LSU Vet School Receives Major HSUS Grant
BATON ROUGE—The Humane Society of the United States donated $200,000 to the shelter medicine program at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. The LSU SVM's shelter medicine program gives veterinary students the opportunity to learn about medical care for dogs and cats in animal shelters and develop primary care and surgery skills while providing their services and expertise to animal shelters in south Louisiana.
With the $200,000 grant from The HSUS, the LSU SVM will extend its efforts to serve some of the shelters in areas outside of southern Louisiana, such as those in central and north Louisiana. The HSUS had previously given $600,000 to LSU SVM in support of the shelter medicine program, which currently serves animal shelters or animal control centers in the parishes of Ascension, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and West Baton Rouge
"The HSUS grant will extend the reach of our program and allow our students and faculty to engage with the community in service partnerships that will help make the shelters better, and most importantly help more homeless animals find good homes," said Joseph Taboada, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, associate dean for student and academic affairs at the LSU SVM. "We are certainly grateful for the tremendous support of The HSUS in helping us to establish this program and for its ongoing commitment to sustaining excellence in this important program."
The primary purpose of the grant is to provide veterinary students at LSU SVM surgical and hands-on experience while also contributing to the needs of animal control facilities and animal shelters in underserved communities in Louisiana. Emphasis of this service learning initiative will be on animal wellness, pet population dynamics, disaster medicine, animal behavior and animal welfare.
"Superior veterinary care at public and private community shelters in Louisiana, and better access to spaying and neutering services, are signature goals of The HSUS, and crucial elements of our broader initiative to improve the lives of dogs and cats in the state, and to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable pets," said Andrew Rowan, PhD, HSUS chief scientific officer. "A vibrant shelter medicine program at LSU SVM, one that extends itself to underserved communities, is essential to those goals, and one of the most fundamental contributions we could hope to make to animal welfare in Louisiana.
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Last week, LSU School of Veterinary Medicineâs (SVM) shelter medicine program received a $200,000 grant from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
Developed with funding provided by HSUS and American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery, the shelter medicine program was established in the wakes of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. To date, HSUS has contributed a total of $800,000.
âWe are certainly grateful for... HSUSâ [help in establishing] this program and its ongoing commitment to sustaining excellence,â says Joseph Taboada, DVM, the schoolâs associate dean for student and academic affairs.
The shelter medicine curriculum focuses on animal wellness, pet population dynamics, disaster medicine, animal behavior and welfare. But, perhaps, more importantly, the shelter medicine department has forged a symbiotic relationship between LSUâs academic animal science powerhouse and underserved rural shelters.
Each year, 75 third- and fourth-year vet students enroll in the Shelter Medicine and Population Control elective. Through a partnership with Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART), the students learn about the infrastructure and veterinary support necessary to respond to large-scale disasters. Students also enhance their communication skills by conducting seminars on animal health for shelter personnel and local high school students.
But mostly, the hands-on coursework involves driving the schoolâs mobile clinic outside the city limits to examine, diagnose, vaccinate, spay/neuter and treat homeless animals in remote municipal shelters.
The experience exposes students to diseases, advanced stages of illnesses or behaviors they might not encounter routinely in a private practice or academic setting. And, since many of the animals arrive as strays or doorstep drop-offs, students are forced to rely on their clinical skills for diagnosis rather than an ownerâs health history.
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