I recently had a clinical rotation in large animal surgery. The rotation is designed so that we do a hands-on lab session in the middle of the day on each weekday, and we are then on call from 5:00 PM – 8:00 AM of every weeknight and on call all weekend. The lab sessions covered […]
Testing Our Limits on Large Animal Surgery
I recently completed a clinical rotation in Large Animal Surgery. This is known as one of the most physically demanding and time-consuming rotations that we must complete during our clinical year. The hours are typically 80-100 per week, with no days off. That does not include on-call time, which can be significant if the right […]
Late-night Colic Surgery
On my second night on-call for large animal surgery, I got home at 10:30 pm after helping the technicians with evening treatments. I’d run a total protein and lactate on an abdominal fluid sample from a Clydesdale suffering from colic cross with a suspected pelvic flexure impaction. Although the results were normal, I had a […]
