My internship is officially over and the ending was bittersweet. I am happy to return to my small mountain town but sad to leave all the great people I met behind. My last week at the clinic was very fun, on Monday I observed a...
The fifth week of my internship was a very busy one. The clinic wasn't as busy as usual, but there was a lot of work to be done regarding the research I am doing. On Monday, I was able to observe a bilateral ovariectomy of...
I have just wrapped up my fourth week in Auburn, and it was a crazy one. On Monday, I observed three surgeries, starting with a mass removal on the ventral side on the trachea. We believe this mass formed from the cartilage cells of the trachea and fibrosis enhanced...
I have reached the halfway point of my internship and I'm sad to say it has gone by fast. This week I worked with two different samples of cartilage and both tests ran smoothly. While running the tests I have learned more about the mechanical engineering side of...
The second week of my internship has been fantastic! Starting Monday, I assisted in the long process of receiving MRI images of a horse's front feet. From these images, it was determined that this horse had bilateral forelimb navicular syndrome. There was visible damage to both joints and parts of...
I have officially spent one week in Auburn, Alabama, and it is scorching! Monday, I started work at the clinic, and I was able to observe a standing surgery on a mare (female horse) with an infected bolis in her sinus. In order to clean...