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6/16/95                               Sam Hendrix, 334/844-3698 

AU PROFESSOR EDITS  'READER'S DIGEST' FOR SMALL ANIMAL VETS 

      AUBURN -- An Auburn University veterinary medicine professor is 
editing a new publication which has been likened to Reader's Digest  for 
veterinarians who treat dogs, cats and other small animals.
      Small Animal Medicine Digest , published quarterly at Auburn, 
offers dozens of synopses of technical articles that have been printed in 
veterinary journals around the world.
      "We want to provide a continuing education vehicle for 
practitioners," says editor-in-chief Kyle Braund of the Scott-Ritchey 
Research Center at AU's College of Veterinary Medicine. "But an 
individual veterinarian can't keep up with the world's literature. 
Economically, you just can't subscribe to all the journals."
      Braund and a team of associate editors from Auburn and four other 
North American veterinary programs review significant journals, arrange 
to have important articles summarized by professional scientific editors 
and write their own perspectives on each article.
      "Each issue, we provide 60 or so abstracts of articles published 
in the world's small animal medicine literature," says Braund. "And our 
editorial team members, each a recognized expert in his or her field, 
write their interpretation of an article's relevance."
      In addition to the summarized articles, one original, full-length 
article on some practical subject is reproduced in each issue.
      The journal is largely technical, with updates on techniques, 
disease diagnostics and treatment, but Braund says upcoming issues will 
also examine ethical treatment of animals and other social issues.
      Volume 1, Number 1 -- published earlier this year -- included 
more than 60 article abstracts from 25 journals. The articles were under 
such headings as neurology, radiology, surgery, ophthalmology, internal 
medicine, clinical pathology, dentistry, dermatology and practice management.
      The journal currently has just over 1,000 subscribers, but Braund 
says, "there is potential for several thousand. We think every 
practitioner could benefit from reading it."
      In addition to editorial assistants from the University of 
Georgia, Virginia Tech,  Cornell University and the University of Guelph 
in Ontario, Canada, AU is represented by William Brawner, a professor of 
radiology; and professors Ralph Henderson and David Whitley of small 
animal surgery and medicine.
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      CONTACT: Braund, 334/844-5562.

      (For more information, contact Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 200 N. 
LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60601.)