2. Bring the Vet School to YOUR School! Catherine Johnston Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health Texas A&M University http://peer.tamu.edu

3. How? Veterinarians’ Black Bag!

4. Veterinarians’ Black Bag What is it? A veterinarian comes to your class and talks about topics like…

5. Physical Exam Heart Disease Arthritis

6. Physical Exam Things a Vet will need –Stethoscope –Otoscope –Thermometer –Pen light –Neuro hammer

7. Physical Exam Cat –Resp: 16-40 bpm –Temp: 101.5°F –HR: 120-140 bpm Dog –Resp: 18-34 bpm –Temp: 102°F –HR:70-120 bpm Pig –Resp: 32-58 bpm –Temp: 102.5°F –HR: 70-120 bpm Horse –Resp: 10-14 bpm –Temp: 99-100°F males lower –HR: 28-40 bpm Cow –Resp: 26-50 bpm –Temp: 101-101.5°F –HR: 48-84 bpm Sheep/goat –Resp: 16-34 bpm –Temp: 102.3°F –HR: 70-80 bpm

8. Heart Disease: Heart Murmurs Can a patient live normally? –Sometimes there are no symptoms –In large PDAs, symptoms can include: Exercise intolerance Sweating Dyspnea (difficulty breathing) Poor weight gain Audio of a normal heart Audio of a PDA murmur

9. Heart Disease: Heartworms

10. Cartilage Joint Capsule Synovial Fluid Arthritis Bone Ligament

11. Arthritis Collapsed joint space New bone formation Normal joint space

12. Cartilage Joint Capsule Synovial Fluid Arthritis Activity! Bone Ligament Let’s make our own joint!

17. Find it on the web! http://peer.tamu.edu/VBB/Summary.asp

18. Get VBB in Your School! Tell your teacher Ask your veterinarian

19. This could be you!

20. Thank You!