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About the Editors
About the editor
James W. Carpenter, MS, DVM, Diplomate ACZM, is a professor of zoological
medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University. He has been a
clinical and research veterinarian for 42 years in the field of exotic animal, wildlife, and
zoo animal medicine, and he has trained 40 interns and residents. He is the author of
numerous scientific papers and book chapters; is editor/co-author of the Exotic Animal
Formulary (1996, 2001, 2005, 2013, 2018) and its Japanese (2002), Spanish (2006), and
Portuguese (2010) translations; and was co-editor of Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical
Medicine and Surgery (2004, 2012). Dr. Carpenter is also the former editor of the Journal
of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (1987-1992), served on the Wildlife Scientific Advisory Board
of the Morris Animal Foundation (1998-2001; Chair, 2000-2001), and is the past president
of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (1998-1999), the Association of Avian
Veterinarians (2006-2007), and the American College of Zoological Medicine (2008-2009).
He was awarded the Edwin J. Frick Professorship in Veterinary Medicine from the KSU
College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002 and the Emil Dolensek Award by the American
Association of Zoo Veterinarians in 2004. Dr. Carpenter was named the Exotic DVM of
the Year for 2000 and the T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year for 2012. He was also
named an Alumni of the Year by the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary
Medicine in 2009. In 2013, the Veterinary Health Center (KSU College of Veterinary
Medicine) named the new veterinary facility at Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo the “James W.
Carpenter Clinic at Sunset Zoo.” In 2016, Dr. Carpenter was awarded both the E.R.
Frank Award by the KSU College of Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association for
“outstanding achievements, humanitarian service, and contributions to the veterinary
profession” and the KSU Distinguished Service Award for “outstanding leadership and
clinical/diagnostic service to Kansas Veterinary Medical Association members.” Dr.
Carpenter is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery.
About the assistant editor
Christopher J. Marion, DVM, MPH, received his doctor of veterinary medicine and
master of public health degrees from Kansas State University. He has managed and
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