Things can go awry in any species. Although goats don’t get breast cancer in exactly the same way that humans do, there can still be disorders that result in surgical removal of their mammary glands. Recently, I had a goat patient that arrived for evaluation of an enlarged, painful udder. The goat was not currently […]
Week One: Diagnostics
An essential part of every veterinarian’s toolbox is the ability to perform diagnostic tests. Many answers can be acquired from just a tiny amount of blood or a small piece of tissue. This three-week rotation block I’m learning the large repertoire of diagnostic tests we have available at the AVC, such as hematology, parasitology, bacteriology, virology, and […]
Pathology Is Gross
Pathology (the study of how disease impacts organs to create the symptoms experienced by the animal) is pretty fascinating, because disease can look very different depending on whether you’re looking under the microscope or looking at larger structures at necropsy. One of our professors who teaches about digestive tract diseases likes to end his lectures […]
