tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post8940020496829353951..comments2024-03-03T13:36:10.569-05:00Comments on The Dog Zombie: Veterinary fact of the day: changing the face of large animal medicineThe Dog Zombiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-66561231195071476512010-09-28T08:25:14.519-04:002010-09-28T08:25:14.519-04:00A fair comment. I wonder how often farriers use se...A fair comment. I wonder how often farriers use sedation? But yeah, I think there were a lot of things going on around that time.The Dog Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-66260383636747329032010-09-27T09:49:01.390-04:002010-09-27T09:49:01.390-04:00Picked this up via Heathen Hub.
This is strange. ...Picked this up via Heathen Hub.<br /><br />This is strange. My neighbor about 1975 was a dainty farrier. She regaled me with many stories about your so-called enormous animals and what one has to do to keep 'em from leaning on ones dainty self. 'Course, this was in Texas, where the men were men and women something else.<br /><br />I think a lot of it has to do with changing perceptions. Back in, say, 1960, it would have been harder because women were expected to be secretaries and teachers, not doctors—nor vets. By 1970 the tide was changing.muddleglumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394254712209466553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-35477403855595178622010-09-05T08:31:38.545-04:002010-09-05T08:31:38.545-04:00It's a good point. I think food animal medicin...It's a good point. I think food animal medicine is still male-dominated. I see a lot of women in equine medicine, though; I'm not sure which you meant when you said large animal.<br /><br />Also, there is something to be said for chemical restraint in small animals. While women are certainly strong enough to handle struggling dogs, I think we would be less likely to tolerate a career that requires that we do so frequently. Maybe I'm over-generalizing there.<br /><br />Finally, lots of vet schools (like mine) don't allow tracking, so women have to handle large animals in school even if they plan to be small animal practitioners. Would I have been more hesitant to go in to vet school if I had been told I'd have to handle struggling horses and been told I wasn't strong enough to do it? Did schools make allowances for that? Who knows.The Dog Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-2561183636328560842010-09-05T00:42:13.667-04:002010-09-05T00:42:13.667-04:00Intersting. But how many of the women are interest...Intersting. But how many of the women are interested in large animal medicine? We work a lot with vets but I only know maybe 3 women who are large animal vets--still seems to be a male-dominated field.Tarahttp://scienceblogs.com/aetiologynoreply@blogger.com