Mu 2018, Texas Tech University idakhazikitsa College ofZanyamaMankhwala oti athandize madera akumidzi ndi madera aku Texas ndi New Mexico ndi chithandizo cha ziweto chosakwanira.
Lamlungu lino, ophunzira 61 a chaka choyamba apeza digiri yoyamba ya Doctor of Veterinary Medicine yomwe idaperekedwa ndi Texas Tech University, ndipo 95 peresenti ya iwo apitiliza maphunziro awo kuti akwaniritse zosowazo. Ndipotu, pafupifupi theka la omaliza maphunzirowa apita kuntchito zodzaza ndi kusowa kwa veterinarian kumadzulo kwa Interstate 35.
"Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti ophunzira awa azigwira ntchito m'malo omwe kwa nthawi yayitali akufunika mankhwala a ziweto," adatero Dr. Britt Conklin, wothandizira dean wa mapulogalamu azachipatala. "Zimenezo n'zosangalatsa kwambiri kuposa ophunzira omwe amapanga zinthu zambiri pamzere wolumikizirana. Tikuyika omaliza maphunzirowa m'malo omwe akufunika."
Conklin anatsogolera gulu kuti apange chaka chachipatala chomwe chimasiyana ndi chipatala chophunzitsira chachikhalidwe chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi masukulu ena azachipatala. Kuyambira mu Meyi 2024, ophunzira amaliza maphunziro ophunzirira a masabata 10 pakati pa ogwira nawo ntchito ophunzirira oposa 125 ku Texas ndi New Mexico konse.
Zotsatira zake, pafupifupi 70% ya omaliza maphunziro amalembedwa ntchito ndi anzawo ogwira nawo ntchito ndipo amakambirana za malipiro apamwamba patsiku lawo loyamba la ntchito.
"Adzawonjezera phindu mwachangu kwambiri, kotero ndikusangalala kwambiri kuona kuti akuchitiridwa bwino kwambiri pantchito yolemba anthu ntchito ndi kukwezedwa pantchito," adatero Conklin. "Maluso olankhulana ndi akatswiri a ophunzira onse adapitilira zomwe amayembekezera. Ogwira nawo ntchito yophunzira ntchito anali kufunafuna mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zinthu, ndipo ndicho chomwe timapereka - makamaka m'madera akumidzi ndi m'madera. Yankho lawo lakhala losangalatsa kwambiri, ndipo akuyembekeza kuwona zinthu zambiri ngati izi pamene tikupitiliza kupita patsogolo."
Elizabeth Peterson adzakhala ku Hereford Veterinary Clinic, komwe adafotokoza kuti ndi "malo abwino kwambiri" kwa iwo omwe akufuna kugwira ntchito mu feedlot veterinary medicine.
“Cholinga changa monga dokotala wa ziweto ndikuwonetsa magawo onse a makampani momwe tingagwirire ntchito limodzi chifukwa tonse tili ndi cholinga chimodzi,” adatero. “Ku Texas Panhandle, ng’ombe zimachuluka kuposa anthu, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe ndidakumana nazo kale pantchito yonyamula ng’ombe kuti ndithandize kuthetsa kusiyana pakati pa madokotala a ziweto, abusa a ng’ombe ndi eni malo odyetsera ziweto pamene ndikukhala nthawi yambiri kuno.”
Peterson akukonzekera kutenga nawo mbali mu kafukufuku momwe angathere komanso kugwirizana ndi Texas Livestock Feeders Association ndi Animal Health Commission. Adzakhalanso mphunzitsi kwa ophunzira za ziweto komanso ngati mnzake wochita nawo kafukufukuyu.
Iye ndi m'modzi mwa ophunzira ambiri a chaka chachinayi omwe ali ndi mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito malo ophunzitsira a Chipatala cha Hereford Veterinary. Malowa adapangidwa kuti apatse ophunzira a chaka chachinayi zitsanzo zenizeni za nyama zodyedwa pomwe akuyang'aniridwa ndi aphunzitsi. Mwayi wophunzitsa ophunzira ngati Dr Peterson ungakhale wopindulitsa kwa iye.
"Mfundo yakuti Texas Tech inkaika patsogolo ophunzira omwe angabwezere kwa anthu ammudzi inali yaikulu," adatero. "Anasankha ophunzira ngati ine omwe anali odzipereka ku zolinga zawo ndi zomwe adalonjeza."
Dylan Bostic adzakhala wothandizira wa ziweto ku Chipatala cha Ziweto cha Beard Navasota ku Navasota, Texas, ndipo adzayendetsa malo ochitira ziweto osiyanasiyana. Theka la odwala ake linali agalu ndi amphaka, ndipo theka lina linali ng'ombe, nkhosa, mbuzi, ndi nkhumba.
“Pali kusowa kwa madokotala a ziweto m'madera akumidzi ndi m'madera akumpoto kwa Houston omwe amatha kusamalira ziweto za pafamu,” iye anatero. “Ku Beard Navasota, nthawi zambiri timapita ku minda yomwe ili pamtunda wa ola limodzi ndi theka kuti tikapereke chisamaliro cha ziweto chifukwa kulibe madokotala a ziweto pafupi omwe amagwira ntchito yosamalira mitundu imeneyo ya ziweto. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndipitiriza kuthandiza madera awa.”
Pa nthawi ya ntchito yake yachipatala ku Chipatala cha Beard Navasota, Bostic adapeza kuti ntchito yake yomwe ankakonda kwambiri inali kupita ku malo odyetserako ziweto kukathandiza ng'ombe. Sikuti amangopanga ubale ndi anthu ammudzi, komanso amathandiza alimi kukhala oganiza bwino komanso oganiza bwino.
“Kuweta ng'ombe, kaya ndi malo odyetsera ziweto, kufufuza mbiri ya ziweto, kapena kuchita opaleshoni ya ng'ombe ndi ana a ng'ombe, si ntchito yokongola kwambiri,” iye anaseka. “Komabe, ndi ntchito yopindulitsa kwambiri yomwe imakupatsani mwayi wokhala mbali ya makampani komwe mungapange ubale ndi ubwenzi womwe udzakhalapo kwa moyo wanu wonse.”
Kuti akwaniritse maloto ake a ubwana, Val Trevino adagwira ntchito ku Borgfield Animal Hospital, chipatala chaching'ono cha ziweto ku mzinda wa San Antonio. Mu chaka chake chogwira ntchito zachipatala, adapeza chidziwitso chambiri chomwe chidayala maziko a chisamaliro chake chamtsogolo cha ziweto komanso nyama zosowa.
"Ku Gonzales, Texas, ndimathandiza kuwongolera amphaka osochera mwa kuwasambitsa ndi kuwachotsa m'malo awo okhala," adatero. "Chifukwa chake chakhala chosangalatsa kwambiri."
Ali ku Gonzales, Trevino anali wokangalika m'derali, kupezeka pamisonkhano ya Lions Club ndi zochitika zina. Izi zinamupatsa mwayi wodzionera yekha momwe ankayembekezera kukhudzira atamaliza maphunziro ake.
"Kulikonse komwe timapita ndi madokotala a ziweto, wina amabwera kwa ife ndi kumatiuza nkhani zokhudza nyama zomwe zathandiza komanso udindo wofunika womwe amachita m'gulu la anthu - osati pazachipatala cha ziweto zokha, komanso m'madera ena ambiri," adatero. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndidzakhala nawo tsiku lina."
Patrick Guerrero adzakulitsa chidziwitso chake ndi luso lake pantchito yophunzitsa anthu okwera pamahatchi pogwiritsa ntchito maphunziro ozungulira chaka chonse ku Signature Equine ku Stephenville, Texas. Kenako akukonzekera kubweretsa chidziwitsochi ku mzinda wa kwawo wa Canutillo, Texas, ndikutsegula chipatala choyendera.
“Pamene ndinali ku sukulu ya zanyama, ndinayamba chidwi kwambiri ndi mankhwala a akavalo, makamaka mankhwala amasewera/kasamalidwe ka zilema,” iye akufotokoza. “Ndinakhala woyendetsa sitima yapamadzi wogwira ntchito kudera la Amarillo ndipo ndinapitiriza kukulitsa luso langa mwa kutenga maphunziro angapo a zanyama nthawi yanga yopuma nthawi yachilimwe pakati pa masemesita.”
Guerrero akukumbukira kuti ali mwana, veterinarian wapafupi kwambiri wa ziweto zazikulu anali ku Las Cruces, New Mexico, pafupifupi mphindi 40 kuchokera kumeneko. Iye akuchita nawo pulogalamu ya Future Farmers of America (FFA) ya ng'ombe zamalonda ndipo anati ziweto zazikulu zimavutika kupita kwa veterinarian, ndipo palibe malo okonzedweratu otulutsira ng'ombe kapena akavalo.
“Nditazindikira zimenezo, ndinaganiza kuti, ‘Anthu ammudzi mwathu akufunika thandizo pa izi, kotero ngati ndingapite ku sukulu ya zanyama, ndingatenge zomwe ndaphunzira ndikuzibwezera kwa anthu ammudzi mwathu ndi anthu ammudzimo,’” akukumbukira. “Icho chinakhala cholinga changa chachikulu, ndipo tsopano ndayandikira kuchikwaniritsa.”
Dinani apa kuti mudziwe zambiri za ophunzira 61 omwe adzalandire digiri yawo ya DVM kuchokera ku Texas Tech University, ndipo gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu mwa iwo ndi ophunzira a m'badwo woyamba.
Adzalemba mbiri ngati oyamba kumaliza maphunziro awo kusukulu yachiwiri ya ziweto ku Texas, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa zaka zoposa zana zapitazo ndipo ndi imodzi mwa mapulogalamu 35 azachipatala cha ziweto ku United States.
Mwambo womaliza maphunziro udzachitika Lamlungu, pa 18 Meyi, nthawi ya 11:30 m'mawa mu Chipinda cha Misonkhano cha Amarillo Civic Center. Anzanu ndi abale adzakhalapo kuti amve okamba nkhani, kuphatikizapo Dean Guy Loneragan wa ku College of Veterinary Medicine, Purezidenti wa Texas Tech University Lawrence Schovanec, Chancellor wa Texas Tech University System Tedd L. Mitchell, Purezidenti wa Texas Tech University System Emeritus Robert Duncan, ndi Bwanamkubwa wa Texas Greg Abbott. Aphungu ena a boma nawonso adzakhalapo.
"Tonse tikuyembekezera mwambo woyamba womaliza maphunziro," adatero Conklin. "Ichi chidzakhala chitsiriziro cha kuchitanso zonse kachiwiri, kenako tidzayesanso."
Nthawi yotumizira: Meyi-26-2025