Vet Times

Tag: Tuberculosis

  • The big C

    The big C

    —

    by

    I spend much of my working life looking for it, identifying it, and discussing it. My personal life has already been touched by it, and there’s a not inconsiderable chance it will kill me some day. News organisations neatly divide every object in the world into something that will either cure or cause it or,…

  • Occupational hazards

    Occupational hazards

    —

    by

    Before I started vet school, I attended a workshop for aspiring vets where students shared anecdotes about the various occupational ailments they had experienced or witnessed over the years. Despite having to defer the start my veterinary degree due to a horse-related incident, I got through university largely unscathed by veterinary-related disease. I contracted a…