I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love veterinary medicine precisely because it’s so variable. Not only do the diseases, diagnostics, and treatments vary according to the species, but the medicine we vets practice also depends on how the animal fits into their human’s life. In other words, the value of the […]
Turning Off My “Medicine Brain”
Every day, I sit in hours of lectures and labs, filling my brain with information about nutrition, diseases, and medications for all kinds of species. But I’ve found that once I leave class, I begin to analyze every animal I see for body condition score, the completeness of its diet, or any potential ailments or lameness. […]
A Day in Equine Medicine
My last mini-rotation experience was with the Equine Internal Medicine service. It’s always a busy day when I’m in the clinic, but I love the fast-paced environment. You never know what’s going to happen next. During my clinic day, we conducted a neurologic examination of a horse with a potential equine herpes infection and cared […]
