Mu 2018, Texas Tech University idakhazikitsa College ofZanyamaMankhwala othandizira anthu akumidzi ndi akumadera aku Texas ndi New Mexico omwe ali ndi chithandizo chamankhwala osatetezedwa.
Lamlungu lino, ophunzira 61 a chaka choyamba adzalandira digiri yoyamba ya Doctor of Veterinary Medicine yomwe idaperekedwa ndi Texas Tech University, ndipo 95 peresenti ya iwo apita kukamaliza maphunziro awo kuti akwaniritse zosowazi. M'malo mwake, pafupifupi theka la omaliza maphunzirowa apita kukagwira ntchito zodzaza kusowa kwa veterinarian kumadzulo kwa Interstate 35.
"Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti ophunzirawa agwire ntchito yomwe ikufunika chithandizo chamankhwala kwanthawi yayitali," atero Dr. Britt Conklin, wotsogolera mapologalamu azachipatala. “Zimenezi n’zokhutiritsa kwambiri kusiyana ndi kungokhala ndi ophunzira ochuluka kwambiri pamzere wa msonkhano.
Conklin adatsogolera gulu kuti likhazikitse chaka chachipatala chomwe chimasiyana ndi chipatala chachikhalidwe chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi masukulu ena azanyama. Kuyambira mu Meyi 2024, ophunzira amaliza maphunziro 10 a milungu inayi pakati pa anzawo opitilira 125 ku Texas ndi New Mexico.
Zotsatira zake, pafupifupi 70% ya omaliza maphunziro amalembedwa ntchito ndi anzawo ndikukambirana za malipiro apamwamba patsiku lawo loyamba la ntchito.
"Adzawonjezera phindu mwachangu kwambiri, kotero ndine wokondwa kuwona kuti akusamalidwa bwino pantchito yolemba ntchito ndi kukwezedwa," adatero Conklin. "Kulankhulana ndi luso la akatswiri a ophunzira onse kupitirira zomwe ankayembekezera. Anzathu a internship anali kufunafuna mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mankhwala, ndipo ndi zomwe timapereka - makamaka m'madera akumidzi ndi amadera.
Elizabeth Peterson azikakhala ku Hereford Veterinary Clinic, komwe adafotokoza kuti ndi "malo abwino" kwa iwo omwe akufuna kugwira ntchito mu feedlot Veterinary Clinic.
"Cholinga changa monga veterinarian ndikuwonetsa magawo onse amakampani momwe tingagwirire ntchito limodzi chifukwa tonse tili ndi cholinga chimodzi," adatero. "Ku Texas Panhandle, ng'ombe za ng'ombe zimachuluka kuposa anthu, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe ndinakumana nazo m'mbuyomo m'makampani onyamula ng'ombe kuti ndithandize kuthetsa kusiyana pakati pa adokotala, oweta ng'ombe ndi eni ake odyetserako ziweto pamene ndimakhala nthawi yochuluka kuno."
Peterson akukonzekera kutenga nawo mbali pa kafukufuku momwe angathere komanso kuti agwirizane ndi Texas Livestock Feeders Association ndi Animal Health Commission. Adzagwiranso ntchito ngati mlangizi kwa ophunzira azanyama komanso ngati mnzake woyeserera.
Ndi m'modzi mwa ophunzira azaka zachinayi omwe ali ndi mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito Center of Excellence for Teaching pachipatala cha Hereford Veterinary Hospital. Malowa adapangidwa kuti apatse ophunzira azaka zachinayi azanyama zitsanzo zenizeni za nyama zomwe zimayang'aniridwa ndi aphunzitsi. Mwayi wophunzitsa ophunzira ngati Dr Peterson ungakhale wopindulitsa kwa iye.
"Mfundo yakuti Texas Tech inkaika patsogolo ophunzira omwe angabwerere kumudzi inali yaikulu," adatero. "Anasankha ophunzira ngati ine omwe anali odzipereka ku zolinga zawo ndi zomwe adalonjeza."
Dylan Bostic adzakhala wothandizira zinyama ku Beard Navasota Veterinary Hospital ku Navasota, Texas, ndipo adzayendetsa ntchito zosiyanasiyana za zinyama. Theka la odwala ake anali agalu ndi amphaka, ndipo theka lina linali ng’ombe, nkhosa, mbuzi, ndi nkhumba.
"Pali kuchepa kwa madokotala m'madera akumidzi ndi madera kumpoto kwa Houston omwe amatha kusamalira nyama zaulimi," adatero. "Ku Beard Navasota, nthawi zonse timapita kumafamu kwa ola limodzi ndi theka kukapereka chisamaliro cha ziweto ku ziweto chifukwa kulibe madokotala odziwa za ziweto zamtunduwu. Ndikuyembekeza kupitiriza kuthandiza maderawa."
Pantchito yake yachipatala pachipatala cha Beard Navasota, Bostic adapeza kuti zomwe amakonda kwambiri anali kupita kumalo oweta kuti akathandize ng'ombe. Sikuti amangopanga kulumikizana pakati pa anthu, komanso amathandizira olima ziweto kukhala oganiza bwino komanso oganiza bwino.
“Kuweta ng’ombe, kaya ndi malo odyetserako chakudya, kuyang’anira zinthu zakumbuyo, kapena ntchito yoweta ng’ombe, si ntchito yosangalatsa kwambiri,” iye anaseka motero. "Komabe, ndi ntchito yopindulitsa kwambiri yomwe imakupatsani mwayi wokhala nawo m'makampani momwe mungapangire maubwenzi ndi mabwenzi omwe azikhala moyo wonse."
Kuti akwaniritse maloto ake aubwana, Val Trevino adagwira ntchito ku Borgfield Animal Hospital, chipatala chaching'ono chowona zanyama ku San Antonio. M’chaka chomwe ankagwira ntchito zachipatala, anapeza zinthu zambiri zimene zinamuthandiza kuti azisamalira ziweto komanso nyama zomwe sizipezekapezeka.
"Ku Gonzales, ku Texas, ndimathandizira kuwongolera amphaka osokera mwa kuwabaya ndi kuwachotsa ndikuwamasula kumadera akumidzi," adatero. "Chotero chakhala chosangalatsa kwambiri."
Ali ku Gonzales, Trevino anali wokangalika m'deralo, kupita kumisonkhano ya Lions Club ndi zochitika zina. Zimenezi zinam’patsa mwayi woti adzionere yekha mmene angafunire akamaliza maphunziro ake.
"Kulikonse komwe timapita ndi akatswiri odziwa zanyama, wina amabwera kwa ife ndi kutifotokozera nkhani za nyama zomwe adathandizira komanso ntchito yofunika kwambiri yomwe amachita pagulu - osati pachipatala chokha, koma m'malo ena ambiri," adatero. "Chifukwa chake ndikukhulupirira kuti ndidzakhala nawo tsiku lina."
Patrick Guerrero adzakulitsa chidziwitso chake ndi luso lake kudzera mu internship yozungulira chaka chonse ku Signature Equine ku Stephenville, Texas. Kenako akukonzekera kubweretsanso kumudzi kwawo ku Canutillo, Texas, ndikutsegula chipatala choyenda.
“Ndili m’sukulu ya udokotala wa zinyama, ndinayamba kuchita chidwi kwambiri ndi mankhwala a equine, makamaka zachipatala/kasamalidwe ka kulemala,” akufotokoza motero. "Ndinakhala mlendo ndikugwira ntchito m'dera la Amarillo ndipo ndinapitiliza kukulitsa luso langa pochita maphunziro angapo a zanyama pa nthawi yanga yaulere m'nyengo yachilimwe yapakati pa semesita."
Guerrero akukumbukira kuti pamene anali mwana, dokotala wamkulu wa ziweto zazikulu kwambiri anali ku Las Cruces, New Mexico, pafupifupi mphindi 40. Iye akuchita nawo pulogalamu ya ng’ombe yamalonda ya Future Farmers of America (FFA) ndipo ananena kuti nyama zazikulu zimavutika kuti zifike kwa dokotala wa zinyama, ndipo palibe madera osankhidwa a mayendedwe otsitsa ng’ombe kapena akavalo.
“Nditazindikira zimenezo, ndinaganiza kuti, ‘Dera langa likufunikira thandizo pa zimenezi, chotero ngati ndingakhoze kupita kusukulu ya zanyama, ndikhoza kutenga zimene ndaphunzira ndi kuzibwezera kumudzi kwathu ndi kwa anthu kumeneko,’” akukumbukira motero. “Ichi chinakhala cholinga changa choyamba, ndipo tsopano ndatsala pang’ono kuchikwaniritsa.”
Dinani apa kuti mudziwe zambiri za ophunzira 61 omwe adzalandira madigiri awo a DVM kuchokera ku Texas Tech University, mmodzi mwa atatu mwa iwo ndi ophunzira a m'badwo woyamba.
Apanga mbiri ngati oyamba omaliza maphunziro awo pasukulu yachiwiri yazanyama ku Texas, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa zaka zoposa zana zapitazo ndipo ndi imodzi mwamapulogalamu 35 azachipatala ku United States.
Mwambo womaliza maphunzirowo udzachitika Lamlungu, Meyi 18, nthawi ya 11:30 am ku Amarillo Civic Center Conference Room. Anzake ndi achibale adzakhalapo kuti amve olankhula alendo, kuphatikizapo College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Guy Loneragan, Purezidenti wa Texas Tech University Lawrence Schovanec, Texas Tech University System Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, Texas Tech University System President Emeritus Robert Duncan, ndi Bwanamkubwa wa Texas Greg Abbott. Aphungu ena a boma adzakhala nawo.
"Tonse tikuyembekezera mwachidwi mwambo woyamba omaliza maphunziro," adatero Conklin. "Zikhala pachimake pomaliza kuchita zonse kachiwiri, ndiyeno titha kuyesanso."
Nthawi yotumiza: May-26-2025