Please take a moment to read over the 2013 IAAAM business meeting minutes prior to the 2014 IAAAM Business Meeting as you will be asked to approve them if correct.
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The IAAAM Executive Board and Student Liaison Committee would like to congratulate the following recipients of the 2014 Student Travel Award:
- Kathrine Edgar - Alaska Sealife Center
- Jason Ferrante - University of Florida
- Greg Frankfurter - The Marine Mammal Center
- Kelsey Seitz – University of California Davis
- Jessica Weeks - University of Florida
- Laura Thompson – University of Connecticut
John M. Sykes IV, DVM, DACZM, Senior Veterinarian for the Zoological Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society in New York, has released a series of on-line amphibian medicine tutorials on YouTube.
Each short 10-15 min video is designed to provide basic background information in various topics of amphibian medicine. The tutorials are available in 3 languages- English, Spanish, and French. The material is generally designed for use by veterinarians, but the information will be helpful to anyone involved in ex situ amphibian conservation programs. The tutorials are designed as an introduction, rather than a complete summary of all topics regarding amphibian medicine, and additional resources are listed in each tutorial.
Tutorials can be viewed as a stand-alone course, but will also be helpful for reviewing concepts taught at various amphibian husbandry and medicine workshops given around the world by organizations such as the AZA and the Amphibian Ark.
Link to the Amphibian Tutorial You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaOhxmTP7asO5zyZQwYzh-A/videos
Easy to use playlists:
English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz64nOs452I&feature=share&list=PLVDi5N401GbHJe_8gfER06P6AfM1uRWU3
Español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBmfllzu4cw&list=PLVDi5N401GbFbEQHocZRjnhW7utsjiOEN&feature=share
Français: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPQe6Ghnp3w&feature=share&list=PLVDi5N401GbEVEEqzMqqvJiL-3Tm_fP_o
If you find errors, or have problems viewing the videos, please contact Dr. Sikes at jsykes@wcs.org
Since the beginning of July, more than 100 dolphins have washed up dead along the U.S. East Coast, from New York to Virginia. No one knows why, or whether the deaths are connected.
A 42-foot-long fin whale was stranded alive on a beach just north of San Francisco and died shortly there after. This stranding gave scientists a rare opportunity to perform a necropsy on a fresh fin whale carcass.
Congratulations to the following IAAAM members on passing the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Board Exam and becoming Diplomates:
- Jennifer Boonstra
- Stephen Cassle
- Robert Kim
- Scott Willens
Two twin sea otters were discovered in Morro Bay, off the coast of central California. "Roughly 2 percent of sea otter pregnancies result in the birth of more than one pup."
Read the full story at http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/rare-sea-otter-twins/.
June 29, 2013 from ScienceDaily.com
"Immune systems of endangered Galapagos sea lions are in overdrive because of harmful activity by people, reveal scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
The study shows that Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) are more prone to starvation because of exposure to human influences like pets and pollution. These can impair the level of their immunity, making them less able to hunt and more likely to go hungry when food is scarce.
This research is published June 28 in the journal PLOS ONE."
From http://www.sciencedaily.com/ on June 7, 2013
"The development of a standardized killer-whale necropsy system has boosted the collection of complete data from killer-whale strandings from 2 percent to about 33 percent, according to a recent study from a team of scientists, including a University of California, Davis wildlife veterinarian.
The study, published recently in the journal Marine Mammal Science, suggests that the data can help scientists better understand the life history of the orca species.
The killer-whale necropsy system was co-developed by Joe Gaydos, director of the SeaDoc Society -- a program of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center within the School of Veterinary Medicine -- and Stephen Raverty, veterinary pathologist with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture."
Congratulations to all of our student presenters at the recent conference of the IAAAM. The student liaison committee has announced the following students who received student presentation awards:
Posters
- 1st Place: Justin Richard – University of Rhode Island
- 2nd place Tie: James Steeil – University of Tennessee and Kyle Donnelly – University of Florida
Intern, Resident, Post Docs:
- 1st Place: Lorraine Barbosa – The Marine Mammal Center
- 2nd Place: Stephen Cassle – University of Florida
Vet Student/Undergrad/PhD/Masters:
- 1st Place: Jessica Jacob – Hawaii Pacific University
- 2nd Place: Barbara Linnehan – University of Florida