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2025 Special Species Symposium
presented by Zoo and Wildlife Society at Cornell
Wet and Dry Labs
Registration for wet and dry labs are on a first come, first serve basis. Please note that wet labs are only available to veterinary students. Undergraduate students may participate in select dry labs. Please see below for details.
Wet Lab
Exotic Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
Practice your suturing skills while learning unique surgical approaches to exotic animals.
Wet Lab
Lab Animal Techniques and Necropsy
Learn laboratory animal techniques and their anatomy by dissecting lab rats with pathology residents.
Wet Lab
Avian Necropsy
Learn avian anatomy, form, and function, and dissect chickens.
Wet Lab
Wildlife Darting Lab
Practice your wildlife darting skills by preparing darts and shooting dart guns that are used on the field for chemical immobilization of wildlife species
Wet Lab
Turtle Shell Repair Lab
Learn and apply approaches to repair a broken turtle shell on turtle cadavers.
Wet Lab
Marine Mammal Necropsy
Participate in a pinniped or cetacean necropsy, and learn their unique anatomy, forms, and functions.
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Dry Lab
Outbreak Investigations in Free-Ranging Wildlife
Learn about the role veterinarians play in addressing disease outbreaks in wildlife, including those that threaten wildlife populations and zoonotic diseases. Open to undergraduate student participation.
Wet Lab
Alpaca Castration
Learn how to do an alpaca castration with a demonstration done by Cornell CVM's Dr. Mary Smith.
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Wet Lab
Wildlife Parasitology
Explore the diverse world of parasites through the lens of a microscope and practice various parasite identification techniques.
Dry Lab
Exotic Animal Clinical Pathology Cases
Walk through exotic animal cases with histology, radiology, gross lesions, etc. from clinical presentation to postmortem.
Wet Lab
Fish Clinical Skills/Necropsy
Learn clinical approaches to fish medicine and fish anatomy with dissections.
Wet Lab
Wildlife Comparative Necropsy
Engage in a comparative necropsy show-and-tell and apply knowledge to animal dissection.
Wet Lab
Introduction to Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in Non-Traditional Species
Explore modalities for physical therapy in exotic species and create a case-based treatment plan.
Wet Lab
Mock Disease Outbreak
There are dead animals in the field and you’re the state wildlife veterinarian! Come join us and practice assembling your team, establishing biosecurity and gathering samples to decipher what is causing this die off.
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Dry Lab
Game-Changing
Interactive group discussions to apply an action plan for wildlife health and conservation. Open to undergraduate student participation.