From the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

The NLM is making a significant contribution to World Veterinary Year. At the National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Reading Room in Bethesda, MD they will be hosting a new exhibit titled "From Craft to Profession: The Transition from Horse Farrier to Professional Veterinarian".

This exhibit will feature illustrated manuscripts and books from their historical collection. The exhibit runs from July 11, through Friday, October 7. For more information please visit the exhibit's site.

World Veterinarian Year - Library Exhibit

In our continuing effort to celebrate World Veterinarian Year the library has recently expanded our exhibits. In May we showcased the rinderpest eradication program and in June we will present a display on the only veterinarian to win the Nobel Prize, Peter Doherty, DVM.

Included in the exhibit is a veterinarian timeline, a display on the local dairy industry, and the formation of Western Univ. College of Veterinary Medicine.

The focal point is Titus a hand drawn copy of an anatomical model of a horse.

Stop by the Pumerantz Library frequently to see what has been added to the exhibit.

Rinderpest Eradication - World Veterinarian Year

The library's May exhibit, the first rotating display, will feature the Rinderpest and its eradication. The eradication was declared April 14, 2011 in the Republic of Mali, and then on various dates in other countries. This is the first disease ever declared completely eradicated in the history of the Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) history.

Rinderpest is a panzoonotic disease that has regularly devastated buffalo and cattle herds in Asia and Europe and has occasionally caused havoc in North Africa. For information on the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme and the disease itself please visit the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Animal Production and Health Division website.

2011 is World Veterinary Year

This is the year that veterinarians around the world are called upon to promote their profession and educate the community on what veterinarians do and can do not only for our animal friends but for mankind as a whole. Veterinarians have been treating animal and and by extension humankind for over 250 years, from the original “horse doctors” to the modern day small animal cardiologists; the veterinary field has grown and specialized.

Locally the Pumerantz Library is teaming up with Western University’s College of Veterinary Medicine to provide displays on the history of not only the field of veterinary medicine in general but also the College, faculty and deans. The Library will have one featured display showcasing the history of veterinary medicine as wells as the history of WesternU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. We will also have smaller display that will feature a different rotating topic.

To stay current with World Veterinary Year events at the library watch this blog, check out our Facebook page or stop by the Pumerantz Library often to see what’s currently being featured. For more information on the World Veterinary Year organization please visit the Vet 2011 site.