Ngo-2018, iYunivesithi yaseTexas Tech yaseka iKholeji yeUgqirha wezilwanyanaIyeza lokusebenzela uluntu lwasemaphandleni nakwingingqi eTexas naseNew Mexico ngeenkonzo zonyango lwezilwanyana ezingagcinwanga.
Ngale Cawa, abafundi bonyaka wokuqala abangama-61 baya kufumana izidanga zokuqala zobuGqirha kwiVeterinary Medicine eyakhe yanikezelwa yiYunivesithi yaseTexas Tech, kwaye i-95 pesenti yabo iya kuphumelela ukufezekisa loo mfuno. Ngapha koko, phantse isiqingatha sabafundi abaphumeleleyo baye kwimisebenzi yokugcwalisa ukunqongophala kogqirha wezilwanyana kwintshona ye-Interstate 35.
“Kubaluleke ngokwenene ukuba aba bafundi basebenze kwindawo apho kukho imfuno ekudala ikho yamayeza onyango lwezilwanyana,” utshilo uGqr. “Oko kuyanelisa ngaphezu kwabafundi abavelisa isininzi kwindibano yendibano.
U-Conklin ukhokele iqela lokuphuhlisa unyaka wekliniki owahlukileyo kwisibhedlele sokufundisa esisetyenziswa zezinye izikolo zezilwanyana. Ukuqala ngoMeyi ka-2024, abafundi baya kugqiba ii-internship ezili-10 zeeveki ezine phakathi kwamaqabane angaphezu kwe-125 e-internship kulo lonke elaseTexas naseNew Mexico.
Ngenxa yoko, phantse i-70% yabafundi abaphumeleleyo baqeshwe ngamaqabane abo okuziqhelanisa kwaye bathetha-thethana ngomvuzo ophezulu ngosuku lwabo lokuqala lomsebenzi.
“Baya kongeza ixabiso ngokukhawuleza, ngoko ndonwabile ukubona ukuba baphathwa kakuhle kwinkqubo yokuqesha nokunyuselwa,” utshilo uConklin. "Unxibelelwano kunye nezakhono zobuchwephesha zabo bonke abafundi zigqithise kakhulu ubulindelekile. Amaqabane ethu e-internship ayefuna iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zeemveliso, kwaye yiloo nto kanye esibonelela ngayo - ngakumbi kwiindawo zasemaphandleni nakwimimandla. Impendulo yabo ibe nomdla kakhulu, kwaye banethemba lokubona iimveliso ezininzi ezinjengalezi njengoko siqhubeka siqhubela phambili."
U-Elizabeth Peterson uzakuzinzela kwiKliniki yoNyango lweZilwanyana yaseHereford, awayichaza “njengendawo egqibeleleyo” kwabo bafuna ukusebenza kunyango lwezilwanyana.
“Injongo yam njengogqirha wezilwanyana kukubonisa onke amacandelo eshishini ukuba singasebenzisana njani kuba sonke sinenjongo enye,” utshilo. "Kwi-Texas Panhandle, umhlambi weenkomo ubodlula inani labantu, kwaye ndiyathemba ukusebenzisa amava am angaphambili kwishishini lokupakisha inyama yenkomo ukunceda ukuvala umsantsa phakathi koogqirha bezilwanyana, abanini beenkomo kunye nabanini beendawo zokutya njengoko ndichitha ixesha elininzi apha."
U-Peterson uceba ukubandakanyeka kuphando kangangoko kunye nokusebenzisana ne-Texas Livestock Feeders Association kunye neKomishoni yeMpilo yeZilwanyana. Uya kusebenza njengomcebisi kubafundi bezilwanyana kunye neqabane lokuziqhelanisa.
Ungomnye wabafundi abaninzi abakunyaka wesine abanethuba lokusebenzisa iZiko lokuGqwesa lokuFundisa kwiSibhedlele sezilwanyana saseHereford. Eli ziko lenzelwe ukubonelela abafundi bonyaka wesine bonyango lwezilwanyana ngemizekelo yokwenyani yezilwanyana zokutya ngelixa besajongwe lifakhalthi. Ithuba lokufundisa abafundi abafana noGqr Peterson inokuba ngamava anomvuzo kuye.
“Into yokuba iTexas Tech ibeke phambili abafundi abaza kubuyisela eluntwini inkulu,” utshilo. "Bakhethe abafundi abafana nam abazinikele kwiinjongo kunye nokuzinikela kwabo."
UDylan Bostic uya kuba ngumncedisi wezilwanyana kwiSibhedlele seMfuyo saseBeard Navasota eNavasota, eTexas, kwaye uya kuqhuba umsebenzi oxubileyo wezilwanyana. Isiqingatha sabaguli bakhe yayizinja neekati, yaye esinye yayiziinkomo, iigusha, iibhokhwe neehagu.
“Kukho ukunqongophala koogqirha bezilwanyana emaphandleni nakwimimandla esemantla eHouston abanokuphatha izilwanyana zasefama,” utshilo. “Kwi-Beard Navasota, sihlala siphuma sisiya kwiifama umgama omalunga neyure enesiqingatha ukuya kubonelela ngonyango lwemfuyo kwimfuyo kuba abekho oogqirha bezilwanyana abakufutshane abagxile kwezo ntlobo zezilwanyana, ndiyathemba ukuqhubeka nokuxhasa olu luntu.”
Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe weklinikhi kwiSibhedlele saseBeard Navasota, uBostic wafumanisa ukuba umsebenzi awayewuthanda kakhulu yayikukuya kwiifama ukuze ancede iinkomo. Akagcini nje ukwakha unxibelelwano kuluntu, kodwa ukwanceda abafuyi ukuba babe ngabacingeli abanobuchule kunye nabanobuchule.
“Ukufuya iinkomo, nokuba kukutya, kujongwe imvelaphi, okanye kusenziwa utyando lwenkomo, ayingowona msebenzi umhle,” watsho eqhula. “Nangona kunjalo, ngumsebenzi ovuzayo kakhulu okunika ithuba lokuba yinxalenye yeshishini apho unokwakha ubudlelwane kunye nobuhlobo obuya kuhlala ubomi bonke.
Ukuzalisekisa iphupha lakhe lobuntwana, uVal Trevino wathatha umsebenzi kwiSibhedlele seZilwanyana saseBorgfield, ikliniki encinci yezilwanyana kwidolophu yaseSan Antonio. Ebudeni bonyaka wakhe wokuziqhelanisa nonyango, wafumana ubutyebi bamava abeka isiseko sokhathalelo lwakhe lwexesha elizayo lwezilwanyana zasekhaya kunye nezilwanyana ezinqabileyo.
“E-Gonzales, eTexas, ndinceda ukulawula iikati ezilahlekileyo ngokuzithengisa nangokuzikhulula kwaye ndibakhulule kwiindawo zabo zokuzalwa,” utshilo. "Ngoko ibe ngamava amahle kakhulu lawo."
Ngethuba e-Gonzales, uTrevino wayesebenza kuluntu, ehamba kwiintlanganiso zeLions Club kunye nezinye iziganeko. Oku kwamnika ithuba lokuzibonela ngokwakhe impembelelo awayenethemba lokuyenza emva kokuphumelela kwakhe isidanga.
“Kuyo yonke indawo esiya kuyo noogqirha bezilwanyana, kukho umntu oza kuthi esibalisela ngezilwanyana athe wazinceda nangendima ebalulekileyo eziyidlalayo eluntwini — hayi kunyango lwezilwanyana kuphela, koko nakwezinye iindawo ezininzi,” utshilo. "Ke ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kuba yinxalenye yaloo mini."
UPatrick Guerrero uya kwandisa ulwazi lwakhe olulinganayo kunye nobuchule ngokusebenzisa i-internship yokujikeleza unyaka wonke kwiSiginitsha yeEquine eStephenville, eTexas. Emva koko uceba ukubuyisela amava kwidolophu yakhe yaseCanutillo, eTexas, kwaye avule ikliniki ehambahambayo.
“Ngelixa ndisesikolweni sonyango lwezilwanyana, ndaba nomdla onzulu kumayeza eequine, ngakumbi amayeza ezemidlalo/ulawulo lokuqhwalela,” uyachaza. "Ndiye ndasebenza kwindawo yase-Amarillo ndaza ndaqhubeka nokuphuhlisa izakhono zam ngokuthatha izifundo ezininzi zonyango lwezilwanyana ngexesha lam lokukhululeka ngexesha lehlobo phakathi kwesiqingatha sonyaka."
UGuerrero ukhumbula ukuba xa wayesengumntwana, oyena gqirha wezilwanyana wayekufutshane eLas Cruces, eNew Mexico, malunga nemizuzu engama-40 ukusuka apho. Uthatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo ye-Future Farmers of America (FFA) yenkomo yorhwebo kwaye wathi izilwanyana ezinkulu zinzima ukuya kugqirha wezilwanyana, kwaye akukho ndawo ezikhethiweyo zothutho zokuthutha iinkomo okanye amahashe.
“Ndathi ndakukuqonda oko, ndacinga, ‘Uluntu lwam lufuna uncedo koku, ngoko ukuba ndinokuya kwisikolo sonyango lwezilwanyana, ndithabathe oko ndikufundileyo ndize ndikubuyisele kwindawo endihlala kuyo nakubantu balapho,’” ukhumbula oku. “Olo yaba yinjongo yam yokuqala, kwaye ngoku ndisondele ekuyifezekiseni.”
Cofa apha ukuze ufunde ngakumbi malunga nabafundi abangama-61 abaza kufumana izidanga zabo ze-DVM kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas Tech, isithathu sabo singabafundi besizukulwana sokuqala.
Baza kwenza imbali njengabaphumeleleyo bokuqala kwisikolo sesibini sezilwanyana saseTexas, esasekwa ngaphezu kwenkulungwane eyadlulayo kwaye yenye yeenkqubo zonyango lwezilwanyana ezingama-35 eMelika.
Umsitho wothweso-zidanga uya kubanjwa ngeCawa, ngomhla we-18 kuMeyi, ngo-11:30 kusasa kwigumbi leNgqungquthela lase-Amarillo Civic Centre. Abahlobo kunye nosapho baya kubakho ukuva izithethi zeendwendwe, kuquka iKholeji yeVeterinary Medicine uDean Guy Loneragan, uMongameli weYunivesithi yaseTexas Tech uLawrence Schovanec, uTshansela weNkqubo yeNkqubo yeYunivesithi yaseTexas Tedd L. Mitchell, uMongameli weNkqubo yeYunivesithi yaseTexas uEmeritus Robert Duncan, kunye neRhuluneli yaseTexas uGreg Abbott. Nabanye abawisi-mthetho bakarhulumente baza kubakho.
“Sonke sijonge kumsitho wokuqala wokuthweswa izidanga,” utshilo uConklin. "Iza kuba sisiphelo sokuba siyenze kwakhona, kwaye emva koko sinokuzama kwakhona."
Ixesha lokuposa: May-26-2025