A Technical Discussion of Animal Science Research and Topics by an Oregon State student
Posted in Links, Uncategorized on Apr 1st, 2012
The Dog Zombie just published a post describing their feelings as they finish Vet School. It’s a profound and inspiring essay, and I encourage everyone in my position, anxiously awaiting if you’ll get to attend school this year, to give it a read. I personally hope DZ will be hiring when I graduate, or even [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Dec 28th, 2011
Ah, United States’ medicine vs. European medicine, the war rages on. The battleground I’ll discuss today: elective sterilization of the female reproductive tract. This discussion came up in JAVMA recently, and I felt it warranted a look from a future vet. Granted I don’t have all the information and education here, but given that I’ve [...]
Posted in Article Reviews, Newsworthy on Dec 17th, 2011
N-terminal portion of pro C-type natriuretic peptide. Try to say that one three times fast. ScienceDaily has a cool article detailing a couple new studies showing that this peptide (Nt-pCNP) could be a solid indicator of sepsis as opposed to a generalized inflammatory response. It could potentially be added to current serum chemistry analysis, or [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Nov 6th, 2011
Just a short one here today. Not too much interesting going on in a study that supports the null, but the methods are great. This study looked at the affect that one or two rectal palpations to determine pregnancy had on embryo viability. I can see why there would be a question, it seems like [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Oct 23rd, 2011
I recently had a professor tell me that if I didn’t let them know if I made it into vet school, they would forever curse me with fat, in heat, Labrador spays for the rest of my career. I can think of few fates worse for a future veterinarian (though I did mention that the [...]
