Vet Student Summer

This is a moose neutrophil. I was doing differentials this morning, and I thought it was pretty, so I took a picture of it. Moose (Alces alces) are one of my favorite Alaskan animals. I had never seen one in the wild until I came up here. They are gigantic (the largest member of the cervid family), and very majestic.

Today I have been finishing up with my differentials and caribou fecal floatations. Nothing too exciting.

Also, a dead muskox calf arrived from the north slope of Alaska today. Apparently it just died. There were no signs of illness and no predators around. The biologist from the area quickly froze it and sent it to Kimberlee, so that she can necropsy it when we get back from King Salmon. Hopefully I will get to help.

Tomorrow morning I will be leaving for King Salmon and Pumice Creek, and I am excited about that! I will not be able to post while I am gone, but I am going to keep track of what I do each day, and of course I will take a lot of pictures to post. I will be back on June 13th.