«fc4DE \ PET HEAL'. BOWSER goes'.to ' college How Important are LaboratorjfJests ? VANISHING • SPECIES "1V3 'VU3AIU OOld 09906 eiujojjieo V9l ON HW«3d aivd 3ovisod sn pjeA9|nog peawasou 8C88 "QUO lldOUdNON uoijepunoj mieaH lewmv EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK NOTE: We are very sorry the first half of the article on the "Animal Health Foundation" was inadvertently omit­ ted in the July-August issue. It ap­ pears in this issue. Ed. People who are interested in a future professional life which is rewarding and profitable should look into the possibility of entering the "Para Veterinary Medical" profession. During the past two decades there has been a tremendous increase in the (SSSfljjfeiDE demands of Veterinary Medicine, and Official Journal of the Animal Health Foundation on animal care and hearth. the profession has been over-burdened trying to fill these demands with grad­ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1972 Volume 3 Number 5 uate veterinarians. Educational institutions cannot fill ARTICLES these vacancies due to a lack of monies and the faculty necessary to expand Animal Health Care, Norene Harris 6 and admit more veterinary students Health Of The Cat And Its Relationship To The Owner, each year. The educational committees Louis J. Camuti, D. V.S 8 of the state and national associations The Man By The Road, Lee A very 10 have been researching the possibilities It's A Dog's Life Underground,/oe A lex Morris, Jr. 12 of training and licensing persons in the Animals Of The World, L. M. Fitzgerald 13 field of Para Veterinary Medicine. Vixens, Viruses, And Vaccines, James R. Olson 14 Heretofore state laws have limited The Show Must Go On- And Does, Hilarie Edwards 16 the type of duties of lay assistants and The City Child And The Zoo, Ellsworth Boyd 18 most of the veterinary duties had to be In Search of the Grizzly and Other Vanishing Species, performed by a graduate and licensed Thomas Snortum, D. V.M. 20 veterinarian. With the modern animal Bowser Goes To College, Felicia Ames 22 hospitals and clinics organized as they How Important Are Laboratory Tests?,Brian H. Baker, MT 24 are, there is a feeling that many of Battle of the Cats, Ella Duncan 30 these procedures could be performed by a trained lay person if done under DEPARTMENTS the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. We have always had lay Pet Shopper 4 people to do the menial tasks in these What's New? 26 hospitals but most of the training has been on the job and very little formal education was obtained. William K. Riddell, D.V.M Editorial Director The demands at present are great Norene Harris Associate Editor for para medics and when, in the near Pamela Bradley Assistant future, standards are established, there Millwood A. Custer, D.V.M.. Small Animals Editor will be even greater demands over the Charles H. Reid, D.V.M Equine Editor nation for people to fill these newly Robert J. Schroeder, D.V.M Ecology & Public Health Editor formed vacancies. There are few Oscar W. Schalm. D.V.M Research Editor schools offering a formal course at this Wesley A. Young, D.V.M Exotic Animals Editor time as a format has not been finalized for licensing. The latter should be Bill Williams Art Director completed soon. If you are interested Laura Tracy Advertising Director in serving the profession, investigate your junior college, college, technical Address all advertising and editorial communications to ANIMAL CAVALCADE, 11926 schools, and correspondent schools Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90025. Area Code 213, 826-3647. All and educate yourself in the areas of editorial correspondence and manuscripts must be accompanied by a stamped self-ad­ Anatomy, Physiology, Bacteriology, dressed envelope. Zoology, Radiology, Animal Hygiene, Animal Husbandry, Office Procedures, Bookkeeping and any subject in the SUBSCRIPTIONS AND CHANGE OF ADDRESS field of animal science. 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