ANIMAL HEALTH & NUTRITION ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER Manages the medical care, preventive health and nutrition programs of the entire animal population. The Animal Health Center (AHC) staff’s goal is to improve animals’ lives by keeping them healthy and active. The focus is preventive medicine to avoid illness and ensure healthy habitats and environments. Many animals are housed throughout the year -- either in quarantine or for treatment As a renowned zoological medicine training hospital, AHC programs include a 1-month externship for fourth-year veterinary students and a 3-year Zoological Medicine Residency, which trains veterinarians in the zoo and exotic animal medicine field. Three clinical medicine residents rotate annually for training at MCZ, through the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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