The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Fridays is either a day of lectures, or more often a morning spent on the farm working with the ruminant vets on cow health. Since the start of the semester this has included foot trimming, a digit amputation, a downed Continue reading Deep and personal with some cows…
Sticking your arm into a cows rectum is pretty easy, and I am entirely convinced pretty much anyone can do it. However actually making it mean something, and getting any useful information from it is something else. For once you Continue reading Arms and cows…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Eickemeyer Normally I avoid graphic images here, however sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, which is why I do not feel too bad about the photo on the right here. This is Continue reading Pyometra, a very good reason to spay your bitch…
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 Supreme Petfoods Well today has been long, Anatomy lecture this morning was at 7:15am and I’ve just got back this evening from self study at 9pm. The good news is that I got a Continue reading The Intestines and visiting the hospital (Day 171)