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Nearly 70 veterinary students, veterinarians, and first responders learned how to help animals affected by disasters like floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires at the Animals in Disasters Symposium: Veterinary Emergency Preparedness and Response held at the college in February.
Dr. Micky Trent, associate professor in the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, and Dr. Michelle Willette, assistant professor and staff veterinarian at The Raptor Center, joined a national group of presenters to review disaster response for small, large, and exotic animals. The meeting was hosted by the University of Minnesota Medical Reserve Corps and Minnesota Veterinary Reserve Corps in partnership with four student groups—the Student Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, Small Animal Medicine Club, Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and Zoological, Exotic, Avian, and Wildlife Club.