Learning to draw blood from a pig is no simple matter. In truth, the technique is not so much complex as it is laborious. During a clinical skills rotation to the swine barn, my classmates and I took turns snaring sows and drawing blood from them, the latter activity colloquially referred to as “bleeding” the […]
Demystifying the Equine Hock
I remember the first time I assisted a veterinarian in Vermont with joint injections. We drove to a small, beautiful stable on a quiet spring day. We walked into the quiet barn and found our patient, who was eyeing us with obvious skepticism. I bet he remembered all of the signs that “the vet was […]
Post-Boards Confusion
Prior to November 30th, most of my nights were spent reviewing, studying and praying to pass the national licensing examination. I would come home from whatever rotation I was on, eat “dinner” and then proceed to complete whatever remaining paperwork that needed to be done from the rotation. After all that was done, I would […]
