interesting illnesses/conditions/areas of veterinary science?

[Fly_By_Wire]

Hi

I'm a first year college student, taking my AS levels at the moment. We've been given the oppurtunity to do an extended project, researching this summer and finishing in the autumn.

For anyone who doesn't know, an extended project is almost like a mini dissertation. It's an essay, usually about 20 pages long which you have to present to an audience at the end. You're expected to research your chosen topic in quite a lot of detail and spend a lot of time working on it.

Here's the good bit: it can be on absoloutely anything that you like. I've seen some great ones recently on anything from 'a study on snake venom and it's effect on the body' to 'is serial killing a form of autism?'

Anyway, back to my question, I want to do one on a veterinary/animal related topic, seeing as I want to apply for vet school in september and the subject fascinates me. Can anyone think of any really interesting questions, illnesses, areas to look at? I know there are loads out there but I can't think of them off the top of my head!

Thanks

 

[cellie]

What about calmers or hormone supplements we would be interested in your research

 

[cptrayes]

Do hardworking horses need shoes?

 

[Fly_By_Wire]

ooo good idea, I like that. Maybe I could do the supplements and their effect on the body (why they work like they do), and then leading on from that whether they should be counted as performance enhancing drugs in competition and treated as such. Sounds like a fun debate to get into