VETERINARY BUSINESS ADDRESS:             SOFTWARE BUSINESS ADDRESS:

Marine World Africa USA                                                 MAMARUGA

Marine World Parkway                                                     1131 Second Avenue

Vallejo, Calif. 94589                                                         Napa, Calif. 94558

(707) 556-5240(707) 255-9044

e-mail: Wetwildvet@aol.com

EDUCATION:

Washington State University, work on post doctoral

degree in comparative anatomy; Internship in Equine

Medicine and Surgery  1979-1980

University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary

Medicine, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine 1979, ranked in

first quartile.

University of California, San Diego, non-degree graduate

school, teaching assistant in zoology and biology 1974-75

University of California, San Diego, Revelle College,

Bachelor of Arts, in Biology (with emphasis on Biochemistry

and Molecular Biology) 1974 with Honors

Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire 1972-73

MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE:

August 1996 - Present, Vice President, Director of Scientific Technologies,  MAMARUGA Software Company, LLC, Napa, Calif.

Specialist in creating original lyrics and music. Experience working with Adobe photoshop. Creative background for creation of product ideas, game ideas and characters. Strong scientific background brings new dimensions to game and product creations.

APPEARANCES ON (partial list): All San Francisco Bay Area News stations, Evening Magazine, Good Morning America, 20/20, CBS Evening News, AM San Francisco, Prime Time People, Rescue 911, 1993 Marine World Special ìBehind the Scenes at Marine Worldî, Discovery Channel, EXTRA!

PROFESSIONAL VETERINARY EXPERIENCE:

• October 1980 - Present, Director of Veterinary Services,

      Marine World Africa USA, Vallejo, California

• December 1981 - December 1994, Director of Veterinary Services,

      The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, Calif.

• January 1995- Present, Chief Veterinary Consultant,

     The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, Calif.

• June 1982-Present, Northern California Veterinary Consultant to Circus Vargus
• March 1985-Present, Veterinary Consultant to

      The Gorilla Foundation, Woodside, California

• March 1985-Present, Relief veterinarian, San Francisco Zoo
• November 1988-Present, Veterinary Consultant to

     Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, California

• November 1989 - Present, Veterinary Consultant to

      Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, California.

• July 1990 - Present, Veterinary Consultant to Coyote Point Museum San Mateo, California.
• February 1993 - August 1995, Veterinary Consultant to Safari World, Bangkok, Thailand
• September 1996- Present, Veterinary Consultant to The Oregon Tiger Sanctuary, Eagle Point, Oregon
• February 1986-June 1994, Veterinary Consultant to Marine Animal

      Productions, Gulfport, Mississippi

• June 1986-1993, Veterinary Consultant to Embassy Suites Hotel, Napa, California
• July 1980 - October 1980, Associate Veterinarian,

     Dinnes Memorial Veterinary Hospital, Newhall, California.

• June 1979 - June 1980, Internship in Equine Medicine and Surgery,

      Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCE:

• Externship program offered to veterinary students each year who gain

      experience working with exotic animals at Marine World Africa USA

• Externship program offered to Animal Health Technician

      students to gain credit for their school programs.

• Lecture each year to the U.C. Davis School of Veterinary

     Medicine "Captive Wild Animal Medicine" class on marine

     mammal medicine, surgery and husbandry.

• Lecture to veterinary students at various veterinary

     schools (i.e. Kansas State University, Washington State

     University) on marine mammal medicine and surgery.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Veterinary Medical Association

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine

European Association for Aquatic Mammals

     HONORS:

Phi Zeta Society

CURRENT VETERINARY LICENSE:

California

CONSTRUCTION RELATED EXPERIENCE:

• Developed design of Veterinary Clinic for Marine World Africa USA, 1984-85
• Consultant on design of marine mammal and land animal facilities for Marine World Africa USA, 1984-85
• Served as the Consultant Veterinarian for the Environmental Science Associates to monitor the behavior of the animals at the San Francisco Zoo as a part of the compliance monitoring during the construction of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant 1988 to 1992.
• Consultant to The Duffey Company and The San Francisco Zoo for the design and development of the San Francisco Zoo Infrastructure Replacement Project 1994 - Present

PAPERS PRESENTED TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• Restraint and Anesthesia in Pinnipeds
• Care and Rehabilitation of a Beached Neonatal Harbor Porpoise
• Hand Rearing Pinniped Pups
• Hematological Values in Clinically Normal Rehabilitated Pinnipeds
• Common Medical Problems Encountered in Pinnipeds Admitted to the

     California Marine Mammal Center

• Cetacean Medicine
• Rescue and Rehabilitation of Stranded Cetaceans
• Skin Problems in Pinnipeds
• Moving Marine World Africa USA, How a Very Diverse Group

      of Land and Marine Mammals were Moved Successfully

• Dental Procedures in Exotic Animals
• Leptospirosis in California Sea Lions
• Training Medical Behaviors as an Aid to Medical Management of Captive Exotic Animals
• Convulsing Sea Lions off the Northern California Coast
• Rehabilitation Efforts for Two Neonatal Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon spp.)
• Methods of Moving a Stranded Humpback Whale
• Treatment of Liver Disease in a Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
• Rehabilitation and Treatment Success Rate of California Sea Lions (Zalophus

      californianus) Stranded Along the Central and Northern California Coast, 1984-1990

• Hydrocephalus in a California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
• Removal of Infected Phalanges from an Asian Elephant (Elephus maximus)
• Handrearing and Medical Management of Walrus Pups
• Advances in Anesthesia of Pinnipeds
• Transfusion of a Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) with California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Blood
• Radiographic Techniques for Elephant Feet

PUBLICATIONS:

Rantanen, N.W., Gage, L., and Paradis, M.R.: Ultrasonography as a

diagnostic aid in pleural effusion of horses. Vet. Radiol., 1981

Dierauf, L.A., Vandenbroek, D., Koski, M., and Gage, L.J.:

An epizootic of leptospirosis in California sea lions. J. Am.

Vet. Med. Assoc. 187: 1145-1148, 1985

Paul-Murphy, J., Lloyd, K., Turrel, J.M.., Blanchard, P.,

Gage, L., and Fowler, M.: Management of a schwannoma in the

larynx of a lion. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 189: 1202-1203, 1986

Lloyd, K.C., Paul-Murphy, J., Anderson, C., Gage, L., Wheat, J.D.

Fowler, M.: Surgical treatment of laryngeal ossification in the

a tiger. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 189: 1205-1206, 1986

Hastings, B.E., Lowenstine, L.J., Gage, L.J., and Munn, R.J.: An Epizootic of Seal Pox in Pinnipeds at a Rehabilitation Center. J. Zoo Wildlife Med. 20(3): 282-290, 1989

Gage, L.J., Amaya-Sherman, L., Roletto, J., Bently, S.: Clinical

signs of San Miguel sea lion virus in debilitated California sea

lions. J. Zoo Wildlife Med. 21(1): 79-83, 1990

Dierauf, L.A., Gage, L.J., Gross Necropsy of Cetaceans and Pinnipeds. In: Dierauf, L. (ed.) Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl.  285-286, 1990

Gage, L.J.: Handrearing Pinniped Pups. In: Dierauf, L. (ed.)

Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl.

533-535, 1990

Gage, L.J.: Rescue and Rehabilitation of Small Cetaceans. In:

Dierauf, L. (ed.) Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, CRC Press,

Boca Raton, Fl. 685-692, 1990

Berry, E.S., Skilling, D.E., Barlough, J.E., Vedros, N.A., Gage, L.J., Smith, A.W.: New marine calicivirus serotype infective for swine. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 51 (8): 1184-1187, 1990

Gerber, J.A., Roletto, J, Morgan, L.E., Smith, D.M., Gage, L.J.: Findings in Pinnipeds Stranded Along the Central and Northern California Coast, 1984 - 1990. J. Wildlife Diseases. 29 (3):

 423 - 433, 1993

Gage, L.J.: Rehabilitation and Treatment Success Rate of California Sea Lions and Northern Fur Seals Stranded along the Central and Northern Califonia Coast, 1984-1990. J. Zoo Wildlife Med. 24(1): 41-47, 1993

Gage, L.J.: Handrearing Pinnipeds. In: Fowler, M.E. (ed.) Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Current Therapy 3, Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1993

Gage, L.J.: Anesthesia of Pinnipeds. In: Fowler, M.E. (ed.) Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Current Therapy 3, Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1993

Gage, L.J.: Nursing Care for Marine Mammals. In: Pratt, P.W. (ed.) Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, Mosby, Santa Barbara, CA, 1996

Gage, L.J., Fowler, M.E., Pascoe, J.R.,: Surgical Removal of Infected Phalanges from an Asian Elephant (Elephus Maximus)

J. Zoo Wildlife Med 1997 (In Press)

Gage, L.J.: Radiographic Techniques for the Elephant Foot and Carpus. In: Fowler, M.E. (ed.) Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy 4, Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1997 (In Press)

REFERENCES:

John B. Gage, Director of Science, SUN Microsystems, Mountain View, CA. 94043

Murray E. Fowler, D.V.M., Dept. of Medicine, School of

Veterinary Medicine, Universitry of California,

Davis, CA. 95616

Michael K. Stoskopf, D.V.M., PhD., Dept. of CASS, College of    

Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University,

Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC  27606 

Phil Ensor, President, Marine World Africa USA

Marine World Africa USA

Vallejo, California  94589

Judy Chovan, Director, Coyote Point Museum, Coyote Point Drive

San Mateo, California  94401