Duchess to visit Massey University’s vet school
Massey University’s veterinary expertise together with equestrian facilities volition last on display when Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visits the Manawatu campus tomorrow afternoon.
The duchess is inward the province alongside her husband, Prince Charles, on a tour to grade the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor together with College of Sciences Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Anderson, along alongside University Chancellor Dr Russell Ballard together with Palmerston North Mayor Jono Naylor, volition welcome her.
Anderson says the duchess’ take in reflects her detail involvement inward beast welfare, together with highlights Massey’s strengths inward areas of equine research, veterinary teaching, beast wellness together with specialist wild fauna rehabilitation.
“I accept no uncertainty she volition last impressed yesteryear the leading-edge function nosotros are doing inward teaching together with inquiry peculiarly alongside New Zealand wild fauna together with horses.”
Institute of Veterinary, Animal together with Biomedical Sciences caput Professor Frazer Allan volition Pb a tour of Massey’s veterinary teaching infirmary – New Zealand’s alone vet schoolhouse – where Camilla volition come across staff together with students working alongside companion animals together with native wildlife.
Plans for the $75 i 1000 1000 upgrade together with extension of the schoolhouse volition last discussed together with Associate Professor Brett Gartrell volition percentage insights into the function of specialist wild fauna veterinarians at Wildbase, where injured together with sick native together with endemic species are treated together with rehabilitated.
Wildbase staff are recognised basis leaders inward treating birds together with marine mammals caught inward crude spills, such equally the Rena grounding nearly Tauranga final year.
The duchess volition accept an chance to sentiment a woman soul kiwi existence treated at the hospital.
At the university’s equestrian centre, she volition last hosted yesteryear Assistant Vice-Chancellor together with University Registrar Stuart Morriss.
She volition regard a showjumping clinic run yesteryear elite motorcoach together with erstwhile New Zealand Olympian John Cottle for Team Massey riders. The riders include educational activity pupil Chloe Akers together with scientific discipline graduate Helen Bruce, who were role of the New Zealand Universities squad that won bronze at the World University Equestrian Games inward Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany inward August.
Other riders are sport together with practice pupil Caitlin Pemberton together with veterinary scientific discipline pupil Olivia Gibson.
The equestrian centre, opened inward 2003, tin grade the axe adapt upwardly to xl horses. It attracts locomote yesteryear riders to written report at Massey together with supports the Bachelor of AgriScience Equine major, the alone equine plane inward New Zealand.
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