This morning we were scheduled for SA Obgyn. There was not a lot on the schedule but the doctor there was an amazing teacher and has written her own text book. She went through an hour+ lesson on the dog heat cycle. While we have all completed therio in school, we skimped on dog and cat repro and focused more on LA as most of our SA in the US are spayed and neutered. Here, almost none of the dogs I have seen have been spayed or neutered. We had a couple of pregnancy checks that came in and we were able to tell the age of the fetuses by measuring the head diameter or gestational sac and applying it to a formula. We also saw a case of pregnancy termination, and a dog who has been unable to become pregnant in for evaluation. The lights went out halfway through the final dogs evaluation and we had to be home early so we headed out.
Today was another day at the Madras Milk Colony. We saw their zoonotic lab and got to watch leptospirosis spirochetes wiggle around underneath a DOT 3 microscope. We also went to the campus's breeding facility for lab animals. There they had tons of mouse, rat, and guinea pig litters that they produced in a sterilized environment to prevent outside infection that they can sell to companies and use at the university. Everything that came in was clean. We had to wear autoclaved shoes, gowns, caps, masks, and gloves and take a 20 second air shower before viewing the litters. Even things like bedding is autoclaved and food is air-showered. We went back to the hostel- on the way we saw a coconut truck with people sitting way up on top of the stack. I would have ben terrified to sit up there. We returned and read/ did case notes as some were still not feeling okay. Michael went to the doctor and was prescribed some antibiotics to start (Norflox). It is funny though that things like antibiotics, and even codeine cough syrup are readily available over the counter at the pharmacy down the street.
-7/16/15
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