I just wanted to let everyone know that I found out that I passed the Basic Clinical Skills Exam (BCSE)! This is the first of about half a dozen exams I must take to get a license and be an official vet.
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Karla Turbyfill
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)
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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.'
Steps to Licensure
- 2009-08: ECFVG English Proof (done)
- 2009-08: ECFVG Enrollment (done)
- 2009-10 (15): ECFVG-BCSE Application Due
- 2009-12 (1-8):ECFVG-BCSE Exam
- 2010-01 (03): NAVLE Application Due
- 2010-04 (12-24): NAVLE Exam
- 2010-10: ECFVG-CPE Exam
- 2010-11: State Veterinary Exam
1 comment:
congratulation^^
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