{There is a strain of chickens that are naturally blind due to hereditary retinal degeneration. These chickens start reproduction earlier and produce more eggs per cycle than their sighted counterparts. In addition, these blind birds are less aggressive and...}If this new strain creates a drastic increase in the welfare of the chickens, then it is an option that should be considered and explored. However, there are certain aspects, which must be taken into account when looking at this system...
{Discuss how you would respond to a small animal client who asks, "How can a veterinarian be involved in an industry, such as animal agriculture, which kills millions of animals each year?"}
When I was younger, I, too, struggled with this question. The discrepancy between how we treat our pets and our food animals is immense. However, the food animal industry is vast, with billions of dollars per year resulting from the meat trade...
{If asked today, what would be your professional goals for (1) 3 years post-graduation and (2) 10 years post-graduation?}
Three years post-graduation, I will be working in conservation wildlife in Africa. I will work to give proper preventative care, emergency services, and tag and track the big game...
{Describe a situation where you have learned from experience.}
During my undergraduate career at the University of Pennsylvania, I was incredibly active in the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT), which is a volunteer organization that responded to medical emergencies on campus. Though no two calls were the same, a certain skill set emerged over time with repeated shifts...
{The School of Veterinary Medicine values the educational benefits derived from a diverse student population. Our school is committed to creating a community of learners that is broad and diverse in its composition. What would you bring to the class?}
Involving oneself deep in another culture is integral in learning about other people, beliefs and attitudes. Being a first generation American has shaped my outlook on both others and myself. I began traveling at a few months old to Grand Cayman to visit my grandparents; next, was to Britain to visit the rest of my family on both parent’s sides; a yearly trip...
{We are interested in learning more about you in realms outside of the animal world. Answer without using an animal theme. If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be? What would you hope to learn from the conversation?}
Anne Boleyn would be an incredible woman to meet. Though she met an untimely end, her impact in her short life was unmatched. Though many acknowledge Anne as simply King Henry’s newest obsession, she was able to use the power that she gained in order to better herself and her family immensely...
Throughout my life I have been drawn to the frontiers of care for both people and animals and have focused most recently on the responsibility humans hold for the animals in our care and on our planet. My experience with human responsibility came early in my teenage years during a visit to Khayelitsha in South Africa...
Osteoporosis affects millions of individuals, causing almost nine million fractures per year, or an osteoporotic fracture roughly every three seconds. Osteoporosis, or porous bone from the Greek osteo and poros, is the degradation of bone to the point where common activities can cause severe fractures...
“So do you live with your mom or your dad?” was, for six-year-old Marquan Williams, a seemingly ordinary question to ask as he sat next to me at the worn spinet piano of the Albany Boys & Girls Club. For weeks, I prepared copies of sheet music and stacks of flashcards to help me open up the world of piano to my students. Yet in that moment, as I looked into Marquan’s curious, eager eyes, I saw the world that my students were going to open to me...
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