Two VERY Good Boys

Thanks to Mary Margaret Duffy from the University of Minnesota for sharing this adorable photo of her two boys!

Daily Dose of Memes

Check out these great memes submitted by Kristi Crow from Purdue University!

Caption Contest Winners!

Thank you for everyone who submitted captions for the caption contest from the last Issue! And the winners are:

"All treats must go the lab for testing." - submitted by Laci Taylor from Cornell!

"Is it the catnip, or do you look funny upside down?" - submitted by Elisa Meyer from North Carolina State University!

Thank you both for your submissions, and thank you to Sarah Lesiecki from the Ohio State and Neda Othman from UC Davis for the adorable photos of their pets!

Trivia Answer

Happy Monday, Vet Gazetters! Last issue's trivia question was: "Which animal's poop is cubed shaped so as not to fall of rocks and marks their territory?" The correct answer was the wombat! Congrats to Brianna Boyle from Texas A&M University for being the first to correctly guess that answer!

Merck Manuals Vet Student Bloggers to Provide Timely Commentary in New Year

Kenilworth, N.J. (January 2019) – An eclectic lineup of veterinary students, writing for the Merck Manuals Vet Student Stories blog, will share their experiences while in school and offer takes on newsworthy issues that emerge in 2019.

Posts are organized into these categories:

• Vet Student Experience
• Vet School Advice
• Clinical Experience
• Human-Animal Bond
• Maintaining Balance
• Trending Topics

The diverse team of nine contributors is composed of veterinary students at various stages of study from a variety of universities in North America.

Blog entries range from a must-read for students on balancing social life, academic success, and physical wellness, to a touching recount of a visit to a shelter that stresses techniques for fear-free handling of homeless animals.

The veterinary student blog can be accessed at vetstudentstories.merckmanuals.com.

Merck Manuals Student Stories is a collaboration between active students and The Merck Manuals, a series of reference books about human and animal health, the content of which is available online.

Online Resource for Animal Health Professionals

MerckVetManual.com offers authoritative guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders and diseases in companion, exotic, laboratory, and food animals, as well as contributor editorials, a newsfeed, quizzes and case studies, and interactive tools.

Provided as a public service by Merck & Co., Inc., access to the website is free, unlimited, and there is no registration. The user experience is never compromised by advertising or commercial messaging.

Book and Free App

The Merck Veterinary Manual was first published in 1955 and is now in its 11th edition.

Nearly 400 veterinary experts from academia, government, research organizations, and specialty practices contributed to the latest update of the book.

The Merck Veterinary Manual is available as a mobile app for Apple and Android devices and can be downloaded at no charge.

About Merck 

For more than a century, Merck, a leading global biopharmaceutical company known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases.