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Shadow and participate in day-to-day activities of private practice veterinarians specializing in production medicine for swine and poultry.
Externs will come to a busy sports medicine, surgery, and reproduction clinic. The extern may choose which doctor they will follow for the day and may rotate through every facet of the clinic. The extern will be able to see many different types of procedures and learn equine medicine in a western performance horse practice.
Pine Bush Equine is located in Orange County, New York, approximately 90 minutes north of NYC. There is a strong surgery caseload. A board-certified university faculty surgeon visits 1-2 days each month for elective procedures. On these surgery days, up to 10 elective procedures are scheduled with additional specialty lameness evaluations. The procedures are usually arthroscopies and airway surgeries, with an occasional fracture repair. Additionally, there is one day each week set aside for more routine surgeries. These commonly include the following: castrations (both routine and cryptorchid), neurectomies, umbilical hernia repairs, splint bone removals, enucleations, and mass removals. Emergency surgeries are sent to a nearby referral center. There is the opportunity for the intern to follow a case to colic surgery at the referral hospital if the schedule permits. A consulting internal medicine specialist travels to our hospital as needed. Gastroscopies are routinely performed by our five veterinarians. Lameness workups and joint injections are scheduled nearly every day. At least 50% of our caseload is Standardbreds, both racehorses in training and breeding stock. Additionally, we see a wide variety of sport horses including hunter/jumper, dressage, and reiners. Also included in our caseload is a portion of pleasure horses and family horses. Cases regularly involve all age groups, from foals to geriatrics. We are the primary veterinarians for the USDA NY Animal Import Center (one of only three import centers in the USA), which provides the opportunity to treat a large number of valuable sport horses and racehorses in quarantine from Europe. We also offer chiropractic and acupuncture for a variety of horses.
Externs are encouraged to learn and assist with procedures if they feel comfortable, and are encouraged to go on emergency calls after hours with the on call veterinarian.
The University of Pennsylvania Office of Animal Welfare (OAW) is the administrative arm of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). As such, the OAW works with the IACUC to assure safety, maintenance, care and use of vertebrate animals for research purposes and to comply with federal, state, and local laws. The externship will provide an understanding of the various processes necessary for proper IACUC assessment and oversight of any activities conducted that have a direct impact on the well-being of animals. These include, but are not limited to, animal husbandry and veterinary care, University policies and procedures, personnel and program management and oversight, occupational health and safety, and IACUC functions.
The elective provides a well-rounded exposure to general veterinary practice, including wellness care, illnesses, routine surgery and dentistry, physical therapy, and more.
Externs may participate or assist in Nuclear Scintigraphy, Digital Radiology, Advanced Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Lameness Exams, Sport Horse Treatments, Three day event competitions, ESWT therapy, documentation of exams, FES and MRI. Externs will be exposed to all phases of the practice and will assist veterinarians and technicians in the exams and procedures.
Extensive hands on experience with one to four ambulatory equine veterinarians. Experience will include all areas of equine veterinary medicine ranging from wellness to extensive lameness.
The student will be offered the opportunity to participate in daily, cage side rounds between our emergency clinicians and the surgery and internal medicine specialists on-site. A radiologist is also onsite and available on Thursdays / Fridays as well. Case transfers, as well as scheduled appointments, will allow the opportunity for the student to review pertinent medical records, perform physical examinations, and have an active participatory role in discussing the patient’s diagnostic evaluation and treatment plan. The student will be permitted to join the supervising clinician during appointments to observe conversations with clients. Additionally, the student will also be permitted to listen during conversations discussed over the telephone. While no primary case management will be permitted to the student, they will be actively engaged in the cases and communication with the clients. They will also be able to observe communications and case consults provided to the referral partners.
Mostly observational externship of large equine only private practice
Goals of the Externship: To provide a wide range of exposure to various aspects of equine practice; provide a safe, positive learning experience; provide opportunities to discuss cases and ask questions. Students in their final year who are considering applying for the internship should consider the externship as a working interview.