Aguirre A A
Conservation Medicine Program, Wildlife Trust, 460 West 34th Street 17th Floor, New York 10001, New York, USA.
Rev Sci Tech. 2009 Aug;28(2):605-10. doi: 10.20506/rst.28.2.1901.
The current veterinary curriculum leaves graduates ill-equipped for careers in the field of zoological and wildlife medicine. Further postgraduate training is required to be an effective zoo or wildlife veterinarian. However, whether or not students choose to specialise in this field at a later date, the veterinary curriculum should cover several issues that are related to wildlife and zoo animals, including conservation biology, zoology, behaviour, physiology and conservation medicine. These subjects are essential, as we are preparing students to work in a world in which there is a global trade in wild animals, an increasing number of emerging infectious diseases and numerous environmental threats (habitat fragmentation, climate change) linked to anthropogenic change. Veterinary students should also be exposed to new opportunities to identify field and laboratory tools for the management and possible treatment of diseases in captive and wild populations and ecosystems using both in situ and ex situ approaches to conservation.
当前的兽医课程让毕业生在从事动物学和野生动物医学领域的职业时准备不足。要成为一名有效的动物园或野生动物兽医，还需要进一步的研究生培训。然而，无论学生日后是否选择在该领域进行专业化学习，兽医课程都应涵盖与野生动物和动物园动物相关的几个问题，包括保护生物学、动物学、行为学、生理学和保护医学。这些学科至关重要，因为我们正在培养学生，使其能够在一个存在野生动物全球贸易、越来越多的新发传染病以及与人为变化相关的众多环境威胁（栖息地破碎化、气候变化）的世界中工作。兽医专业的学生还应接触到新的机会，以识别用于管理和可能治疗圈养及野生种群与生态系统疾病的野外和实验室工具，同时采用就地和迁地保护方法。
