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a large animal practice in Lexington, KY working on cat- tle and horses. He became a KVMA member in 1983 and opened an equine referral hospital in 1986. A man of vision, he has brought internationally renowned veterinary special- ists to the Bluegrass and has grown the hospital into an over 60-veterinarian practice with campuses also in New York and Florida. Over 300 veterinarians have trained as interns with the practice of which over 100 have become boarded.
Dr. Rood created many management forums for veterinari- ans including the AAEP Practice Management Symposium. He has chaired the AAEP hospital design and practice man- agement committees and served on the AAEP ethics com- mittee. He started the first Equine Veterinary Management Group in 2000 and has spoken locally and nationally on hospital management topics.
Sharing pride in his profession, Dr. Rood founded the Op- portunities in Equine Practice Symposium, bringing 400 veterinary students from across this country, Canada and the Caribbean to central Kentucky over 10 years, showcasing our central Kentucky horse farms and stimulating thoughts of what equine practice can be through tours of the Lexing- ton equine hospitals.
He recently received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of California Davis Col- lege of Veterinary Medicine. Te KVMA is honored to present its 2017 Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Bill Rood.
Dr. William Rood is presented the Distinguished Service Award by Dr. Debbie Spike-Pierce.
Vital Work Still Takes Funding by Debbie C. Reed, DVM - Director, Breathitt Veterinary Center
I must begin by saying what an honor it has been to be selected as the 2017 KVMA Veterinarian of the Year. I was
completely taken aback by the honor and so very humbled to be selected. I must tell you, as I was sitting there in the audience at the luncheon, I tried to think of some pithy remark, some witty retort to make when I shook Phil Prath- er’s hand. Ten I looked at the back of the room to see my husband, younger son and his girlfriend and my mother all waving. Well, that was the end of any smart comments. I was so touched that they were there to share the moment with me. Again, thank you to each of you who had some- thing to do with my selection. It has been overwhelming.
As all Kentucky universities and government agencies face budget cuts, the Breathitt Center is far from being alone. It makes a knot in my chest when I think about the potential ramifications to both diagnostic labs. Both labs have been able to withstand budget cuts to date. However, I can say that the BVC is about as lean as we can be and still perform the vital work that we do every single day to assist you in
diagnosing and treating animal disease as well as dis- ease surveillance and public health work. Te work of veterinary diagnostic labs has a wider significance than individual animals. Tose individual animals are im- portant to us and to you, but the gathering of disease information is even more so. Te epidemiology proj- ect that Drs. Craig Carter and Jackie Smith are doing at the UKVDDL is gathering important information on disease incidence and location that will help zero in on prevention. Te BVC has participated in a Public Health project this summer surveilling mosquitoes for West Nile Virus, Zika Virus and St. Louis Encephali- tis Virus. We are also participating in an FDA project looking at Antimicrobial Resistance along with 15 oth- er laboratories across the country. Tese are all vital studies that might not happen if we continue to lose funding.
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