During my first year of vet school, I applied for two summer programs: the Zoetis externship and an Animal lab externship in New York. I was selected to participate in the Bovine Zoetis externship, I was the only student from my veterinary school that was chosen to participate in this externship. After I finished my first […]
Out of my Element
While driving to a farm call with my externship mentor, I was getting drilled with questions about the various causes of lameness in a horse, reasons for bloat in a cow, and the numerous toxic plants affecting livestock. Aside from me hating being put on the spot, I realized that I did not know quite […]
Disbudding
During an undergraduate livestock medicine class a few years ago, our class took a field trip to a dairy barn to help dehorn some young Guernsey calves, only 2-4 weeks old. I remember the excitement and trepidation of performing a cornual nerve block for the first time, using a lidocaine and xylazine mixture to lightly sedate […]
