Visiting a poultry slaughter house (Day 523)

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)

Animal Hygiene, or how to prevent environmental diseases in animals… (Day 158)

Today’s Diary Entry sponsored by Pet Hooligans Nearly the end of the first week of my second semester here in vet school, today is the start of Animal Hygiene which is a module I have been looking forward to as Continue reading Animal Hygiene, or how to prevent environmental diseases in animals… (Day 158)

Crop Feeding Chickens, Taking Blood, Digestion, and the Joints…. (Day 87)

Well today I got a suprise when I walked into Physiology and was told we were going to feed a cock starch solution and then take blood from it before we euthanised it and inspected the digestive tract. Now the Continue reading Crop Feeding Chickens, Taking Blood, Digestion, and the Joints…. (Day 87)

Introduction to Animal Nutrition, the real facts behind the label…

Ok, several people have asked me to talk about nutrition so here goes, I’m lucky as I did cover nutrition as part of my BioVeterinary Science degree so do have a little knowledge here. However there is no way I Continue reading Introduction to Animal Nutrition, the real facts behind the label…