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I am incredibly passionate about both emergency and critical care and internal medicine. I thrive on problem-solving under pressure and quick thinking. Many cases come through the general practice I work at. Many of these cases have to be referred to a specialist, and I would love to be able to see these cases through and create treatment plans. Playing a critical role in the large of an animal's state throughout its illness or emergency state is something I strive to do. Seeing complex and unusual cases in this specialism would keep my career interesting and extremely rewarding.

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I would specialize in large animal medicine as I thoroughly enjoyed volunteering on a range of farms, including beef, sheep, and dairy. I found the disease control methods farmers employ fascinating. I found I was most interested in the large animal aspects of veterinary medicine and enjoyed observing consultations on farms.

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There are so many different areas I would love to work within as a veterinarian. Although, the one that I would choose currently is to work with aquatic life. I have always had a passion and curiosity for these creatures. Working at my internship in Washington state increased my desire to learn and care for these animals. I was able to aid harbor seal pups that were in distress with Dr. Jones. Another reason I would like to choose this area is that it is more difficult to help wild animals because no one is continuously watching their behavior change or determine something is wrong as quickly with pets or agricultural animals.

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I'm not entirely sure yet; I think it is so exciting that vets have such a broad horizon they can choose from. However, I know I am very interested in Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway syndrome. This mainly affects flat-nosed dogs, such as Shih-Tzus, French bulldogs, and Pugs and cats such as the Persian and exotic short hair. They have a compact skeleton which results in lots of health problems, such as malformations in nasal cavities which can cause breathing problems and excess soft tissue around their skeleton, causing skin folds which can cause skin fold disease. Because I am really interested in this, if I had to choose a specialty, it would probably be small animal soft tissue.

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After graduation, I would like to gain more experience and would work in a small animal practice so that I become more familiar with the operations and signs to spot. I would then like to go into wildlife veterinary, as I believe this is a very important part at the moment as it can help to save endangered species so that future generations also get the same opportunity to experience wildlife as this generation. Additionally, wildlife veterinary interests me as it is a way to give back to the community and reverse the effects that some people have had on it. Dr. Claire Madden has inspired met in this section of a veterinarian as she works for Sea World Australia and helps animals along the coast, recently she removed two fish hook sinkers from a black swan through an endoscopy and helped the swan to recover which I think shows the impact we can have as vets.