Coordinating robust and unified efforts to provide veterinary support to domestic animals and livestock during disasters in California
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Born of dedicated lawmakers, concerned disaster responders, and a passionate, caring public, the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) provides veterinary support to animals in disasters wherever they strike in the state of California. The program, administered by the UC Davis One Health Institute (OHI) within the School of Veterinary Medicine, supports and trains a network of government agencies, individuals, and organizations to aid domestic animals and livestock during emergencies.
🚨 WE'RE HIRING! Join our team as a CVET Responder Specialist and play a crucial role in disaster response!
This position involves coordinating responders, managing supplies, supporting CVET training sessions as well as responder recruitment and outreach events, and much more. If you're passionate about making a difference and have a knack for organization, we want to hear from you.
Apply by September 19: cvet.vetmed.ucdavis.edu
In case you missed it: CVET's response was featured on CBS13 CBS Sacramento!
As multiple wildfires burn across the state, one group of veterinarians stands ready to step in when animals are injured on the fire lines.
Born of lawmakers, disaster responders, and a passionate, caring public, the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine helps rescue animals when disasters strike.
CVET concluded its response to the Park Fire on August 7, 2024. Over the course of two weeks, more than 50 veterinary professionals helped with CVET’s response. These vets, vet techs, vet assistants, and students logged nearly 2,000 volunteer hours helping animals (and their humans) in crisis. Truly inspiring work by an amazing team.
Get to know some of our dedicated CVET personnel in this video, and learn how they prepare, deploy, and respond to disasters in California. Read more about UC Davis' response to the Park Fire at https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/park-fire-response
Dog on the job! CVET responders had the pleasure of meeting Sacramento Fire Department's Captain Richard Alamo and Peer Support Canine Ember! Ember has had over 1,000 contacts here in Butte County, providing comfort and peer support to firefighters as they return from shifts fighting the .
update: As of this afternoon, 49 small animals have been assessed by CVET veterinary responders, with 20 receiving veterinary treatment (including 4 currently undergoing burn treatment). 26 large animals have been assessed with 18 treated.
Happy Friday! CVET continues to coordinate and provide veterinary care for domestic pets and livestock impacted by . With animals coming in daily, from burn victims to animals displaced from their homes due to unsafe conditions, all animals brought to our large and small animal shelters are under expert care from CVET’s trained veterinary responders.
North Valley Animal Disaster Group ASPCA California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CAVMRC)
Looking for a pet you lost in the ? Check out the Park Fire Lost Pets Website at https://24petconnect.com/event/parkfire
A picture of every lost domestic animal in the emergency animal shelter is posted on this site.
The devastation from the is dramatic and extensive. NVADG will be feeding and watering hundreds of animals in the burn zone for several weeks. We want to thank everyone from all over the world that has supported our efforts to help the animals during this terrible disaster.
Through our partnership with California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CAVMRC), we are able to provide additional veterinary care and support for domestic pets and livestock impacted by .
update: CVET veterinary professionals are working around the clock at our two primary care facilities – one for small animals (dogs, cats, and exotics) at Del Oro shelter and one for large animals (equines, large and small ruminants, and swine) at Camelot Equestrian Park.
To date, 31 small animals have been assessed by CVET veterinary professionals, with 17 being treated. Similarly, 24 large animals have been assessed and 14 treated.
As part of the response, CVET is working closely with Butte County, California Animal Services, North Valley Animal Disaster Group (NVADG), California Animal Welfare Association (CalAnimals), and the ASPCA.
Additionally, we are fortunate to have been joined by trained CVET responders from CalCARTs, NapaCARTs, Sacramento Zoo, and UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
CVET has been deployed in response to the since Thursday July 25. Since the fire started, Butte County and animal volunteers have cared for 164 large and small animals in designated disaster animal shelters.
Our team has provided veterinary services at both the small and large animal shelters and operationally has run over 50 veterinary requests, as well as deployed two veterinary trailers that are serving as clinical spaces at the small and large shelters.
Huge thanks to our first wave of CVET responders who answered the call for veterinary aid in the response.
So far, CVET responders have come from Sacramento Zoo and UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine 💛
CVET staff are currently assisting with the care of animals impacted by Park Fire in Butte County.
Photo credits: (1) CVET, (2) North Valley Animal Disaster Group
CVET has been activated for a response to the Park Fire incident near Chico, CA. We will be assessing the animal shelter veterinary needs and more details will be shared as they develop.
cvet.vetmed.ucdavis.edu
What's in your bag? This National Pet Fire Safety Day we wanted to share some tips for what to pack in your emergency go bag for your pets...including your horses!
Special thanks to Northern California Association of Equine Practitioners for the horse list!
Don't forget to stop by our booth in the exhibit hall! Our management team is there to answer all of your questions about CVET and how you can get involved 🤝
We had a great time giving THREE talks in the One Health track for day 1 of ! Looking forward to checking out the other talks over the next 3 days 🐾
Hope to see you at this week! Three of our management team members will be giving talks and we will be joining our California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CAVMRC) colleagues in the exhibit hall. Come say hello!
In addition to developing veterinary resources for disaster response, our team is curating resources for pet owners to help stay proactive in keeping their pets safe.
Here is a smoke inhalation fact sheet developed by our veterinarians Drs. Ashley Patterson and Briana Hamamoto with Yvonne McGratty and Vetstream, Ltd: https://www.flipsnack.com/vetstream/wildfires-and-smoke-inhalation.html
We love working with our CARTs! Thank you for the opportunity, CCADT!
So proud and thankful for our many partners!
With wildfire season officially upon us, we are a state resource ready to mobilize should local veterinary capacity be exhausted or overwhelmed.
The animal response personnel needing veterinary support must work with their local Office/Department of Emergency Management to submit a formal state resource request for CVET/veterinary care. CVET cannot deploy directly to a county without state request and approval.
Local resource guide available on our website: cvet.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/contact
Critical fire weather conditions are expected in the Valley and adjacent foothills below 2000 feet through early Tuesday. You can prevent wildfires by not burning outdoors, avoiding activities with open flames, keeping vehicles off of dry grass & correctly disposing of ci******es. Visit http://readyforwildfire.org for more tips!
CVET's Drs. Michael Ziccardi and Ashley Patterson are across the pond in Glasgow for the British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association (BARTA)! They presented on "Developing veterinary professionals for disaster response", covering California statewide veterinary response and training programs.
Keep your pets safe from the heat! Here are some great tips and resources:
American Red Cross: www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/pet-heat-safety.html
ASPCA: www.aspca.org/pet-care/general-pet-care/hot-weather-safety-tips
Thank you to the Medical Reserve Corps for inviting us to participate in the 2024 Statewide Coordinators Training Workshop! We had a great time fostering our close partnerships with California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CAVMRC) and California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA).
In case you missed it, Ken Wayne with KRON 4 News covered the disaster exercise we participated in last weekend! Members of our management team linked up with our Napa and Sonoma CART (Community Animal Response Team) partners to practice protocols for helping animals impacted by disasters.
What a wonderful way to spend a Friday! Thank you to the 15 counties and 18 organizations who sent representatives to participate in our first Train-the-Trainer Equine Handling Workshop last Friday. This workshop covered basic equine handling techniques and basic first aid procedures, as well as provided an awareness level of knowledge of equine behavior and herd dynamics. The goal of the course was to empower attendees to train these techniques to fellow animal disaster responders from their respective organizations.
Our 12 instructors came from many equine areas of the university including the Equestrian Center, veterinary students, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital staff, CalCARTs leadership, and the CVET management team.
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In case you missed it, Ken Wayne with KRON 4 News covered the disaster exercise we participated in last weekend! Members of our management team linked up with our Napa and Sonoma CART (Community Animal Response Team) partners to practice protocols for helping animals impacted by disasters.
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