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TECHNICAL SKILLS

Curriculum Vitae: CV

ANIMAL EXPERIENCES

EQUINES: HORSES AND DONKEYS

  • Foaling

  • Artificial insemination

  • Ground work

  • Lunging

  • Trail riding

  • Arena and field polo

  • Hoof trimming and shodding

  • Training with foals to green broken

  • Phlebotomy

  • Basic first aid and medication administration

LIVESTOCK: CATTLE, GOATS, SHEEP, PIGS

  • Castration

  • Milking

  • Bottle feed

  • Vaccine/medication administration

  • Phlebotomy

  • Head chute operation (manual and hydraulic)

  • Delivering infants

  • Removing piglet needle teeth

COMPANION ANIMALS: DOGS, CATS

  • Nutrition management

  • PO, IM, SQ, and IV medications and fluids administration

  • Grooming and nail clipping

  • Phlebotomy

  • NG tube, central line, chest tube, and EG tube placement

  • IV and IO catheter placement and maintenance

  • Emergency medicine and triage

  • CPR

  • Intubation and anesthesia monitoring

HERPS: SNAKES, LIZARDS, AMPHIBIANS, TURTLES

  • Relocation of venomous snakes via snake pole and bucket

  • Captive husbandry of non-venomous snakes

  • Administration of medical care

  • Incubation of horny toad, snake, and turtle eggs

  • Euthanization using appropriate methods

  • Pithing of euthanized turtles 

  • Chelonian shell repairs

  • Chelonian and squamate anesthesia 

AVIANS: SONGBIRDS, RAPTORS, WATERFOWL, SEABIRDS, SHOREBIRDS, GALLIFORMES

  • Non-surgical fracture stabilization

  • SQ fluid administration

  • Laceration repairs

  • IV and IO catheter placement and maintenance 

  • Administration of SQ, PO, IM, and IV medications

  • Handling of birds ranging from hummingbirds to adult bald eagles

  • Mist netting

  • Hand feeding, gavage feeding, and force feeding injured and sick individuals

  • Hard and soft release of rehabilitated animals

  • Permanent and temporary leg band application

  • Renesting of raptors when appropriate

AUSTRALASIAN MAMMALS: KANGAROO (RED/GRAY), NEW GUINEA SINGING DOGS,  MACAQUE SPP., SMALL CLAWED OTTER, TIGER

  • Dietary management for kangaroos to prevent progression of lumpy jaw

  • Behavioral and environmental enrichment for otters, kangaroos, and singing dogs

  • Captive husbandry for kangaroos, otters, and singing dogs

  • Husbandry recommendations/heath checks for captive tigers and macaques for USDA-permitted zoos

FISH

  • Sein netting

  • Backpack and boat based electrofishing

  • Rod and reel, bow, and fly fishing

  • Freshwater, saltwater, and brackish water aquarium maintenance

  • Anesthetic compounding, induction, and maintenance  

  • Pit tag administration and registration

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INVERTEBRATES

  • Tick flagging

  • CO2 traps

  • Order identification of insects using dichotomous keys

  • Identification of nematodes using morphologic and molecular data

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NECROPSIES (GROUPS EXAMINED)

  • ​Anurans 

  • Bovids

  • Canids

  • Caprids

  • Cervids

  • Cetaceans

  • Chelonians

  • Equids

  • Fish

  • Galliformes

  • Macropods

  • Ophidians

  • Psittacine 

  • Procyonids

  • Raptors

  • Rodents (including beaver)

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NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS: ARMADILLO, BAT SPP, BEAVER, BLACK BEAR, BOBCAT, COTTONTAIL, COUGAR, COYOTE, FOX (RED/GRAY/ARCTIC), JACKRABBIT, MICE SPP, MINK, MUSKRAT, RACCOON, RAT SPP, VIRGINIA OPOSSUM, RIVER OTTER, PORCUPINE, SKUNK, SQUIRREL (FOX/GRAY/FLYING), WHITE-TAILED DEER, WOLF

  • Hand-rear infants of all but black bear, cougar, and wolf

  • Captive husbandry of all but black bear, cougar, and wolf

  • Capture black bears using colvert traps and paw snares

  • Chemically immobilize various species using jab sticks and dart guns

  • Extract premolar from black bears

  • Hand capture and sedate fawns in captive enclosure

  • Draw blood from all represented species except bats

  • Restrain most representative species for physical examinations

  • Trap rodents in Sherman traps

  • Laceration repairs

  • Catheter placement and maintenance

  • Husbandry recommendations/heath checks for captive bobcats, cougars, procyonids, wolf, and fox spp for USDA-permitted zoos

AFRICAN MAMMALS: BAT-EARED FOX, CRESTED PORCUPINE,  DUIKER, FENNEC FOX, GIRAFFE, LEMUR SPP, LION, NYALA, RHINO, SABLE, SERVAL, WATERBUCK

  • Captive husbandry of porcupine, fox spp, and serval

  • Medical intervention for fennec foxes

  • Remote chemical immobilization and relocation of duiker, giraffe, nyala, rhino, and waterbuck

  • Boma capture and relocation of sable

  • Chemical immobilization, catheterization, collaring, and dehorning of rhino

  • Husbandry recommendations/heath checks for captive lions, lemurs, porcupine, and fox spp for USDA-permitted zoos

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RELEVENT SKILLS

Laboratory Skills

Prepare blood smears

Blood chemistry and complete blood count 

Perform fecal analyses

Perform urinalyses

DNA extraction

Prepare and run PCRs

Electrophoresis

Various bacterial culture methods

Antibiotic resistance testing 

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Clinical Experience

1000+ hours of avian anesthesia

1000+ hours of mammalian anesthesia

100+ hours of reptilian anesthesia

Intubation of avians, mammals, and herptiles

Fish anesthesia induction and maintenance

Avian, mammalian, and herptile laceration repairs

Avian and mammalian physical therapy

Avian, mammalian, and herptile wound maintenance 

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Vegetation Survey Method Experience

Crown densitometer

Frame quadrat

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Animal Capture and Survey Experience

Wire paw snares

Barrel traps

Culvert traps 

Boma traps

Helicopter darting 

Mammalian distance transects

Giving up density feeder traps

Ethogram development and utilization

Camera traps

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Relevant Technical Skills

Operate and maintain 4-wheel drive vehicles

Operate standard transmission vehicles

Tow and appropriately maneuver bumper-pull 

       and goose neck trailers

Operate and maintain tractors, ATVs, riding 

       lawn mowers, and motorbikes

Operate inboard and outboard motorboats

GPS and land navigation experience

 

Microscopic hair identification

Temporary helminth slide mounts

Microscopic helminth family identification

Perform cloacal swabs 

Applying leg bands on birds

Experience in various analysis software, such as Fiji ImageJ, Tracker, and R 

Experience in zoological software, such as ZIMS and WRMD

Experience in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud

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Chelonian shell repairs 

Ophthalmic exams of avians and mammals

IV, IP, IM, IC, subcarapacial, and SQ injections

IV and IO catheterization of avians and mammals

Blood collection from avians, mammals, and herptiles 

Euthanization via injectables, inhalants, and gunshot

Necropsies of avians, herptiles, herptiles, and fishes

Brain preparation for rabies testing

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Cover board 

Robel pole 

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Hair snares

Backpack electrofishing

Sein netting

Mist netting

Avian point counts

Roadside avian transects

Modified Bal Chatri traps

Tick flagging

Dry ice traps

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Operate and maintain chainsaws, weed whackers, and other 

      power tools

Build and repair chain link, straight/barbed wire, and 

      stockade fences

Moderate carpentry skills

Moderate electrical skills

Pool and pond maintenance 

Radio telemetry

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