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A variety of opportunities are available to
support the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinics. From
equipment needs to program enhancements, your gift can help us
educate future veterinarians and provide the
finest in patient care.
Companion Animal Fund
Your contribution to the Companion Animal Fund will help generate
the knowledge needed to eliminate, prevent,
or control serious disorders which threaten the lives of our pets. It
will help to improve facilities and
equipment that provide the best of care for companion animals, and it
will help train future veterinarians in the
most up-to-date methods of companion animal care.
Pet memorial donations, either from individuals or from veterinarians
in memory of their clients' pets, are used
to the Companion Animal Fund. Veterinarians may use the
Veterinarian
Multiple Gift Form for this purpose. Also, see the Serenity
Garden
Tweaky Fund
The
Tweaky Fund was established to provide veterinary
services for pets of people who are unable to afford
critical veterinary care. The fund helps with
medicines, supplies, surgical procedures and other
expenses incurred in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital
and Clinics for serious and catastrophic cases. To
qualify for the fund, the case cannot be a referral,
and the pet’s prognosis must be good to excellent.
Owners must show evidence of the pet’s prior general
health care (e.g., vaccinations, heartworm prevention,
etc.). Clients must pay a minimum of $100 towards
care. After examination, the clinician assigned to the
case will write a letter of merit to the Tweaky Fund
Committee, and the owner must complete a request form.
Funds are distributed on a case-by-case basis.
Cancer
Treatment Unit/ Radiation Therapy Facility
Your contribution to the Veterinary Cancer Unit Fund supports the
Cancer Treatment Unit, which opened in
January 2003 with the installation of the linear accelerator to
provide radiation therapy to cancer patients. Also
included in the Unit are a chemotherapy suite and a radioactive
iodine room. The CT scan came on-line in
October 2003 to support the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
patients. Your gift to the Cancer Treatment Unit
will support the finest veterinary cancer facility in the
South.
Equine Health Studies
Program
A gift to the Equine Health Studies Program supports teaching,
research and service in equine studies at the
School of Veterinary Medicine. The EHSP is the region's
premier equine biomedical center providing the state-of-the-art
research of equine diseases, the latest instruction of students and
veterinarians, and enhanced continuing
education of the horse-owning public and private equine practitioners.
With your support the EHSP can provide
better diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities
to critically ill and injured horses and better clinical
service to horsemen in Louisiana and the surrounding region.
Veterinary Clinical
Science Research Fund
Your donation can be used to support the research of veterinary
clinicians and scientists in various specialties of
clinical internal medicine and surgery, including
anesthesiology, cardiology, clinical pathology, dermatology,
oncology, ophthalmology, radiology, reproduction, and
zoological medicine.
Wildlife Hospital of
Louisiana
Your gift can support the operations of the Wildlife Hospital of
Louisiana, which cares for more than 1,600 wild
mammals, birds, and reptiles annually, with an
anticipated 15% increase in case load each year. The Wildlife
Hospital of Louisiana is supported solely through private
contributions without state or university
financial assistance. The average cost to
rehabilitate an injured wildlife patient is $50. No fee is charged to
receive these animals; therefore, your
contribution enables us to provide the best treatment of
the wildlife in our care.
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