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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1851518" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>My daughter is the owner/vet. I am just the handyman, grass cutter, facilities crisis manager, sometimes banker, computer tech, parking attendant, and such. Just everyday stuff that any cattle or farm person is accustomed to.</p><p></p><p>She treats just about any species. She went to vet school at University of Georgia. The students there make a choice to study small animal, mixed animal or large animal. She took the mixed animal practice path. Most of her work is small animal - dogs and cats, along with goats, sheep, pigs. She does some cow work and horse work and a few reptiles and chickens and such. Most vets here only see small animals. There are some equine vets around. Commercial cow vets here are almost scarce as hen's teeth. She does a good bit of small ruminant work because the equine vets are generally horse only. The hardcore cow vets don't want to mess with goats and sheep. She sees a lot of those "in between" species, almost all are pets. </p><p></p><p>The "petting zoo" was brought by her good friend who trains horses and has cattle. Her friend's boyfriend bought the camel in Florida just last week. He had talked to some of the vets he knows about neutering the camel and did not find anyone willing to take on the job. One vet had attempted to neuter a camel in the past and the camel died. And a camel is not cheap to purchase. My daughter is willing to do the research and find the vet field support for the neuter so will see how that works out. She sends her difficult cases to expensive specialists or to the UGA vet school. I asked why not send the camel to UGA? She explained that the vet school does small exotic work, but not large exotics. She has a big network of people to consult with and will get it figured out. </p><p></p><p>I think having a network of people to consult with and being willing to spend the time and effort to do that is a very important characteristic of a good vet. Most people probably do not understand that a vet graduates with very little surgery experience - probably dog and cat spay and neuters depending on how much they volunteered with rescues their last year of vet school and their selections for clinical rotations in school and externships at vet practices the last 12 to 15 months. My daughter never got an opportunity to participate in a pig c-section in vet school. When she was faced with her first pig c-section in a barn in the middle of the night, she was a little lost. She runs some FB groups that are for vets only to share knowledge and interesting cases. She was able to make a FB post to her pig vet group with a picture of the pig with her planned incision line overlaid on the picture. And had a reply very quickly from a pig vet - in the middle of the night. She proceeded with her first pig c-section and all went well. Fascinating to me how technology can be used.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1851518, member: 40418"] My daughter is the owner/vet. I am just the handyman, grass cutter, facilities crisis manager, sometimes banker, computer tech, parking attendant, and such. Just everyday stuff that any cattle or farm person is accustomed to. She treats just about any species. She went to vet school at University of Georgia. The students there make a choice to study small animal, mixed animal or large animal. She took the mixed animal practice path. Most of her work is small animal - dogs and cats, along with goats, sheep, pigs. She does some cow work and horse work and a few reptiles and chickens and such. Most vets here only see small animals. There are some equine vets around. Commercial cow vets here are almost scarce as hen's teeth. She does a good bit of small ruminant work because the equine vets are generally horse only. The hardcore cow vets don't want to mess with goats and sheep. She sees a lot of those "in between" species, almost all are pets. The "petting zoo" was brought by her good friend who trains horses and has cattle. Her friend's boyfriend bought the camel in Florida just last week. He had talked to some of the vets he knows about neutering the camel and did not find anyone willing to take on the job. One vet had attempted to neuter a camel in the past and the camel died. And a camel is not cheap to purchase. My daughter is willing to do the research and find the vet field support for the neuter so will see how that works out. She sends her difficult cases to expensive specialists or to the UGA vet school. I asked why not send the camel to UGA? She explained that the vet school does small exotic work, but not large exotics. She has a big network of people to consult with and will get it figured out. I think having a network of people to consult with and being willing to spend the time and effort to do that is a very important characteristic of a good vet. Most people probably do not understand that a vet graduates with very little surgery experience - probably dog and cat spay and neuters depending on how much they volunteered with rescues their last year of vet school and their selections for clinical rotations in school and externships at vet practices the last 12 to 15 months. My daughter never got an opportunity to participate in a pig c-section in vet school. When she was faced with her first pig c-section in a barn in the middle of the night, she was a little lost. She runs some FB groups that are for vets only to share knowledge and interesting cases. She was able to make a FB post to her pig vet group with a picture of the pig with her planned incision line overlaid on the picture. And had a reply very quickly from a pig vet - in the middle of the night. She proceeded with her first pig c-section and all went well. Fascinating to me how technology can be used. [/QUOTE]
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