 Biography-Pamela Govett, DVM, Dipl. ACZM-College of Veterinary Medicine
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Pamela Govett, DVM, Dipl. ACZM
Assistant Professor,
Marine Animal Medicine
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Biographical Information
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Pamela Govett, DVM, Dipl. ACZM has long held an interest in ocean life and after graduating from the University of Arizona with a BS in Ecology, began her career researching cetacean vocalizations. She received her veterinary degree graduating with honors from the University of Florida in 2000, after which she completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Georgia. Next came a residency in zoo, wildlife, and aquatic animal medicine at North Carolina State University, followed by a position as interim associate veterinarian at the New England Aquarium in Boston. She served as Head Veterinarian at Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas, where she assisted them in gaining American Zoological Association accreditation and developed the veterinary program and facilities, looking after dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, rays, fish, and birds. A first person account of one of her participation in transporting the Hurricane Katrina dolphins can be found in the book “Rhino with the Glue on Shoes”. She has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, on Kerzner Today, the Today Show, Discovery s Science Channel, and Koi Club of the Air internet talk show. Dr. Govett joined the Western University College of Veterinary Medicine team as an Assistant Professor of Marine Mammal Medicine in September 2007.
Selected Publications
Govett PD. The Katrina Dolphins, in Rhino With the Glue-On Shoes (eds. Spelman L H and Mashima TY). Bantam Dell, New York, NY. 2008. pp 160-170.
Saliki JT, Cooper EJ, Rotstein DS, Caseltine SL, Pabst DA, McLellan WA, Govett P, Harms C, Smolarek KA, and Romero CH. A Novel Gammaherpesvirus Associated with Genital Lesions in a Blainville s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) J Wild Ds. 2006. 42(1): 142-148.
Govett PD, Harms CA, Johnson AJ, Latimer KS, Wellehan JFX, Fatzinger MH, Christian LS, Kelly TR, and Lewbart GA. Lymphoid Follicular Cloacal Inflammation Associated with a Novel Herpesvirus in Juvenile Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). 2005 J Vet Diagn Invest. 17:474-479.
Govett PD, Olby N, Marcellin-Little D, Rotstein DS, and Lewbart GA. Stabilisation of Scoliosis in Two Koi (Cyprinus carpio). 2004 Vet Record 155: 115-119.
Govett PD, Rotstein DS, and Lewbart GA. Gill Metaplasia in a Goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus). 2004 J Fish Dis. 27:419-423.
Govett PD, Harms C, Marsh J, and Wyneken J. Effect of Four Different Suture Materials on the Surgical Wound Healing of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta). 2004 J Herp Med Surg 14(4): 6-10.
Professional Affiliations
International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
P.E.O.
Pi Beta Ph
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Personal Teaching Philosophy
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Professional Interests
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Research Interests
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Antibiotic pharmacokinetics in koi
Cataracts in sea lions
Metastatic calcification in rays
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Contact Information
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309 East Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766 |
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(909) 706-3536 |
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(909) 469-5635 |
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pgovett@westernu.edu |
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