D. E. Larsen, DVM “David, don’t move for a minute!” Mrs. Bishop said as she came at me with a pitchfork. Blossom, a Guernsey milk cow, was secured in her stanchion of the Bishop’s small barn. She supplied the Bishops and several neighbors with milk for most of the year. Today, her stall area wasContinue reading “Treating Blossom, From the Archives”
Category Archives: Food Animal Medicine
One Twist Deserves Another, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM I ran my hand into Rosie’s vagina a second time. It still ran into a blind pouch. Rosie was a prized Jersey cow that supplied milk to a lot of neighbors. “What the heck is going on?” I asked myself. “I had never had a dystocia in a Jersey before unlessContinue reading “One Twist Deserves Another, From the Archives”
Beer on a Hot Afternoon
D. E. Larsen, DVM I tied the heifer in the corner of the corral with enough slack in the rope so she could lay her down with no problem. When Carol called, she said they noticed this heifer in labor last night. From the odor coming from her, I would guess she had been atContinue reading “Beer on a Hot Afternoon “
Memoirs of a Country Vet 