All I have to say is thank goodness for good professors. We have some lectures that could be really boring and dry. Talking about the legal side of things and the legislature isn’t my idea of fun, but our professor from Italy keeps us smiling the whole way through. And of course our professor who makes himself comfortable by taking his shoes and socks off and wanders around the front of the room is also very entertaining. Or when your professor stands on a table in the front, you know you should pay attention. I wish I could take a clip of our lectures and just give you a taste of what it is like. Never a dull moment with the large animal crew.

So what have I learned this week?

That I know more about large animal medicine than I originally thought. But I also don’t know near enough of what I need. So I have more work ahead of me, but I feel that it is fairly straightforward. As one professor always says “just use your head”. If you just take a moment and think it through, you can usually come up with an answer. I do enjoy the fact that they are so straight forward. They tell you about the things you see the most and what you need to know. They don’t bother with all the random or rare things that you occasionally see. We talk about respiratory disease and diarrhoea a lot. (cuz those are the things your gonna see often. Basically every farm at some point). I’m excited to learn more about surgery in large animal medicine. The main thing that was reaffirmed to me this week—COWS ARE AMAZING AND CAN SURVIVE ALMOST ANYTHING.

My favourite quote from the week- Professor-”what happens if the rumen fills with gas?” Student-”The rumen/cow will explode”. So make sure you take care of those bloat cows so you don’t have exploding cows all over the place.