The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Todays Diary Entry Is Sponsored by Supreme Petfoods The best way I think to describe today is weird, it’s given me a lot of food for thought and some positives and negatives. Some things here I am deliberately vague on Continue reading A pretty weird day at vet school
Today’s Diary is sponsored by Pet Webinars So today I started classes, this year is going be a little weird to me since I failed parasites last year – I’m basically repeating the 2 semesters of parasitology and taking a Continue reading Starting the new semester
I randomly came across this book tucked away in the corner of the university library. Sadly with social media I am reminded of the bad things in the world on a daily basis. I felt that as a vet student Continue reading REVIEW: Animal Abuse and Unlawful Killing (Ranald Munro & Helen M. C. Munro)
Well I am currently writing this as I sit on the train on my way to Munich to then keep going back towards Slovakia. There is a little stress as my train was delayed by 30 minutes which meant I Continue reading The end of my marine mammal summer school
So today was all about nutrition, animal training and communication. When they say Wednesday is hump day this is exactly what they mean, I am sad the week is halfway over, yet I am exhausted as I struggled to sleep Continue reading When marine mammals need fresh water too…
So this morning we did our anaesthesia and immobilisation workshop, unfortunately there were no procedures required in the marine mammals so we got a wild horse instead that needed x-rays and hoof trimming. Slightly disappointed but a great speaker and Continue reading Under the skin when things go wrong in marine mammals
Well today has been long, lectures started at 8am this morning and we stopped to go out to dinner at 7pm (though the debates kept going). Now tommorow morning is anaesthesia and immobilisation, and debate is still going on here Continue reading The start of a marine mammal education on dolphins and manatees