"Student Vets Sharing a Global Vision "

Global Vets is an official program of the International Veterinary Medicine Club at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Since 1998 this program has been offering student veterinarians a unique opportunity to investigate animal health care in developing countries.
Global Vets was formed to promote international collaboration on animal health and welfare, agricultural development and ecosystem health. The program strives to enhance working relationships and the exchange of ideas between Canadian veterinarians and their colleagues in developing regions of the world.

For more information about the Global Vets program, this year's generous sponsors and how you can support our veterinary activities, please visit our official website at http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/Associations/globalvets/2008/index.html

This year, Global Vets is sending 4 teams to developing nations in Central America, East Africa, South Africa and Southeast Asia.


Team Central America (Vlad Stefanescu, Adriana Pastor & Megan Noyes) will be involved in an array of projects focused on: educational programs aimed at sustainable agricultural practices, local spay-neuter programs, wildlife rehabilitation and conservation initiatives, and public health.


Team East Africa (Lindsay Davis & Kristy DesRoche) will do work with small animal spay/neuter clinics, a sustainable swine project, assist the Massai Steppe tribes people with cattle care, and volunteer with local wildlife veterinarians in the national parks throughout the region.


Team South Africa (Sherry Ekstrom, Taryn Ellis, Sean Colyer & Ann Nguyen) will work with domestic small animal welfare clinics in impoverished areas, food production animals in rural areas and aid in a variety of projects involving wildlife in national parks, private reserves, zoos and rehabilitation centres.


Team Southeast Asia (Zee Leung, Tiffany Marchildon & Melanie Youngs) will examine the husbandry of working elephants in Thailand, how avian influenza is being dealt with on the front-lines in Indonesia & the welfare status of local stray dogs and cats in Thailand.

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