The Davis Enterprise Friday, February 21, 2020

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Pets

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Mental health tops county health needs

UCD gives roos a hand

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

Aggie vets bring expertise to wildfire zone

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UCD veterinarians Eric Johnson and Jamie Peyton examine a baby kangaroo, above. At right, Johnson and Peyton join a vet team in Australia’s Blue Mountains helping a kangaroo wounded in the wildfires that ravaged the bush.

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer Jamie Peyton, the chief of Integrative Medicine Science at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, and associate professor Eric Johnson returned to Davis earlier this month from Australia, where they traveled to help local veterinarians treat animals burned in massive wildfires. Peyton and Johnson worked alongside vets from the University of Sydney School of Veterinary Science and national and community wildlife rehabilitation centers in New South Wales. Over two weeks, Peyton taught Australian veterinarians a treatment method she pioneered in the wake of recent wildfires in California. In 2017, Peyton treated two

bears that were severely burned in the Thomas Fire by using tilapia skins as bandages. Peyton had read that doctors in Brazil used tilapia skins to treat human burns and thought to try it with animals. The tilapia skin treatment was remarkably successful on the bears as well as on a mountain lion, Peyton said. Since then, she has used the same method to treat other

animals. In 2018, Peyton volunteered to help veterinarians in Chico, using tilapia skins to treat dogs and cats that survived the Camp Fire in Paradise. Peyton received a Chancellor’s Innovation Award last year for developing the treatment, which had not previously been used to treat animals. “Tilapia bandages are really ideal, especially with wildlife,” Peyton said. The tilapia

functions like an artificial skin, protecting open wounds. “Placing it on a burn, we see a great reduction in pain. It covers nerve endings and we think it has anti-inflammatory properties,” she said. Tilapia contains a type of collagen that relieves pain, which can be overwhelming for severe burn victims, Peyton said. It also protects open wounds and speeds up the healing process. Additionally, tilapia skin bandages don’t need to be changed as frequently as do more conventional bandages, which is a significant factor given the stress of restraining and sedating wild animals for treatment.

SEE ROOS, PAGE A4

Supervisors to consider animal-services JPA agreement BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY The Yolo County Board of Supervisors will consider the formation of a joint powers authority to oversee animal services, including a possible new animal shelter, at its meeting next week. On the board’s agenda Tuesday is a joint powers authority agreement that would create a new governance structure for the provision of animal services throughout the county. The city of Winters has already approved the agreement and both Davis and Woodland will consider the proposal next month. The city

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An architect’s sketch shows what a spacious new Yolo County Animal Shelter could look like. of West Sacramento will have the option of joining in the

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Arts . . . . . . . . . .B1 Comics . . . . . . . A8 Pet Tales . . . . . . A5 Calendar . . . . . A4 Forum . . . . . . . . A6 Sports . . . . . .B10 Classifieds . . . .B7 Obituaries . . . . A2 The Wary I . . . . A2

future if it chooses. Plans for such a collaboration

WEATHER S Saturday: Sunny. S High 70. Low 43. H

SEE HEALTH, PAGE A7

City names new finance director BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

The shelter, on Gibson Road, is managed by the Yolo County Sheriff ’s Department, which contracts with other jurisdictions — including cities like Davis — to provide animal services.

The city of Davis has a new finance director. City Manager Mike Webb announced Wednesday that Elena Adair, who has been serving as ADAIR finance director for Starts on the city of Alameda, March 16 will replace Nitish Sharma, who held the position for just 14 months before moving on. Adair, who will start her new position in Davis on March 16, is a certified public accountant and certified public finance officer and has served as Alameda’s finance director for the

SEE AGREEMENT, PAGE A7

SEE FINANCE, PAGE A7

have been in the works for years, dating back to 2013 when a study by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program found the 51-year-old Yolo County animal shelter in Woodland was “inadequate, outdated and compromising the program’s ability to adequately serve the community.”

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Yolo County residents need better access to mental health and addiction care as well as disease prevention and management, according a new report released this week. The Community Health Needs Assessment also emphasizes the need for access to housing, jobs and food as priorities for addressing the evolving healthy needs of the county’s 212,000 residents. The assessment was a joint project by Yolo County’s Health and Human Services Agency and local health providers Sutter Health, CommuniCare Health Centers, Dignity Health and Winters Healthcare. Data that led to those findings was collected from interviews with 61 community health experts, socialservice providers and medical personnel as well as one town hall meeting. Additionally, 132 residents participated in three focus groups across the county and 2,291 residents completed the community health assessment survey. The top health needs identified via that effort:

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