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D. E. Larsen, DVM Bill was brief and to the point on the phone. “I have a dog here who seems to be having a short seizure every few minutes,” Bill said. “We were wondering if you could get a look at him?” “I have only been in town a couple of days, and IContinue reading “A Summer Evening on Strychnine”

D. E. Larsen, DVM “Tell me again, Jack.” I said. “What are you doing with these gals?” Jack had called to have his llama herd checked but was not very specific as to what was going on. I did a lot of work, Jack.  Most of the time, I worked on his cows.  The llamaContinue reading “A Market Collapse”

D. E. Larsen, DVM Hardware disease results from the indiscriminate eating habits of the cow. It was frequently seen when hay was baled with wire. Any stray sharp metal, like a nail, could be involved. The hardware will fall into the reticulum, considered the second stomach. The cow’s heart lies just on the other sideContinue reading “Rosebud’s Wire”