The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Todays Diary Entry is sponsored by: YOUR BUSINESS HERE Something that has been my mantra of vet school so far is it is the quantity of information that I have needed to learn rather than the complexity (jinxed myself for Continue reading 13 Weeks of Vet School… (Day 117)
The only lecture I had today was Genetics this afternoon as Milk Hygiene is finished pending the exam and there was no power on campus this morning because they were doing work on the mains. Campus today was looking very Continue reading Selective Breeding and what it takes to be an AI Sire… (Day 88)
Considering Friday is the end of the week, it is one of my busiest action packed days, I am going to try and cover as much as I can from today however. This morning started with the Genetics lecture which Continue reading Genetic Disorders, Milk Hygiene, Fire, Lethal Alleles and Monsters… (Day 81)
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)
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)
Its the end of my 4th week of Vet School already! Time is flying by which is kind of Scary as I am still a long way from having tuition for next semester in February and its under 4 months Continue reading Bone Marrow and the Chromosome (Day 32)
Ok, so onto another day of testing milk. Today we looked at the enzyme functionality of milk (aka how do you stop milk going off) and pasteurization which was pretty cool. Great joys, I found I had a sample of raw Continue reading Milk testing and the wonders of genetic inheritance (Day 25)
Ok so its Friday so thats probably an excuse for me being so tired today, I also got stuck into Anatomy revision last night as I really am pushing myself for the A now. Its the end of my second Continue reading So so tired at the end of Week 2… (Day 18)
What a week, it feels like a month!!! This week has been a total high (even with the 6:30am starts!) and I am still on a total buzz. I have to keep reminding myself that I am actually here, apparently Continue reading Highs of my first week in Vet School (Day 12)
Today was Friday, and was probably one of the lectures I’d been dreading most as the older years have said that this professor loves to fail people… So I headed to genetics and prayed that he wouldn’t pick me to Continue reading The end of my first week in Vet School (Day 11)