During our trip to the horse farm for mare palpations the other day, our teacher gave us a hands-on task to complete. For the remainder of the semester, my friends and I must visit our mare and follow her throughout her later portion of gestation. As the due date gets closer, different things happen. For […]
Beating Hearts
Palpating cows and mares is a big part of large animal medicine. The main reason to perform this procedure is for pregnancy detection and today I got the opportunity to practice on a pregnant mare. While I have palpated many cows, I was rather excited for this opportunity because I had only palpated one mare […]
