Kronicles of Karla: Mid Semester Break 3

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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.'

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.

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Mid Semester Break 3

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