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Dr. Charles Kanitz retires
After 32 years as head of ADDL's virology and serology areas Charles Kanitz retired at the end of June 2002. Before he retired, Kanitz was awarded the prestigious Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit honoring his lifetime contributions to the fi eld of veterinary virology.
Dr. Kanitz began his work in virology in graduate school studying swine diseases, and completed a doctorate at Purdue in veterinary virology. Throughout his career, Dr. Kanitz focused on swine diseases and their prevention. He was an integral part of the Pseudorabies eradication program and developed a method to inhibit the virus from producing antibodies against treatment by glycoproteins. This was the fi rst animal disease controlled and eliminated using a gene deletion vaccine.
Dr. Kanitz worked with other animals as well. The Indianapolis Zoo enlisted his expertise to analyze the cause of the fetal death of a wallaby. He concluded that a virus, related to human HIV, was the cause of death. Dr. Kanitz discovered this by growing cell cultures and developing immunofl uorescent tests for antibodies on the fetus' cells. Dr. Kanitz is spending his retirement enjoying time with his grandson and woodworking.
Dr. Kounev
The USDA recognized Zheko Kounev, ADDL poultry diagnostician and food safety specialist (right), for his participation on the National Poultry Improvement Plan General Conference Committee. USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Services Bill Hawks presented the plaque at the NPIP national meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in May, 2002. |
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