Ever since I was a little kid I’ve been uncomfortable around horses. My uncle has always had a few and with me being so small and them so big things just never felt right. Throughout my undergrad years, I worked at a few horse barns but it wasn’t much more involved than turn in and […]
Searching for Orchids: Equine Cryptorchidism
Simple veterinary procedures can sometimes have strange and unexpected turns that make them more than just a simple procedure. They become interesting puzzles that can, in this case, take years to solve, but then can become an interesting dinner table story. This retired horse, retired from shows because he would occasionally fall down randomly, was […]
Finding the Humer(us)
During our positioning week on Radiology, my rotation partner and I had taken radiographs (x-rays) of everything from Pomerians in heart failure to Labradors that had eaten rocks to cats with pelvic fractures. Most of our patients were dogs and cats, though I did help a technician take full body radiographs of a sedated rabbit […]
