In other news ATTENTION SCHOOL STUDENTS HOPING TO STUDY VET SCIENCE AT USYD

raggedybearcat:

I AM FREQUENTLY ASKED IF YOU NEED TO DO MATHS AND PHYSICS FOR YEAR 12.

THE ANSWER IS NO.

THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITE SUBJECTS FOR USYD.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT MADE TERRIBLY CLEAR, SO I MEET A LOT OF SCHOOL KIDS WHO ARE DISTRESSED BY THE THOUGHT OF DOING PHYSICS AND MATHS FOR THE HSC. 

I DID NEITHER OF THESE THINGS AND I AM A-OK, I MEAN I SUCK AT MATHS BUT THAT’S WHAT CALCULATORS ARE FOR, SUFFERING THROUGH AN EXTRA TWO YEARS OF QUADRATICS AND CALCULUS WOULD NOT HAVE MADE ME BETTER AT MENTAL DOSE RATES.

I WILL HOWEVER SAY THAT YOU SHOULD STICK AT CHEMISTRY, BECAUSE THE FIRST SEMESTER HAS A REALLY INTENSIVE CHEM COURSE.  BUT YOU DON’T NEED PHYSICS UNTIL FOURTH YEAR AND IT’S NOT A LOT.

IF EITHER OF THESE SUBJECTS STRESSES OR DISTRESSES YOU OR YOU HATE THEM OR YOU THINK THEY WILL DRAG YOUR MARK DOWN YOU SHOULD DROP THEM AND DO SOMETHING AWESOME AND FUN (like SOR II hahaha I love religion).

This post is brought to you by CAPSLOCK because I would really like people to find it when they google “do I need maths/physics to study veterinary science at University of Sydney”, because apparently it’s really hard to find out that the answer is no.

You can be an awesome vet without being good at year 12 maths (I hope haha).

iheartvmt:

An elderly three-legged dog came in to have a small wart removed from her eyelid.

Last time she was at our clinic was 10 years ago, when she was estimated to be about 1-2 years old. She had been adopted from a rural shelter, with a massive growth engulfing her entire leg. Her adopters brought her to us, and our vet amputated the leg and shoulder. He sent a sample out for biopsy, and the report said it was a lipoma!

Scroll fast if you get grossed out…. ☺

daniellerenee28:

So children, another sciency-nerdy, more-than-you-need-to-know post….

Let it be known to all, this is why you should not let you kitties (or apparently doggies) play with strings….seriously-its just a bad idea

Below is a photo of the mouth of an itty bitty doggie. This pup seems to think she is a feline and enjoys stealing strings from around the house.

The shot is of this kiddo’s mouth with the tongue held up (so your looking under it) for a view of the frenulum…you know, that stringy thing that attaches your tongue to the bottom of your mouth.

As you may notice, there is a small white line running across the underside of the tongue (↔) where the frenulum should be…

You may also notice around the white line is very red and raw looking……

This dog ate and swallowed a long string; as the string was swallowed, it looped around the tongue. If you look to the top of the irritation, this is where the frenulum should be connected.

Unbeknownst to the owner, the dog had the string stuck around its tongue for several days, each day the string dug into and cut the frenulum and base of the tongue more and more……

Another look, after being removed and cleaned, shows you just how severe this injury was!

This dog was within 1/2 an inch of losing its tongue! After the string was removed and the wound cleaned she was treated with a 14 day course of antibiotics due to a severe infection of the injury. After her medications are finished and the infection cleared, she will undergo surgery to reattach the tissue where the frenulum used to be. Until then, she will need to be fed with a syringe (as to get around the flopping tongue) and monitored closely!

Many pet stores offer cat toys with strings and dangly thing and many pet owners alike enjoy watching their cute little kitty jump and flip for a piece of yarn or thread! BUT BEWARE! If your cat enjoys strings, string toys or is a hair elastic (or rubber band) thief, watch them carefully-this could be them!

Doesnt this just make your tongue feel gross!!!!

Hello lovelies! 

Rushan, aka fourpawsandasyringe, is a second year vet tech student in Singapore. They, and many of their classmates, wish to use this diploma as a pathway into vet school. However they are finding it difficult to stay motivated, SO this is where you come in! 

I’m sure many of you have had this issue in the past and found your own way of overcoming it (or at least attempted to haha), right? Well, Rushan is in the process of filming and interviewing vets and vet students to do just that. It would be great if you could lend a hand and film yourself answering the questions found under the cut :D 

Please contact them for further information and also to obtain their email to send your video to. 

Thank you so much! 

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futureveterinarian:

Sophia is an 8-month-old Bengal kitten that her family adopted through the Oakland Pet Adoption Center. She was rescued from a hoarding situation here in Waterford. When we first saw her, she was lean and petite, but not undernourished, and appeared healthy. However, when Dr. Bailey examined her teeth, he discovered that she had more teeth than she was supposed to! Cats usually have 2 lower premolars and 1 lower molar. Sophia had extra molars on both sides of her lower jaw. She also had two “gemini teeth” – one on each side of her jaw. This type of tooth has two crowns (the part above the gum that you can see) that form from one set of roots. Several of her teeth had extra roots as well.

Normally, food particles build up on the surface of the teeth, but the majority of food debris are swallowed. Since Sophia’s mouth had many extra nooks and crannies to catch food, and since cats can’t brush their teeth, Sophia’s extra teeth put her at high risk for severe dental disease. Dr. Bailey recommended extraction of the extra and poorly-formed teeth in order to help keep her remaining teeth healthy.

Ideally, a veterinarian (your pet’s dentist!) should examine the mouth after all the adult teeth have erupted. At Exclusively Cats Veterinary Hospital, we recommend a fluoride application at about 6 months of age – this gives us an opportunity to examine your cat’s mouth under anesthesia and check to see that all the adult teeth have erupted normally, and that there are no malformations or places where the teeth do not pair up well.

Pic above is of the right side of Sophie’s jaw.

vetstudent-microbiologymaniac:

Serum scalding.

This 10 - year -old mare received intramuscular penicillin. There was severe serum exudation from the injection sites, which resulted in hair loss in this region. There was swelling, erythema, and significant pain associated with skin cracking.

(Illustrated Guide to Equine Diseases)

sebs:

So today I had to remove a HUGE abscess on a canary… I was about to close him up when he got into cardiac arrest 

:( Poor guy, he couldn’t even eat or drink water properly, ‘cuz that thing was SO heavy that he had to lean his head to the right all the time :(

Just a reminder

to anyone with a vet/vet tech/animal/whatever blog: if you want to be on this list please let me know and I’ll get right on it! :)

griseus:

ultrasound for a medical check is common in the CramQ

Cooper, a 3 year old munchkin cat, was brought in after vomiting a 20cm long ribbon, 13 elastic hair ties, and pieces of tape. The first image is one of the initial radiographs taken which showed several foreign bodies present in Cooper’s stomach. He showed no signs of distress or pain when his abdomen was palpated. 

The vet administered 3 mL of a hairball laxative to help pass the hair ties through the intestines. After an hour, another set of radiographs showed that it was unsuccessful. Cooper soon vomited 3 hair ties, long pieces of string, a hairball, and some confetti. However, the foreign body was still lodged in the pylorus. The remaining hair ties and pieces of ribbon were removed during exploratory surgery.

mvl-jaz:

Camelid Stomach

iheartvmt:

A canine mammary mass removal

prevetcountryaggie:

Treating a horse’s hoof abcess via @jsmallwooddvm on Twitter

I think the only reason why I loved cleaning up after parvo dogs was due to the smell of the chemicals 

mmm tutti frutti 

vetstudent-microbiologymaniac:

Canine Parvovirus is a virus mainly affecting dogs. The disease is highly contagious and is spread from dog to dog by direct or indirect contact with their feces. It can be especially severe in puppies that are not protected by maternal antibodies or vaccination. It has two distinct presentations, a cardiacand intestinal form. The common signs of the intestinal form are severe vomiting and dysentery. The cardiac form causes respiratory or cardiovascular failure in young puppies. Treatment often involves veterinary hospitalization. Vaccines can prevent this infection, but mortality can reach 91% in untreated cases. Canine parvovirus will not infect humans.

(Source: Wiki)

(Images: http://www.organic-pet-digest.com, http://www.parkwayanimal.com)