no veterinarian full-time at Front Royal. I used to take care of NZP and Front Royal from National Zoo and take care of both collections with just an intern myself. And now there’s about five veterinarians covering that area with about a third of the animals there. So in 1994,… Read More
Were you able to do anything in this time that you thought was at least, “Hey, I got time to be significant in this area, didn’t ever have the time” or not?… Read More
I think it was in Africa part of that time. Okay. Read More
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a different position where I was kind of sidelined a bit through some of the, what I would call shenanigans that were being done and they didn’t know what to do with me and then I went to Front Royal right after that. Read More
Senior research veterinarian and clinical consultant, you did that ’93 to ’94, is that just a different title or is that a different position?… Read More
So this time as senior research veterinarian was, you weren’t doing day-to-day things?… Read More
Well, South Africa where I’ve done quite a bit of work, one of the true friends and colleagues that I have there was Lynn Coley, who is the zoo veterinarian at the Johannesburg Zoo, who actually got me started in Africa, and I met some unique people at Kruger National… Read More
When you’ve traveled internationally, what people have made an impression on you within the zoo field or the medical field that you’ve dealt with?… Read More
I mean they could be zoo-related or science-related, but are things that interest Mitch Bush. I was so totally committed and immersed for so many years in zoo medicine, that about my only external activity was contact sports of rugby and lacrosse, that were my … And of course, you… Read More
Well it could be anybody. And they don’t have to be veterinarians. Oh my gosh. maybe some that jump to mind that maybe, you know, helped you in a unique way or made an impression on you in a wacky way or … But just maybe some of the people… Read More
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Aside from being a veterinarian, and being immersed in that, do you have any favorite subjects?… Read More
Nobody gave me any. That was some of the early research, probably the present animal welfare committees would’ve frowned on. Like for instance, I had a question, I was repairing bird fractures is when the bird broke a bone, and the way I was trained at Angel, and the way… Read More
Now at the National Zoo, and also in your travels nationally, internationally, you’ve probably met some memorable characters that have either — or including you?… Read More
So that was a way of actually having a problem, figuring out a way to do it using the pathology, radiology and everything to formulate and apply that what you learned almost immediately, and that’s what I like to use the term applied clinical research. And I’ve used that approach… Read More
During your time as the Head of veterinary services at National Zoo, do you believe, was there a balance between health, husbandry research achieved?… Read More
I think marine mammals are basically covered under wall, you know, we’ve had to group, you know, because we’re … I should be able to answer that question better, but … They’re probably under, I’m not sure, I would not be sure if I gave you the answer on that,… Read More
Yes, I think so. I think so. I didn’t have much problems implementing what I thought were health programs, or if I felt an animal needed to be anesthetized or looked at, as we talked about in proactive things, I didn’t have anybody telling me, “No, you’re not gonna anesthetize… Read More
In the various — It’s just like, you know, there’s board specialty in cardiology surgery, neurology, there’s board specialty in zoo and wildlife, and there’s subsections of that for like wildlife, aquatic fish, and …. Oh my gosh, I think we’ve got reptiles now. Read More