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This elective experience is an ambulatory equine practice, with in-depth exposure to dentistry, podiatry, and alternative medicine (equine veterinary spinal manipulation) as well as general practice. The practice sees a high volume of dentistry cases, many of which require periodontal/diastema treatments and/or dental endoscopy. The practice holds podiatry clinics at least once a month for problem cases along with a BWFA certified farrier, employing digital radiography before, during, and after trimming and shoeing. Equine Veterinary Spinal Manipulation ("chiropractic") is used along with traditional lameness modalities to treat performance horses. The practice also sees general cases in wellness, reproduction, lameness, etc.
Shadow Shelter staff and on-site RVT and oversee minor medication administration, behavioral assistance, etc.
To shadow a Board Certified Veterinary Behaviorist. They commonly treat:
Aggression
Cognitive Dysfunction (Dementia)
Leash Reactivity
Noise Phobia
Thunderstorm Phobia
Urine Marking
Separation Anxiety
Refractory Housetraining
Urination and Defecation outside of the litterbox
Feather damaging behavior
Compulsive behavior
Night Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety
Global Fears
Fly Snapping
Circling/Spinning
Exposure to daily dairy activities specifically related to rumination data collection/application and gaining experience with fresh and vitrified bovine embryo sorting and transfer.
We are a 4 doctor practice in a historical area. Your student will be working closely with Doctors learning all aspects of medicine and surgery at an integrational practice. This includes exams for wellness and sick patients with lab work and radiographs, surgery ( soft tissue), and dentals. Our alternative modalities include acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Western supplements and homeopathy.
physical exams
case workups
technicial skills
dentals/extractions
surgical techniques
Students will spend one on one time with supervising veterinarian in hospital during surgery as well as in hospital appointments. Mobile appointments also an option
Student will have an opportunity to assist with examinations and appointments including history taking, diagnostics and procedures (based on skill of student). A typical day will be spent seeing appointments and the occasional emergency. They will be shadowing the doctor in the exam rooms and performing physical exams. They will interpret diagnostic blood work and develop treatment plans with the doctor on duty. One day each week includes multiple surgeries ranging from spay/neuters to dentals and growth removals. Students will be assisting in dental and surgical procedures under doctor superision. Students will refine their skills in jugular blood draws and placement of IV catheters.
Students will gain hands on experience evaluating the health and welfare of multiple endangered species of prosimian primates (lemurs and lories) in a captive environment.
The veterinary student will spend ~ 1/3 of the rotation working closely with the clinical veterinary staff managing and working up cases and providing treatments to sick animals; ~ 1/3 of the rotation with the Curator, a DVM boarded in the American College of Animal Welfare, exploring welfare issues related to managing wildlife and primates in captivity, their use in research, and welfare issues associated with conservation; and the reaming 1/3 of the rotation working with the Center's Behavioral Manager who has a Masters in Animal Welfare Ethics and Law. The focus of this particular externship is to familiarize the students with animal welfare principles applicable to captive wildlife in zoos and in research settings.
The student will learn how housing, diet, social structure, husbandry, and health care impact exotic animal well-being. Experience performing assessments during major life events and at the end of life is incorporated into the externship to familiarize the student with different approaches to assessing welfare. As part of the rotation the student will spend time at Duke University's Office of Animal Welfare Assurance learning about institutional mechanisms for ensuring the health and welfare of animals in research settings, regulations pertaining to the use of animals in research, and compliance monitoring.
The student is expected to complete assigned reading and do a short project while on site.
Latrobe Animal Clinic is a 2 veterinarian small animal hospital. Students will have an oppertunity to assist with examinations and appointments including history taking, diagnostics and procedures (based on skill of student). A typical day inclues multiple surgeries in the morning ranging from spay/neuters to dentals, growth removals, exploratiories, C-sections and orthopedic surgeries. The afternoons will be spent seeing appointments and the occasional emergency.