{"id":787525,"date":"2013-03-31T03:49:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T03:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=787525"},"modified":"2013-03-31T03:50:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T03:50:07","slug":"field-trip-loomis-basin-veterinary-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2013\/03\/31\/field-trip-loomis-basin-veterinary-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Trip: Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our homeschool group went on a field trip to the Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic, offering care for both large and small animals. \u00a0It is a huge clinic with 175 staff members for the small animal section alone! \u00a0We divided our group into two smaller groups. \u00a0Our group visited the large animal section first…<\/p>\n

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This is an x-ray machine for large animals. \u00a0It is on a track that can swing around the animal instead of the animal having to move.
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The boys tried on the lead vest that is worn while taking the x-ray.
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\nThree types of hay are given to the horses for feed. \u00a0The kids got to see each kind.
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\nChecking out the horse stable. \u00a0We were not allowed in because a horse had just given birth, but we could look through the outside bars… here’s the foal…
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\nAll the boys got on the large animal scale. \u00a0They weighed a little over 600 pounds, less than half the weight of the average horse (1500 lbs…)
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We moved inside to the small animal section. \u00a0Inside one of the treatment rooms was a table full of different items. \u00a0This is the skin of a boa constrictor…
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\nOK, I learned something new here. \u00a0I thought this was the corpse of a tarantula. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0It is the shed skin of the tarantula! \u00a0Yes, spiders (ALL SPIDERS) shed just like snakes do! \u00a0So, when you see what appears to be a dead spider, it might be what was left by a bigger spider who grew out of his skivvies…ew.
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\nThe model of a flea and a piece of paper with real fleas attached. \u00a0On the right, a nasty tick full of blood.
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Checking out the otoscope…
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\nA large calcium deposit that was cut in half. \u00a0It was removed from a horse.
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X-ray of a goose neck who swallowed a worm with a fishing hook. \u00a0The hook was removed and the goose lived for 20 years on the veterinary pond.
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X-ray of a dog who swallowed his owner’s coin collection…
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\nX-ray of a pregnant cat with five kittens. \u00a0She gave birth the next day…
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\nA close up of the calcium deposit. \u00a0Can you see the small piece of metal that the horse swallowed? \u00a0To protect the horse, calcium built up around the metal. \u00a0Typically, the horse will pass smaller deposits, but this one stayed and built up…
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In the pharmacy…an actual horse pill.
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\nA section of the treatment room. \u00a0This technician is caring for two dogs that are coming out of anesthesia.
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The end of the tour was a lesson on how to approach a dog and read their body language.
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Our homeschool group went on a field trip to the Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic, offering care for both large and small animals. \u00a0It is a huge clinic with 175 staff members for the small animal section alone! \u00a0We divided our group into two smaller groups. \u00a0Our group visited the large animal section first… This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-homeschool"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787549,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787525\/revisions\/787549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}