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
And, and that program has grown, expanded in terms of conservation, wildlife conservation. 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
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
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
But the second thing is they almost never get heart attacks. The, the, the same sort of myocardial infarct, the thing that, you know, is characterized as a heart attack in humans. They have other cardiovascular disease that are not unheard of, but less typical, more unusual in humans. And… Read More
It, it started a, a, a group looking at Gorilla Health and then one of the, one of the other veterinary advisors who was particularly interested in that topic, right from the get go, Dr. Haley Murphy, who’s currently the director at Detroit, Haley, put together a grant to look… Read More
Can you discuss your role with the Great eight Heart Project and how you became involved?… Read More
The Great Eight Heart Project, I, for me, it really started all the way back when I was at Lincoln Park and I was, I was named as the veterinary advisor to the Gorilla, SSP, I think as the first veterinary advisor. And we’ve had some, some other associates, other… Read More
I, I think a, a very supportive environment in terms of being, I mean there, there’s a real cost in terms of resources involved in supporting a veterinary program at this level, whether it’s adding the zoo pathology program, adding veterinary staff, upgrading equipment as new thing, all the things… Read More
I have not published nearly as extensively as a lot of my colleagues have been accused of having an ink allergy. But, but I’ve, I, I hope I have contributed to the field, you know, particularly in areas of research, some of the unusual cases, things like the gorilla that… Read More
Based on your many years at Brookfield, what impact on the field of zoological medicine did working at Brookfield provide you?… Read More
And, and that’s just, that’s been going on for a couple of years now. The, the grant was a collaboration among a number of institutions. Everybody has pooled their normal exams, hired a database manager to, to essentially oversee the whole operation. And it’s probably sometime early next year it… Read More