Massey University Wildlife Ward
The Wildlife Ward at Massey University's Veterinary Teaching
Hospital is a hospital for sick and injured native New Zealand
wildlife.
The University pays our salaries but the cost of treating the
animals has to be covered by donations from the public.
The permanent team in the Wildlife Ward includes Drs Brett
Gartrell and Kerri Morgan, both of whom are veterinarians with
substantial experience in avian, reptile and wildlife care.
Bridey White, Nicky Denning and Pauline Conayne are our wildlife
technicians and are experts in the nursing, husbandry and
rehabilitation of native wildlife.
We also have four veterinarians training in Zoo Animal and Wildlife
Health over three years of full-time study at Massey University and
Wellington Zoo with intensive training in avian medicine and
surgery, zoo medicine, wildlife pathology and wildlife
research.
Our current residents are Lisa Argilla, Janelle Ward, Micah Jensen
and Baukje Lenting.
Teaching
The Wildlife Ward offers a unique practical learning experience to
undergraduate veterinarians, veterinary technicians and
postgraduate students in the captive management of wildlife.
Students are taught how to care for and safely handle wild New
Zealand animals and are introduced to the principles and
application of avian and reptile medicine and surgery. For most
students this is their first meeting with some of New Zealand's
most iconic animals.
Our goal in training these students is to increase the network of
wildlife expertise in the New Zealand veterinary community. A
limited number of places are also offered to overseas veterinary
students.
As part of their rotation, veterinary students are encouraged to
write up a clinical wildlife case, and the best of these are
published on our website.
http://wildlife.massey.ac.nz/clinic/case_index.asp
