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Joel Pond, C.V.T.
Since the beginning of his career he has been active in veterinary technician associations, beginning with his home state of Illinois. In 1981 he co-founded the Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians, now an international organization of zoo veterinary technicians. He currently serves as the executive director for the AZVT. He is also a board member of the Veterinary Laboratory Association. His areas of professional interest are hematology (exotic and domestic animals), exotic animal parasitology and cytology. He, along with his colleagues, serves as a member of the Peregrine Falcon Banding Project in Northeastern Illinois in collaboration with the Field Museum of Natural History. Joel is also involved with the Chimpanzee Health Monitoring Program at Gombe National Park in Tanzania, where he screens for internal parasites. He gives frequent lectures to allied health organizations and veterinary technician groups on topics of veterinary clinical pathology.Publications |
Joel Pond has been involved with zoos in various capacities since 1968, including volunteer programs during high school and college and his hire as Lincoln Park Zoo’s first zoo veterinary technician in 1976. He has worked in private practice, emergency practice (human and veterinary), and as a supervisor in a commercial veterinary clinical laboratory. He is a consultant for Idexx Veterinary Laboratories.