Honestly, I have no idea why you or anyone would want to do both or why you think a hybrid degree for both would even remotely be a good idea. Vet school is hard, and with the amount of information about it nowadays I think if anything it will turn into further separation into species specific degrees rather than combining human medicine into the mix. I honestly can't see that one ever happening, or really understand why it would.
Veterinary is a great field. Patients not being able to talk is not quite right. Animals have better communications than us in a sense that the message tends to be clear without any second gains.
Having said the above, make your own decision. Interestingly enough, why would someone go to medical school and THEN become a political hack? His overall knowledge must be phantastically though and there still are a select few decent politicians around so maybe he is one of them. Intriguing indeed. His knowledge of veterinary medicine also makes him much better to understand human Medicine, which pretty much is the same. Most animals have the owners pay the bills and in organized medicine someone else also tends to pay for it.
Untimately, this is a life choice within a life choice. Make up your mind yourself and be happy
Yes indeed.
I think DVMD is trying to say that the post you quoted said "ANIMALS ARE GOOD AT HIDING PAIN" and you responded with "NOT TRUE THEY ARE SO EASY TO READ AND MAYBE THEY HIDE PAIN BUT HUMANS FAKE IT" and really it just became a weird circle after that. I think the point was lost somewhere in there.
I think DVMD is trying to say that the post you quoted said "ANIMALS ARE GOOD AT HIDING PAIN" and you responded with "NOT TRUE THEY ARE SO EASY TO READ AND MAYBE THEY HIDE PAIN BUT HUMANS FAKE IT" and really it just became a weird circle after that. I think the point was lost somewhere in there.
Yeah okay humans fake it, but animals hide it and they can't talk and tell you where it is which makes diagnosing it or properly controlling it a hell of a lot more difficult than asking a human "rate on a scale of 1-10" and "point to where it hurts." And no, it's not "super obvious" except maybe for your own personal pets who you spend all your time with, but not all pets show pain the same way, some won't show it at all unless its incredibly bad, and not all owners are perceptive enough to see it or tell you. So... I really don't know what the point of arguing about it is. It's starting to sound like a "no MY job is harder than yours" argument at this point.
That's more like it. A reasonable clarification and I actually learned something, not like someone looking for a gotcha moment. Otherwise, I never said "not true" and I DID refer to my own animals. I also have (in the past) had a friend that had a pet mountain lion that was simply lying down one day and not getting up. Purring and looking good, but it turned out it had broken a leg and the vet said the purring was to calm pain. Then I speculated that it was likely due to animals being in a more obvious survival mode at all times, trying not to show weakness. The OPPOSITE is that humans fake pain and misery, for secondary gains. Also, you are correct. Animals don't talk, but at least they do not lie!! They don't tell you the pain is 11on a scale of 1-10 while they flip the channels in the ER room and tells the nurses to give them steak instead of macaroni, LOL.
the "not true" came from someone else. That's fine, but I did not say it. Thanks for the clarification. The other guy was just being a jackass trying to pick a fight or "put me in place". No need to look any further there.
Good luck onwards and while you are at it (and I am not being ignorant, but asking something I never can get answered). I love animals and the best part of it is that no matter how wild they are, they are nowhere as vile as most human beings...
The lion probably wasn't putting to pretend that he wasn't in pain, but rather was purring to help heal his injury. Felines purr for a variety of reasons.That's more like it. A reasonable clarification and I actually learned something, not like someone looking for a gotcha moment. Otherwise, I never said "not true" and I DID refer to my own animals. I also have (in the past) had a friend that had a pet mountain lion that was simply lying down one day and not getting up. Purring and looking good, but it turned out it had broken a leg and the vet said the purring was to calm pain. Then I speculated that it was likely due to animals being in a more obvious survival mode at all times, trying not to show weakness. The OPPOSITE is that humans fake pain and misery, for secondary gains. Also, you are correct. Animals don't talk, but at least they do not lie!! They don't tell you the pain is 11on a scale of 1-10 while they flip the channels in the ER room and tells the nurses to give them steak instead of macaroni, LOL.
the "not true" came from someone else. That's fine, but I did not say it. Thanks for the clarification. The other guy was just being a jackass trying to pick a fight or "put me in place". No need to look any further there.
Good luck onwards and while you are at it (and I am not being ignorant, but asking something I never can get answered). I love animals and the best part of it is that no matter how wild they are, they are nowhere as vile as most human beings...
The behavior professor at Purdue's CVM told us that it's thought to potentially aid in bone healing. I have no reference to support that claim, though
The behavior professor at Purdue's CVM told us that it's thought to potentially aid in bone healing. I have no reference to support that claim, though
