title: Client donation program for acquiring dogs and cats to teach veterinary gross anatomy.
abstract: A donor program for procuring dogs and cats to meet the needs of anatomical instruction was initiated six years ago at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. The program was initiated in order to comply with state regulations that preclude the use of shelter animals and to satisfy ethical objections of students and faculty. The donor program has successfully met the animal needs for teaching gross anatomy and, in addition, provides opportunities to integrate clinical perspectives and ethics beginning from the first year of veterinary education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 200 Westboro Road, N. Grafton, MA 01536, USA. m.kumar@tufts.edu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murtaugh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ballas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Clancy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patronek
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014019:Tissue Donors