1. PRE - VETERINARY MEDICINE NICHOLAS DIORRIO PRE-VETERINARY MAJOR VETERINARY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MAJOR

2. BACKGROUND Graduated from Appoquimink High 2014 Finished top 25 of my Class 4.3 GPA National Honor Society Track & Field and Cross-country Captain Applied to Virginia Tech Early Decision Only School Applied for Offered Admission December 14 th, 2013

3. WHY VIRGINIA TECH? One of the top Pre-Vet programs in the country On Campus Veterinary School Accepts 150 Students a year 60 Virginia 40 Maryland 50 Out-of-State ESTABLISH RESIDENCY Second closest Veterinary Graduate school to Delaware COMPANION ANIMALS Hands-On #1 FOOD IN THE NATION

4. SCHEDULE FALL 2014

5. SCHEDULE SPRING 2015

6. INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL SCIENCE Ms. Weiner's Class!!! Finished 3 rd out of 267 students because of Appoquimink Animal Science Cows, Pigs, Sheep, Goats, Companion Animals, Horses, etc. Class Structure 50 minute Lecture No Projects Two Tests and a Final 8:00 am Solidifies Veterinary Dreams

7. ANIMAL SCIENCE LAB Week 1 : Introduction  Buildings Week 2 : Live Evaluation  Observe Animals Slaughter House  Optional Week 3 : Carcass Evolution  Observe Carcasses from Slaughter and Week 2 Week 4 : Nutrition  FEEDS Week 5 : Reproduction  Pig Dissection; Cow Stillbirth; Chicken Dissection Week 6 : Beef Cattle  Herding; Head Gate; Holster Week 7 : Swine  Herding; Ear Notching; Piglet Processing Week 8 : Herd Health  Practicing Injections Week 9 : Mid-Term Exam  EWW Week 10 : Sheep  Flipping; Trimming Hooves; Drenching Week 11 : Poultry  Egg evaluation; Life Cycle Evolution Week 12 : Laboratory/Companion Animals  Foods; Boring Week 13 : Horses  Leading; Cleaning; Racing; Holstering Week 14 : Final  EWWW

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