ABVP Residency Program Guide

Addendum—Equipment and Facilities

Food Animal Practice

 

A. Physical Facility

1. The physical plant should support general food animal practice and herd health population medicine.

2. Examination areas and stall space must be adequate to accommodate the caseload including facilities for handling neonates.

3. Treatment areas must be adequate for restraint and safe management of all species of food animals. Areas for intensive care, special procedures, and isolation should be available.

 

B. Equipment

1. Ambulatory equipment must be available to provide good on-the-farm management of both individual animals and herd health problems.

2. Radiology and ultrasound must be available and adequate for the proper evaluation of food animal species.

3. Endoscopy equipment is recommended.

4. Necropsy equipment must be adequate to perform routine gross pathological examinations on the farm and in the hospital.

 

C. Staff

Professional and ancillary staff must be adequate to handle the caseload.

 

D. Diagnostic laboratories

Diagnostic laboratory equipment must be adequate to perform routine diagnostic and microbiologic tests appropriate for the caseload.

 

E. Records

A record keeping system must be in place to ensure adequate documentation and rapid retrieval of information about any animal or population of animals.