Schubot Center participation in the ZEW wet Labs 2024
The Schubot Center was a financial sponsor of the 10th Annual Zoo, Exotics, and Wildlife Wet Lab at Texas A&M that took place on February 17th and 18th, 2024.
This event provides a valuable opportunity for vet students interested in zoological, exotic and wildlife veterinary medicine to have some hands-on experience learning essential skills and practice techniques necessary for exotic animal practices.
As in previous years, the Avian Handling and Sampling section of the event was held in the Schubot Aviary. Dr. Sharman Hoppes described and demonstrated how to perform a physical examination and some common sampling methods for avian species. With the assistance of Dr. Nin Yeh and Dr. Sydney Jones from the Texas Avian and Exotic Hospital, the students practiced bird proper restraint, weighting, and venipuncture on the Schubot cockatiels collection. Schubot Director Sarah Hamer and member Meredith Anderson also led a field lab to capture and sample wild mammals and birds. The mist netting was productive with 8 wild birds safely sampled, banded, and released during the 2 hour field lab.
The Schubot Center is proud to participate in the ZEW labs and to make its collections of aviary birds and expertise in wild bird sampling available to students for the benefit of education.
