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Aggie Named
CEP Student
Of The Month
Allen L. Briscoe of Rosenberg,
a junior aerospace engineering
major at Texas A&M University,
has been named cooperative edu
cation Student of the Month at
NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Cen
ter in Houston.
The award was announced by
J, G. McGuire, A&M assistant en
gineering dean and director of the
cooperative education program in
which students alternate between
working a semester in industry
and attending classes a semester.
Briscoe worked during the sum
mer in the advanced operations
planning section of NASA’s
Flight Control Division. His sup
ervisors cited him for "a remark
able degree of initiative and abili
ty to orginate action on assign
ments without being told every
detail.”
“They said his accomplishments,
especially in August, were com
parable to the work of more high
ly trained engineers,” McGuire
commented.
Briscoe, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Briscoe Jr. of Rosen
berg, has a 2.08 grade point ratio
on a 3.0 scale at A&M. He has
received recognition as a distin
guished student.
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE
One way or another, this dog - in Northeast Thailand is
going to receive its rabies shots. (USAF Photo)
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War Against Rabies In Thailand
Waged By Capt. Burns, Aggie Vet
ENGLAND AFB, LA. - En
gland Air Force Base’s newly
assigned veterinarian, Capt. Lon
nie J. Burns, has just returned
from Southeast Asia where, thr
ough a civic action program, he
helped to establish an effective
rabies control program in north
east Thailand.
In addition to spending time
in Quang Tri, Danang and Phu
Cat, Vietnam, he was also as
signed to the Udorn Royal Thai
Air Force Base in northeast
Thailand.
Thai public health officials
from the Communicable Disease
Center in Bangkok and the 606th
Air Commando Civic Action Team
from the Nokhon Phanom Royal
Thai AFB , got together with
Capt. Burns at Udorn and work
ed up a pilot rabies control pro
gram for Udorn.
Capt. Burns, native of Port
Neches, Texas, and a 1965 grad
uate of Texas A&M University,
told of the serious rabies pro
blem in Thailand, which is a coun
try larger than the state of Tex
as.
He related that “rabies is a
continuing health problem in
Thailand, since many rural Thai
live a life so isolated from mod
em medicine that a positive diog-
nosis of rabies as a cause of
Price Named To
Draft Committee
Dr. Alvin A. Price, dean of
veterinary medicine at Texas
A&M University, has been ap
pointed by President Johnson to
serve on the National Advisory
Committee to the Selective Ser
vice System.
The dean, who will primarily
function in an advisory capacity
for selection of physicians, den
tists and allied specialists, will
attend his first committee meet
ing next month in Washington.
Dr. Price, who holds three de
grees from Texas A&M, joined
the faculty in 1949 and was na
med dean of veterinary medicine
in 1957.
death is not always possible.
“Approximately 3 0 0 human
deaths are attributed (annually)
to rabies and this figure is some
what low since this determined
only from the six major hospitals
in Thailand. In fact, this figure
has been estimated to represent
much less than 25% of the total,”
Dr. Bums said. He also stated
that “a problem of this magni
tude definitely needed an effec
tive rabies control program to
combat it.”
In many ways, the pilot rabies
control program was routine and
very similar to those conducted
in the United States. Dr. Burns
related that “the unusual and ex
pected problems are what make
pilot programs interesting and
challenging.
“The fact that dogs have free
run of the streets, are underfed
and underfoot, and fight over the
scraps of food which fall to the
floor in the open air restaurants
of up-country Thailand present
thought-provoking problems for
solutions.”
The elimination of these rov
ing, uncared-for strays present
ed the most difficult obstacle.
The idea of eliminating them of
fended the Buddist sensitivity to
destroying life. It was suggested
that bait with poison and bait
without poison be offered. In this
way, the dog could make the de
cision and, in essence, decide his
own fate. If the dog chose the
unpoisoned bait, he would live.
This overcame the Buddist reli
gious objections and was the
course of action followed.
As over 6000 dogs were im
munized during the first month,
it soon became evident that the
people wanted the service. With
much interest shown both by the
people and by the central gov
ernment, control programs were
planned for other areas.
On August 31, 1967, Captain
Burns was awarded the Air Force
Commendation Medal for distin
guishing himself by meritorious
service as Chief, Veterinary Ser
vices, while assigned to the 432d
Tactical Dispensary, Udorn Roy
al Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
In addition to being a highly
skilled veterinarian, Capt. Burns
also wears parachutist wings.
His hobby is sports parachuting
with 67 jumps to his credit.
THAI RABIES CONTROL
Captain Lonnie Burns, a ’65 graduate in veterinary medicine, supervises three Thai Army
medics in the giving of rabies shots to a mongrel dog. Burns is assigned to the Udorn
Royal Thai Air Force Base. Rabies is a continuing health problem in Thailand and Cap
tain Burns helped to set up a rabies control program. (USAF Photo)
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