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Aquatic Animal Health The Student Experience
College of Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife Veterinarian
Student Experience
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Experiential Learning
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Texas Parks and Wildlife
Alligators
Veterinary Career
Conservation Career
Veterinary Externship
Texas
Mule Deer
Aoudad
Mycoplasma
M. ovi
Bighorn Sheep
Habitat Loss
wildlife tracking
Native Wildlife
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Hunting
Policy
Public Policy
Pittman-Robertson Act
Habitat Restoration
Hunter Education
Hunters
Deer
CWD
Chronic Wasting Disease
Animal Disease
Cattle
Jake Holshuh
Student Learning
Student Support

Veterinary Conservation in Action: Experiential Learning With the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

November 24, 2025
Veterinary medicine offers a wide range of career paths and options, and one of the most interesting and often overlooked is that of a state wildlife veterinarian....
Hunting for invasive apple snails as part of removal efforts on the Salt River coordinated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Photo: Sathvik Nallagatla
Wildlife Pathology The Student Experience
Student American Veterinary Medical Association
Government
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Support
Student Support Fund
Cornell Wildlife Health Center Student Support Fund
Southwest Wildlife Center
Mexican Gray Wolf
Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Health Program
Prairie Dog
Apple Snail
Black-Footed Ferret
Sylvatic Plague
Capture Immobilization
National Wildlife Disease Database
CWD
Chronic Wasting Disease
White-Tailed Deer
Bighorn Sheep
Necropsy

Tales from the Desert: The Intersection of Veterinary Medicine and Government

December 04, 2024
Government isn’t the first place that most veterinary students would think of charting a career path, even those of us interested in wildlife. However, as I learned this past summer, government work can offer just as rich and diverse an experience as any zoo....