August 28, 2024

Images From the 7th CVM Photo Contest

Students in USU’s College of Veterinary Medicine submitted photographs of their experiences in and out of the classroom to win one of three $25 Amazon gift cards. From delivering lambs to helping out at the Antelope Island Endurance Ride along the Great Salt Lake, these pictures capture life as a vet med student at Utah State.

Below are 50 of the pictures we received with the winning three at the end. While these photos are appropriate for a general audience, please be aware that vet school can get messy, and some of these pictures reflect that. Be sure to click on an image to enter slideshow mode and see captions!

Mare Staples and newborn Trooper during Foal Watch, an elective opportunity for students to observe birth and provide postpartum care to mares and their foals.
Kristen Ehardt with Staples and Trooper.
Brandi Olsen with Staples and Trooper.
Felicity Lambert lies in the snow with her golden retriever, Leo, while taking a study break.
Bradee Dall Wilson and Deacon on a river boardwalk near the Student American Veterinary Medical Association Symposium in Harrogate, Tennessee
Members of the Class of 2027 attend a “bond fire” during Wellness Week.
Bradee Dall Wilson, Molly Van Horn, and Jessica Roberts during the pot-your-own-plant event during Wellness Week
Ariana Gray, Kristen Ehardt, Brandi Olsen, and Makaela Udy assist at the annual Antelope Island Endurance Ride
Tessa Ganellen and Molly Van Horn assist USU’s Dr. James Akagi with a vet check on a horse during the Antelope Island Endurance Ride
Molly Van Horn examines a competitor’s horse during the Antelope Island Endurance Ride.
Olivia Levinson and Emilie Crowe help stack cones during the Antelope Island Endurance Ride.
Bradee Dall Wilson listens to gut sounds in a horse at the Antelope Island Endurance Ride.
An American bison on Antelope Island.
American bison on Antelope Island with the Great Salt Lake and Wasatch Mountains in the background.
Competitors in the Antelope Island Endurance Ride pass by American bison.
Isaiah Clements, Kristen Ehardt, Brandi Olsen, Kristen Besendorfer, AJ Chang, and Ariana Gray prepare to chow down at Angie’s Diner in Logan
Cori LaMere performs an ultrasound on Bailey during their radiology lab.
Emilie Crowe performs an ultrasound on Pumpkin, a 17-year-old cat who helped USU CVM students learn more about geriatric feline kidneys
Laura Odland examines her dog Loki’s kidneys during a small animal ultrasound lab.
Felicity Lambert, Isabelle Hughes, and Leo head to Hillcrest Elementary for an ambassador presentation.
Clemmy Tixier and Tessa Ganellen examine a dog at a weekend rabies clinic.
Clemmy Tixier and Tessa Ganellen examine a golden retriever.
Cori LaMere and Emilie Crowe show off the puppies they helped catch during their anesthesiology C-section simulation.
Cori LaMere performs her first epidural on a live patient
Shelby Oviatt practices her catheterization skills in anesthesiology lab
Laura Odland participates in a large animal theriogenology lab.
Shelby Oviatt attempts to correct a dystocia on a model in theriogenology lab
Cori LaMere and Aaron Rice with the parts of the model calf used for dystocia correction in theriogenology lab
Emilie Crowe watches Dr. Rusty Stott perform a transrectal ultrasound on a heifer during their large animal theriogenology lab
Shelby Oviatt practices ultrasound techniques and transrectal palpation in a mare
Emilie Crowe proudly displays her first uterine biopsy
Felicity Lambert performs a dental float on Josie.
Brandi Olsen practices floating horse teeth on Gussy
Travis Muir practices cardiac auscultation on a horse
Felicity Lambert with Josie
Cori LaMere, Shelby Oviatt, and Emilie Crowe with one of the mares after a transrectal palpation lesson in theriogenology lab
Tara Wilkowski gives two thumbs up during a large animal palpation lab
Bradee Dall Wilson pets a cow during a large animal palpation lab
Brandi Olsen (right) spends the evening helping to deliver lambs and kids with Kristen Ehardt. They had to help pull, all five lambs delivered were happy and healthy
Molly Van Horn during a lambing night shift as part of a small ruminant parturition and postnatal care class
Molly Van Horn feeds the same lamb with a bottle
Clemmy Tixier helps dip the navel of a newborn kid (baby goat) as part of the small ruminant parturition and postnatal care elective
Brandi Olsen after delivering two lambs
Kristen Ehardt receives some love from a doe (female goat).
Kristen Ehardt holds a new lamb.
Felicity Lambert warms up a kid that was born on a cold March morning
(Left to right) AJ Chang, Kristen Bessendorfer, Ariana Gray, Brandi Olsen, and Kristen Ehardt celebrate the end of the semester at Café Zupas.
Winning photo: Pumpkin loves to help Cori LaMere study for her radiology final.
Winning photo: Kristen Ehardt assists in delivering a lamb during Small Ruminant Parturition. This lamb’s leg was stuck, making the ewe unable to deliver on her own. With intervention, Kristen was able to reposition the leg and deliver the lamb.
Winning photo: Bradee Dall Wilson in full scrub holding a lamb that required a c-section to be born.