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U. of Md. Dedicates Center
COLLEGE PARK. MD.
Representatives from the Univer
sity of Maryland College Park,
Virginia Tech, the Maryland
Department of Agriculture, and
the Maryland Racing Commission
officially opened the Avrum
Gudelsky Veterinary Center at
College Park on October 26,1990.
The center is the new home of
the Maryland component of the
VA-MD Regional College of Vet
erinary Medicine. The $12.5 mil
lion complex is a state-of-the-art
research, teaching, and service
facility designed to meet the needs
of agribusiness and veterinary
medicine in Maryland. It houses
classrooms, research laboratories
and offices. It also includes reg
ional laboratories for the animal
health section of MDA, and drug
testing laboratories for the Mary
land Racing Commission.
The center is named after
Avrum Gudelsky, a young man
who had a great interest in the
health and well being of animals.
He was killed at the age of 31 in a
motorcycle accident during the
1978 Grand Prix Race in Toronto.
To honor his memory, his parents,
Homer and Martha Gudelsky,
established in 1980 the Avrum
Gudelsky Fund to support
research activities in the agricul
tural and life sciences at the Uni
versity of Maryland. It is the
generous support of the Gudelsky
family that has made the Veterin
ary Center a reality.
New Fee Schedule for
Maryland Animal Health
Laboratories
Dr. Henry A. Virts, State Veter
inarian, Maryland Department of
Agriculture, reports that certain
services provided by Maryland’s
five animal health diagnostic
laboratories will no longer be pro
vided free of charge. Because of
ever increasing operating costs,
this change in policy will be
implemented January 1, 1991.
The new fee schedule was
developed by the five laboratory
directors after extensive consulta
tion with selected practitioners,
the department’s field veterina
rians, and their counterparts in
neighboring states. Necropsy of
Maryland farm animals, wild ani
mals, and commercial poultry will
still be offered without charge.
Certain basic diagnostic tests vyill
be included with this service.
Tests mandated by cooperative
Federal-State disease eradication
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programs, e.g. brucellosis and
pseudorabies, will still be free.
The new fees do not reflect the tot
al cost of performing the numer
ous tests available. The intent is
simply to recover some of the cost
of supplies, reagents, and equip
ment so that the laboratories can
continue to offer up-to-date ser
vices in the face of escalating
costs.
Unless the fees are paid at the
time of specimen submission by
the owner or submitter, the refer
ring or submitting veterinarian
will continue to be billed by
MDA. Every attempt will be made
to contact veterinarians before
performing the test(s). The labor
atory directors request that veter
inarians return such calls promptly
to avoid deterioration of samples.
Dr. Virts and his staff are seeking
improvements in the state’s billing
procedures, so that veterinarians
will receive a monthly statement
rather than a multitude of
invoices.
The details of the fee schedule
will be available at the laborato
ries later this month. Meanwhile,
veterinarians with questions or
comments are invited to call him
or Dr. Roger Olson at (800)
492-5590, extension 5810, or the
director of their nearest animal
health laboratory.
New Antidote Depots in
Maryland
A new poison antidote depot
has been established on the East
ern Shore, and another has been
relocated in Baltimore County.
Each depot stocks atropine sul
fate, methylene blue, sodium
nitrate and thiosulfate, calcium
EDTA, vitamin Kl, and activated
charcoal.
Depot withdrawals are to be
used for emergency treatment
only. The depot system is
designed to assist veterinarians in
treating toxicoses during cata
strophic occurrences in which
available inventories have been
exhausted. Antidotes are available
only by veterinary prescription,
but depot personnel can dispense
antidotes to the authorized rep
resentative of a requesting veter
inarian. Veterinary practitioners
must provide their name and
address, phone number, and cur
rent state veterinary license identi
fication number to depot person
nel at the time of their request for
antidotes. Requests for antidotes
should be initiated by a phone call
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to the depot.
Items will be issued from the
depot as intact units (no partial
bags, bottles, or vials). Fees for
antidotes will be based on the cost
of replacing the item at the time
the item was dispensed. There is
no service charge for using the
depot system. The Maryland Vet
erinary Medical Association has
the responsibility for invoicing,
reordering, and stockpiling anti
dotes. The veterinarian of record,
and not the animal owner, is
accountable for the fees charged
by the MVMA.
At each depot center, a set of
guidelines will be available for
veterinary practitioners. The
guidelines will provide, in tabular
form, the uses, dosages, and
methods and precautions of admi
nistration for those antidotes that
are maintained by the depots. It
should be emphasized that the
information provided represents
current recommendations, and
will be updated as new data
become available.
The depots are not poison infor
mation centers. Veterinarians who
require information on the inci
dence, diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of poisoning and
chemical contamination in ani
mals are directed to call the
National Animal Poison Informa
tion Network Center. Their
24-hour toll-free telephone num
ber is (800) 548-2423. There is a
$25 charge for each phone call.
Addresses and Phone Numbers
of Antidote Depots
in Maryland
• Glade Valley Animal Hospi
tal, Inc., 8032 C Liberty Road,
Frederick, MD (301) 663-5591.
• Dr. Michael W. Radenbaugh,
1535 Mt. Carmel Road, Parkton,
MD (301) 343-0150.
• Drs. Joseph and Donna
Nizolek, Community Animal
Hospital, 9679 Ocean Gateway
(Route 50), Easton, MD (301)
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Exam At Conference
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) “The Changing Shape of
Agriculture” is the theme of the
annual Lime, Fertilizer and Pesti
cide Conference to be held Janu
ary 15-17, 1991 at the Days Inn at
State College.
The' event, sponsored by Penn
State’s College of Agriculture,
will focus on a wide range of agri
cultural trends and developments.
On January 15, Dr. G. Edward
Schuh, dean of the Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota, will
deliver the keynote address,
“Global Economics Issues Affect
ing U.S. Agriculture in the ’9os.”
H. Louis Moore, professor of
agricultural economics, will pre
sent “The Changing Shape of
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Protect Your Shrubs
From Winter Burn
COLLEGE PARK, Md.
Don’t be fooled by recent mild
temperatures winter’s chill is
on its way. And that can mean
trouble for some landscape plants.
Broadleaf evergreens, such as
azaleas, rhododendrons and holl
ies, are particularly vulnerable to
winter damage, according to Dr.
Frank Gouin, horticulture special
ist with the Maryland Cooperative
Extension Service.
The most common injury, he
said, is winter bum, which is
caused by the drying out of
foliage. Winter bum occurs when
the ground is frozen and soil mois
ture is unavailable to the plant.
You can help protect your
shrubs from winter bum by water
ing them during cold, dry weather.
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Region.” Other topics to be cov
ered include the impact of the
1990 farm bill on the fertilizer,
pesticide, and farm industries in
Pennsylvania; insect and herbi
cide resistance for crops; the pack
aging and handling of pesticides;
and nitrogen management. Penn
State faculty members and indus
try representatives will provide
expertise for the session.
The pre-registration fee for the
conference is $4O. There is an
additional $l7 fee for registrants
who wish to attend the banquet on
January 16.
For registration information,
write to Lime, Feitilizer & Pesti
cide Conference, 306 Ag Admi
nistration Building, University
Park, PA 16802, (814) 865-8301.
Sheltering plants from winter
wind with burlap screens also is an
effective albeit aesthetically
unappealing technique.
“Don’t wrap the shrubs with the
burlap,” Gouin said. “This pre
vents air circulation and can cause
mildew. A windscreen placed in
front of the bushes is a better
idea.”
To enhance leaf and flower pro
duction in the spring, Gouin
recommends fertilizing broadleaf
evergreens after the first frost.
“Just make sure you follow the
directions on the label,” he said.
“Over-fertilizing can kill plants.”
For more information on winter
garden care, contact your local
cooperative extension service
office.