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Home Collaborating Researchers Jill Heatley, DVM
Jill Heatley, DVM
Veterinarian

Contact
Address:
Zoological Medicine and Surgery Service
Dept of Veterinary Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Vet Medical Teaching Hospital
Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
College Station
Texas
77843-4475
USA

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Telephone: +1 (979) 8451202
http://vetmed.tamu.edu/vscs/directorydetail?userid=924

Information: Jennifer Jill Heatley graduated from Texas A&M University with a doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 1995 and then practiced privately for three years as a small and exotic animal and emergency veterinarian. She completed an internship in wildlife, zoo and exotic medicine at Louisiana State University in 1999 and completed a combined residency in zoological medicine and a master of science degree program in Louisiana State University in 2002.

Her master’s Thesis was based on antipredator conditioning of Mississippi Sandhill Cranes for reintroduction. She served as clinical assistant professor of zoological medicine and attending veterinarian of the Southeastern Raptor Center At Auburn University from 2002-2006.

She is currently associate professor of zoological medicine at Texas A&M University. She also became a general class falconer in October of 2006. She shares her house with two tortoises and 2 cats. Additionally she enjoys the art of bonsai and has more than 30 miniature trees.

Her major veterinary medical research interests include application of emergency and critical care techniques to zoological species, ecosystem health monitoring through native species, and anti-predator conditioning of endangered avian species prior to reintroduction.

J. Jill Heatley is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Certified in Avian practice as well as Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Association of Avian Veterinarians as well as the Treasurer for the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians and President-Elect of the Horned Lizard Conservation Society. She is happy to serve as a staff veterinarian for the Projecto Guacamayo and hopes to expand veterinary research from the Tambopata Research Center to include additional species.