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News from Around the Continent
1 Missouri MU receives $5 million gift for companion animal medicine, cancer research A Missouri couple with a long history of satisfied pet care from two University of Mis- souri College of Veterinary Medicine alumni has provided a hefty financial gift to help the school continue its cutting-edge research. According to the university, Missouri residents Cottrell and Kay Fox contributed an
estate gift of more than $5 million to the school’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift stemmed from their extended relationship with veterinarians James Schuessler and Fred Bendick, both MU alumni who have treated the Foxes’ pets over the years. The money will support an endowment in companion animal medicine in honor of
Schuessler and Bendick, as well as fund the activities of the school’s comparative oncol- ogy program, the university said. “Our pets and our family have received great care and benefited a great deal from the
important research being done at the university,” Cottrell Fox said. “Kay and I have been touched by cancer in many ways, through family and good friends, and our hope is that this gift will help stimulate more lifesaving research in the future.”
2 Illinois
AVMA releases updated, expanded euthanasia guidelines After more than 3 years of work and collaboration with many of the sharpest minds in veterinary medicine and academia, the AVMA has finally published its 2013 edition of the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals. According to the AVMA, the guidelines include input from more than 60 experts, includ-
ing veterinarians, animal scientists, behaviorists, physiologists, psychologists, and an ethicist. The updates should result in more humane treatment for animals undergoing euthanasia, said Dr. Steven Leary, chair of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia, in an AVMA news release. “As we learn more about animals—their physiology and psychology—it’s important to
update and sometimes change our approaches to euthanasia to ensure we continue to protect their welfare as best as possible,” Leary said. Updating the guidelines was an important focus for the AVMA, as the organization said
it recognized that the guidelines have become a widely used resource and even a legal standard in some cases. “Panel members take their responsibility extremely seriously because we recognize the
AVMA Guidelines are used by everyone from veterinarians in private practice, to caretakers on farms and researchers in biomedical facilities, to law enforcement, to governmental regulators,” Leary said.
Trends magazine, May 2013 3 Indiana
Veterinarian traveling cross-country to uncover secrets of long-lived dogs Dr. David J. Waters, a veterinarian from Indiana, is extremely curious as to why some Rottweilers are able to live for 13 years or longer—more than 30% longer than the breed’s average lifespan. Waters’ curiosity has inspired him to travel the
country for 40 days to visit these “successfully aging” dogs and collect data and samples that could lead to better knowledge of how people and pets can age better and ward off cancer. The infor- mation he gathers will further the research being conducted at the Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies at the Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation, where Waters serves as director. During the Old Grey Muzzle Tour 2013, which
kicked off March 4 and ended on April 12, Waters was to visit 12 elderly Rottweilers, present two aca- demic lectures, and attend nine celebration events. By studying tissue samples and analyzing
blood samples for markers, Waters said he hopes they will eventually be able to determine how some Rottweilers live long, normal lives even while hosting certain types of cancer. In addition to cancer research, the work that
Waters and his team are doing can potentially lead to valuable insights about how healthy aging is impacted by aspects such as stress, ovaries, and obesity.
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