<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of KHQ at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/24484421/look-grizzly-bear-undergoes-mri-at-wsu-college-of-veterinary-medicine-teaching-hospital?clienttype=generic&mobilecgbypass">http://www.khq.com/story/24484421/look-grizzly-bear-undergoes-mri-at-wsu-college-of-veterinary-medicine-teaching-hospital?clienttype=generic&mobilecgbypass</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">-----------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><h3 class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; clear: both; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">Grizzly Bear Undergoes MRI At WSU College Of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital</h3></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">PULLMAN, Wash. - Thursday, WSU veterinary medicine students got to watch "Lucy," a 3-year-old grizzly bear get an MRI. Lucy lives at "Grizzly Encounter," a grizzly bear rescue and education sanctuary in Bozeman, Montana. Lucy endured two grand mal seizures on January 9, 2014 and since then has become more lethargic in her movements but also more aggressive toward her keepers.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><br>She was admitted to the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital in the Neurology Service. That service is headed by Dr. Annie Chen-Allen and Lucy was under the care of Dr. Stephanie Thomovsky.<br><br>Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain was performed under anesthesia. It revealed multiple lesions in the brain of unknown origin. No biopsy was done. The owners have elected to treat Lucy for the most common forms of brain infections with antibiotics. Also, she will be dewormed as there are parasitic worms which can infect the brains of bears that occur naturally in their wild habitat.<br><br>Friday morning Lucy was feeling lethargic, not eating or drinking well and was in otherwise stable but guarded condition before being transported back to Montana. A Montana veterinarian will take over the care prescribed by Thomovsky.<br><br>While Lucy was not a WSU bear, WSU has the only grizzly bear colony for research purposes in the world. </span><br style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lucy, a 3-year-old Grizzly, undergoes MRI at WSU</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><img src="cid:7168DE65-5BD4-470F-8ABE-DE35D6ED1848" alt="3185736_G.jpg" id="7168DE65-5BD4-470F-8ABE-DE35D6ED1848" width="640" height="408"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">-----------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div></div></body></html>