Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Congrats AU

Service at Auburn’s Bailey Small Animal Hospital earns top rating

Published: 01/26/2016
By: Ed Brown
The Emergency and Critical Care Service in the Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine has become the first service in Alabama to earn a Level I rating by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.
Level I is the highest rating awarded to a veterinary emergency and critical care facility by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, which promotes the advancement of knowledge and high standards of practice in veterinary emergency medicine and critical patient care. The certification is for two years.
"It's an honor to receive this certification, and to be acknowledged at this level of performance," said Dr. Lenore Bacek, an assistant clinical professor and head of the Emergency and Critical Care Service. "It also shows the level of hard work and dedication that our faculty, technicians and administrators give to make our service successful."
The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society has three levels of certification based on factors including hours of operation, facilities and equipment available to treat patients, workflow, veterinarians available for treatment and consultations, and the level of education and training that veterinarians have.
The Emergency and Critical Care Service is one of 13 specialized services in the Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital, a referral and primary care veterinary facility. It has two board-certified Diplomates, Bacek and Dr. Kendon Kuo; four residents; six interns; 24 veterinary technicians, four of whom are board-certified in emergency critical care; and fourth-year veterinary students in a clinical rotation.
The award announcement will be placed in the Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, and the Bailey Hospital will be added to the directory of the VECCS' website, which clients can search to find facilities that are certified and at what level.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Auburn Basketball




AUBURN, Ala.  An overflow crowd wanted to see what the hubbub was all about.

Auburn again didn't disappoint. 

The Tigers, fresh off their first win over Kentucky since 2000, beat Alabama 83-77 in front of excited 9,122 fans, or more, in Auburn Arena on Tuesday night. Like the Kentucky win, it came down to the final minute.

Exciting? 

"The building was incredible," said Auburn coach Bruce Pearl. "This is as good an environment as there is in college basketball. Who wouldn't want to play in that game in front of that intensity?

"From what I understand, we might have had close to 3,000 students in the building tonight, thousands of students upstairs because everything was full downstairs. It elevated our play."

Auburn will try to carry that momentum to Saturday's 7 p.m. game at Florida in a game on the SEC Network. The Tigers are 2-6 away from Auburn Arena. But are rocking along at 7-2 at home.

It's the first time Auburn has beaten Kentucky and Alabama in consecutive games since 1967 and only the third time it has happened in the Tigers' 110 years of basketball.

It was also the seventh sellout in the Auburn Arena since Pearl was hired before last season. The Tigers had five sellouts in the four years of Auburn Arena before he arrived. Auburn is averaging 8,442 fans this season, or 92.6 percent of capacity. 

Tuesday was the first meeting between Pearl and new Alabama coach Avery Johnson. This rivalry game wasn't decided until the final minute.

"I think Coach Johnson and I envision these atmospheres for our games, and we try to get our programs to the point where CBS and ESPN want to come in here and look at this," Pearl said.

They'll renew their rivalry Feb. 27 in Tuscaloosa.