This spring our Wildlife/Aquatics/Zoo/Exotics club (WAZE, for short) was invited to a behind-the-scenes tour of Franklin Park Zoo. I had never been to this zoo before and had certainly never had the chance to talk with a zoo’s veterinary staff. It was interesting how familiar everything looked in the zoo’s hospital—banks of stainless steel cages, […]
Medicine: Coping with Loss
Medicine is a rotation known for treating patients that are in a more critical state or that have more complicated conditions than what is typically seen in general practice. So not much that walks through the door is easy. Because of the critical nature of many of our emergencies, it also means we have to deal with the […]
A Very Veterinary Summer
Hello Merck Veterinary Manual World! I’m excited to have joined the Vet Student Stories Blog as a contributor this summer! Hopefully, you’ll see my posts around a bit this year, starting with, you guessed it, numero uno, right here! You might wonder what exactly vet students do with their precious time off during summer break (if they […]
