the infamous rectal palpation
today, i inserted my hand into 4 cows' asses.
It was quite an experience, one that I have heard about even before getting into the Murdoch vet school . I still can hear my mother trying to dissuade me from setting my sights on vet science by telling me how horrible it can be, especially since i'll be made to insert my arm into the cow's bum. Another famous eg is that of the vet who was kicked and made paralysed for life by a horse at the turf club. I thought to myself that I simply wouldn't be so unlucky as to meet with such misfortune. Of course, I never thought the prospect of having my arm in the cow's ass was a scary one, even then. today, I discovered it is just... squeezy. Warm. Mushy. A Unique sensation.
Rayya took some photos of us with our shit-covered arms, and I'm hoping to get them from her before the school term ends. I had wanted to put up photos of our earlier animal pracs, but I thought I looked simply too disgusting to be seen by anyone outside of vet school :P hehe!
Unlike other farm animals which shit pellets, cows just excrete BLOBS. Similar to massive diarrheoa in pulsatile WAVES... you put your hand into the anus, and push... feel your hands being engulfed by warm tight walls as more of your arm slides into the depths of mush. If you're lucky you won't meet with resistance from waves of shit on its way out, oh, and the gas.... I got farted in the face today and some shit flew out when i was least expecting it... never talk with your mouth wide open i suppose!
anyway, in case anyone is wondering why on earth would vet students put their hands into the cow's ass for a rectal palpation, it is a common practice to diagnose for pregnancy in the cow and to give a rough estimate of its stage in pregnancy if so. You can actually feel parts of the calf, part of the left kidney, the cow's rumen, the uterus, just to mention a few "landmarks". bah. I haven't gotten the hang of it yet. I couldn't be sure of what it was that i felt as i groped around in there.
I look forward to the day I would know with certainty what I'm doing!
It was quite an experience, one that I have heard about even before getting into the Murdoch vet school . I still can hear my mother trying to dissuade me from setting my sights on vet science by telling me how horrible it can be, especially since i'll be made to insert my arm into the cow's bum. Another famous eg is that of the vet who was kicked and made paralysed for life by a horse at the turf club. I thought to myself that I simply wouldn't be so unlucky as to meet with such misfortune. Of course, I never thought the prospect of having my arm in the cow's ass was a scary one, even then. today, I discovered it is just... squeezy. Warm. Mushy. A Unique sensation.
Rayya took some photos of us with our shit-covered arms, and I'm hoping to get them from her before the school term ends. I had wanted to put up photos of our earlier animal pracs, but I thought I looked simply too disgusting to be seen by anyone outside of vet school :P hehe!
Unlike other farm animals which shit pellets, cows just excrete BLOBS. Similar to massive diarrheoa in pulsatile WAVES... you put your hand into the anus, and push... feel your hands being engulfed by warm tight walls as more of your arm slides into the depths of mush. If you're lucky you won't meet with resistance from waves of shit on its way out, oh, and the gas.... I got farted in the face today and some shit flew out when i was least expecting it... never talk with your mouth wide open i suppose!
anyway, in case anyone is wondering why on earth would vet students put their hands into the cow's ass for a rectal palpation, it is a common practice to diagnose for pregnancy in the cow and to give a rough estimate of its stage in pregnancy if so. You can actually feel parts of the calf, part of the left kidney, the cow's rumen, the uterus, just to mention a few "landmarks". bah. I haven't gotten the hang of it yet. I couldn't be sure of what it was that i felt as i groped around in there.
I look forward to the day I would know with certainty what I'm doing!
posted by Min @ 10:53 PM
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