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SVM People in the News
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September 25, 2002
School of Veterinary Medicine Honors Jackman, Whitely as Distinguished Alumni
September 8, 2000
Life-sized bronze animals take center stage at Purdue vet school
July 14, 2000
Web site, brochure highlight Indiana's poisonous plants
March 10, 2000
IQ+Beef training program offered via satellite
February 18, 2000
Vet students experience hands-on wildlife medicine
February 4, 2000
Polymer repairs nerve damage in animals with spinal injuries
Herbicide Exposure and Urinary Bladder Cancer Investigators at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine have recently conducted a case control study in Scottish Terriers to determine risk factors for the development of urinary bladder cancer (transitional cell carcinoma, TCC). Results of this case control study were recently published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (April 15, 2004; volume 224; pages1290-1297).
Scottish Terriers have previously been found to be at higher risk of TCC than other breeds of dogs. The study was performed to determine if exposure to lawn chemicals further increases the risk of TCC in this breed of dogs. Environmental exposure histories were compared between 83 Scottish Terrier dogs with TCC (cases) and 83 Scottish Terrier dogs of approximately the same age with other health-related conditions (controls). A significantly increased risk of TCC was found for dogs exposed to lawns or gardens treated with herbicides and insecticides or herbicides alone, but not with insecticides alone, compared with dogs exposed to untreated lawns or gardens. These findings suggest that Scottish Terrier dogs, as well as other dogs of high-risk breeds for TCC, be restricted from lawns treated with herbicides until additional risk studies are conducted.
With the publication of our findings, the large number of requests for information related to this study has exceeded our capacity to respond on an individual basis. Further information can be obtained from: http://www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/herbicide_tcc_scotties.doc; or from http://clubs.akc.org/stca/TCCStudy_Page_1.htm.
SVM Media Clips
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Otter Release with Dr. Wallace Morrison (1.06MB)
BioScope with Dr. J. Paul Robinson (1.01MB)
Horse Treadmill with Dr. Laurent Couetil (3.12MB)
SVM Photograph Archives
The follow photographs of the School of Veterinary Medicine are provided by the SVM's Professional Photographers Sam Royer and Ray Ortensie.
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