Playing With Poop 2

It's been a while since I've updated (sorry)...

We haven't actually played with poop for a while BUT the last time we did... I finally found something!

The poop that I had had hookworm eggs in it. It really is as exciting as everyone else who has found something has said.

I wasn't sure at first if it was actually what it was, but after looking close (and confirmation from the teacher) I determined that that was in fact what they were.

Thankfully all of these worms are very treatable and usually won't make the animal sick.

Since I updated last, we had our clinical technology lab. It was a lot of fun and definitely an eye opened at some of the things this job will entail. It was my first time restraining an animal while something was actually done to it and it wasn't easy. I feel like I need to start working out as a matter of fact! Of course, the dog we had was a little nervous which didn't help matters any.

However, I learned a lot from the lab and can't wait to get into doing this this summer during my job shadow/experience.

We also had a test last week in parasitoloy and part of it was a practical in which we just had to look at a slide and decide what eggs we found. It had all three (whips, hooks, and rounds) so it was pretty easy. 

All in all, its been an interesting two weeks. This semester is almost over! In fact, I have 3 exams a week from today (ahhhh!). 

We've also started dissecting cats for anatomy & physiology. We finished studying the muscles a while back so we're looking at them closer. My partner and I are so afraid of cutting the wrong thing though! We have been successful and it is in fact really interesting to see all the muscles we've learned about up close.

Well, I'm actually off to class now!

I'll try and update this every... oh let's say either Thursday or Friday until the end of the semester then probably Wednesdays or Thursdays when summer semester starts.

Take care!

Megan