Stephen R. Purdy, DVM
Director of the Fund for
Education and Research in Large Animal Veterinary Medicine
Director of the Camelid Studies Program
Phone: 413-549-3820
Fax: 413-549-3826
Email: srpurdy@vasci.umass.edu
Classes: Equine Management
Livestock Diseases
Camelid Management
BS: US Naval Academy, 1971
DVM: Cornell University, 1981
Practicing large animal veterinarian : special emphasis on alpacas, donkeys, horses, and llamas
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Teaching
philosophy and interests:
- Learning is a lifelong process
involving the interaction of the teacher and student- both benefit.
- The University exists for the
benefit of the students.
- My job is to prepare students
for entrance into the job market or graduate school through challenging
instruction which emphasizes development of problem solving skills.
- Interests
- Teaching of applied subjects
emphasizing practical application and hands on learning
- Placement and guidance services
for equine and livestock farm employee students and preveterinary
students interested in large animal practice
- Production of educational
materials (books, videos, and journals) and seminars for large animal
owners, students, and veterinarians
Curent Projects:
- Purposes:
- To train undergraduate students in the care of alpacas and llamas
to prepare them for a career as a camelid farm manager or employee,
or as a camelid veterinarian
- To operate a camelid outpatient treatment, surgical, and reproduction
(see Camelid Reproduction Center
page) clinical facility at the University of Massachusetts
- To conduct practical, humane research for the improvement of
camelid health
- To maintain an alpaca herd to teach students about health care,
reproduction, fiber, showing alpacas at New England Shows, and
the financial aspects of the alpaca industry
- To provide placement and guidance services for farm employee
and preveterinary students
- To provide farm employees and veterinarians for the nation's
alpaca owners in order to correct the current shortage, and to
support the continued growth of the alpaca industry
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Donors
- UMass International
Donkey Project
Goal:
to improve the health care of the world's most important work animal and
thereby the lifestyle of the people who depend on them.
- For
a discussion of the Importance of Donkeys
in Africa follow the link here.
- Interested
donors should contact Dr. Purdy directly with their
ideas.
- For
a discussion of the Differences Between
Donkeys and Horses follow the link here.
Selected Accomplishments:
- Speaker for state, regional,
and national veterinary and owner organizations
- Author of several research
and review articles on practical topics in large animal health
- Author of “Care
of Miniature Donkeys”in International Veterinary Information
Service e-book entitled “Veterinary Care Veterinary Care for
Donkeys”, edited by Drs. Tex Taylor and Nora Matthews, Texas
A and M University, 2004
- Principal Investigator/Coordinator
for Practical, Humane Research Projects and Educational Materials
- Alpaca Eye Study- completed
2000
- Diagnosis, Treatment and
Prevention of Uterine Infections in Alpacas- completed 2002
- Miniature Donkey Reproductive
Ultrasound Study- in progress
- Artificial Insemination in
Miniature Donkeys- in progress
- Vaccination of Camelids against Meningeal Worm Disease - in progress
- Antibody transfer in the Neonatal Alpaca - in progress
- DVD productions:
- Castration of the Alpaca-
completed
- Reproductive Behavior of
Alpacas
- Ultrasound Pregnancy Diagnosis
in Alpacas
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