Vocab:
Salivary gland carcinoma- cancer of the salivary glands, most commonly found in the parotid gland (right in front of the ear), treatment is most often surgery.
This week has been one of the most exhilarating weeks! I went to the Scolvill Zoo in Decatur, IL. Dr. Welle, Marilin (4th year vet student), and I had 12 patients. Incredibly, I was able to feel all the animals we handled while Dr. Welle would tell me what to look for. We examined and trimmed the nails of a Macaw (the talking parrots), and a sun conure. Removed the sutures from an Emu (a bird that looks like an ostrich), and looked at a tufted deer who had most likely fractured its back leg. After the white tailed deer was under anesthesia I had to take its temperature and respiration rate while Marilin recorded and Dr. Welle tagged it. They gave vaccines to a zebra, great horned owl, tamarin, and a bald eagle. In addition to the vaccines we examined the last three and two african house snakes, glass lizard (a lizard that appears like a snake). The glass lizard had past surgery because it used to have salivary carcinoma and had its parotid gland removed (D). In the beginning of this week I had been uncomfortable with handling all snakes but now I have learned they are very gentle creatures which is why I was able to comfortably hold them while Dr. Welle would examine them (f). Along our walk throughout the zoo we saw many other animals, the zoo staff even let me go in to a room where they had two baby goats whom were very eager to be on my lap and let us inside the cage of a lemur family whom had two new twins that were only about a week old. This experience that I have had my whole week has been very interesting, and I learned so much about all of the exotic animals. I continue to believe that getting dirty, risking getting injured, withstanding the extremely loud noises is all worth it (A).
No comments:
Post a Comment