So, I’ve just now finished my 7th exam in a week and a half and am sitting down to a bit of lunch.

Last week included 5 practical exams in which I was asked to demonstrate my ability to handle a variety of animals, while answering questions regarding their husbandry needs. (OMG, did you know that horses eat grass? I totally blanked on that and may have to resit but we’ll see…., I find out tomorrow probably) followed by a big long written exam on Friday morning in which we needed to answer 5 out of 8 short essay questions regarding animal husbandry practices, such as: “What abnormal behaviors might occur in farm animals being raised in intensive production and why they are significant?” My Thursday horse exam was definitely my worst but my fingers are crossed as I’ve got plans to be out of town that I’d rather not change. They were basic Pass/Fail and we resit if need be the week after next. Today’s exam was an oral examination on Large Animal Surface and Topographical Anatomy which for me ended up being ten minutes of talking about horse penises and testicles followed by five minutes discussing the nerve innervation of cattle horns. WooT!

Our week will be wrapped up with two (of 15 or so) long days learning neurology. We have the week after next for resits (as I said) and then several more sets of exams! (Immunology, Pathology and Infectious Diseases, ie. parasites, bacteria and viruses, followed by Animal Body 2: Reproduction and Neurology.) I’m most nervous about the IPID because the course contains so much complex information none of which I know yet but that’s okay, I’ve got a few weeks to master a lot of material and right now, I feel good. Am going climbing.

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