The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Todays Diary Entry Is Sponsored by Supreme Petfoods The best way I think to describe today is weird, it’s given me a lot of food for thought and some positives and negatives. Some things here I am deliberately vague on Continue reading A pretty weird day at vet school
So this morning we did our anaesthesia and immobilisation workshop, unfortunately there were no procedures required in the marine mammals so we got a wild horse instead that needed x-rays and hoof trimming. Slightly disappointed but a great speaker and Continue reading Under the skin when things go wrong in marine mammals
Well today has been long, lectures started at 8am this morning and we stopped to go out to dinner at 7pm (though the debates kept going). Now tommorow morning is anaesthesia and immobilisation, and debate is still going on here Continue reading The start of a marine mammal education on dolphins and manatees
I am pretty gutted writting this, yet it also feels like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders. As I feared at Christmas with my workload parasitology proved too much and I failed to pass it in time Continue reading Officially failing the year…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars A while back I happened to be at BSAVA at the same time as the Technical Manager for Supreme Petfoods, knowing very little about pet food manufacturing at this point in time Continue reading How is rabbit food made?
Clinical Medcine of the Dog and Cat by Michael Schaer First impressions on receiving the book were that it was heavier and thicker than I was expecting, and just from the front cover you realise the level of care taking Continue reading Review: Clinical Medicine of the Dog and Cat (Second Edition)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Wildlife Feeds by Spikes World This morning I sat my anatomy final, I am emotionally and mentally exhausted and last night asked my twitter followers to help me through. This they did wonderfully and Continue reading The end of anatomy, and an extra special wildlife patient! (Day 670)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Eickemeyer One of the things that I miss in life is surprises, its usually extremely rarely that I am surprised and today I got an amazing surprise. I’ve been out working with a zoo Continue reading All about bananas, orangutans and ultrasound… (Day 667)
A year or so ago I was aware that Royal Canin was using feathers in their pet food, to be honest at the time I thought it was an act of desperate cost saving, however it is a whole lot Continue reading Why does Royal Canin use feathers in pet food?
Well today i finished my journey around 3pm, over 24 hours after i originally set out. I am here to attend a Royal Canin Student Ambassador meeting and my flights and expenses are being covered by them during the time Continue reading Arriving in France…