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Camelid Health Conference for Owners and Breeders
March 25, 2010
The Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital
Vet Students Pitch In
Vet check at the Mid America Alpaca Show was assisted by 22 Veterinary student volunteers from Kansas State! What a wondertful support of the alpaca industry. Pictured are several of these terrific students. Thanks Kansas State
Thank You Notes
The Foundation received the following hand written note:
“I am writing to let you know about my experience w/Dr. Pam Walker of Alpaca Jack’s Suri Farm. I had the opportunity to deliver a cria, and practice neonatal care. I also learned to place a jugular catheter, perform rectal ultrasounds for pregnancy and do a few necropsies.
I truly enjoyed the hands-on experience! It was a thrill to be able to do what I have learned! There is something about learning by doing that indelibly prints it on the heart and mind.
It has only further excited me to learn more about camelids. I am planning to attend a camelid conference for vets at Ohio State next year. I am looking forward to learning more about reproductive techniques.
Thank you for making this possible”
Laurel Tegland Tree
Laurel Tegland Tree is a second year vet student at Oklahoma State University. She is the recipient the Foundation’s Externship Fund, more about Laurel on the scholarship page.
You often wonder as a volunteer organization, are your efforts making a difference. I want to share two ‘Thank You “notes I received in the mail just the other day. I found large envelope in the mail box and when I opened it there where eighteen thank you notes inside from the vet students at the University of Missouri, plus one very special one!
To Mid America Alpaca Foundation
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the unwavering support that you all have shown to the University of Missouri and our students in particular. The money that you have donated and the spontaneous gifts have really paved the way for enhancing camelid medicine at MU. We have seen an increase in student interest and desire to work with camelids as well as increasing college wide support of these efforts. Thanks again for all of the support in general and for payment of the student registration to the Tibary lectures in particular.
Dust Nagy
A selected note from a student
Thank you very much for this opportunity! I was once determined to do only small animal, but exposure to the camelid world through my food animal clinical rotation has broadened my interest! Thank you for giving me the chance to participate in the MOPACA conference, it will allow me to be a more diverse mixed animal practitioner!
Thank all of you for your support
Pete Caffrey
President mid America Alpaca Foundation
You'll be glad to know that one of our teaching herd alpacas had a dystocia the other night and so the students got some hands-on with correcting the cria, getting it out and then caring for it for 2-3 days until it got going. In addition, the other researchers are getting some good data from these pregnancies and the cria.
Hope you all are enjoying our spring - finally!
Meredyth
Meredyth Jones DVM, MS, DACVIM-LA
Assistant Professor - Agricultural Practices
Kansas State University
College of Veterinary Medicine