{"id":21158,"date":"2015-05-13T17:35:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=21158"},"modified":"2018-04-05T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:02:12","slug":"call-for-nominations-avian-practitioner-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/call-for-nominations-avian-practitioner-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Avian Practitioner of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Patrick Redig named 2015 T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-w-falcon-Minnesota-Alumni-labeled.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22944 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-w-falcon-Minnesota-Alumni-labeled.png\" alt=\"Redig w falcon labeled\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-w-falcon-Minnesota-Alumni-labeled.png 600w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-w-falcon-Minnesota-Alumni-labeled-500x333.png 500w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-w-falcon-Minnesota-Alumni-labeled-400x267.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nominations closed on June 7th for the 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/t-j-lafeber-avian-practitioner-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year<\/a>. Including duplicates, 59 nominations were submitted creating a list of 34 outstanding avian veterinarians. The independent Selection Committee, hosted through Louisiana State University, narrowed the list to five finalists in late June and the Award recipient, Dr. Patrick Redig, was announced during the Opening Session of <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/22562\/\">ExoticsCon 2015<\/a> on Monday, August 31.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-at-ExoticsCon-width-600.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23045 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-at-ExoticsCon-width-600-400x265.png\" alt=\"Redig at ExoticsCon 2015\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-at-ExoticsCon-width-600-400x265.png 400w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-at-ExoticsCon-width-600-500x331.png 500w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Redig-at-ExoticsCon-width-600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Redig is a\u00a0Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine as well as Founder and Director Emeritus of The Raptor Center. [<a href=\"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/2015-dr-patrick-redig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MORE<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/t-j-lafeber-avian-practitioner-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lafeber.com<\/a> for information on previous Award recipients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Did You Know&#8230;?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/award-250-x-174.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21166\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/award-250-x-174.jpg\" alt=\"Caring Hands award\" width=\"250\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year is nominated by their peers: \u00a0YOU<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">The Awardee is NOT, and has never been, selected by Lafeber Company<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">This autonomous committee, consisting of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aav.org\/default.asp?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Avian Veterinarians<\/a> members, is led by Dr. Tom Tully, Professor and Chief of the Zoological Medicine Service at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">A Lafeber Company Veterinary Consultant, who does NOT vote on the Award recipient, manages committee paperwork and scheduling only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder and Director Emeritus of the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Raptor Center, Dr. Patrick Redig, was named the 2015 T.J. 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