The staff of the ISU Veterinarian would like to extend our sincere thanks to both the Veterinary Medical Alumni Association at Iowa State University and the E. T. Cedarleaf Family Trust for providing us with funding for the purchase of a new computer system for the publication of this journal. The staff members have been "making do" with an old Macintosh computer for several years, and it has been increasingly apparent that this system would no longer be adequate for publishing the journal. With the generous contributions of these two benefactors, the staff has been able to purchase a Macintosh PowerPC and laser printer.