Duties of Members of Animal Health Veterinary/Registered Animal Technicians Volunteer Corp

Duties may include but are not necessarily limited to all on the list nor would one individual do all the duties listed each time they are activated:  

  1. Provide veterinary medical and/or surgical services to injured or sick animals during disasters if these services cannot be provided by the normal veterinary infrastructure.
  2. Operate a Mobile Laboratory
  3. Obtain diagnostic samples from infected, exposed, or farms within surveillance circles. 
  4. Supervise or perform cleaning and operations.
  5. Perform euthanasia on individual animals or by working as part of depopulation/euthanasia teams- AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines will be followed
  6. Supervise disposal of dead animals or work on carcass disposal teams
  7. Assist with inventory and appraisal duties for livestock and poultry destroyed due to disease; assist with agriculture damage and needs assessments in response and recovery operations.
  8. Be source of scientific and safety information on diseases, and animal issues during emergencies, outbreaks, and disasters to whoever requests information
  9. Augment regulatory personnel in the performance of their regular program duties that become secondary missions in an emergency response effort. Examples: Johnes, CEM, BRT, Pullorum, AI, programs- Perform USDA APHIS accredited disease control duties  (Backfill mission)
  10. Coordinate/ issue dispensing to responders of supplies, medication, and equipment such as emergency clothing, boots, and other items required to respond to the event
  11. Provide communications link and liaison between what is occurring in the field and appropriate officials
  12. Assist in disease contacts trace outs and tracebacks
  13. Implement and follow predetermined biosecurity measures
  14. Provide training to those in need in area where you have the expertise
  15. Vaccinate animals
  16. Vaccinate and provide medical care to humans if covered for liability, requested to do so by public health officials and you are willing and comfortable to do so
  17. Triage Duties
  18. Dispensing, counseling, screening of drug interactions.