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April 2014 Newsletter
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SVAHL Monday, 31 March 2014
Much needed rain this weekend left us with some clouds and a cooler day. Looks like they have prepared some curb spots or a foundation pad. South Valley Animal Health Laboratory collage.
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Cardboard Cow visited Fresno County Farm Day, 2014!
Today, Cardboard Cow visited the Fresno County Farm Day, with Jen Crook, Arianna “Auggie” Villarreal, and Grant Jones-Wiebe. Thank you for coming, students and for exploring life through the eyes of a veterinarian. Teachers and mentors, we hope to see you all next year!
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Our Jersey, Betty Davis
We have a Jersey cow on our property. We have affectionately named her, Betty Davis. She is friendly, to me at least. The veterinarians who enter her pen claim that she tries to heat butt them. She is curious. She also enjoys a good scratch, under her chin, and behind her horns.
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SVAHL Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The basement is a little deeper today, it seems. The sun was so bright that I had difficulty seeing my view screen. South Valley Animal Health Laboratory collage.
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Welcome, Porterville High Vet Science Class!
Today, the VMTRC was privileged to welcome the Porterville High School Veterinary Science Class. Michelle Evans brought a group of Juniors over. Dr. Lehenbauer introduced the VMTRC, Dr. Moeller narrated a necropsy video, Kathy Glenn showed how the Milk Quality Lab identifies organisms, and Jen Crook condensed a one year DNA course into 10 minutes!
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Cardboard Cow visits 2014 Kern County Farm Day
Jen Crook and Grant Jones-Wiebe took the Cardboard Cow, real cow bones, vet tools and more to the Kern County Farm Day yesterday, 13 March 2014. The students learned a little bit about the life of a veterinarian and a lab scientist. They saw how to palpate Cardboard Cow and find . . . a [...]
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Construction Collage
Here is another photo of the South Valley Animal Health Laboratory project. The laboratory will be occupied by the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory. Today was sunny.
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Calves visit . . . calves
I visited our calves today. Both Harry and Hermione were quite curious. Both have always run away from me. Today, they both came and touched my hand! I brought our calf cutouts of Harry and Hermione to visit their name sakes.
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Construction Story
The South Valley Animal Health Laboratory construction has been underway for a few weeks. Here is our first photo.
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Spring DPM Students are here!
A warm spring VMTRC welcome to our current Dairy Production Medicine Students. All three are from UC Davis. Rebecca Hall, Sean Hardcastle, and Michelle Morelos; Welcome to the VMTRC! All three came to work…well not construction. They are able to watch the work being done on the site that will house the new trailers for [...]
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Foremost Farms came to visit!
Norm Kadrowski from Foremost Farms, web address http://www.foremostfarms.com/, brought some representatives from their coop to our place for a visit. Delightful tour, please come again!
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Four UC Davis DPM Students join us this week!
We extend a warm, VMTRC welcome to our four new UC Davis Dairy Production Medicine students. They are: Liz Waffarn, Megan Schutte, Karen Von Dollen, and Julio Gomes. These students have the privilege of joining us for the World Ag Expo, 2014!
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Drought Webinar Tomorrow, 29 Jan 2014
Tomorrow we will be hosting a webinar: Title: Mitigating Drought: A webinar January 29, 2014 from 9:00 – 3:30 This webinar will be an extension of a drought meeting being held at Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. Paper and online registration is available, please follow links below. Paper registration is on the flier for [...]
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Hermione is becoming more independent
This morning I found Hermione, venturing away from her mother, Matilda. When I appeared with my camera, she had no mother to come between us. She stayed about 30 feet away from me and stared (see photo) as if to say, “I don’t completely trust you . . . but you can still take my [...]
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Calves together at last!
Yesterday, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, we let Harry in to the pen with Hermione. They had met together often at the fence and we thought that they might like to play together. They do seem to be enjoying their time together. They even posed for the camera.
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