CHALLENGES IN VETERINARY MEDICINE

Problems in my faculty

Hello, I study at the University of Chile, the career of veterinary medicine in the faculty of veterinary science and livestock, which is located in Santa Rosa, commune of La Pintana. This faculty is the best in the career that impart, and is among the best in the world, which makes us very proud.

However, the faculty needs many improvements, which will detail later. My faculty has long brings different problems to be improved, for example, Secretary of study is very inefficient, some gaps are etched teaching units to make your subject in full freedom, the casino is very expensive and poor quality . In addition, faculty need to improve facilities to practice with cattle and horses in a better way and do a redesign of the multidisciplinary laboratory, which conducted much practical work, therefore, this laboratory is faced a great use microscopes that causes deterioration and create problems in using them.

To improve these situations, in my opinion the university should invest more money in our faculty so that there are no significant differences as compared with other faculties. Furthermore, within the faculty is a mismanagement of resources, which should be used to train teachers and improve practices.
Finally, these improvements would generate great impact on the community which would be greatly appreciated as it would be much improved flaws that students need.

"Our islands are dying"

The Robinson Crusoe islands (Chile) has a great diversity of flora and fauna can only find in that wonderful place and nowhere else in the world.

At present the fauna of the island is very threatened by other species introduced by settlers for its ancient and contemporary productive advantage, feeding and protecting their homes.

The Chilean government address this problem has reacted to exercise any changes.

The Juan Fernandez fire crown, a tiny, ginger hummingbird found solely on Robinson Crusoe Island, and one of the rarest birds in the world. He has lost territory in which to feed them because they have been domestic cats depredated greatly.

On the one hand, animal species have been introduced as goats, cattle, sheep, rats, mice horses and rabbits led to irreversible erosion and predators.

On the other hand, New plants arrived with immigrants and flowers skipped over garden fences to colonise disturbed land and oust vegetation which had evolved over 4 million years.

The consensus among conservation scientists is shoot the goats, poison the rats, grub out the bramble. The eradication program has caused great results in the islands of New Zealand, so it was decided to use in the Islands of Juan Fernandez.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/16/conservation-endangeredspecies

The Horse (Equus ferus)

My favorite animal is the horse, this animal always has caught my attention because of its power, form and agility to work and develop in different areas (such as riding and racing).

This port like horses inculcate me my father, from small to work with them in the field, and thanks to this animal attracts me.

Now I will talk more in detail about this beautiful animal:

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a hoofed (ungulate) mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BCE, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BCE. Although most horses today are domesticated, there are still endangered populations of the Przewalski's Horse, the only remaining true wild horse, as well as more common feral horses which live in the wild but are descended from domesticated ancestors.

Horse breeds are loosely divided into three categories based on general temperament:
spirited "hot bloods" with speed and endurance; "cold bloods", such as draft horses and some ponies, suitable for slow, heavy work; and "warmbloods", developed from crosses between hot bloods and cold bloods, often focusing on creating breeds for specific riding purposes, particularly in Europe. There are over 300 breeds of horses in the world today, developed for many different uses.

Horses and humans interact in many ways, not only in a wide variety of sport competitions and non-competitive recreational pursuits, but also in working activities including police work, agriculture, entertainment, assisted learning and therapy. Horses were historically used in warfare. A wide variety of riding and driving techniques have been developed, using many different styles of equipment and methods of control. Many products are derived from horses, including meat, hide, hair, bone, and pharmaceuticals extracted from the urine of pregnant mares. Humans provide domesticated horses with food, water and shelter, as well as attention from specialists such as veterinarians and farriers.

In conclusion I am passionate about this fantastic animal and is one of the major reasons for study veterinary medicine, because I believe that through our human population has benefited very much. And studying this profession can restore them by hand.