Item number: 4861570016
SOAKED IN LUXURY SL COLUMBINE TANK TOP 30404199 N EUR 24.95
SOAKED IN LUXURY JANET TEE 30403957 D Before EUR 19.95
PART TWO HELENA BLOUSE 30304250 Before EUR 79.95 Dr. Chris Brown, ISU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, (515) 294-2061
Dr. Karl Kersting, Large Animal Clinic/ISU Veterinary Teaching Hospital,
Phyllis Peters, College of Veterinary Medicine, (515) 294-4602 Vet College's steer Bud dies
AMES, Iowa  "Bud," a brown Swiss steer that served for 17 years as a fluid donor at Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, recently died of a lung abscess. Over the years, college doctors extracted rumen fluids from the 1,800-pound Bud to assist bovines suffering from digestive problems.
Bud arrived at Iowa State in 1983, a gift from the federal government. Iowa State veterinarians placed a lid in Bud's left flank to provide an opening to his stomach.. Medically, the lid is called a fistula and it caused no discomfort to the animal.
The opening gave veterinarians access to Bud's rumen, the largest compartment in a bovine's four-chambered stomach. Fluid taken from Bud's healthy rumen was given to approximately 50 ailing bovines annually. Bud also served as a blood donor. Bud became something of a celebrity
among school youngsters, who gained an understanding of the bovine digestive
system, while visiting Bud and the College of Veterinary Medicine.
College sources say they will purchase rumen from alternative sources until another rumen donor is available to serve as Bud's replacement.