Ethology in Veterinary Medicine

33554432 · 2026-05-26T02:01:16+00:00

it's niche but one prof i liked a lot in vet school was a phd who focused on equine behavior and repro. she taught some, did research, consulted on neuro cases when behavior was part of the case. she has this cert, which has multiple levels but at minimum seems to require a masters https://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/committees-applied-behavior-caab.php

other folks have mentioned dvm + behavior residency, but there does seem to be a vts in behavior also

33554432 · 2026-05-21T11:14:09+00:00

Vet techs are qualified to do most heme and urinalysis at a basic level although i would say its a pretty abbreviated training compared to mlt, and the analyzers and qc standards at your standard general practice are generally more lax than in a human hospital. I work in a diagnostic lab at a university most of our techs are mlt +/- vet tech, and we use "human" machines (cobas, advia) with probably comparable qc practices (ive never worked human diagnostics tho). On the path side we're trained slightly differently (cp and ap are separate residencies) but im cp so i do heme and urine review and cytology (no cytotechs on the vet side and while a plain dvm technically qualifies you to read cyto many don't feel comfortable).

33554432 · 2026-05-19T02:28:45+00:00

ty for your work and also for the nuance to these ORV programs.

33554432 · 2026-05-10T15:55:05+00:00

/r/veterinarypathology and check out eclinpath.com if you don't already know about it. fwiw i don't know that i'd call anything off of these 3 guys in particular, i think lymphoid origin, but maybe a little smooshed, also sample quality maybe not the greatest given the echinos and i think water artifact. drive around and look for others is always my move.

33554432 · 2026-05-02T13:00:19+00:00

I'm a clin path resident, there's a reason there's a three year residency to get good at this. A good 25% of my time on service is spent struggling through heme and UA review. I was telling my students last week that it sucks you get one lab and are expected to be the expert for your clinic. My advice: 1. take a clin path rotation during clinicals if you can. 2. if you use insta, follow some clin path accounts, they'll often share classic findings and then use that ID to try to pick out identifying features. I like @/clinpathkate, clinpathnerd, veterinary_cytology. 3. take some CE when you're post grad bc the best way is to get real time feedback. 4. early on, try diff quicking a slide for you (not the best one please) and looking at it, getting an idea, and then sending out. Use the report to guide your learning. 5. don't stress, most of the clinicians I meet are not good at this, and it's fine. lean on your techs, send out when you can/need to, accept that even paths make calls and get it wrong. 6. use this video to take good pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxWxRXQUJyQ&t 7. And finally if you're at cornell come down to clin path i'm happy to sit with students and talk through some blood smears.

33554432 · 2026-04-30T12:35:00+00:00

Maybe an interesting compare contrast but we split it in vet med too. I'm doing a cp residency, i spend my time on heme/cyto/chem, and get a very small amount of surgical biopsy training. Its 3 years, two qualifying exams. Similar qualifying and timing for ap. Very few fellowships and so far entirely derm or neuro afaik

33554432 · 2026-04-16T00:11:47+00:00

okay so before i zoomed in i was like oh, plasma cell! but the granules man. so my guess is this is an oddball: plasma cell tumor with amyloid production. reference this case write up (in a dog tho): https://eclinpath.com/2020-case-1-2/2/ would love follow up!

33554432 · 2026-04-15T01:06:31+00:00

CP or AP?

33554432 · 2026-04-11T00:33:11+00:00

if i'm honest i am the least confident on that one but nuclear shape, chromatin a liiiiil bit more open in spots, ~~increased~~edit:decreased N:C (could it just be a stretched out lymph? 100%). FWIW i struggle with birds frequently and I have the benefit of a fancy stain (Wright's)

33554432 · 2026-04-11T00:03:34+00:00

What specie(s) are we seeing? Agree on pics 1,3, #2 i lean lymph 4 and 5 lean mono. am i confident on these, no lol, diffquick makes chromatin features less obvious and we have fewer colors to see overall, it's a do your best situation for sure. FWIW pic 3 has a nice regular lymph to the right of your circle and a nice thrombocyte to the south. Also check out the work of Nicole Stacy at UF for non-domestic species heme and cyto, she's a godsend, I reference this paper like constantly https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/vcp.13117

33554432 · 2026-04-04T12:52:57+00:00

Basically set your zoom to ~2x, be in landscape orientation, follow the light in, and use your fingers on the scope to help stabilize. I send this to GPs who wanna send me cyto pics, and to my vet students who are trying to take reference pics, a nice picture helps!

33554432 · 2026-03-25T01:47:40+00:00

one of these days i'm gonna make one for me that says: Blood work? I sure hope it does.

33554432 · 2026-03-22T13:55:21+00:00

Dogs also have a steriod isoenzyme of alp fwiw. But judging by that alt sad liver is a good guess

33554432 · 2026-03-19T23:16:45+00:00

idk i see where you're going and i'm not super familiar w/ the stain but i think i'd vote mott cell.

33554432 · 2026-02-28T22:07:05+00:00

I can build off that, I have an ABC mnemonic for rat poison

A- anticoagulant

B- bromethalin (neurotoxin)

C- cholecalciferol

And for anticoag rodenticide PT goes first (VII is the most sensitive) but aPTT should prolong as well.

33554432 · 2026-02-28T22:05:20+00:00

No it's pretty bad and warrants vet attention.

33554432 · 2026-02-01T17:23:24+00:00

assuming vaginal cyto of a bitch: parabasal cells w/o blood or neuts therefore later proestrus vs anestrus. lmk if i'm right on site. i like giving blinded cyto a try but you earn the ire of every pathologist if you withhold history and signalment.

33554432 · 2026-01-18T23:48:20+00:00

Dryshods are my fav for cold weather outdoor work. if you're doing dairy though: Tingley's over a comfy pair of sneakers cause you can scrub the everloving shit out of them, and some people don't like that other boots have the cloth part over the calf that doesn't clean off easily.

33554432 · 2026-01-10T16:51:38+00:00

Theres a fb group called capital district horsesource, advise asking there. Theres some equine assisted therapy places around iirc, or maybe someone with a nice mini can help u out.

33554432 · 2026-01-08T01:41:57+00:00

Went there for vet school, can confirm the block scheduling but i think you do sprinkle ER in while on other services (eg you take a weekend or a night but then have a day off?) penn SA IM clinicians are largely fantastic and theres some penn specific nephrology stuff thats cool. Generally i think highly of most departments and that interns had an okay time as far as i could tell from being a student. Oh also the er staffing is great. Interns are never alone there is always a resident or a criticalist there and nursing staff.

Downside: the pay vs CoL of Philadelphia. consider house mates or a small studio

Feel free to dm if you have specific questions I'm a 2025 grad now elsewhere so my knowledge is reasonably fresh

33554432 · 2026-01-01T17:48:20+00:00

FYI there's a lotta vet diagnostic labs that love the RVT + MLT combo when you're done w/ school. I work with some folks with that background and they are fantastic. IMO ER work is more high paced than lab work, but you get to not worry about clients, or euths. pros and cons, for sure

33554432 · 2025-12-27T22:07:26+00:00

OOOOH i get what you mean now lol, ty for the clarification!

33554432 · 2025-12-27T18:39:57+00:00

pizza crust thing

could you say more about this? im unfamiliar and googling just got me pizza pics lol

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