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)
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)
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)
Another Wednesday, with the final anatomy exam for the skull tommorow this is definately going to be a long day after a very long night of Latin. One of my pet peeves here is that lecturers will change classes around Continue reading Milk, Latin, Slovak… And the appearance of Christmas (Day 58)
Today has been long, our first lecture Milk Hygiene has now been moved to 7:30am meaning that I have to now be up before sunrise. This morning had a beautiful red sky, and surprisingly failed to rain which is normally Continue reading Red sky in the morning, and some tiling… (Day 44)
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 this morning started with Milk Hygiene which is so far has been short and sweet as the only room big enough is only available for an hour. Sadly as from next lecture however the lecturer has come up Continue reading Milk Microbiology and the language of food (Day 30)