Posts Tagged ‘vets’

Veterinary Surgeons

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The word ‘vet’ is actually an abbreviation of veterinary surgeon. The word comes from the Latin ‘veterinae’, meaning ‘working animals’. Vets look after the health of all sorts of creatures and have to go through many years of training before they qualify to practice veterinary medicine. A degree in veterinary medicine is required (BVS, BVMS [...]

Colic in Horses – Useful Information

Monday, March 15th, 2010

A diagnosis of equine colic is a situation that strikes fear into any horse owner. But what is equine colic? What signs should you look for? Colic in horses is in reference to pain originating in the abdomen. Normally horses do not handle abdominal pain very well. So in the event of any disturbance of gut [...]

Sonic Aquarium

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Sonic Aquarium I am going to California (san Francisco area) tomorrow. Any reccommendations for cool places to check out? Me and 3 friends will be going to Berkeley, Oakland, and SF and will be travelling on the BART train and possibly the bus. I am planning on going to this tattoo museum already and we [...]