At 6 am, I am walking the barns filled with sows and by 2 pm I am performing dispositions on carcasses that were suspected for not appearing normal. The line of work in a slaughter plant might raise a lot of controversies, but a veterinarian’s job in food safety is undeniably important. I have just […]
Off to the CDC for Me!
This month, I traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to take an epidemiology course at Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The opportunity to study applied epidemiology and public health at such a renowned institution was absolutely amazing. Every professor for the course inspired me to continue to think about the world around […]
I Wouldn’t Trade It for the World
As veterinarians, we are interdisciplinary by nature. We have a foot in many different fields from animal welfare to policy and from food safety to zoonotic disease. Our professional decisions and actions are broad and far-reaching. This also means that we encounter a lot of potential criticism for the decisions we make, because they not only affect […]
