In honor of World Veterinary Day, I thought it might be fun to evaluate the impressive and mighty DVM. A veterinarian is a: Pharmacist (four-year degree): Every veterinarian prescribes, constitutes, and even sometimes compounds a multitude of drugs each day for multiple species. Drugs range from antibiotics (which have their own set of rules and […]
National Veterinary Scholars Symposium
As the culmination of my summer research project, I got to go to the 2019 National Veterinary Scholars Symposium. This year the Symposium was hosted by Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. As part of the Symposium, I got to present my research during a poster presentation, and we also had the opportunity to […]
Foot and Mouth Disease in Pigs
As a future large animal veterinarian, it is especially important to be well-versed in reportable diseases and foreign animal diseases, particularly Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV), which spreads very quickly and has the potential to devastate livestock populations in the United States. Classic clinical signs of FMDV in ruminants include oral ulceration and lameness. […]
