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Friday June 14, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3 LOCAL 1 Survey: attention inadequate Cats need preventative care By HADDON JOHNSTON Reporter is forsocJsTats are becoming the prefered of re P el m t * le ^ n * tec * States but of ten are ' i^ttims of the misconception that : thi \ can take care of tnemselves, '| )()() i'' sai( j a feline specialist at Texas spoof Ie a,vM. fie SinaicB pressiontB ^ etause °f the independent na ture and standoffish attitude that cats have,” said Dr. Alice Wolf of A&M’s small animal clinic. “People are deceived into thinking that cats require less care.” k on Fnj ight oft* eau’s kd iriate. it makes el aliers, k anti-Fraa )s .fall m| border ■ A national study commissioned by the American Veterinary Medical association found that only 47 per cent of cat-owning households in ^Bnerica obtained veterinary serv icing act ices in a single year, compared to the 74 percent of di holds. satire, sill re-fin f 1 ' ante ton = anker tir round “ii Dooi sake, ■go's salt used toil ibrarv percent of dog-owning house- The AVMA reported that al though cat health care is low-level, the cal population in the United States is surpassing the dog popula tion for the first time. Considering the relative cleanli ness and ease of keeping a cat, more people are realizing that a cat is a much better pet, Wolf said. “Increased urbanization and the large number of single people around today are other reasons the cat population has grown,” Wolf said. “It’s a lot easier to keep a cat in an apartment or condominium.” Cats are our wildest domesticated pets, she said. They instinctively hide their ailments as a throwback to the days when ailing animals were preyed upon by stronger ones. “They don’t let you know they are sick until it is serious,” Wolf said. “Humans have changed cats’ life styles and instincts, so it’s up to us to protect them as best we can.” Although indoor living does pro tect a cat, the moment the animal is let outside, it is exposed to disease. The mistake people make is in think ing an inside cat is totally protected, Wolf said. X gree of immunity if they are outside most of the time,” Wolf said, “and inside cats may be fairly well pro tected, but both groups should be vaccinated and cared for properly.” An AVMA study of 64 million pet owners (representing 107 million cats and dogs) found that cat owners seldom know the warning signs of feline illness. The study indicated that sudden illness, not preventative care, was the main reason cats were taken to veterinarians. A cat’s roving lifestyle also makes it prone to many injuries and infec tious diseases such as colds, pneumo nia, rabies and feline leukemia with its AIDS-like symptoms, Wolf said. “The important warning signs to look for in a cat are loss of activity, unusual swelling or bumps, and loss of appetite, which is less likely to oc cur initially because of the cat’s sur vival instinct,” she said. The AVMA reports a low national average of veterinary costs for cats — $26 a year. Most state laws require yearly rabies shots. Other vaccines and boosters are available at rea sonable costs as incentives for in creased pet health care. Regents to vote Tuesday on System budgets By JERRY OSLIN Staff Writer „ OnjmJThe Texas A&M Board of Re- J^Bnts will vote Tuesday on the ap- "'. Ul proval of the 1985-86 guidelines for hm tl establishing system buclgets. ■ According to the guidelines, all ., Texas A&M University System em- ,a , ®M 0 y eeS , excluding faculty and pro- eaitor wHssional staff, will receive a state ■andated salary increase of 3 per cent above their 1985 fiscal year sala ries. They also may receive a merit increase, but the merit increases to gether should not exceed an average of 4 percent. Faculty and professional staff may receive merit increases as well, but as the other system employees, the in creases together should not exceed an average of 4 percent. The guidelines also set the rates by which travel expenses are to be budgeted. System employees will be reimbursed 23 cents per mile if they use their own automobiles. They also will receive a maximum of $70 a day for expenses. In other business, the board will consider for approval the sale of $35 million in Permanent University Fund Constitutional Amendment Bonds. The board also will consider the appropriation of $880,000 from the sale of the bonds to pay for teaching equipment for the Halbouty Geosci ences Building. The board is expected to appro priate $3.1 million from the Avail able University Fund to enhance the system’s engineering program. Part of the money will be used for pur chasing instructional equipment and for paying faculty salaries. The regents meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. Technology may come to Burleson with accelerator By BRIAN PEARSON Staff Writer Burleson County is one of the six sites in Texas being considered as the center for a world renowned particle accelerator, a Texas A&M physics department spokesman said Thursday night. “This would be the biggest and most important scientific laboratory in the world,” said Dr. Peter McIn tyre, associate professor and director of physics. McIntyre told about 100 people at the program in the Brazos Center that the installment of the $2 billion accelerator, or Superconducting Su per Collider (SCC), would have a positive economic impact on the area. “Scientists and engineers from all over the world would come here and use the facility for research,” he said. During the program, which was sponsored by the Brazos Valley De velopment Council, McIntyre dis cussed the purpose of the SCC and the importance of it being brought to the region. “It will be the largest microscope ever built and will be built to view the smallest structures ever seen,” he said. The accelerator tunnel will be built in an underground circular path 100 miles in circumference and use 40 trillion volts of energy to peer into the inner structure of matter in a way never been done before, Mc Intyre said. The microscope, he said, will be enable scientists to see the actions of quarks, which are subatomic parti cles that are much smaller than pro tons and neutrons they are found in. Because of the enormous poten tial for scientific discovery, McIntyre said, industry and technology will grow around wherever the SCC is fi nally placed. He said 15 states have shown interest in obtaining the SCC. The SCC itself will employ 2,000 scientists and technicians, McIntyre said. 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