{"id":16611,"date":"2019-09-09T21:19:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T11:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/?p=16611"},"modified":"2019-09-12T11:45:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T01:45:13","slug":"udderly-unreal-cows-to-help-train-vet-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/udderly-unreal-cows-to-help-train-vet-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Udderly unreal cows to help train vet students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo Source The Queensland University<\/p><\/div>\n

Udderly unreal cows to help train vet students<\/h1>\n

A life-size simulated cow and calf are enhancing veterinary students\u2019 learning experience at The University of Queensland\u2019s Gatton Campus.<\/p>\n

UQ\u2019s\u00a0School of Veterinary Science<\/a>\u00a0senior lecturer\u00a0Dr Gry Boe-Hansen<\/a>\u00a0is excited to welcome the state-of-the-art Canadian Holstein breed model cow and her calf to class.<\/p>\n

\u201cBorn, bred and purchased from\u00a0Veterinary Simulator Industries<\/a>\u00a0in Canada, our models will be used as teaching tools across a minimum of ten courses in the\u00a0Bachelor of Veterinary Science<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bachelor of Veterinary Technology<\/a>\u00a0programs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cow and her calf have a number of applications to help students gain essential practical skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese include a complex understanding of the bovine female reproductive tract, as well as diagnosing and managing complexities during pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to accessing the models during class, students can also use them for self-directed learning as an extension of the School\u2019s\u00a0Student Clinical Skills Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSimulators are an innovative teaching tool to enhance learning experiences, as they allow veterinary students to become proficient in diagnostic and practical skills, building confidence in technical skills, improving the learning outcomes and reducing the impact on the live animals,\u201d Dr Boe-Hansen said.<\/p>\n

The School launched a competition to name the new additions, with anatomy lecturer\u00a0Dr John \u00a0Wright<\/a>\u00a0given the prestigious honour of naming the model cow and calf.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cow has been named Mrs O\u2019Leary and the calf is Charlene Mooken or \u2018Moo\u2019 for short, after two history making cows from the USA,\u201d Dr Boe-Hansen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMrs O\u2019Leary is the famous cow of Catherine O’Leary, blamed for causing the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 after kicking over a lantern in her stable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the fire did start in the O\u2019Leary\u2019s barn, investigators never determined the true cause of the fire, and it was later revealed that the cow story was \u2018fake news\u2019 made up by a journalist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping this Mrs O\u2019Leary will be just as famous but for the right reasons \u2013 helping our vet students thrive and learn critical new skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

The calf has been named after a fugitive cow that gained fame in 2002 when she leaped over a fence at an abattoir in Cincinnati and spent 11 days on the run before she was rounded up and lived out the rest of her days on a farm.<\/p>\n

The Holstein cow and calf simulator model was purchased as part of a teaching and learning grant, awarded in 2018 by UQ\u2019s Faculty of Science.<\/p>\n

Image above:\u00a0Fourth year Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours) students improving their skills with cow simulator, Mrs O\u2019Leary.<\/em><\/p>\n

Media:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Gry Boe-Hansen<\/strong>,\u00a0g.boehansen@uq.edu.au, +61 7 5460 1857; Dominic Jarvis, dominic.jarvis@uq.edu.au, +61 413 334 924.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Udderly unreal cows to help train vet students A life-size simulated cow and calf are enhancing veterinary students\u2019 learning experience at The University of Queensland\u2019s Gatton Campus. UQ\u2019s\u00a0School of Veterinary Science\u00a0senior lecturer\u00a0Dr Gry Boe-Hansen\u00a0is excited to welcome the state-of-the-art Canadian Holstein breed model cow and her calf to class. \u201cBorn, bred and purchased from\u00a0Veterinary Simulator […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6794,"featured_media":16613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2000],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16611"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16706,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16611\/revisions\/16706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}