{"id":15336,"date":"2014-12-22T01:12:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T01:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/staging\/vet\/?p=15336"},"modified":"2015-12-27T20:21:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:21:43","slug":"ritzman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/ritzman\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracey Ritzman, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DABVP (Exotic Companion Mammal Practice)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15337\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/tracey-ritzman.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Tracey Ritzman\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/tracey-ritzman.jpg 185w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/tracey-ritzman-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Dr. Tracey Ritzman<\/strong> graduated from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1995. During the first year of her veterinary career, she completed an avian and exotic animal medicine internship with Kaytee Products, Inc. She then remained on staff at Kaytee Products for several years after her internship with a focus on avicultural medicine and avian nutritional research. Dr. Ritzman became board certified in avian practice with the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in 2002, and she served as a staff veterinarian in the Avian\/Exotics Section of Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts from 1998 until 2006. Dr. Ritzman became certified in exotic companion practice in 2010. Tracey currently resides with her husband and son in western Michigan where she is an associate veterinarian at <a href=\"http:\/\/chfa.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cascade Hospital for Animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Tracey Ritzman graduated from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1995. 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