do insects count as animal experience?

[puppyloomp]

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I'm sorry if this is a super dumb question! I've tried searching but couldn't really find anything. I took a class last month that was an intensive class (my school does a thing in spring where you only take one class for 4-6 hours a day, 5 days a week) and I did a field research entomology class. I trapped, studied, and handled (including dissecting and pinning) insects. Does this count as animal experience?

I wouldn't be asking but I just saw that a lot of people included working with animals in their animal science classes, so I wasn't sure if I should be counting/keeping track of the hours for this class that I spent directly working with the insects or not. I still have a few more years before I apply but I'm trying to keep track of things while I do them since I have a very bad memory about stuff like this.

 

[shortnsweet]

I would assume so???

I mean...we learn about bee keeping in vet school. And Parasitology included like...every insect ever??

 

[orca2011]

I say go for it and let the school's decide. I took an Entomology class as well and spent god knows how many hours collecting, preserving, identifying and pinning insects for that class. I also actually had a pet Madagascar hissing cockroach for the class. I never even thought to include those hours.

And insects are definitely relevant in vet med so I don't see it hurting you.

 

[StartingoverVet]

I would assume so???

I mean...we learn about bee keeping in vet school. And Parasitology included like...every insect ever??

bee keeping? really?

 

[puppyloomp]

Okay thanks guys! I'll just keep track of the hours I did for it.

 

[Lab Vet]

Insects comprise greater than 75% of the world's biomass and are included in the kingdom 'Animalia.' In my mind, that makes a great case for classifying them as animals 🙂

 

[cadisestrama]

Insects comprise greater than 75% of the world's biomass and are included in the kingdom 'Animalia.' In my mind, that makes a great case for classifying them as animals 🙂

👍

 

[puppyloomp]

Insects comprise greater than 75% of the world's biomass and are included in the kingdom 'Animalia.' In my mind, that makes a great case for classifying them as animals 🙂

Yeah, I knew they were animals haha! I just wasn't sure if they should be included in animal experience since I didn't think vets typically worked with them and it's mostly entomologists who work with them even for their health related stuff so even though they were animals I didn't know if they were quite what the schools wanted but I'll include them!

 

[DVMDream]

I worked with a vet who was both a vet and an entomologist, he said that he used his knowledge from entomology quite a bit as a vet. We also had clients come in that would ask for "the bug vet". So, I say include it.

 

[shortnsweet]

bee keeping? really?

Yeah...you know what's even better? It's an equine surgeon who teaches us about it...and has his own on campus.

 

[485501]

I included a beekeeping lab and praying mantis research on my app, as well as the huge amount of invertebrate disections we did in my invert bio class. Never got asked about it, no idea if the school counted it. Go for it!

 

[Trilt]

Included my work at a museum in the butterfly room as animal experience, worked out fine for me. 🙂