After graduating from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, he completed a small-animal medicine and surgery internship at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and an ophthalmology internship at the Animal Ophthalmology Clinic in Dallas. His residency training in ophthalmology was completed at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Ledbetter’s research program focuses on ocular infectious diseases and noninvasive imaging techniques of the anterior segment of the eye. Ronald N. Rella, Director, Breeder Services