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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Veterinary fact of the day: playing detective with bladder infections

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I’m learning about urinary tract problems at the moment. I love this section, because the guessing game of finding out where the problem is ...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Veterinary fact of the day: castrating lambs

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I am plowing through flash cards for my upcoming large animal medicine/surgery exam. Current favorite card: Q: Best time to castrate a lam...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Canine obstetrics

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We had our canine obstetrics lecture recently. After learning about equine obstetrics and bovine obstetrics, I was really glad to get a chan...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

The joys of scheduling 82 students over 12 months

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As my class nears the beginning of our clinical time (in only 147 days!), my school has to schedule us. For the first three years of vet sch...
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Links post

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Animals Do Dogs Inherently Understand Pointing Gestures? (The Other End of the Leash): Patricia McConnell weighs in on the ongoing researc...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Number Needed to Ban: a new tool for calculating the benefits of banning particular dog breeds

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A study published this month in the Journal of the American Veterinary Association (JAVMA) takes on the issue of whether breed-specific leg...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

On becoming a vet student: career changes

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A few weeks ago, I was in line for free food before a lunchtime talk, and I overheard the woman in line behind me saying “Yeah, I wish I cou...
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Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD is fascinated by dog brains. She is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she studies the genetics of dog behavior. Her interests include the stress response in mammals, canine behavior, canine domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, and open access publishing. You may learn more about Jessica at www.dogzombie.com, or email her at jph at dogzombie dot com. All opinions expressed here are her own.
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