Mgvp Inc

THE NON-PROFIT MGVP, INC., IS AN INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY TEAM DEDICATED TO SAVING THE LIVES OF CENTRAL AFRICAS ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN AND GRAUERS GORILLAS THROUGH VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SCIENCE USING A ONE HEALTH APPROACH. MGVP, INC. TREATS WILD HUMAN-HABITUATED GORILLAS SUFFERING FROM LIFE-THREATENING INJURY AND ILLNESS, CONDUCTS GORILLA HEALTH, EMERGING INFECTIOUS AND ZOONOTIC DISEASE RESEARCH, FACILITATES PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE NATIONAL PARKS WHO COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE GORILLAS; AND RAISES PARTNER AND SOCIETAL AWARENESS FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO GORILLA CONSERVATION. GORILLA DOCTORS IMPLEMENTS ITS MISSION IN RWANDA, DR CONGO AND UGANDA. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.GORILLADOCTORS.ORG.

MOUNTAIN AND GRAUERS GORILLA VETERINARY CARE MGVP, INC. STAFF IS COMPRISED OF 11 VETERINARIANS AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF. OUR VETERINARIANS PERFORM ROUTINE HEALTH CHECKS, VETERINARY MONITORING VISITS AND CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS TO TREAT ILL AND INJURED HUMAN-HABITUATED MOUNTAIN AND GRAUERS GORILLAS LIVING IN RWANDA, UGANDA AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. GORILLA RESCUE MGVP, INC. ALSO ASSISTS WILDLIFE AUTHORITIES WITH PROVISION OF EMERGENCY CARE TO INFANT GORILLAS AND OTHER PRIMATES CONFISCATED FROM POACHERS, AND MANAGES THE HEALTH OF ORPHANED MOUNTAIN GORILLAS IN CAPTIVITY.RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE ON GORILLA HEALTH, AND CONDUCTS WILDLIFE HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND RESEARCH ON EASTERN GORILLAS AND SYMPATRIC WILDLIFE AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT THE GORILLA/HUMAN INTERFACE.

EMERGING WILDLIFE ZOONOTIC PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE - MGVP IS A SUBRECIPIENT ON A USAID GRANT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMERGING PANDEMIC THREATS (PREDICT) PROJECT, THE OBJECTIVES OF PREDICT ARE TO DETECT AND DESCRIBE VIRUSES IN WILDLIFE, PRIMARILY PRIMATES, BATS AND RODENTS, THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INFECT PEOPLE, AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ECOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL DRIVERS OF SPILLOVER OF VIRUSES FROM WILDLIFE TO PEOPLE. MGVP, INC. IMPLEMENTS PREDICT IN RWANDA, UGANDA AND EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. OUR VETERINIANS CAPTURE LIVE WILDLIFE TO OBTAIN SAMPLES AND WORK WITH LABORATORY PARTNERS TO SCREEN SAMPLES FOR VIRUSES. MGVP, INC. IS ALSO A RECIPIENT OF US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FUNDING TO STUDY PARASITES CAUSING GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE IN MOUNTAIN GORILLAS IN RWANDA, AND A US EMBASSY RWANDA GRANT TO IMPROVE HYGIENE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PRACTICES AROUND VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, RWANDA.