The Atlantic Veterinary College 
     
     (AVC) now rising in Charlotte- 
     
     town is entering 1986 with con- 
     
     struction of its facilities at the 
     
     University of Prince Edward 
     
     Island on schedule and in budget. 
     
     Since the sod-turning ceremonies 
     
     of May 4, 1984, an impressive 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     AVC nears completion 
     
    
   
   
    
     structure has risen on what was 
     
     once a soccer field. The large, 
     
     brick-faced building with its slop- 
     
     ing roofs is the result of a 36.5 
     
     (1983 dollars) capital cost-sharing 
     
     agreement between the federal 
     
     government and the Atlantic pro- 
     
     vinces. Ottawa is assuming half 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     the cost of construction, while 
     
     New Brunswick, Newfoundland, 
     
     Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward 
     
     Island are sharing the rest of the 
     
     expenditure. 
     
    

    
     1986 also represents a new be- 
     
     ginning for the AVC with its first 
     
     academic year beginning in 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     until February 23 
     
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     September and a class of about 50 
     
     undergraduate students arriving 
     
     for courses. The majority of 
     
     places will be reserved for Atlantic 
     
     students. 
     
    

    
     Dr. Reg Thomson, Dean of the 
     
     Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 
     
     feels that now is a good time to 
     
     mark the work alredy completed 
     
     and look forward to future 
     
     progress. 
     
    

    
     “This facility will be of tre- 
     
     mendous benefit to Atlantic agri- 
     
     culture and Canadian veterinary 
     
     practice. The presence of a world 
     
     class institution here will mean 
     
     that students no longer have to 
     
     leave the area to complete their 
     
     education. The Atlantic Veteri- 
     
     nary College will serve as an 
     
     imporiant resource, keeping 
     
     skilled persons in the area and 
     
     brit. sng others in. Economic bene- 
     
     fit, will extend throughout the 
     
     entire region.”” 
     
    

    
     The activities of the school 
     
     will include a strong research pro- 
     
     gram as well as its teaching 
     
     and service functions. A long- 
     
    
   
   
    
     standing shortage of veterinarians 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     involved in ‘ch was one of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the major reasons for the esta 
     
    
   
   
    
     blishment of the AVC, Canada’s 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     fourth veterinary college This 
     
     shortage has meant that Canada 
     
     has had to import veterinarians 
     
     over the last three decades. The 
     
     work of the AVC will help to 
     
     correct this deficit 
     
    
   
   
    
     Research into disease is gaining 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     increasing importance among 
     
     efforts to maintain the health of 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ivestock and wild animals. Illness 
     
     imong arimal -opulations is also 
     
    
   
   
    
     ko > Deve direct effect on 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     PROGRAMA MKTONAL OFS RAB 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     humans. There are economic as 
     
     well as public health concerns to 
     
     the studies done at the College. 
     
     Disease prevention will save 
     
     farmers a substantial amount of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     money 
     
    

    
     The innovative nature of much 
     
     of the work to be done at the 
     
     AVC can be seen in the creation 
     
     of a Fish Health Laboratory. 
     
     Aquaculture is expanding globally 
     
     and here in the Atlantic provinces. 
     
     The College intends to contribute 
     
     its part to this field. 
     
    

    
     The AVC building is designed 
     
     to fill all of the many demands 
     
     placed on it. Sixty percent of its 
     
     space is devoted to hospital and 
     
     animal functions. A ring road will 
     
     connect two large, barn-like 
     
     structures opening onto outdoor 
     
     entry, exercise, and holding areas. 
     
     The remaining forty percent of 
     
     space is between the animal units 
     
     and will house computer and 
     
    
   
   
    
     audio-visual centres, _ faculty 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     offices, and research diagnostic 
     
     laboratories. The use of “double 
     
     hip’’ and ‘‘shed’’ style roofs will 
     
     echo farm architecture. Warm red 
     
    
   
   
    
     bricks and landscap ill give an 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     appearance to. the ¢ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     keeping with U.P.E.1.’s historic 
     
     campus. 
     
     All that remains to be done to 
     
    
   
   
    
     sections needed by the first ye 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     class is equipment installation and 
     
    

    
     ng. Additions for 
     
    

    
     her classes ntinue to be 
     
     made until 1989. 
     
    

    
     As students, faculty and 
     
    
   
   
    
     animals take their places, Canada 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     and the Atlantic provine 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     take pride in having a fi 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     institution. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
    
   
   
    
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