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Erica Jackson with a sign that reads Paul Harter Veterinary Medical Center San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Zoological Medicine The Student Experience
Externship
Veterinary Externship
San Diego Wildlife Alliance
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
San Diego Zoo
Wildlife Care
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health
Wildlife and Zoological Medicine
Zoological Health
Zoological Medicine
Veterinarian
Wildlife Veterinarian
Career
Career Pathway
Giraffe
Giraffes
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Zoo Animal Care
Black Rhino
Fieldwork
Nilgai
Six Flags Great Adventure Wild Safari

A Remarkable Clinical Externship at San Diego Zoo Safari Park: Where All Life Thrives

August 05, 2025
During the winter of 2025, I had the pleasure of completing a six-week clinical externship at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, California. The Safari Park is an 1,800-acre facility, home to more than 3,000 animals representing over 300 species....
Biological check station for chronic wasting disease
The Student Experience
Chronic Wasting Disease
Disease Surveillance
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Support Fund
Student Support
Cornell Wildlife Health Center Student Support Fund
Wildlife
Wildlife Veterinarian
Wildlife Population Health
Free-ranging Wildlife Disease
One Health
Career Pathway
Nevada Department of Wildlife
Nevada
Bighorn Sheep
Elk
Bear Release
Fieldwork
Spruce Grouse
Mycoplasma
Mule Deer

Deer Brains and Duck Botulism: A Month with Nevada’s State Wildlife Veterinarian

March 03, 2025
After reading the alumni spotlight on Nate LaHue, DVM ‘13, during my second year of veterinary school, I knew I wanted to explore wildlife work in a government agency and decided to reach out....