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[YOUTUBE] Fix, fix, fix : Step Up Your Game on Spaying & Neutering

Posted on November 29, 2016 by dremmanuelfontaine

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Today I closed my 500th consecutive day of Spanish lessons on @duolingo... and it made me think of something interesting that happened to me last week in Argentina 🇦🇷 😃 I realized that I actually could understand a good portion of what people were saying in Spanish... but more than that ! I detected - on my own 😄- the difference in pronunciation with the traditional Castillan Spanish... and that actually did not impact my understanding 😊 It was my first time in Argentina, I actually had no idea about those differences... so I was super-proud of myself obviously 😄 I am still a long way from speaking it fluently but I can feel I am improving. And I came a long way because 3 years ago, I did not speak nor understand a single word in Spanish 😄 15 minutes a day, everyday, for 500 days... It does not sound like much... and it can actually get you a long way 👌🏽 Never doubt the power of hard work. With perseverance, and as long as you make the effort, anything is possible 👍🏽

Just came back from Argentina 🇦🇷... and looks like the concept of « Manu-sitter » - initially developed by my Brazilian friends 🇧🇷😉 - is expanding 😄 Definitely not complaining about this 😂 Joke apart, thanks to them this year I was reminded of the importance of hanging out with the locals while traveling 🧭 Indeed, they shared with me facts, anecdotes, stories... that nobody else would have told me. Hanging out with them, discussing with them gives a real « feel » of the country. And this is what I am definitely after when traveling 😉 So am really grateful to all the « Manu-sitters » I had this year 🙏🏾 I learned a lot... and I hope one day, I’ll be able to return the favour when you visit one of my « countries » (especially the one lost in the Indian Ocean obviously 😉).

Thought of the day... and a good one I think 🤔 With good use of our time, I do believe we can make amazing things. On my end, am definitely working on this 😉

Part III of my last blog. Check my wall to read about Part I & II 😉 A test is only as good as its interpretation For a long time we thought antibiotics were the solution to everything in canine reproduction. I still see many posts online that relay this thinking. Actually, in many cases, they are not needed. Before performing a vaginal culture today, I want to see clear visible signs of infection : - abnormal vaginal discharge - presence of neutrophils on the vaginal smear - inflammation of the vaginal mucosa seen under endoscopy - abnormal discharge from the uterus If I don’t see any of these, I won’t recommend performing a vaginal culture… because if I do one, it will come back positive… and then, what will I do with these results ? I often say that a test is only as good as its interpretation. And that’s the most important take-away in my opinion here. It comes back positive and a bacteria is isolated in heavy growth. Great, but does this actually mean the bacteria in question is causing the problem observed here ? Today in veterinary medicine, we have more and more tools to help us better answer this question. And it is thanks to those that we changed our approach. For the better I think. That is the real beauty of veterinary medicine : we learn as we go, and in this field, we will never stop learning !

I’ve previously heard about mate - I think 🤔 and my first trip to Argentina was finally the occasion to experience it 🇦🇷 Mate is a hot drink, made from an infusion of dried leaves of Yerba mate. It contains mateine, an analog of caffeine. However, I discovered it is much more than “just” drinking coffee or tea. It is a social drink, that you share - from the same straw - with the people you are with 😮 I watched my colleagues drinking it on the first day I was here... and it seemed to have a deeper meaning. I wanted to understand... and found this : “ Mate is friendship. It is tradition. It is company. ” Beautiful, isn’t it ? I therefore had my first mate this week. I was suprised by it bitterness, I probably screwed it up I think 😂 but now that I know, I definitely want to try it again... and I’ll do better this time hopefully 😉 I’m grateful my colleagues introduced me to their argentinian ritual, really. Traveling the world is about learning from different cultures, and this is always enriching. And to me this is where the real beauty is, don’t you think 😉

Paolo (the bearded guy in the middle) was my last trainee. I didn’t get a chance to teach him much actually, we only spend 3 months working together at the veterinary school in Paris. I just shared with him the basics in canine reproduction... and - I hoped - our unique bold and adventurous spirit 😄 This week, we had dinner together in Buenos Aires - of all the places, this was definitely unexpected 🇦🇷 And great news for me : he definitely still has it 😃 Very proud of him and what he has accomplished. Back in the days, he was a great “kid”, and now very happy to see he has become a well recognized specialist internationally 👌🏽 I often write that nothing feels better than trying to inspire the next generation of veterinary professionals. So even if I played only a small role here, I’ll definitely take it 😄 And I’ll keep trying to do the exact same thing 👍🏽

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