STUDENT CHAPTER PROGRESS REPORT
Chapter Name: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Student Chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association Established in (if known): Re-established in 2016
Faculty Advisor: Name: Michael Ziccardi, DVM, Ph.D., MPVM Email: [email protected]
Presidents (3): Name: Kailyn (EB) McKibben Email: [email protected]
Name: Denver Coleman Email address: [email protected]; [email protected]
Name: Rebecca Radisic Email address: [email protected]
WDA Student Chapter Liason Name: Kyla Walter Email: [email protected]
Number of chapter members: 98
Number of chapter members that are WDA members: 4
Please list and describe in detail the activities of this student chapter over the past year. Photos are welcomed and encouraged. Include specifically how this chapter worked towards the WDA Student Chapter objectives:
1. Educate students about career opportunities, job qualifications and education, externships, volunteer, and research opportunities in wildlife health fields. 2. Enhance skills of students through lectures, workshops, conferences, field trips. 3. Connect students to mentors in WDA and wildlife health professions through the faculty advisor and guest lecturers.
1. Educate Students April 9th – 10th, 2016: Wildlife and Exotic Animal Symposium October 14th, 2016: Student Wildlife Research Presentations October 15th, 2016: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Field Trip October 27th, 2016: Wildlife Mating Stategies – Lunch Talk – Dr. Alan Conley October 29th, 2016: California Academy of Science Field Trip November 5th, 2016: Sacramento Zoo Field Trip November 7th, 2016: Managing Medical Care in a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center – Lunch Talk - Dr. Guthrum Purdin November 15th, 2016: Joint lunch talk with Student’s for One Health Club on West Nile Virus November 19th, 2016: San Francisco Zoo Field Trip December 3rd, 2016: Safari West Field Trip December 5th, 2016: Oiled Wildlife Care Network – Lunch Talk – Dr. Mike Ziccardi December 7th, 2016: Being a Successful Aquarium Veterinarian – Lunch Talk – Dr. Freedland Dunker February 2nd, 2017: Monterey Bay Aquarium Field Trip February 28th, 2017: Being a Successful Aquarium Veterinarian Part 2 – Lunch Talk – Dr. Freedland Dunker March 3rd, 2017: How Veterinarians Can Make a Difference in Conservation: Examples from the Salish Sea – Lunch Talk - Dr. Joe Gaydos March 3rd – 4th, 2017: Wildlife and Exotic Animal Symposium March 14th, 2017: Assisted Reproduction Techniques of Clouded Leopard – Lunch Talk – Dr. Pierre Comizzoli April 8th, 2017 Oakland Zoo Field Trip April 25th, 2017: What a Fish Knows – Lunch Talk – Dr. Jonathan Balcomb May 2nd, 2017: Climate Change – One Veterinarian’s Perspective – Lunch Talk - Dr. Mader 2. Enhance Student Skills October – December, 2016: Raptor Handling wetlabs at the California Raptor Center November 3rd, 2016: Darting wetlab November 2nd, 2016: Fish Necropsy wetlab Decembr 3rd – 4th, 2016: Camera Trapping wetlab with Dr. Jim Clark December 3rd, 2016: Avian Physical Exam wetlab at the Oiled Wildlife Care Network January – March, 2017: Raptor Handling wetlabs at the California Raptor Center March 31st, 2017: Marine Mammal Necropsy wetlab at The Marine Mammal Center April 30th, 2017: Darting wetlab with Dr. Mike Ziccardi
3. Encourage Networking Opportunities April 9th – 10th, 2016: Wildlife and Exotic Animal Symposium October 15th, 2016: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Field Trip October 29th, 2016: California Academy of Science Field Trip November 5th, 2016: Sacramento Zoo Field Trip November 19th, 2016: San Francisco Zoo Field Trip December 3rd, 2016: Safari West Field Trip February 2nd, 2017: Monterey Bay Aquarium Field Trip March 3rd-4th, 2017: Wildlife and Exotic Animal Symposium April 8th, 2017 Oakland Zoo Field Trip