I, I think, I mean, infectious diseases is a particular interest of mine, more from the standpoint of wildlife and things we call emerging infectious diseases. A great example of an emerging infectious disease that’s in the news on a pretty regular basis is highly pathogenic avian influenza. This is… Read More
What importance should a veterinarian put on infectious diseases and how they may affect the zoo population?… Read More
So infectious diseases is perhaps not as important as it used to be in terms of a direct threat, something that you had to treat on a regular basis. But in terms of being aware of it as an environmental threat and something that can move between people and animals… Read More
I think, and I’ll also speak here, one of the things that I’ve done with a ZA is I’ve been a part of and now an advisor to the A ZA safety committee since that committee was created. And animal escapes is a, a key part of that. The biggest… Read More
We, we don’t need to practice. We, we know how to load up a dart and, and shoot an animal with it. Problem is when, when you put an animal into a smaller enclosure or a bedroom size enclosure, they’re not very far away. They may be 10 feet away,… Read More
They’re, they’re really comparing apples and oranges. And so trying to get that message across that we need to, that veterinarians need to understand that they are two different circumstances. The animal’s behavior is completely, you know, an animal in a space. The animal in that’s, that’s in a space… Read More
What management lessons did you take away from ’em?… Read More
It went from, you know, the change was much more marked in that it went from, we didn’t have any involvement in it to very substantial integrations of veterinary components in all of the various research progre conservation research programs, programs that we’ve got going on, What should the veterinarian’s… Read More
Can you describe some of your experiences, both in Lincoln Park and Brookfield with major escapes?… Read More
I th the, the zoo’s conservation program, I mean, it’s been through a number of iterations as as directors have changed and as management has changed, there was a, we had a director of operations that said, you know, his definition was conservation was what went on outside the fence. Read More
Langan, are an integral part of the, the work that that Randy’s doing on the, on the dolphins. Dr. Atkisson, our director, brought programs, I mean, one of the things that was amazing that he as a, as a resident, he developed a program while he was at St. Louis… Read More
And, and that program has grown, expanded in terms of conservation, wildlife conservation. Read More
And, and they’re not having the veterinarians, you know, the clinical veterinarians aren’t responsible for managing staff and oversight. They have hospital managers. There’s actually programs that certify hospital managers. And so what if instead of hiring another veterinarian, we hired a qualified hospital manager and reduced all of those… Read More
How, how did you shape the zoo conservation programs as it relates to veterinary medicine?… Read More
I let them gather up and then every Friday I carve out some time, well, then you don’t get good results because animals deteriorate. And pathologists, our professional pathologists now think that something is really old if it’s been dead for 12 hours. And we used to let them wait… Read More
How would you describe your management style?… Read More
How do you think they describe your management style?… Read More
That’s a good question. I think, I think what I, what I tried to do was give folks freedom and direction and, you know, allowed in, you know, I have a particular interest in this species or that research. I think I tried to help facilitate that, not not necessarily… Read More
I mean, there’s a huge number and it’s, and it’s become, you know, Haley and I talked about this and said, you know, I’m not sure if we’ll ever get anybody to do echos on their gorillas. And thousands have done it. So, and, and putting that in the form… Read More
And she did that for over a year and now has finished that grant and is going into that specialty full-time. So, so the, the bottom line is we’ve, so I, I was involved in, in this process sort of from the beginning and, you know, now I’m, you know,… Read More