Day 3

Wednesday morning we had a lecture on how to write/read medical charts and then it was time to wrestle sheep.  It was balmy, with temperatures in the mid to upper nineties although there was a nice breeze.  Needless to say, there was a lot of sweat involved while working with the sheep.  We had a brief lecture on sheep and goats (and a little on cattle) and then learned how to roll sheep onto their rumps so we could do a physical exam and draw blood from their jugular as well.  Although it was hot, it was still fun.  After lunch it was off to the horse barn to learn how to perform physical exams on horses and again, how to draw blood from a horse's jugular vein.  This blood draw went the best for me out of the three (pig, sheep, horse).