Currently, this comprises one year in general surgical training and four years in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery; in the past it varied between two and three years of each. Otolaryngology is considered to be one of the most competitive residency fields to match into.
The Simmental breed comes from Switzerland, and is considered to be one of the oldest cattle types in the world! There are 41 million of these animals around the world, and theyâre popular for their excellent reputation in both milk and beef production.
However, those early imports did not capture the attention of the American cattleman and the Simmental influence died quietly away until the late 1960s. The breed made its most recent appearance in North America when a Canadian, named Travers Smith, imported the famed bull Parisien from France in 1967. Semen was introduced into the United States that same year, with the first half-blood Simmental calf born in February of 1968.