2007
  • First fully student-organized trip
  • Two locations:
    • Finca la Flor, Costa Rica
    • Merida, Nicaragua
  • 8 students, 1 veterinarian
  • Patients seen: 40
  • Diagnostics: 4Dx SNAP tests
  • Services: wellness exams, limited parasite treatment, spay and neuter
  • Cost: ~$1,700

 

2008
  • 15 students, 2 veterinarians
  • Patients seen: 115
  • Surgeries: 45
  • Diagnostics: blood smears, 4Dx SNAP tests, sugar solution centrifuged fecals, ultrasound (pregnancy diagnosis)
  • Services: wellness exams, parasite treatment, spay and neuter, large animal including farm calls
  • Cost: ~$1,300

 

2009
  • 18 students, 4 veterinarians
  • 12% of OSU CVM has participated
  • Patients seen: 500+
  • Surgeries: 117
  • Diagnostics: added centrifuge for PCV/TP
  • Began collaboration with veterinary school in Leon, Nicaragua

 

2010
  • 18 students, 8 veterinarians
  • Patients seen: 702
  • Surgeries: 64
  • Diagnostics:
  • Services: wellness exams, parasite treatment, spay and neuters, farm calls now daily, added anesthesia monitoring equipment

 

2011
  • 31 OSU CVM students, 1 Public Health student, 8 veterinarians
  • Patients seen: 441, including 129 returning patients
  • Surgeries:
    • 87 small animal
    • 15 large animal castrations
    • 26 large animal dentals
  • Community Health Seminar: interactive presentation on zoonotic diseases, flea/tick prevention presentation with a 1-year supply of preventatives for all participants, sponsored by Summit

 

2012
  • 29 OSU CVM students, 2 Nicaraguan veterinary students, 11 veterinarians, 1 veterinary technician
  • Patients seen: 774, including small animals, large animals, farm calls, a duck, a parrot, a chicken, 3 squirrels
  • Surgeries:
    • 89 small animal
    • 16 large animal castrations
    • 77 pregnancy checks
    • 8 dentals
    • 1 chicken enucleation
  • Community Health Seminar:
    • Interactive presentation on zoonotic diseases
    • flea/tick presentation with a 1-year supply of preventatives for all participants

 

2013
  • 32 OSU CVM students, 1 Nicaraguan veterinary student, 4 veterinarians, 2 Certified Veterinary Technicians, 1 veterinary assistant
  • Patients seen: 623
  • Surgeries:
    • 102 small animal surgeries (including 1 amputaton and 1 enucleation)
    • 14 large animal castrations
    • 30 large animal pregnancy checks
    • 11 large animal dentals
    • 1 omphalitis repair
    • 3 large animal hernia repairs
  • Communtiy Health Seminar:
    • interactive presentation on small animal nutrition & body condition scoring
    • endoparasite and ectoparasite information

 

2014
  • 20 OSU CVM students, 3 veterinarians, 1 translator
  • Patients seen:
  • Surgeries:
    • 81 canine and feline spays and neuters
    • 22 equine and swine castrations
    • 11 equine dentals
  • Other services:
    • 242 small animal wellness exams
    • 141 large animal wellness exams
    • 53 animals seen on farm calls
  • Diagnostics:
  • 1 student research project
  • Community Health Seminar

 

2015 & 2016
  • Stats coming soon