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Assist ADDL pathologists perform necropsy examinations on a wide range of animal species, including food production animals (cattle, pigs, sheep and goats), companion animals (dogs, cats, camelids, horses), cervidae, poultry, and animals from game parks and zoo collections. In addition, skill and interest levels permitting, assist pathologists in histopathologic examination of tissues in association with necropsy of animals listed above.
Students have the opportuinty to rotate thru internal medicine, oncology and surgery as well as our critical care and general practice.
Assist doctors on ambulatory calls, hospital cases, breeding and foaling mares.
The student will shadow at a 2 1/2 doctor mixed animal (80% small animal) practice. Under supervision, the student will see a limited number of companion animal patients daily and will perform a surgery (ovariohysterectomy, castration, minor mass excision) and/or dental prophylaxis twice weekly. The student will participate on large animal calls.
Our facility offers a full range of medical exams, from routine yearly physicals/vaccines, tonometry procedures, pain management, minor dermotology to comprehenisve exams for medically necesary treatments. Could be minor eye infection diagnosis to bloodwork to diagnose organ failure. We also do a large amount of different surgical procedures from basic spay/neuters to ACL repair, amputations to the occasional cesarean section, enucleation, mass removals, splenectomies. We see mostly cats/dogs but an occasional pocket pet will come in. We may see a small handfull of equine/goats/farm. We are a very busy small practice. We believe students will receive everything they need for their career and then some.
Students will be expected to work along-side and shadow their assigned doctor throughout her daily schedule. They will observe the appointment life cycle and discuss each case with the doctor, demonstrating their knowledge and ability to develop a patient treatment plan with appropriate diagnostics. They may practice techniques such as Fear Free restraint and examinations, IV catheter placement and fluid rate calculations, drug dosage calculations, urethral obstruction resolution, wound care, basic ophthamology diagnostics, basic dermatology diagnostics, and proper diagnostic lab sample collection.
The student will also scrub in for surgical and dental procedures and discuss technique and best practices with the surgeon with an opportunity for hands-on experience when appropriate.
We are a canine/feline general practice with 10 doctors. Students will have the opportunity to shadow our doctors in both exam room and surgical settings.
The student will rotate with the dentistry service for two consecutive weeks.
Externs will be able to work closely with veterinary specialists and emergency doctors while here. We currently have 2 surgeons, 2 internal medicine specialists, a cardiologist and 5 full time emergency veterinarians. We are a 24 hour facility.
Student will ride along on farm visits and perform and assist in dehorning calves, palpation and ultrasound exams cattle and horses, preventive medicine for dairy and beef herds, equine herds, captive deer, and small ruminant herds, equine dentistry and lameness evaluations, radiographs, bovine and equine field surgeries, equine artificial insemination, sick animal care and emergency calls.
Student will assist and perform small animal and exotic medicine and surgery alongside experienced small animal veterinarians in our practice as well.