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Temporary Veterinary Technician - Potter Park Zoo
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- Under the direct and indirect supervision of the Veterinarian, the veterinary technician performs a variety of specialized duties involved in the medical management of the animal collection, daily clinical operations and maintenance of the hospital facilities, equipment and records.
- General functions of the position include: to provide advanced clinical support to the Veterinarian in the delivery of health care to a wide variety of exotic and non-exotic animals; perform clinical laboratory testing, overs proper care, organization to sick or traumatized animals.
- Assist veterinarian in all aspects of zoo medical procedures, particularly routine physical examinations, immobilizations, anesthesia, radiology, treatment, dentistry, preventive medicine, and surgery.
- Assist veterinarian with necropsy and pathology procedures; perform some necropsies and diagnostic sampling independently.
- Collect and process lab specimens from a wide variety of zoo animals; run complete highly specialized analysis of samples to include but not limited to; parasite checks, cytology, urinalysis, fungal cultures, manual hematology counts on mammals, avian, reptiles and amphibian patients; distribute samples to proper clinical pathology laboratories following appropriate regulations for shipping biological samples; communicate technically with lab specialists based on veterinarian's needs.
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