December Newsletter 2011 Pre- Veterinary Club unhprevetclub@gmail.com
UNH PRE-VET CLUB Important Dates-december December 6, 2011 (Tuesday)- Resume Review and Interview Practice Location: Ham-Smith 217 Time: 12:40-2:00PM Description: One of the most important aspects to a successful career is a strong resume. Even now, as college students, a resume can land you a job, internship, or even just a volunteer position if it is well written and organized. Take some time out of our last weeks of classes to make it to this event. There will also be interview practice for any seniors who have veterinary school interviews in the upcoming months, or anyone who would like a taste of how the vet school interviews are run. December 11, 2011 (Sunday)- Surgery Video Social Location: Rudman G89 Time: 7:00PM Description: Take a break from studying and join us for an educational and fun social to watch videos of veterinary surgeries. There will be snacks, including popcorn and ice cream! This was a big hit last year and hey, who can turn down ice cream?? **There will NOT be any official club meetings in December** See you in January! Have a great holiday break!
Student: Devan Chirgwin Where was it? Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Was it a job, internship, or volunteer position? It was a summer program at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine called Adventures in Veterinary Medicine How long were you/have you been there? The program lasted for two weeks during the summer of 2010 What did you do there? We attended some lectures from different vet school professors along with an admissions representative from Tufts. We also took tours of the campus, all the barns, the anatomy lab, and the hospital. We specifically visited the swine barn, chicken barn, the cattle barn where we learned how to listen to their heart and gut noises, and the goat barn where we learned how to goat tip. In the hospital they have a donor cow named Portia that has the portal in her rumen to extract bacteria and all of us got to put our hand in her stomach, it was really cool! As for the anatomy lab they basically let us loose for an hour or two with gloves and goggles and we got to see a llama, horse, horse fetus, dog, cat, and tons of brains and intestines and lungs and various other organs. Naturally we all loved it! We also each did three rotations in the hospital during the two week period. Before attending the program you chose which departments of the hospital you were most interested and they tried to give you your top choices. I was able to do my rotations in the ER, large animal surgery, and neurology. All of them were really interesting and fun. I was able to meet the vets in that department as well as a lot of 3rd and 4th year vet students. We also took field trips while we were there, both educational and fun ones. We visited a dairy barn in Connecticut, the ambulatory clinic that Tufts, and the Museum of Science and the Boston Aquarium The last day we gave presentations to our parents about an animal related debate or disease that we had researched while we were there; my group talked about the problems of horse racing.
What species did you work with? It depended on what rotations you had for what you saw. You could basically see anything there from small to large animals, livestock and wildlife, some kids that were in the wildlife rotation got to see a bobcat. What did you enjoy most about the experience? I had two favorite parts: the first was that this entire experience showed me that being a veterinarian really was my calling. Everything we did I loved and was really interested in. It was really nice to finally have confirmation that my life's dream was actually right for me, especially since I've wanted to be a vet since I was 4 years old. My second favorite part were all the amazing people that I met that wanted to do exactly what I want to do. People from all over the world attend this program. I met people from California, Australia, Puerto Rico, and Ghana, Africa and I made lifelong friends. It was a truly amazing experience that I would recommend to anyone interested in veterinary medicine. What kind of person would you recommend this experience to? Anyone who strongly believes that they want to be a veterinarian and who is outgoing I think would love this. It is an amazing experience that tells you a lot about yourself, for instance whether or not this is the right occupation for you, how well you can stomach things, what areas of vet med you're most interested in, and how you can deal with getting thrown into a group of 40 kids from all around the world that you've never met before.
PET PROFILE: Template (Pet s Name) Picture of your pet! Age: Breed: Gender: Owner: This month we decided that instead of having a pet debuted in the pet profile we would have a template. Please feel free to take this template, complete it with information about your pet(s) and send it back to us! We love to hear about your pets and the impact they have on your lives. Use this space to add a description about your pet and add more pictures if you want. Please send completed pet profiles to unhprevetclub@gmail.com! Thank you!
University of Prince Edward Island College of Veterinary Medicine By Ioanna Tarasidis Place: The Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island is located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Charlottetown being the birthplace of Canada is a very historical town, offering many activities including; golfing, cycling, theater performances and even seasonal festivals. The population of Charlottetown is usually around 138,000, but in the summer that number usually doubles. This area has a lot to offer as the residents get to enjoy a small-town lifestyle while still having the amenities of a larger city. Vet School Campus: The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is one of the newest colleges of veterinary medicine. It is fully accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Associations, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeon (UK). All of the teaching hospitals, diagnostic labs, fish health unit, farm services, animal barns, classrooms, offices, and study areas are located in a four-story complex. Class information: Each year AVC accepts about 60 students, in which about 35 to 40 seats are reserved for Canadian residents and for international students there are 20-25 seats reserved. Focus/ Tracking: There is no formal tracking/focus at UPEI. The program is a four-year program, with the third year focusing on clinical studies of both large and small animals, and the fourth year focusing on courses consisting of core and elective clinical rotations. Facilities: AVC is known for its amazing facilities including the AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which provides specialized healthcare for patients as well as training for veterinary students, and the AVC Diagnostic services, which processes more than 375,000 mammalian and aquatic laboratory tests annually. Also if your thinking about working with aquatics check out AVC Centre for Marine and Aquatic Resources, just one of there many aquatic research centers, allowing you to get experience working with aquatic species health. AVC makes it a point to provide many opportunities for their students, no matter your interest. Admissions: The admission requirements for UPEI are similar to those of other veterinary schools. Applicants are required to complete prerequisite courses and submit GRE scores. They look especially at students who can demonstrate the ability to master difficult classes, while maintaining a heavy class load. Also being a leading research institute known around the world, they like to see applicants with research experience. Climate: Charlottetown offers four seasons, each one bringing it s own beauty. With the summer temperature getting as high as 90 F and winters getting as cold as 11 F, Charlottetown s clim ate is not that different from Durham. Also its spring and fall temperature usually range from 46 F to 72 F.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Blackhead Disease Blackhead disease, also known as histomoniasis, is primarily a disease of young turkeys. Histomoniasis is caused by a protozoan called Histomonas meleagridis. Chickens are more resistant but may act as carriers of the cecal worm (Heterakis gallinarum) that transmits the protozoan. H. meleagridis may also be transmitted by earthworms that accidentally eat the cecal worm eggs. The protozoan causes considerable damage to the liver and ceca of infected turkeys, and the untreated birds usually die.
Caribou Also known as reindeer, or Rangifer tarandus, is found in North America, Greenland, Northern Europe, and Eastern Asia. The caribou has long antlers with a distinctive shovel-like brow. They graze on grass, sedges, and herbs in the summer and then mosses, lichens, and fungi in the winter. Gestation is about 210-240days. Some caribou travel between 9-40miles daily, while others travel up to 750miles twice yearly. A fun fact many don t know about Caribou is that when they walk, the tendons moving in their legs make a clicking sound and they also have very little fur on their legs because they have the ability to lower circulation to better keep their body warm in the winter months. Adelie Penguin The Adelie penguin, or Pygoscelis adeliae, is found in the Circumpolar around Antarctica. This species of penguin is one of the few that nests on the mainland of Antarctica. They are mainly blue-black with pure white under-parts and a distinctive white ring around the eyes. They breed in the summer in large colonies of 200,000 or more synchronized pairs, each female laying 2eggs about 2days apart. Both the male and female take turns incubate the eggs. Polar Bear The polar bear, or Ursus maritimus, is located in the Arctic and Northern Canada. The male polar bear can weight twice as much as the female with the mating season occurring on the sea ice between April and May. The female digs a den and gives birth between 1 and 4 cubs between November and January. The cubs get solid food at 5months but are not weaned for 2-3years. Their favored habitat is a mix of pack ice, shoreline, and open water where seals are found; though their diet varies between bird eggs, lemmings, lichens, mosses, caribou, and musk-oxen.