The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
One of the reasons I love this university is how practical it is, and how you are pushed to think for yourself. We were left with a bull calf with a large lump on its neck and told to come Continue reading Sheep scanning, and a lump…
The bang from the captive bolt gun startled me as the bull dropped to the ground with a thud. Maybe because I’ve worked with cows more that pigs, or it was a bigger animal but something moved inside me. I Continue reading The stunned cow…
I walked into surgery today not to fix an animal, but to stop that animal’s pain. Sometimes that is all that is possible, however personally I believe that no animal should suffer so this option is better than leaving the Continue reading The femoral head and neck ostectomy…
Something that they don’t tell you when you start on the road to become a vet is the amount of death that you will see. This week I have seen everything from the euthanasia of a 1 hour old puppy, Continue reading Holding that little life in my hand…
Waking up this morning it was white out with thick fog, however I had a coach to catch to the farm at 8am for a practical class in ruminants. Making it to the bus on time we were told that Continue reading Wrestling cows and a popping eye…