The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars This week the bee’s lecture was cancelled so this morning I got a little extra time to work on my Emergency First Aid for Animals book which was pretty cool and is Continue reading Fish farms and the function of glucose… (Day 170)
Today has been another long day, this morning went to Immunology and this afternoon has been about cows. Now today in immunology we started looking at phagocytosis, in basic terms this is when a cell “eats” another cell. Usually this Continue reading Phagocytosis, visiting the dairy farm, and snow… (Day 85)
Today started with most of last night spent revising, so am relying heavily on coffee today. I’ve got two exams today both in physiology and anatomy, however as anatomy is such a big area this week (muscles of the head, Continue reading White blood cells, urine, and the muscles of the abdomen and diaphragm… (Day 80)
Another Friday, Milk hygiene today was looking at the properties of tinned milk and condensed milk. I am now at the stage where I feel like I know more about milk than any single sane person would ever want to. Continue reading A naked look inside the nucleus at the chromosomes… (Day 60)
Wow its start of week 7, I am already halfway through my first semester and whats worse is this is only a 2 day week as Thursday is a bank holiday here in Slovakia and Wednesday and Friday are Rectors Continue reading Muscles, the pressures of blood, and the wonder of breathing… (Day 49)
Start of my 6th week in vet school (only 7 more weeks left in this semester), this week is just 4 days as Friday is our Matriculation Ceremony where we official become students of the school and are presented with Continue reading Blood, vessels and the Lymphatic system… (Day 42)
Today has been amazing! I don’t know exactly where to start so I guess I will start at the beginning! Genetics started with more on the chromosome (it is a rather large and complex yet crucial part of all things Continue reading Genetics, Milk Tasting, Blood and Bone Marrow…(Day 39)
Ok, so this morning I was a little bit nervous, I have two credit tests today which is a first for me and even worse it is my first ever test for physiology so I have no clue what the Continue reading Tests, Anatomy, and the Skull… (Day 38)
Ok this morning I was pretty sure that my Anatomy credit test today was not going to go well. Every free moment I had today went to trying to cram more and more into my brain and I’d spent a Continue reading Blood draws and my first Anatomy A!!! (Day 24)
Welcome to Monday the start of my third week at Vet School here in Kosice, Slovakia. The weather is getting cooler yet still remains a lot warmer than back in the UK and there is still the same buzz as Continue reading Epithelium, and the mechanics of Blood (Day 21)