April 21, 2021
A dog receives an ultrasound inside the Intensive Care Unit at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. On average, the hospital sees 10-12 emergency cases daily, or about 4,000 to 5,000 per year.
By Josh Babcock, College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital is now the only veterinary teaching facility in the west and one of just a handful in the country to be certified as a Level I facility by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS).
According to the VECCS, a Level I emergency and critical care facility provides small animal emergency care to patients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and always has a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care employed full time and available for consultation on-site or by phone.
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Published April 4, 2021, 11:16 AM
When the entire K-9 unit assigned to the North and South Harbor in Manila fell ill one after another in 2003, officials of the Philippine Coast Guard had to scramble to find an answer as to what caused the disease that affected their operational capability in two of the country’s busiest ports.
They were told about Famela Aspuria, who was then a resident faculty of the University of the Philippines-Diliman Campus.
COAST GUARD’S VETERINARIAN Meet Captain Famela Aspuria, the Philippine Coast Guard’s first female veterinarian and commanding officer of the Coast Guard Veterinary Service. (Photo courtesy of Captain Famela Aspuria)