Effects of a veterinary student leadership program on measures of stress and academic performance.

Assuming leadership roles in veterinary student governance or club activities could be considered an added stressor for students because of the impact on time available for personal and academic activities. The study reported here evaluated the effects of participation in a leadership program and leadership activity across two classes of veterinary students on measures of stress, using the Derogatis Stress Profile (DSP), and on veterinary school academic performance, measured as annual grade-point average (GPA) over a three-year period. Program participants and their classmates completed the DSP three times across the first three years of veterinary school.

Evaluation of factors that affect embryonic loss in dairy cattle.

Objective: To identify potential risk factors for embryonic loss before 35 to 42 days of gestation in dairy cattle.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Animals: 381 cows.