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My First Foal Delivery

D. E. Larsen, DVM “Doc, this is Sid, Stan’s brother,” Sid said into the phone. “I have to go to work, but I have a mare down in the middle of the field, just over the little creek. She has a foal stuck. I don’t know how long she has been at it, I justContinue reading “My First Foal Delivery”

Posted byd.e.larsen.dvmMay 22, 2020May 21, 2020Posted inVeterinary MedicineTags:Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Obstetrics4 Comments on My First Foal Delivery

The Banded Collie

D. E. Larsen, DVM I stepped out of the garage to greet the station wagon that had just pulled into our driveway. We were trying to run a practice in the garage and with house calls and farm calls. The clinic was scheduled to be completed in August of 1976, but now it was lookingContinue reading “The Banded Collie”

Posted byd.e.larsen.dvmMay 20, 2020May 21, 2020Posted inVeterinary MedicineTags:Pets, Veterinary Medicine, Wound care2 Comments on The Banded Collie

A Lesson Well Learned

D. E. Larsen, DVM Floyd was waiting for me at his driveway on Liberty Road. Sitting in his old pickup, he woke with a start when I pulled in alongside his truck. Floyd was a big man, his hands spoke of a lifetime of hard work, and his gray hair told of his age. “IContinue reading “A Lesson Well Learned”

Posted byd.e.larsen.dvmMay 18, 2020January 13, 2021Posted inVeterinary MedicineLeave a comment on A Lesson Well Learned

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