Tuesday’s presentation will provide information about the largest chimpanzee sanctuary in Africa, the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, which is owned and operated by the Jane Goodall Institute. Melissa Hanson will focus on the work she conducted this summer, developing a body condition score scheme as a means to monitor chimpanzees for malnutrition and disease. She will also be presenting a clinical case on a chimpanzee with heart disease. The talk is intended to highlight the unique aspects of chimpanzee medicine, but also simultaneously demonstrate the veterinarian’s ability to apply principles from domestic species to more exotic ones.
This lecture is part of the Conservation with Communities for One Health weekly lecture series, featuring the summer experiences of veterinary students and undergraduates who traveled to Indonesia, Republic of Congo and Uganda to participate in the Engaged Cornell Program this summer. Lectures will be held every Tuesday at 4PM in Lecture Hall 2.