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Vet School Team Detects Most Feared Horse Disease Many miles and about four states separate the communities of Bowie, Maryland, and College Station. Yet, their paths have crossed. Their common denominator is a horse disease known as equine infectious anemia, or swamp fev er. Bowie is the site of a major race track, and the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine has developed a reliable test for the ailment. On Jan. 22, Bowie race of ficials quarantined a barn full of horses when several suspected swamp fever cases turned up. Five blood samples were flown to A&M, two of which tested posi tive and another showed clinical signs. Swamp fever is one of the most dreaded of horse diseases, espe cially among Thoroughbreds. There is no known cure, and re actors are usually destroyed be cause the disease is so easily transmitted to other animals. Maryland’s director of the State Livestock Sanitation Service said the Jan. 22 incident was the first known outbreak of the sickness in that state. Major swamp fever occurences in the past 18 months have been reported in Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Illinois and North Carolina. Small outbreaks have occurred in Florida and Ken tucky. Dr. R. W. Moore, A&M as sociate professor of veterinary microbiology and one of the test developers, said the disease is most often “man-caused.” That is, it is transmitted by use of contaminated needles and syrin ges when horses are vaccinated or treated for other ailments. “So far, we have investigated six major swamp fever outbreaks in the United States, and we found that all of them were caused by misuse of syringes or transfusion of blood,” Dr. Moore said. Other carriers are biting in sects, such as horseflies and mos quitoes. The veterinarian said swamp fever is virus-caused and hits the animal in seven to nine-day cycles. It is characterized by depression, congested mucous membranes and swelling of legs in the stomach area. Individual cases run from the acute types that usually end in death after several fever cycles, to the chronic type which leaves the horse weak and almost use less for the rest of its life. Carrier horses may show no out ward signs. A&M’s infectious anemia test is descibed by Dr. Moore as about MONDAY U. S. Civil Service Commission, Farmers Home Administration for all majors in agriculture. Monsanto Company for chemi cal engineering, chemistry, elec trical engineering, industrial en gineering, mechanical engineer ing, agricultural economics. The Upjohn Company for agri cultural education, animal hus bandry, animal science, biology, zoology, business administration, marketing. Sinclair-Koppers Co. for chem ical engineering, civil engineer ing, electrical engineering, mech anical engineering. U. S. Civil Service Comission, Social Security Administration for accounting, aerospace engi neering, architecture, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, elec trical engineering, industrial engi neering, mechanical engineering, range management, math, phy sics, soil and crop sciences, so ciology, education and psychology, industrial education, physical edu cation, agricultural economics, finance. MONDAY AND TUESDAY American Oil Company for chemical engineering, civil engi neering, mechanical engineering. The Atlantic Refining Company for geology, chemical engineer ing, electrical engineering, in dustrial engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineer ing, computer science, geophy sics, physics, accounting. Soil Conservation Service, USDA, for agronomy, agricul tural economics, agricultural edu cation, agricultural engineering, animal science, range manage- 90 percent accurate. His as sociates in developing the tech nique are Dr. H. E. Redmond, professor of veterinary medicine and surgery, and Dr. C. W. Liv ingston, assistant professor of veterinary microbiology. Dr. Moore says they have bat ted 1,000 on testing so far, mean ing that of those horses testing as positive reactors, all eventual ly came down with the disease. ment, soils, plant and soil sci ences, wildlife management. U. S. Civil Service Commission: Internal Revenue Service for accounting. Red River Army Depot for civil engineering, industrial engi neering, mechanical engineering. Consumer and Marketing Serv ice for accounting, agricultural economics, marketing, agronomy, veterinarians. Federal Housing Administra tion for agricultural economics, business administration, finance, economics. General Services Administra tion for electrical engineering, industrial engineering, industrial technology, mechanical engineer ing, business administration. TUESDAY Dowell for civil engineering, geological engineering, geology, geophysics, industrial education, industrial engineering, mechani cal engineering, petroleum engi neering. The Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp. for chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, petrol eum engineering. U. S. Army Material Command for aerospace engineering, chemi cal engineering, electrical engi neering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, chemis try, biochemistry, math, physics, entomology, biology. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY The Proctor and Gamble Co. for chemical engineering, chem istry, civil engineering, electri cal engineering, industrial engi neering, mechanical engineering. Job Calls THE BATTALION Thursday, February 3, J..966 Cpllege Station, Texas Four years and 88 million dollars later... In the last four years you’ve been studying, Collins’ total sales rose from $190 million to over $278 mil lion — up 88 million dollars. The number of people working at Collins climbed to 16,662 — up 2,000. In the past four years, we’ve invested over 52 million dollars in new plants and equipment as part of our continuing expansion program. Our products are used by governments, business and industry throughout the free world. This brief picture of company growth means something very special to you. Opportunity. We are working on basic research designing new equipment and systems, and producing products in every area of communication, computation and con trol. It’s a broad field. And an exciting one. One where a young man like yourself can carve out a financially rewarding and professionally satisfying career. Collins is one of the few companies offering you such a diversity of opportunity because Collins is one of the few companies so totally committed to the broad spectrum of the communication, compu tation and control concept. We’d like to tell you more about our company, about our growth, about the opportunities we can of - fer you. For complete information contact the Collins representative on campus. Your placement office has the time of his visit. COMMUNICATION / COMPUTATION / CONTROL COLLINS COLLINS RADIO COMPANY An equal opportunity employer Page 7 A Live Porpoise Will Be on Exhibit in the MSC, Lower Level The Memorial Student Center Directorate s Great Issue Committee Presents HYDRO-SPACE FIESTA '66 FEBRUARY 6-13 Exhibit Program Speaker Program Movie Schedule Exhibits to Hydro-Space Fiesta '66 come from: Marsh 8c Marine Mfg. Co. Mecca Cable 8c Service, Inc. North American Aviation, Inc. Office of Naval Research Naval Research Laboratory Texas Instruments, Inc. Naval Oceanographic Office Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Brown 8c Root, Inc. General Dynamics Corporation Naval Ordnance Laboratory American Society for Oceanography Marine Technology Society Commercial Engineering Corp. U. S. Divers Corp. Texas A&M University, Dept, of Oceanographl Westinghouse Electric Co., Deepstar Office General Electric Co. U. S. Navy Bureau of Ships Southwest Research Lab U. S. Geological Survey and From the Sea-Arama in Galveston a live PORPOISE will be on exhibit in the lower level of the Memorial Student Center. All exhibits are in the Memorial Student Center and are open free to the public. All On The A&M Campus Public Invited FREE Cmdr. Scott Carpenter, USN The World’s Only Astronaut- Aquanaut, of Sea Lab II Fame. Monday, February 7 Guian Hall, Texas A&M Campus 8:00 P. M. Rear Admiral O. D. Waters, Jr., USN Oceanographer of the Navy. Wednesday, February 9 Ballroom, Memorial Student Center 8:00 P. M. Dr. Sam Ridgway, D.V.M. Veterinarian for Tuffy, the porpoise used in Sea Lab II experiments. 1960 Texas A&M graduate Thursday, February 10 Ballroom, Memorial Student Center 8:00 P. M. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 8:10 A. M.—Fountain Room—"Sea Lab I"— The story of the Navy's first man in the sea program narrated by Jackie Cooper. This film describes the undersea operations near Bermuda where a crew of men lived on the floor of the ocean at a depth of over 100 feet for several days. 1:10 P. M.—Fountain Room—"Oceanogra phy, Science for Survival"—Cannes Film Festival winner. This film traces the im portance of our nation's programs in ‘’inner space" and deals with the defense aspects, resources, and the commercial promise of the world ocean. The film features a brief comment by the late President Kennedy on this subject. 4:10 P. M.—Ballroom—"Careers in Ocean ography"—Just released, this film presents an up-to-date picture of the career oppor tunities in the fields of ocean sciences and technology. This is the Texas premiere for this film. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 9:10 A. M.—Fountain Room—"Goblin on the Doorstep" This title refers to the sub marine threat to our nation posed by today's sophisticated nuclear powered submarines. The film is the realistic story of a typical Navy practice anti-submarine exercise in which the "enemy" submarine is played by one of our nuclear subs. 2:10 P. M.—Fountain Room—"The Inter national Indian Ocean Expedition"—Film produced by the National Science Foundation. This is the story of one of the largest co operative oceanographic expeditions ever initiated. The Indian Ocean Expedition con sisted of over 200 scientists from 23 nations who worked in the Indian Ocean, the last unexplored ocean in the world. A wide range of activities are portrayed in this film including some excellent color underwater shots. 4:10 P. M.—Ballroom—"The Diving Saucer" —This presentation will be narrated by a representative from Westinghouse Corpora tion on the west coast operations of the Westinghouse/Cousteau Diving Saucer. This small submersible achieved fame in the pages of National Geographic Magazine over the past few years on its expeditions in Europe wtih its inventor. Captain Jacques Coustea. The Westinghouse Corporation, which manages this project in the United States, brought the Saucer to the United States in 1964 for a year of operations off the coast of California and Mexico. This film depicts various researches conducted during this time. Considerable underwater footage is included. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 10 10 A. M.—Fountain Room—"Food from the Sea"—This film traces the commercial production of seafood from the fisherman to the store shelf. Illustrated is the company's processing of tunafish. This is an excellent outline of how the ocean’s food resources can be utilized. 3:10 P. M.—Fountain Room—"Conquest of the Deep"—This is the story of offshore oil exploration and how it is done. 4:10 p.m.—Ballroom—"Science of the Sea" —This film, produced by Woods Hole Ocean ographic Institution, portrays the sea scientists on his platform, the oceanographic research vessel, and discusses the reasons for his work. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 ountain Room—“Key to the robot and drilling and 11:10 A. t Deep"—Concerns completing wells underwater. Approximately 10-15 minutes in length, color, sound.. 3:10 P. M.—Fountain Room—"Sea Lab I"— Listed above. 4:10 P. M.—Ballroom—"Oceanography, Sci ence for Survival"—Listed above. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 9:10 A. M.—Fountain Room—"Careers in Oceanography"—Listed above. 2:10 P. M.—Fountain Room—"Goblin on the Doorstep"—Listed above. 4:10 P. M.—Ballroom—"The International Indian Ocean Expedition"—Listed above. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 10:10 A. M.—Fountain Room—The Diving Saucer"—Listed above. 1:10 P. M.—Fountain Room—"Food from the Sea"—Listed above. 4:10 P. M.—Ballroom—"Conquest of the Deep"—Listed above. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 2:10 P. M.—Ballroom—"Science of the Sea" —Listed above.