Resource for today !!

http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/agriculture-naturalresources.pdf

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In order to become a veterinarian I need to follow these specific steps:

1. Train along side a veterinarian (internship): Help him/her prepare their equipment to perform treatment. Also take down notes to make the billing easier on the vet. Observe while the vet is curing or performing on the animal. And if you're lucky you may perform slight procedures. 25% of the accepted students to vet college had internships and so it will make you look more of a valuable student that they will want you to attend their school.  
2. Attend college for general education
3. Go to veterinarian college: First you need to obtain a bachelors degree, Second earn a graduates degree similar too medical school. You can pick and choose a major that interest you because vet schools don't require specific major to graduate. Now you are ready to attend vet school.
4. Take a look at what classes and test you need to complete to get into vet college: once you look at the institution you want to attend refer to the classes they recommend you taking because each college is different and most have a broad variety of classes but only a few test they will accept. Most will accept GRE but some will accept the MCAT.
5. Graduate from veterinarian school: You will have received your Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. Now you will look into Large Animal Vet school. Their are 27 in the U.S. but their are only a few dedicated to just large animal vets.
6. Complete the residency program: This program will define whether you are going to become a large or small animal vet. Most students desire to work with cattle, horses and sheep.
7. Take the North American Veterinary licensing exam: This 360 multiple choice questions test is only offered three times a year. And don't try and just wing it because it covers everything you have learned within your past 6 years.

Vocabulary (sheep and cattle terms)

backcross - Mating of a two-breed crossbred offspring back to one of its parental breeds.
dewlap - Loose skin under the chin and neck of cattle.
Motility : A parameter recorded during microscopic examination of semen .
Progeny : The young, or offspring, of the parents.
Reticulum- 2nd compartment
Rumen- 1st compartment
Omasum-3rd compartment
Abomasum- 4th compartment
Artificial insemination -requires a person to collect semen from the male and deposit it into the female.
Blow - Shearing stroke.
Coccidiosis - Disease in feeder lambs characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, loss of weight, and weakness.
Colostrum - The first milk produced, rich in antibodies, energy, and vitamin A.
Creep feeding - Method of providing supplements for lambs during the nursing period.
Dermis - Thick inner layer of sheep skin that extends down to the muscle.
Doggy wools - Short, harsh, coarser than type, comparatively straight wools.
External parasite - Parasites that may be found on the fleece, skin and in the nasal and ear passages.
Flehmen - Behavioral display of "lip curl" made by ram in response to ewe in heat.
Hydranencephaly - Abnormal condition of water in the brain.
Integumentary disease - Disease affecting the skin, hooves, or horns.
Flank streaking - The amount of intramuscular fat found in the flank. Used to determine quality grade.