The big word of the month is a hard one to talk about. Euthanasia comes from Greek and means “good death”. I doubt any two people can agree on what exactly a good death is, yet it is a discussion we have to have in the Animal Department from time to time. When an animal is ill and our veterinarians have run out of treatment strategies we have to consider quality of life issues. Deciding when an animal is sufferingRead more
Posts tagged: #veterinarian
Red Wolf Surgery
Yesterday, our female red wolf, studbook # 1227, had surgery to remove a mass from her chest. I am sure Marilyn will be posting about it later. We took a video as well that we’ll get it up soon. For those who follow us and our animals closely, I wanted you to know this happened and that the wolf is doing well. In the photo, Katy is on the left, and Dr. Staab-Carter is on the right (wolf is inRead more
Spotlight: Kristie Mozzachio, DVM
To the right is our pig, Squealer, and Dr. Kristie Mozzachio. She is a pot bellied pig specialist, operating a mobile veterinary service that caters exclusively to pot-bellied pigs. This is a part-time gig for her. Currently, she works as a toxicologic pathologist. This means she spends most of her time looking through a microscope. She looks at slides of tissues from animals, trying to identify any abnormalities. Pigs are her passion though. She is the veterinary advisor for NAPPARead more
Farmyard Physicals
On Saturday Dr. Mozzachio and Dr. Cannedy came to the Museum for what we call the “farmyard physicals”. This happens every April and October. All the large mammals in the farmyard were checked out, given vaccines, had their hooves trimmed if needed, and their diets and enrichment were reviewed. Pig is hanging in a specially made pig-sling. Dr. Mozzachio, a pot-bellied pig specialist, took great care of him, cleaning around his eyes and giving him treats to keep him contentRead more
How Now Brown Trout?
As Sherry mentioned previously, we have been concerned about a growth on one of the trout living in Carolina Wildlife. She arranged for the trout to travel to the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State in Raleigh. It was a little strange wheeling a large cooler into the lobby of the small animal hospital where others were waiting with cats and dogs. I bet a lot of folks wondered what Katy and I had in there! The first stepRead more
Spotlight: Debbie Vanderford, DVM
Dr. Debbie Vanderford has been a veterinarian for the Museum for almost 11 years. You can’t really see her under the mask, but she’s getting urine from one of our red ruffed lemurs during its physcial last year. (That’s Katy with her but I’ll tell you more about her in next month’s Spotlight). When Dr. V. started with the Museum she was a veterinarian at a veterinary office in Durham. Then she began her own mobile veterinary practice. She didRead more