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Program Information and Forms

Participating Schools


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Calendar of Events, Past & Present

Date School Event Host
January 10, 2012 Oklahoma State University

Sía, the Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative

January 7-8, 2012 University of Tennessee

Tonya Clauss, chief clinical veterinarian of the Georgia Aquarium

November 11, 2011 Texas A&M University

Dr. Tim Tristan

April 30, 2011 University of California at Davis

Dr. Katrina Ramsell

April 4, 2011 Kansas State University

Dr. Bob Dahlhausen

March 25, 2011 Texas A&M University

Dr. Natalie Antinoff

February 25, 2011 Western University of Health Sciences

Mark Edwards, Ph.D.

February 22, 2011 Oklahoma State University

Dr. Kay Backues, Tulsa Zoo

February 19, 2011 Tufts University

Susan Friedman, Ph. D.

February 9, 2011 University of Georgia

Dr. LoraKim Joyner

September 29, 2010 Tuskegee University

Dr. Tarah Hadley

March 16, 2010 University of Georgia

Dr. Michael P. Jones

March 30, 2010 University of Illinois

Ellen Dierenfeld, Ph.D.

April 8, 2010 Cornell University

Dr. Florina Tseng

April 9, 2010 Western University

Dr. Brian Speer

April 25, 2010 University of California at Davis

Dr. Geoff Pye

January 8, 2010 University of Tennessee

Dr. Susan Mikota,
The Elephant Sanctuary

October 13, 2009 Oklahoma State University

Dr. M. Scott Echols

April 21-22, 2009 Tufts University

Dawn Kelly,
Master Falconer

April 20, 2009 University of Tennessee Dr. Lynne Seibert
April 20, 2009 University of Illinois Dr. Kathryn Gamble, Lincoln Park Zoo
March 30, 2009 Texas A&M Dr. Shannon Ferrell,
Dallas Zoo
December 2, 2008 Cornell University Ellen Dierenfeld Ph.D.
September 25, 2008 University of Georgia

Dr. Teresa Lightfoot, Florida Veterinary Specialists

September 17, 2008 University of Florida

Dr. April Romagnano

September 2, 2008 Kansas State Dr. R. Avery Bennett, University of Illinois
April 17, 2008 Texas A&M University Dr. Marla Lichtenberger, Dipl. ACVECC
November 26, 2007 University of Tennessee

American Eagle Foundation


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Student Photo Album

Fig 1

Dr. Marla Lichtenberger (first row, second from the right) with Dr. Sharman Hoppes (center) and Texas A&M veterinary medical students.

Fig 2

Dr. Shannon Ferrell of the Dallas Zoo (center) visits Texas A&M University. Shown here with Lafeber Company student representatives, Dana Nelson (left) and Jesse Bullock (right).

Fig 3

Dr. Kathyrn Gamble of Lincoln Park Zoo visits the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

Fig 4

Dr. Lynne Seibert, board-certified veterinary behaviorist, presents “Common Behavior Problems of Psittacine Birds” to the veterinary medical students at the University of Tennessee.

Fig 5

Dr. Lynne Seibert visits the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.

Fig 5

Master falconer, Dawn Kelly, speaks with students from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Fig 5

Students from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University viewed a demonstration led by master falconer, Dawn Kelly.

Fig 5

Dr. Michael P. Jones from the University of Tennessee presents Raptor Biomedicine to students at the University of Georgia at Athens.

Fig 5

Dr. Jones discussed infectious diseases in raptors such as herpesvirus and poxvirus.

Fig 6

Dr. LoraKim Joyner (center) visits the University of Florida. Shown here with Lafeber Company student representatives, Elijah Rooney (left) and Santiago Diaz (right).

Fig 7

Dr. Florina Tseng (second from left) visits Cornell University. Also shown, student representative, Shannon Marie Vicario (far left), Dr. Jamie Morrisey, and Dr. Ricardo de Matos (far right).

Fig 8

Dr. Geoff Pye spoke at the University of California at Davis Avian and Exotics Symposium. Shown here with student representative, Kelly Lin.

Fig 9

Dr. Brian Speer, shown here with spouse, visited Western University of Health Sciences.

Fig 10

Dr. Tarah Hadley visited Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Fig 11

Dr. Kenneth Welle talks to a full house at the University of Illinois.

Dr. Bob Dahlhausen talks about PDD and Avian Borna Virus at Kansas State University.

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Dr. Tim Tristan visits Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Dr. Tristan (right) and TAMU student representative, Kelsey Daugette..

Lafeber Company was a sponsor of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine Exotics Symposium 2012.

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Dr. Clauss presented talks on marine mammal and elasmobranch medicine. She also led a teleost diagnostic techniques laboratory (shown here).

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Kwihnia makwetsoi okweetunia or Troy, co-founder and co-director of Sia, the Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative, discusses the use of cultural beliefs in conservation as well as their artificial insemination program in birds of prey.

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Contact Us

Christal Pollock, Lafeber Company Veterinary Consultant
Email: LafeberStudents@mac.com

Lafeber Company
24981 N 1400 East Road
Cornell, Illinois 61319
Phone: 815-358-2301
Toll Free: 1-800-842-6445
Email: info1@Lafebercares.com

 

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