Thank you for agreeing to have your dog(s) x-rayed. Enclosed are a x-ray protocol, instructions on reimbursement, as well as a sheet for collecting weight data on your dog.
Also enclosed is an important set of figures demonstrating the positioning of the dog.
Before taking your dog(s) in for pictures please show your vet the protocol and discuss the sedation. We are requesting 5 pictures, for which we will reimburse up to an amount of $175. Since these moneys come out of research project funds, which are limited, any fee break your vet can give us will be appreciated. With 400-600 dogs it adds up!!!
Reimbursement
Please
have your veterinarian send an invoice for $175 (because there are five
pictures, not four) along with the 5 x-rays to:
| The Georgie
Project
University of Utah Department of Biology 257 South, 1400 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0840 |
For tax
purposes a check cannot be issued
without the veterinarians tax identification number, or if you have chosen to make a personal payment we will need your social security number. Please make certain this is included on the invoice. |
We will send a check within a week after receipt of the invoice.
Please also notify Karen Miller, Director of the Georgie Project, that you have completed the x-rays. This will make certain that films which have gone astray are immediately traced.
Some of you have indicated that you wished to subsidize this research by paying for the x-rays. For this, we are grateful. Should you choose to pay for the x-rays please have your veterinarian send us a bill for $175 and send us a check for $175.00 payable to: U. of U. PWD X-Ray Fund. We will then send you a letter stating that the x-ray expense is tax deductible. If you do this, please let Karen know, so that we do not get confused and process a double payment. Such errors are difficult to correct in the bureaucracy of a state university.
If
you have any questions please contact my secretary Deborah, or myself,
at:
Phone:
(801)585-3137
E-mail:
lark@bioscience.utah.edu
or deborahbroughton@bioscience.utah.edu
Thank
you,
Karl G. Lark
Distinguished
Professor
Department
of Biology
University
of Utah