The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Being a vet student makes you a member of a truly international community. This is a community of caring, hardworking and extremely compassionate people all with the same goal of helping animals. It is through members of this community that Continue reading Visiting Wroclaw vet school
Santa is on his rounds (his chief Vet has given the reindeer the all clear), and I have just treated myself to my Christmas bacon sarnies as I managed to find some English bacon this year. I’m writing this as Continue reading Merry Christmas with another summer Christmas Eve….
Forensics is the used of science for legal means, in the case of veterinary forensics it is the use of veterinary knowledge to help in legal cases. Whether that case is animal abuse, a dog attack on a person, or Continue reading Passing Veterinary Forensics – giving voice to those without one
There are times when as a vet student I am pretty horrified, and one of the things that has never sat quite right with me is fetotomy (the cutting up of a dead fetus to remove it from mom). So Continue reading Passing general reproduction talking fetotomy…
One of the most common procedures in veterinary medicine is placing an IV cannula – a little plastic tube with a needle in the middle that can be removed after it is placed that goes into a vein to allow Continue reading A stab in the dark…
One of the reasons I love this university is how practical it is, and how you are pushed to think for yourself. We were left with a bull calf with a large lump on its neck and told to come Continue reading Sheep scanning, and a lump…
Something that they don’t tell you when you start on the road to become a vet is the amount of death that you will see. This week I have seen everything from the euthanasia of a 1 hour old puppy, Continue reading Holding that little life in my hand…
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…
So often I see owners getting frustrated that their dog is not doing what they want… Yet I also see a dog that is confused. It’s all a case of miscommunication and in the next few minutes I am going Continue reading The secret to getting your dog to do what you want…
I’ve never worked so hard in my life, had so many sleepless nights, and felt so utterly lost and without hope in my life. Someone once said that it was the getting in that was the easy part of vet Continue reading Last exam and the end of the vet school year…