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Cancer Eye

I always enjoyed my trips to Alice’s ranch. Not so much for the veterinary work, but the people-watching was the fun part. They were quite a pair. It was a lovely spring day to be working outside. “I called you out here to check an eye on one of our cows,” Alice said as IContinue reading “Cancer Eye”

Posted byd.e.larsen.dvmJune 27, 2025June 26, 2025Posted inVeterinary Medicine6 Comments on Cancer Eye

The Induction Physical

D. E. Larsen, DVM It was one of those bright spring days in Western Oregon. I left my chemistry class a few minutes early. Southwestern Community College was housed in old military buildings at the North Bend airport in 1965. If I hurried, I could get to Myrtle Point and punch the time clock atContinue reading “The Induction Physical”

Posted byd.e.larsen.dvmJune 20, 2025June 19, 2025Posted inVeterinary Medicine2 Comments on The Induction Physical

Heifer with a Fractured Leg

D. E. Larsen, DVM I stood up and stretched my back after working a hoof. “That was a chore,” I said. “At least it was just a sore foot.” “Yes, I was worried that it was another broken leg,” Larry said. “Ha, you have had your share of those things,” I said. “But things haveContinue reading “Heifer with a Fractured Leg”

Posted byd.e.larsen.dvmJune 13, 2025June 10, 2025Posted inVeterinary Medicine4 Comments on Heifer with a Fractured Leg

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