Dr. Emily Barquet (Tuskegee ’12)
7:55 a.m., May 1: Dr. Emily Barquet (Tuskegee ’12) analyzes blood work and other laboratory tests conducted the previous day. She interns at Merritt & Associates in Wauconda, Ill.
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Drs. Barquet and Victoria Gnadt
8:45 a.m.: Drs. Barquet (right) and Victoria Gnadt, another intern, prep a patient for the first surgery of the day—scoping a fetlock joint and removing a small mass.
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Dr. Barquet readies another horse
10:40 a.m.: Dr. Barquet readies another horse for surgery. She speaks Spanish, but people don’t always know that. “I wait for a good time to tell them,” she said.
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Drs. Barquet and Keith Merritt
10:55 a.m.: Dr. Barquet assists Dr. Keith Merritt in conducting a lameness evaluation. The practice’s appointments are evenly split between ambulatory and in-house.
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Midnight the Quarter Horse
11:20 a.m.: Midnight the Quarter Horse stands as Dr. Barquet holds his hoof. She said most equine practices don’t hire new graduates.
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Ultrasound on Midnight
12:15 a.m.:Dr. Barquet performs an ultrasound on Midnight. The practice mainly sees sport horses. The doctors travel to Florida in the winter to treat their patients on the winter show circuit.
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Radiography on Midnight
1:10 p.m.: Dr. Barquet performs radiography on Midnight. She rotates among the practice’s clinicians and has gained more responsibility during the internship.
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Dr. Rickard Kohler (St. George’s ’10)
12:30 p.m., April 14: Dr. Rickard Kohler (St. George’s ’10), an intern at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, speaks with resident Dr. Natashia Evans (SYD ’05).
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Dr. Kohler holds Zippy
1:20 p.m.: Dr. Kohler holds Zippy, who has been straining to urinate. Dr. Kohler estimates the critical care interns examine about 75 percent of all cases.
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Dr. Kohler examines Jack
2:05 p.m.: Dr. Kohler examines 7-year-old Jack, while Dr. Mindy Weseley helps stabilize the three-legged dog. Dr. Kohler’s residency ended June 24.
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Drs. Evans and Kohler
3:40 p.m.: Dr. Evans has Dr. Kohler look at the urine sample she took earlier in the day to show him there are bacteria in Zippy the cat’s urine.
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Dr. Kohler meets with Zippy’s owners
4:15 p.m.: Dr. Kohler meets with Zippy’s owners, Debrah and Craig Myrbo, and recommends a 3-week course of antibiotics and a follow-up culture.
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Dr. Lindsey Woods (Oklahoma State ’12)
10:45 a.m., April 8: Dr. Lindsey Woods (Oklahoma State ’12) neuters a rabbit. For the past year, she has interned at the Avian & Exotic Animal Clinic near Indianapolis.
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Baxter the cockatiel
1:30 a.m.: Baxter the cockatiel gets his wings clipped. Dr. Woods says clinic owner Dr. Angela Lennox is very “submersion principle–oriented.”
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Drs. Woods and Eric Cassmann
2:15 a.m.: Dr. Woods and Dr. Eric Cassmann (ISU ’13) take a short break. Dr. Woods helped teach fourth-year students, such as Dr. Cassmann was, at the clinic.
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Link the ferret
1:20 p.m.: Link the ferret has adrenal disease; Dr. Woods injects him with a deslorelin implant. She wants to work at a zoo someday.
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Zeus the ball python
3:10 p.m.: Zeus the ball python undergoes an examination. Dr. Woods said she’s gotten a lot of hands-on experience, thanks to the clinic’s high caseload.
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Quaker parrot
5:30 p.m.: An emergency call brings in a Quaker parrot wounded by a Dachshund. Dr. Woods euthanizes the bird after getting consent from the owner.
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