Meme Monday

Palpation Time!
Some good laughs for your monday morning! Thank you Kimberli Harlan from the University of Illinois for capturing and creating these hilarious pictures.

WorldVets Experience

Hoedspruit, South Africa

Ann Marie Picone from Ross University

Like most vet students, I have known I wanted to be a vet for as long as I can remember. As a child, I also developed a healthy obsession with The Lion King and dreamed of one day traveling to Africa to see all the animals from the movie up close and personal. This summer, I was fortunate enough to fulfill this dream – I completed a two week program with SA WorldVets in Hoedspruit, South Africa. During the program, we worked with Dr. Chris Bosshof, an exotic animal vet who has the largest clientele in South Africa. We worked with a variety of hoofstock including impala, inyala, sable, rowan, and cape buffalo. We even got to assist with capture and relocation of three giraffes! He also taught us about the different darting methods and drugs used to immobilize wildlife, and we got to shoot a dart gun on the ground and in the air from a helicopter! Our work days were long, but we did have other “excursion” days where we took part in more tourist activities like touring Kruger National Park, visiting Moholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Center, and driving the Panorama Route. This trip was truly a life changing experience and I recommend it for anyone considering a career in zoo and wildlife medicine! 

Winter Birds

Check out these beautiful watercolor paintings done by vet student, Hailey Quercia from Cornell University.

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The Beauty Around

Katelyn Jaqueway, a veterinary student at Lincoln Memorial University send in these breathtaking photographs. Thank you for sharing the beauty that you have found around you. Everyone should take that as a reminder to take a moment to also enjoy the beautiful scenery that is around them. 

"Cumberland Gap Pinnacle in the Fall" Cumberland Gap National Park located right next to LMU in TN"Going to the Sun Road" Glacier National Park

"Winter in the Mountains" Schoharie, NY on Christmas Day

Student Contest for the ACC & D Symposium

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