A cikin 2018, Jami'ar Texas Tech ta kafa KwalejinLikitan dabbobiMagunguna don hidimar yankunan karkara da al'ummomin yanki a Texas da New Mexico tare da sabis na dabbobi marasa aiki.
A wannan Lahadin, dalibai 61 na farko da za su sami digiri na farko na likitan dabbobi da Jami'ar Texas Tech ta taba ba su, kuma kashi 95 daga cikinsu za su ci gaba da kammala karatun don cike wannan bukata. A zahiri, kusan rabin waɗanda suka kammala karatun sun ci gaba da ayyukan da ke cike ƙarancin likitan dabbobi a yammacin Interstate 35.
"Yana da matukar mahimmanci cewa waɗannan ɗaliban suna aiki a cikin al'ada inda ake daɗe da buƙatar likitan dabbobi," in ji Dr. Britt Conklin, shugabar shugaban shirye-shiryen asibiti. "Wannan ya fi gamsarwa fiye da samar da ɗalibai da yawa a kan layin taro, muna sanya waɗannan waɗanda suka kammala karatun a wuraren da ake buƙata."
Conklin ya jagoranci wata tawaga don haɓaka shekara ta asibiti wacce ta bambanta da asibitin koyarwa na gargajiya da sauran makarantun dabbobi ke amfani da su. Tun daga watan Mayu 2024, ɗalibai za su kammala horo na mako huɗu na 10 a tsakanin fiye da abokan aikin horon 125 a duk Texas da New Mexico.
Sakamakon haka, kusan kashi 70% na waɗanda suka kammala karatun suna hayar abokan aikinsu kuma suna tattaunawa akan ƙarin albashi a ranar farko ta aikinsu.
"Za su kara kima cikin sauri, don haka na yi matukar farin ciki da ganin ana kula da su sosai a tsarin daukar ma'aikata da haɓaka," in ji Conklin. "Kwarewar sadarwa da ƙwararrun ɗaliban duka sun wuce abin da ake tsammani. Abokan hulɗarmu na horarwa suna neman nau'ikan kayayyaki daban-daban, kuma abin da muke samarwa ke nan - musamman a yankunan karkara da yankuna. Amsar da suka bayar ya kasance mai farin ciki sosai, kuma suna fatan ganin ƙarin samfurori kamar wannan yayin da muke ci gaba da ci gaba."
Elizabeth Peterson za ta kasance a asibitin Hereford Veterinary Clinic, wanda ta bayyana a matsayin "madaidaicin wuri" ga waɗanda ke neman yin aiki a likitan dabbobi.
"Burina a matsayina na likitan dabbobi shine in nuna wa dukkan sassan masana'antar yadda za mu yi aiki tare domin dukkanmu muna da manufa daya," in ji ta. "A cikin Texas Panhandle, garken shanu ya fi yawan jama'a, kuma ina fatan yin amfani da gogewar da na samu a baya a cikin masana'antar tattara naman sa don taimakawa wajen cike gibin da ke tsakanin likitocin dabbobi, makiyaya da masu abinci yayin da nake ciyar da lokaci mai yawa a nan."
Peterson yana shirin shiga cikin bincike gwargwadon iko kuma don yin haɗin gwiwa tare da Ƙungiyar Masu ciyar da Dabbobi ta Texas da Hukumar Lafiya ta Dabbobi. Hakanan za ta kasance mai ba da shawara ga ɗaliban likitancin dabbobi da kuma abokiyar aiki.
Tana ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibai masu shekaru huɗu da yawa waɗanda ke da damar yin amfani da Cibiyar Ƙwararrun Asibitin Dabbobi na Hereford don Koyarwa. An kirkiro cibiyar ne domin baiwa daliban ilimin dabbobi masu shekaru hudu misalai na hakika na dabbobin abinci yayin da malamai ke kula da su. Damar koyar da ɗalibai kamar Dr Peterson zai zama gwaninta mai lada a gare ta.
"Gaskiyar cewa Texas Tech ta ba da fifiko ga ɗaliban da za su ba wa al'umma fifiko," in ji ta. "Sun zaɓi ɗalibai kamar ni waɗanda suka himmatu ga burinsu da alkawuransu."
Dylan Bostic zai zama mataimakin likitan dabbobi a Asibitin Dabbobin Dabbobi na Beard Navasota a Navasota, Texas, kuma zai gudanar da aikin likitan dabbobi gauraye. Rabin marasa lafiyarsa karnuka ne da kuliyoyi, sauran rabin kuma shanu, tumaki, awaki, da alade.
"Akwai karancin likitocin dabbobi a yankunan karkara da yankunan arewacin Houston wadanda za su iya kula da dabbobin gona," in ji shi. "A Beard Navasota, a kai a kai muna fita gonaki sa'a daya da rabi don samar da kula da dabbobi saboda babu likitocin dabbobi a kusa da su da suka kware a irin wadannan nau'ikan dabbobi. Ina fatan ci gaba da tallafawa wadannan al'ummomin."
A lokacin aikinsa na asibiti a Asibitin Beard Navasota, Bostic ya gano cewa ayyukan da ya fi so shi ne tafiya zuwa wuraren kiwon dabbobi don taimakawa shanu. Ba wai kawai yana gina haɗin kai a cikin al'umma ba, har ma yana taimakawa masu kiwon dabbobi su zama masu ƙwarewa da tunani mai mahimmanci.
"Kiwon shanu, ko gidan abinci ne, ko duba baya, ko aikin maraƙi, ba shine aikin da ya fi burgeni ba," in ji shi. "Duk da haka, aiki ne mai albarka wanda ke ba ku damar kasancewa cikin masana'antar da za ku iya kulla dangantaka da abokantaka da za su dore har tsawon rayuwa."
Don cika burinta na ƙuruciyarta, Val Trevino ta ɗauki aiki a Asibitin Animal na Borgfield, ƙaramin asibitin dabbobi a San Antonio. A cikin shekarar da ta yi aikin likita, ta sami ƙwararrun gogewa wanda ya aza harsashin kula da dabbobin gida da ma dabbobin da ba kasafai ba.
"A Gonzales, Texas, Ina taimakawa wajen sarrafa yawan kuliyoyi da suka ɓace ta hanyar yin lalata da su da kuma sakin su cikin al'ummominsu na asali," in ji ta. "Don haka wannan ya kasance kyakkyawan kwarewa."
Duk da yake a Gonzales, Trevino yana aiki a cikin al'umma, yana halartar tarurrukan Lions Club da sauran abubuwan da suka faru. Hakan ya ba ta damar gane wa idonta irin tasirin da take fatan yi bayan kammala karatun ta.
"A duk inda muka je tare da likitocin dabbobi, wani ya zo wurinmu yana ba da labaru game da dabbobin da suka taimaka da kuma muhimmiyar rawar da suke takawa a cikin al'umma - ba kawai a likitan dabbobi ba, amma a wasu wurare da yawa," in ji ta. "Don haka tabbas ina fatan kasancewa cikin wannan rana wata rana."
Patrick Guerrero zai fadada iliminsa da basirarsa ta hanyar aikin jujjuyawa na tsawon shekara a Signature Equine a Stephenville, Texas. Daga nan ya yi shirin dawo da wannan kwarewa a garinsu na Canutillo, Texas, da bude asibitin tafi da gidanka.
"Lokacin da nake makarantar likitan dabbobi, na sami sha'awar likitancin equine, musamman magungunan wasanni / kula da gurgu," in ji shi. "Na zama farrier aiki a yankin Amarillo kuma na ci gaba da bunkasa basirata ta hanyar daukar horon likitancin dabbobi da yawa a lokacin hutuna a lokacin bazara tsakanin semesters."
Guerrero ya tuna cewa sa'ad da yake ƙarami, babban likitan dabbobi na kusa yana Las Cruces, New Mexico, kusan mintuna 40. Yana da hannu a cikin shirin kasuwanci na Manoman nan gaba na Amurka (FFA) kuma ya ce manyan dabbobi suna da wahalar zuwa wurin likitan dabbobi, kuma babu wuraren da aka keɓe don jigilar shanu ko dawakai.
“Sa’ad da na fahimci hakan, sai na yi tunani, ‘Al’ummata suna bukatar taimako a kan wannan, don haka idan zan iya zuwa makarantar likitancin dabbobi, zan iya ɗaukar abin da na koya kuma in ba wa jama’ata da kuma mutanen da ke wurin,” in ji shi. "Wannan ya zama burina na daya, kuma yanzu na kusa cimma burina."
Danna nan don ƙarin koyo game da ɗalibai 61 waɗanda za su sami digiri na DVM daga Jami'ar Texas Tech, sulusin waɗanda ɗalibai ne na ƙarni na farko.
Za su kafa tarihi a matsayinsu na farko da suka kammala digiri na biyu a makarantar likitancin dabbobi ta Texas, wacce aka kafa fiye da karni daya da suka gabata kuma yana daya daga cikin shirye-shiryen likitancin dabbobi 35 a Amurka.
Za a gudanar da bikin yaye daliban ne a ranar Lahadi, 18 ga Mayu, da karfe 11:30 na safe a dakin taro na Amarillo Civic Center. Abokai da dangi za su halarci don sauraron baƙo jawabai, ciki har da College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Guy Loneragan, Texas Tech Shugaban Jami'ar Lawrence Schovanec, Texas Tech Jami'ar System Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, Texas Tech Jami'ar System System Emeritus Robert Duncan, da Texas Gwamna Greg Abbott. Sauran 'yan majalisar dokokin jihar kuma za su halarci taron.
"Dukkanmu muna fatan bikin yaye dalibai na farko," in ji Conklin. "Zai zama ƙarshen sake yin ta gabaɗaya, sannan za mu iya sake gwadawa."
Lokacin aikawa: Mayu-26-2025