PRE - VETERINARY MEDICINE NICHOLAS DIORRIO PRE-VETERINARY MAJOR VETERINARY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MAJOR
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
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
SCHEDULE FALL 2014
SCHEDULE SPRING 2015
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
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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