Gifts & Giving Opportunities
Small Animal Clinical Sciences Funds
Companion Animal Fund
The Companion Animal Fund was established to help provide treatment costs for abandoned animals brought to the small animal hospital with injuries and to provide funds for clinical research benefiting cats and dogs. Donations from "good Samaritans" and others have helped hundreds of animals since the fund was established.
Avian Medicine
Wild Animal Medical Treatment
Injured wildlife are often brought to the college for treatment of problems due to injury, illness, accidents or, at times, intentional mistreatment. This fund accepts contributions to help treat these animals so that the may be returned to the wild or other suitable location.
Small Animal Research Fund
Funds to investigate illnesses and conditions of cats and dogs is not provided by the state. The college relies on private contributions and contracts to money for important research to help improve medical care to companion animals.
Small Animal Faculty Development
Donated funds are used to assist faculty in professional development by providing funds for textbooks, professional journals, and travel to specialty meetings. These activities help to ensure that we have the best trained and equipped faculty for patient care.
Dr. Ted J. Lafeber, Jr. Companion Bird Fund
Enriching the lives of our elders and birds through the human-companion bird bond. This fund is dedicated to helping those in long-term facilities and people confined at home.
Angel Fund for Research & Treatment of Congenital Portosystemic Shunts in Dogs
Angel Fund Flyer
Liver shunts cause serious and sometimes fatal outcomes in dogs. A liver shunt, or Portosystemic Shunts, is a normal fetal blood vessel that in the womb bypasses liver tissue, allowing the mother’s system to filter out toxins for the developing baby. In some animals, however, the shunt remains open after the animal is born, compromising its liver function, slowing growth, and eventually resulting in death of many affected animals. Congenital Portosystemic Shunts may be repaired with traditional surgical approaches, but a technique developed at the University of Tennessee several years ago implants an ameroid constrictor, a tiny C-shaped piece of metal ring. The
constrictor fits around the shunt, causing it to slowly shut down over several weeks. Dogs receiving this method of surgical repair generally have a shorter surgery and fewer postoperative complications than traditional methods.
The University of Tennessee Angel Fund for Portosystemic Shunts was developed for the following reasons:
- to continue to support our breeding dogs so that mode of inheritance can be determined; and
- to support other research efforts in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of this disease.
Exotics Assisted Care Fund
funds to provide partial financial support for small exotic animal hospital clients who do no have adequate means to cover all expenses of necessary treatment for their pet's health care.
Neurology/MRI Fund
Funds for the neurology instructional and clinic program, inclusive of equipment purchases and leases to insure state-of-the-art services to patients.