As part of the ‘day in the life of a vet’ series, on Thursday (April 27), MSD Animal Health followed Pat Devine, veterinary practitioner with Lismore Veterinary Clinic and a member of XLVets Ireland.
Pat is currently busy with pre-breeding preparation including scanning cows, washing cows and sync programmes.
He also has a number of mares in his care and he had them to standing. Similar to Mulcair Veterinary, Pat had a number of castration procedures on horses and bulls.
The day also included a visit a piggery where Pat took blood samples and nasal swabs to monitor the health status of the piggery.
Lismore Vets
Lismore Veterinary Clinic is a three-vet mixed practice providing veterinary care to the animals of west Waterford.
Pat Devine qualified from University College Dublin (UCD) in 2010 and worked in various mixed and pig practices in Ireland and Australia before returning to work in Lismore in 2013.
Watch back on the busy day with Lismore Veterinary Clinic, where viewers will also get to meet vets Clodagh and Ciara.
The video below gives a great insight to the day in the life of a mixed veterinary practitioner.
A day in the life of Irish vets
XLVets Ireland in conjunction with MSD Animal Health undertook the ‘day in the life of a vet’ series over the past three days, where they shadowed a different vet and their team to chronical a day in the life of a vet live on Instagram.
Viewers have gotten the opportunity to follow each vet for the whole day to get an insight into just what a typical day looks like for a vet in practice.
They also get to learn about the vet’s practice, be introduced to the team and learn about different disease threats to watch out for at this time of year.
The series has been running all this week kicking off from 10:00a.m and finishing at 4:00p.m.
To follow the series, follow @msdanimalhealthireland and @xlvets_ireland on Instagram.
Series schedule and featured vets:
- Day one: Monday, April 24, Kieran Devaney and Danielle Kealy, Ormonde Veterinary Hospital – mixed practice;
- Day two: Tuesday, April 25, Marie Louise Ryan, Sean Coffey, Katie Carr, Liam O Dea and Micheál English, Mulcair Veterinary Clinic – mixed practice;
- Day three: Wednesday, April 26, Pat Devine (pictured above), Lismore Veterinary – mixed practice, but will focus on farm animals;
- Day four: Thurs, April 27, Conor Geraghty, FarmGate Veterinary Group – farm animal practice.
To run alongside the series, Agriland has been publishing an article each day with an overview of the vet in question and their day.
