Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine

D. E. Larsen, DVM “Doc, this is Harold. You have to come quick. There is blood everywhere. I think she is bleeding to death!” Then the phone went dead. I looked at the clock, 4:50. At least it is not 3:00 AM. That means something happened during the morning milking. What could have happened thatContinue reading “There is Blood Everywhere”

D. E. Larsen, DVM I stepped through the small gate into the crowding ally behind the chute. Ag swung the tailgate open, and I grabbed the tail of this large Charolais cross heifer with my right hand. I worked my gloved left hand into her rectum. There was enough squeeze on her that she couldContinue reading “The Last Cow in the Chute”

D. E. Larsen, DVM I came through the back door of the clinic in Enumclaw, I liked to get into the clinic early. Jack was just cleaning up from an early morning call. “You are here a little early,” Jack said as I squeezed past him at the utility tub. “I have been coming aContinue reading “Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd”