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Hello Tumblr Family,

It is I H&H back from a very long hiatus. If you have been following I last left you right after I completed the NAVLE and started my job hunt. It has been quite the roller coaster since graduating veterinary school. 

Following veterinary school, I moved to the east coast and completed a rotating internship in equine medicine and surgery. Due to poor job prospects and limited income, I switched over to the dark side. That is right, I began small animal private practice. 

I enjoyed the pace of small animal medicine and the cases I was seeing, but once again I wanted more out of my job and my life. After 3 years of practice, I then sought out an Army recruiter and commissioned shortly after as an officer in the Army Veterinary Corps.  

I have since been getting settled into the Army way of things and so far have greatly enjoyed my experience! While I was going through the process I noticed the lack of information on joining the Army, especially joining as a direct commission (joining after being in practice instead of directly out of school)

I hope to continue to provide information on the veterinary field, veterinary admission processes, but I also hope to help anyone out there that might have even the slightest interest in the Army Veterinary Corps. 

One thing I have learned so far in my short veterinary career is there is no one way on how to do anything. 

Best Wishes and Happy New Year!

I haven't seriously been able to ride a horse since starting vet school. Sure I have been able to get some catch rides here and there, but nothing beats the partnership you develop with your own horse. 

Most common differentials for BOVINE Diarrhea:

Young Cattle:

Bacterial:

E. coli (Enterotoxigenic):  first 3 days of life; diarrhea & septicemia 

Salmonella: 5 -14 day old calves; S. dublin = shedders for life; diarrhea, pneumonia, & septicemia 

Clostridium perfringes type C

Viral:

Rotavirus: 1 - 30 days of age

Coronavirus: > 5 days of age

Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVD) (6-24 months):  mild form to highly fatal Mucosal Disease form. PI’s formed @ 2-4 months of gestation. 

Parasitic:

Cryptosporidium parvum: 5-7 days of age

Eimeria (coccidiosis): 7 days - 4 to 6 months 

Ostertagiasis: Type 1:  L3 larva, high morbidity/ low mortality.  Type 2 : yearlings housed after first grazing season. Development of L4, low morbidity/high mortality.

Adult Cattle:

Bacterial:

Mycobacterium avium subp. paratuberculosis (Johne’s Disease): Chronic diarrhea and wasting in adult cattle 

Salmonella  (S. typhimurium, S. dublin)

Viral:

Most common differentials for  PIG diarrhea: 

Piglet Diarrhea (Neonatal):

Bacterial causes:

E. coli ( Enterotoxigenic K88, K99, 987P, F41  ) : Colibacillosis - white scours; <4 days (Most common cause)

Clostridum perfringes Type C: hemorrhagic enteritis < 7 days

Clostridum perfringes Type A: creamy diarrhea - 1st week of life

Viral Causes:

Coronavirus (Transmissible Gastroenteritis): Variable; <2 wks = death

Rotavirus - 7 - 14 days

Parasitic:

Isosoprora suis (Coccidiosis): 4.5 - 5 days - watery- pasty diarrhea

Strongyloides ransomi (SI threadworm) - 10-14 day, hemorrhagic diarrhea, southern states

Weaned Pigs -  weaning @ 21 days 

Bacterial:

E. coli ( Enterotoxigenic F18, F4  ) : Colibacillosis 

Viral:

Rotavirus

Coronavirus (Enteric Transmissible Gastroenteritis) 

Grow/ Finishers

Bacterial:

Salmonella (S. choleraesuis, S. typhimurium) - watery “yellow” diarrhea; S. typhimurium = rectal strictures, S. cholerasesuis = pneumonia/ septicemia - Common in feeders/growers, can occur in all ages

Bracchyspira hydrodysenteriae - mucohemorrhagic colitis - common in feeders, can occur in all ages

Lawsonia intracellularis (Proliferative Enteritis) - hemorrhagic diarrhea

Parasitic 

Trichuris suis -  mucoid to mucohemorrhagic diarrhea

Misc.