posner

Third Place
Ronnie White
Cameron White
Roy Wood
Bobby Pearson

A big "Thank you" to the VBMA students for all of their help with the Friday night dinner and to the Easley family for cooking!
The Fall scramble is scheduled for August 28-29. Save the date!!