The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Best Pet Hair Remover As much as you can read nothing will prepare for you to actually do stuff until you do it. Today I was given the opportunity to do something that I Continue reading Surgery in reptiles… (Day 560)
Sponsored by Royal Canin, MILA International, IMS Euro and supported by the BSAVA Well as I said in my last diary post, I have been busy working on organising a conference here for students at the university. This took place Continue reading My conference – Emergency and Critical Care Weekend 2014 (Day 558)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Vet School Success I think I need to explain where my time has gone in the past month. One of the things I believe in and am passionate about is that every vet student Continue reading The organisation of a veterinary conference… (Day 546)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Rabbit Feeds So today started badly as because of the Norwegian program my Falconry and Wildlife Rehab lecture was cancelled leaving me with just patho physiology and parasitology lectures followed by my general surgery Continue reading My first cat cannulation… (Day 531)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Spikes World Wildlife Foods So today started with a pathophysiology lecture on myopathies which are diseases and disorders of the muscles. Now when thinking about muscles the last thing that pops into most people’s Continue reading Talking about the brown bear… (Day 525)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars The first chance I got this morning I rushed into clinic to check on yesterdays guinea pig patient. Now when I left after surgery last night the prognosis was pretty poor, this Continue reading Guinea pig prolapses, and a very pleasant suprise (Day 524)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Supreme Pet Foods It’s amazing how much supermarkets insulate us from the reality of where the food comes from – so much so that some school children even believe that chickens come from Tesco Continue reading Visiting a poultry slaughter house (Day 523)
Today’s Diary entry is sponsored by Pets Bureau So today was my first meat hygiene practical, basically vets are involved in the entire food production process from reproduction to growing to slaughter to butcher to plate. This was interesting as Continue reading End of my 4th first week! (Day 520)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Vet School Statement Review So today we started epizootology which is the science of the spread of diseases between animals. Depending on the way it is taught it could be really interesting or really Continue reading A little bit on foot and mouth disease… (Day 519)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Hooligans So today was another early start with pathophysiology at 7:15 which is one of my favourite subjects as it is so logical and actually answers my “why” questions when it comes to Continue reading Starting Falconry and Wildlife Rehabilitation… (Day 518)