Brochure: Giraffe Veterinary Care Workshop – Hosted by Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Course dates – 10th to 14th November 2024, 29.5 hours CE credits though ACZM
Topics to be covered, including practical components in the giraffe barn:
• Preventative medicine programs
• Training for Medical Behaviours and Building Effective Animal Health/ Animal Care relationships
• General giraffe medicine
• Lameness diagnosis and management, including radiography practical
• Hoof health, maintenance and common distortions, including hoof trim demonstration
• Birth Management Plan development
• Neonate management, including live plasma collection and processing
• Anesthesia, including stall design
• Emergency response and preparedness, including barn design assessment
• Giraffe diagnostic imaging, to include thermal imaging, ultrasound, and to include imaging demonstrations
• Regenerative medicine
• Giraffe nutrition overview
• Workshop will end with a wrap up discussion covering common questions reading giraffe veterinary
management
Subject Matter Expects
Dr. Priya Bapodra BVetMed MSc Dipl. ACZM FRCVS (Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
Shannon Borders (Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
Dr. Liza Dadone VMD (Giraffe Veterinary Services)
Steve Foxworth (Zoo Hoofstock Trim Program)
Dr. Eric Hostnik DVM MS DACVR DACVR-EDI (Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine)
Dr. Kim Thompson DVM MPVM Dipl. ACVPM Dipl. ACZM (Binder Park Zoo)
Dr. Valerie Johnson DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVECC (Michigan State University)
Dr. Jeffery Zuba DVM (In Case of Anaesthesia)
Registration cost of $700. To include ice breaker event, lunch/ snacks/ beverages during workshop, travel to and
from hotel accommodation
Please contact Shannon Borders (shannon.borders@columbuszoo.org) or Priya Bapodra
(priya.bapodra@columbuszoo.org) for additional workshop information, and Shannon to register for the workshop
Hotel details will be provided after registration is complete, but hotel rooms have been secured at $143/night
This workshop has been generously sponsored by Highpoint Haven, the Leiden Conservation Foundation, and Mazuri
Exotic Animal Nutrition.