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Compare veterinary medicine...to human medicine. Veterinarians have to build their own hospitals; physi cians don’t. Veterinarians have to buy their own x-ray machines, whereas most physicians have their’s done by the radiologists at the hospital.” Charles L. Boyd, professor of veterinary large animal medicine and surgery at Texas A&M, agrees that the investment into a veterinary practice is expensive. “It depends on the size of the facility,” Boyd said. “It costs about $125 to $140 per square foot. That includes some fixed equipment, such as laboratory cabinets, and some built in facili ties in the cages area, but it doesn’t include microscopes, elec trocardiograms, operating tables and other movable equipment. So, the ordinary two-person- practice facility would cost any where from $180,000 to $260,00. Those are the average facilities that would meet the American Animal Association regulations for certification.” Another change that Shively has noticed is that the veterinary profession is more specialized. “Twenty years ago,” Shively said, “it was very common for a veterinarian to treat all creatures great and small, so to speak — anything that came in the door. Most people (today), by far the majority, are at least specializing down into dogs and cats or large animals or something like that. They are at least going that far. Some are going as far as extreme specialization, such as just birds or just cats.” Being an individual in a gen eral practice, there are too many things to know and too mam set vices to render to try todoii alone, Boyd said. “Let’s face it, a veterinarian has to be a jack-of-all trades,” Shivelj said. "Not only do wehavetobei surgeon and an internalist, andi dermatologist and a parasitolog. ist, but also our patients doni talk.” The field of immunology or preventive medicine has im proved, Boyd said. Many disease can be controlled through nutn lion, such as internal and external parasite control. “Advances in sophisticated di agnostic equipment and laW ratory technics have given net credence to veterinary mediant,’ Boyd said. Professor's study links diet and behavior Caffeine usage affects mood By CLARA HURTER Reporter TAKE Advantage of our Sculptured Nails Tips with overlays Make your appt. now in time for that special Halloween party. Special $35.00 The JVait dhcp/* 846-0292 3731 E. 29th St. Town & Country Center, Bryan Caffeine and refined carbohy drates can change one’s behavior according to a two-year study re cently completed at Texas A&M. The study is one of the first to show a definite relationship between diet and mood disturbance, says Dr. Larry Christensen, professor of psy chology at Texas A&M. The study began two years ago. Christensen said he wanted to see if people who are adversely affected by caffeine and refined carbohydrates, such as table sugar, had hypoglyce mia — a deficiency of sugar in the blood. Pilot studies didn’t support his theory so Christensen tried to de velop a test for people who are sensi tive to what they eat. Christensen said changing the di etary habits of a sample of people sensitive to caffeine and refined car bohydrates has shown beneficial re sults. “For some time the effects of diet on behavior and emotional states have been debated,” he said. “Re cently some studies show that cat- feine and refined carbohydrates have a detrimental effect on people. Dr. Wurtman and his colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy have located mechanisms that identify why high carbohydrate diets may affect behavior.” Christensen is optimistic about his findings but acknowledges his skep tics. “A lot of skepticism revolves in this area," he said. “Some people say the study and its experiments are not supported by rigid scientific scrutiny.” Texas A&M nutritionists Karen Kubena and Joanne Lupton ques tion the validity of Christensen’s ex periments. The skepticism, however, doesn’t relate to the results or theory behind the experiment, but to its methodology, Lupton said. in voiu expei iment except forll« that you are testing for.’’ Kubena suggested adoublekl i hallenge to ensure an unbiased of a person’s reaction to a certi medication (caffeine). A placebo a caffeine capsule are given ou the subjects, and neither the pew giving the medication nor the si ject who receives it knowwhicbo) sole is administered. Ag Fn now al Junior their f South ture ta Ri Tit Choi« game MSCa it shot! Sti Th are pn letics. the Le letic a more Cover T1 4 p.m. and so “There are so many variables in the study,” Kubena said. “The way to make an accurate test is by elimi nating as many variables as possible “Caffeine is bitter and maybt ognized by the person taking Lupton said. “The person taking capsule probably can’t tell ence Itween tne caffeine and|t| cebo unless the capsule comes in their mouth or throat." Unit Computer acquistion plan set for ’86 By MARY ANGELA LEBLANC Reporter An 11-member committee is es tablishing a microcomputer acquisi tion program on campus to provide microcomputers at a discount to stu dents, faculty and staff, Don Bugh, director of systems analysis at Texas A&M, said Monday. Bugh said that the committee will select about five vendors and sell ba sic microcomputer systems. Letters were sent to several micro computer vendors explaining the program, Bugh said. A second letter was sent last week requesting propo sals from the vendors which re sponded to the first letter. Questionnaires also have been sent to numerous faculty members asking for their preference in micro computer companies, peripherals and software. Bugh said about 500 students, randomly selected and representing all the colleges, will be involved in a questionnaire as well. With the input, Bugh said, the committee will decide which com puter lines to sell from each vendor. "We see a big ordering wave, - _ W.A. Wasson, committeechainE The committee, which plans to be gin the program in the spring of 1986, has selected the Texas A&M Bookstore as the sales site for the computers. Wasson, who is also via 4 cellor and system comptrollfr,a l>eside the computer shop.twooli functions make up the programi said provisional maintenance*! provided by the vendors foi a computers and a center form computer technology will bees lished. Performance lab named for coach’s widow By KATHERINE HURT Staff Writer Texas A&M’s Human Perfor mance Laboratories in East Kyle were named Friday in honor of Elouise Beard Smith, widow of for mer A&M tennis coach Omar Smith. Dr. L.D. Ponder, head of the De partment of Health and Physical Ed ucation, presided over the ceremony in East Kyle. “This family probably means more to this department than any other individuals,” Ponder said. Omar Smith, a successful busi nessman and entrepreneur, en dowed the Omar Smith Chair in Health and Physical Education at A&M. Ponder said, “This chair, the first such chair in the United States, will allow us to do things in our Hu man Performance Laboratories that would not have been possible other wise.” Texas A&M President Frank E. Vandiver presented a plague bear ing Elouise Beard Smith’s name to adorn the door of the laboratories. “The marvelous thing is the char acter of this fine lady," he said. “Having her name attached to these laboratories is quite an honor.” In response, Smith said, “I’m just overwhelmed by all the honors they’ve given me today ... just over whelmed.” Barney Welch, Class of ’48, assis tant football coach under A&M coach Gene Stallings and long-time friend of the Smiths', §av ography of the family merited on their generosi ication to A&M. The sophisticated, well-quip Smith laboratories are facilitie graduate student and faculn search. 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