The things we learn in vet school. . .

Not everything we learn in vet school has to directly correlate with veterinary medicine.  Some of the information is quite practical and good for day to day life.

1) Before you say yes. . .
We learned how to tell if your engagement ring is real.  Apparently diamonds are radiolucent and will not show up on radiographs where as cubic zirconium or crystals can be seen.  To do this, simply place your ring on the x-ray table (no hands please!) and look at the image!

This a a cranio-caudal view of the forelimbs of a dog.  The red arrows show the metal of  a ring, but no diamond is seen here.  That means this diamond is real :)

 2) Pancakes =/= flapjacks.
While hiking with mountaineering club we ended up on the subject of flapjacks and were quite surprised to learn that flapjacks are like a breakfast bar made with honey.  It took about five minutes to explain to the Scottish students that back home if you order a plate of flapjacks you would get a plate of pancakes.

3) How to draw animals in Powerpoint
We learned about two different types of hypothermia commonly seen in lambs after birth.  To give us examples of the different posturing and at what time it occurs, Professor Fishwick posted a slide of stick drawing showing sheep at different temperature for excessive heat loss and starvation.

Note the r.i.p.

I have been trying my hand at this and drew a pig in Word:

Jen named him "Bacon"