Palm trees and DVM degrees
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine is one of the most recent institutions to become accredited by the AVMA Council on Education. Take a look at where students learn, live, and play.
Read the accompanying JAVMA article "Greetings from St. Kitts"
Marine laboratory
The marine laboratory at Ross' veterinary school houses tilapia that are used for research on emerging bacterial pathogens.
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Dr. Guy St. John
The veterinary school has two large lecture halls that seat 150 and 130 students. Pictured is Dr. Guy St. John, associate dean for academic affairs.
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Anatomy museum
The anatomy museum was recently expanded to include space for students to study anatomic specimens.
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Fifth-semester students
Fifth-semester students learn to handle and perform physical examinations on sheep and donkeys.
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Cattle
Ross has upward of 300 animals on campus, including cattle and horses.
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Seventh-semester students
Seventh-semester students record that day's observations in the large animal paddock area.
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Diagnostic imaging class
Fifth-semester students have access to a repository of hundreds of cases in their diagnostic imaging class.
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Clinical skills lab
Students in the clinical skills laboratory learn proper aseptic technique.
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Spay clinic
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital offers a spay clinic to the general public at no cost.
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Digital ultrasonography
The VTH has four examination rooms, two surgery suites, digital radiography, digital ultrasonography, an isolation unit, and an intensive care unit.
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Clinician and puppy patient
Clinicians at the VTH collectively handle about 65 to 70 scheduled appointments a week, in addition to welcoming walk-ins and seeing student-owned pets.
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Preparatory school
A preparatory school was built on campus for the children of students, faculty, and staff. It hosts kindergarten through eighth grade.
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Toxic Plant Garden
The Toxic Plant Garden in the middle of campus has more than a hundred species. These include agave, aloe, tobacco, St. John's wort, marigolds, and macadamia nuts.
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Off-campus housing
Many students live in houses or apartments off campus. The school maintains a list of approved landlords to help students choose.
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Basseterre's Circus
Basseterre is the capital of the island nation comprising St. Kitts and Nevis. The centerpiece of the city is the Circus, a roundabout modeled after Piccadilly in London.
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Island residents
As of 2008, St. Kitts and Nevis had a combined population of 39,817. About 90 percent of residents of the island nation are of African descent.
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Feral dog
Large populations of feral dogs and, to a lesser extent, cats roam the island. Ross veterinary students started an organization to care for these animals.
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Feral ruminants
St. Kitts also has feral goat, sheep, and lamb populations.
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Mount Liamuiga
Mount Liamuiga is St. Kitts' highest peak at 3,793 feet. It is an inactive volcano that originally formed the island.
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Brimstone Hill Fortress
Brimstone Hill Fortress was built from the 1690s to the 1790s by African slave labor. The fortress is now a national park.
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Sugar plantation
St. Kitts' main export was sugar until 2005, when rising production costs made it less lucrative.
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Coconut tree
Coconuts are one of many local food options available on St. Kitts.
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Tropical landscape
Temperatures are tropical and moderate year-round; average rainfall is about 55 inches annually.
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The marine laboratory at Ross' veterinary school houses tilapia that are used for research on emerging bacterial pathogens.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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The veterinary school has two large lecture halls that seat 150 and 130 students. Pictured is Dr. Guy St. John, associate dean for academic affairs.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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The anatomy museum was recently expanded to include space for students to study anatomic specimens.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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Fifth-semester students learn to handle and perform physical examinations on sheep and donkeys.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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Ross has upward of 300 animals on campus, including cattle and horses.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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Seventh-semester students record that day's observations in the large animal paddock area.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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Fifth-semester students have access to a repository of hundreds of cases in their diagnostic imaging class.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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Students in the clinical skills laboratory learn proper aseptic technique.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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The Veterinary Teaching Hospital offers a spay clinic to the general public at no cost.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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The VTH has four examination rooms, two surgery suites, digital radiography, digital ultrasonography, an isolation unit, and an intensive care unit.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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Clinicians at the VTH collectively handle about 65 to 70 scheduled appointments a week, in addition to welcoming walk-ins and seeing student-owned pets.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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A preparatory school was built on campus for the children of students, faculty, and staff. It hosts kindergarten through eighth grade.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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The Toxic Plant Garden in the middle of campus has more than a hundred species. These include agave, aloe, tobacco, St. John's wort, marigolds, and macadamia nuts.
Photo credit: Photo by Ross SVM
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Many students live in houses or apartments off campus. The school maintains a list of approved landlords to help students choose.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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Basseterre is the capital of the island nation comprising St. Kitts and Nevis. The centerpiece of the city is the Circus, a roundabout modeled after Piccadilly in London.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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As of 2008, St. Kitts and Nevis had a combined population of 39,817. About 90 percent of residents of the island nation are of African descent.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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Large populations of feral dogs and, to a lesser extent, cats roam the island. Ross veterinary students started an organization to care for these animals.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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St. Kitts also has feral goat, sheep, and lamb populations.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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Mount Liamuiga is St. Kitts' highest peak at 3,793 feet. It is an inactive volcano that originally formed the island.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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Brimstone Hill Fortress was built from the 1690s to the 1790s by African slave labor. The fortress is now a national park.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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St. Kitts' main export was sugar until 2005, when rising production costs made it less lucrative.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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Coconuts are one of many local food options available on St. Kitts.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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Temperatures are tropical and moderate year-round; average rainfall is about 55 inches annually.
Photo credit: Photo by Malinda Larkin
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