Kronicles of Karla: February 2008

Rotation Schedule‏

8/31-9/20: Field Services
9/21-10/11: Small Animal Internal Medicine
10/12-11/1: Clin Path
11/2-11/22: Community Practice
11/23-12/13: "Vacation" (to study for the BCSE)
*12/1-12/8: ECFVG-BCSE
12/14-12/20: Anesthesiology
12/21-12/27: Holiday A
12/28-1/3: Holiday B
1/4-1/10: Anesthesiology
1/11-1/31: Food Animal Medicine
2/1-2/21: Animal Shelter
2/22-3/14: Radiology
3/15-4/4: ICU
*4/12-4/24: NAVLE
4/5-5/3: Zoological Medicine
5/3-5/23: Equine Medicine
5/24-6/13: Diagnostics
6/14-7/5: Small Animal Medicine
7/6-7/25: Equine Surgery
7/26-8/15: Preceptor (Externship)
8/16-9/6: Preceptor (Externship)

Random Facts

~ A fat cat that stops eating is a veterinary emergency (seriously).
~ All chickens have a cleft palate, called a choane.
~ Avocados are toxic to birds.
~ Bunnies can be normal and have red urine that glows under a black light. To my dismay, so can Guinea Pigs. Always check with a vet though.
~ Cats are not dogs, nor are dogs cats. Cows, sheep and horses aren't the same either.
~ Eyes that glow at night are actually reflecting light off the tapetum lucidum. Squirrels, pigs, birds, red kangaroos, and ALL non-Lemur primates (including humans), lack a tapetum lucidum, therefore, it is highly improbable that Sasquatch would have 'red glowing eyes.' The tapetum lucidum of oppossums reflect red, horses blue, and cats yellow.
~ Grapes are highly toxic to dogs.
~ Greyhounds are the universal blood donors in the dog world.
~ Guinea Pigs and Primates are the only animals that can't synthesize their own Vitamin C, and will get Scurvy without supplementation.
~ Infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a bacteria, causes square bruises. In pigs and turkeys this is called Diamond-skin Disease or Erysipelas, but in humans it is called Erysipeloid because Erysipelas had already been used to describe a cutaneous Streptococcal infection.
~ Manatees and two-toed sloths have 6 cervical (neck) vertabrae, while the three-toed sloth has 9. All other mammals have 7.
~ Ninety-five percent of cats have type A blood.
~ Not all blue eyed white cats are deaf, just most.
~ One bite of Polar Bear liver has enough Vitamin A to kill you.
~ Ostriches have 2 toes. Emus and Rheas have 3. Other birds have 4.
~ Parakeets are prone to cancer. An otherwise healthy parakeet that limps on one leg most likely has a renal tumor.
~ Poison Hemlock and Parsley look the same, but taste completely different.
~ Texas Bluebonnets (and other Lupinus spp.) can cause limb deformities in calves (arthrogryposis).
~ The average college grad has an IQ of 115. A child's IQ is calculated by (mental age/actual age)*100. The IQ reference range for adults is between 35 and 165 (SD 16). Mensa requires 132 (top 2%), and anyone who boasts an IQ of 165 or more (off the chart) is a mental midget.
~ The Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), 4 times the size of a Manatee, is extinct.
~ The umbilical cord of a foal must be between 36 and 83 inches.
~ Vampires exist; it's called Porphyria.
~ Whales can live for well over 100 years.
~ While humans are XX and XY, a hen is ZW and a rooster is ZZ. This quality in reptiles and fish enable them to switch from female to male, which explains the movie 'Jurassic Park.'

Friday, February 29, 2008

Leap Year

We had school. I got my eyebrows waxed this morning though! Last weekend I cut my hair. It looks fab! Did I mention that if my veterinary career didn't work out I could work at Super Cuts?! I have a couple people (2) coming to me for hair cuts! They're guys so I don't think they really care, but they said I did a better job that the local barber who takes 2 hours to cut white people's hair (cuz they're not used to cutting it).

Monday, February 25, 2008

Mid Semester Break 3

Saturday I slept all day. Was so exhausted from a week of tests. Have another test tomorrow (Tuesday) so I haven't even been able to go to the beach all weekend.

Good news though: I got Salty's life jacket, so now she matches Rudder! And I can drag them both in the water while I snorkel. Exciting!

Also got my shipment of tea so I can be hyped up on caffeine while I study. Bought another blanket at a 7th semester sale, so I'm all huddled up with my blanket, heater, sweatshirts, etc in the campus library. Bartered for a coffee pot too so make the Godiva Hazelnut coffee I bought myself for Xmas. I mentioned it's been cold here right? Got down to 80F the other night. Freezing! How am I going to make it back in the states, ahem, frigid north!

It's warm today though, cept indoors! That's our tuition money at work I guess.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Fire!

Last night there was a huge fire in the cane fields. (Sugar Cane.) There are a lot of fires on island because the cane market was replaced by sugar beets, so the island can no longer make a profit. I've had a headache all day so after school I went home to take a nap. When I woke up the entire mountain behind me was on fire!!! A huge ring of fire! It looked exactly like one would imagine Hell. So cool! Sugar cane grows to be 8-12 ft tall, so imagine the flames! It sounded like crackling like popcorn and smelled like cotton candy. I ran up to my friends' apts up there and we all gathered to watch the cane fields burn... and pack their stuff in case their houses burned down. Two hours later I decided to run home and get my camera. Here is video of the fire (although it is much less impressive than the acutal fire).

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