{"id":5299,"date":"2019-06-28T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2019-07-02T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:34:56","slug":"2019-boiler-vet-camps-fascinate-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/2019-boiler-vet-camps-fascinate-participants.php","title":{"rendered":"2019 Boiler Vet Camps Fascinate Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_147_sm-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"Maya interviews two campers while other participants take part in a cow demonstration\" data-id=\"5304\" data-link=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/19jrcow_147_sm\" class=\"wp-image-5304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_147_sm-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_147_sm-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_147_sm-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_147_sm-320x235.jpg 320w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_147_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Junior Boiler Vet Camp participants shared with PVM Communications Intern Maya Sanaba what they liked best about their camp experience. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_006_sm-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"Campers circle around Dr. Kellie McGrady as she demonstrates how to give a cow medicine\" data-id=\"5307\" data-link=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/19jrcow_006_sm\" class=\"wp-image-5307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_006_sm-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_006_sm-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_006_sm-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_006_sm-367x235.jpg 367w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/19jrcow_006_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Junior Boiler Vet Camp participants learn how to administer medication to cows.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s 12<sup>th<\/sup> annual Junior\nBoiler Vet Camp and 10<sup>th<\/sup> annual Senior Boiler Vet Camp wrapped up\nlast week with the end of the Senior Camp. These unique summer camps run for two\nweeks every June and teach junior high and high school students what it takes\nto work in the field of veterinary medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program\u2019s first week is dedicated to rising 8<sup>th<\/sup>\nand 9<sup>th<\/sup> graders participating in the Junior Camp, which involves\nlearning about a variety of veterinary-related topics through sessions such as\n\u201cCud It Out\u201d, \u201cFish Need Doctors Too\u201d, and \u201cEquine Treadmill and Bronchoscopy\u201d,\nas well as opportunities to interact with many different species of animals.\nOne junior camper from Kentucky said the chickens were his favorite part, while\nanother said it was interesting to learn that cows had four stomach chambers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bvcdog_sm-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"A happy black and white dog stands in the middle of a circle of a campers\" data-id=\"5306\" data-link=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/bvcdog_sm\" class=\"wp-image-5306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bvcdog_sm-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bvcdog_sm-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bvcdog_sm-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bvcdog_sm-296x235.jpg 296w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bvcdog_sm.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A group of Senior Boiler Vet Camp participants gather around the dog that they cared for during the week.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/microscopebvc.jpg\" alt=\"A camper looks into a microscope\" data-id=\"5305\" data-link=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/microscopebvc\" class=\"wp-image-5305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/microscopebvc.jpg 695w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/microscopebvc-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/microscopebvc-354x235.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption>A Senior Boiler Vet Camp participant observes cells under a microscope.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the second week, the Senior Camp, for rising 10<sup>th<\/sup>,\n11<sup>th<\/sup>, and 12<sup>th<\/sup> graders, focuses on subjects like surgery\nand anesthesia, as well as on learning what goes into a strong veterinary\nschool application. A big part of the Senior Boiler Vet Camp happens on day\none, when campers are placed in groups, and each group receives their camp dog\nto care for throughout the week. They also have the opportunity to observe and\nidentify blood cells, learn to administer a canine physical exam, and much\nmore. This year, six of the campers adopted the camp dogs that they bonded with\nduring the week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boiler Vet Camp is a highly selective program, only\naccepting about 20% of applicants each year. When asked about getting into\nBoiler Vet Camp, one of the campers shared how shocked and excited she was when\nshe found out she had been accepted, while others nodded in agreement. They\nsaid they found the summer camp to be a great opportunity for exposure to what\nprofessionals in the field of veterinary medicine really do. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s 12th annual Junior Boiler Vet Camp and 10th annual Senior Boiler Vet Camp wrapped up last week with the end of the Senior Camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,28],"tags":[477,169,26,56,1202,503,1203,479],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-engagement","category-our-impact","tag-boiler-vet-camp","tag-engagement","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-junior-camp","tag-senior-camp","tag-summer-camp","tag-summer-program"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5338,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions\/5338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}