Busch Gardens Senior Veterinarian Dr. Pete Black consults with Dr. Cathy Lynch-Buckhorn, Associate Vice President for Women’s Health and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine, while performing an ultrasound on a white-cheeked gibbon at the Animal Care Center. From nutrition to treatments, X-rays to surgeries, much of Busch Gardens’ animal care is conducted in guest view in this new state-of-the-art facility.
Senior Veterinarian Dr. Alex Cole carefully sutures a fire-belly toad’s ulcerated eye in the treatment room at Busch Gardens’ new Animal Care Center. The Center’s treatment room offers park guests views of the park’s veterinary staff conducting preventative checkups, treatments and surgeries through floor-to ceiling glass walls.
Dr. Pete Black performs an annual teeth cleaning on a muntjac at Busch Gardens’ Animal Care Center. From nutrition to treatments, X-rays to surgeries, much of Busch Gardens’ animal care is conducted in guest view in this new state-of-the-art facility.
Busch Gardens senior veterinarian technician Mary Port works with senior veterinarian Dr. Pete Black to prepare a greater anteater for a cardiology exam at the Animal Care Center. The Center’s treatment room offers park guests views of the park’s veterinary staff conducting preventative checkups, treatments and surgeries through floor-to ceiling glass walls.
Photos by Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens.
