For the first and only time the Pharmacology Chapter of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists held its regular block course in New Zealand, in Auckland to be precise.
This was because this year the majority of candidates are Kiwis but, from now on, the exams will be held every second year and so
the block course will be in the intervening years and both will feature alternatively as part of the College’s Science Week on the Gold Coast.
While beneficial to participating candidates the weekend was also very interesting for chapter members, both academically and socially, despite the success of Australian sides in the Super 12 that weekend.
Chapter president, Trevor Doust, and examiners Paul Mills and Ian Shiels, gave excellent presentations, as did the candidates John Cahill, Maureen Forsyth, Andrew Millar, Karen Phillips (all N.Z.) and Jesuwary Arulthilakan (Australia).
A cattle rancher needs a bull to service his cows but needs to borrow the breeding fee from the bank. The banker lends him the money and comes by a week later to see how his investment is doing.
The farmer complains that the bull just eats grass and won't even look at the cows.
The banker says he knows a great veterinarian and that he'll send him out the next day to check the bull.
The next week the banker returns to see if the vet helped.
The farmer looks very pleased and told the banker, "The bull has serviced all my cows, broke through the fence, and has even serviced all my neighbor's cows and is heading off to the farm down the road."
"Wow," says the banker. "What did the vet do to that bull?"
"Just gave him some pills," replied the farmer.
"What kind of pills?"asked the banker.
"I don't know," says the smiling farmer, "but they sort of taste like peppermint
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