Veterinary Medicine – Page 198 – Memoirs of a Country Vet

On a Thanksgiving Eve

On a Thanksgiving Eve D. E. Larsen,DVM The barn was cold, but there was steam rising from the back of young heifer. A dusting of snow on her back was melting fast. Bill and Connie Wolfenbarger had called with a heifer in labor. They were not regular large animal clients but did visit the clinicContinue reading “On a Thanksgiving Eve”

Gus and the Manure Pile

D. E. Larsen, DVM Manure piles were (and still are to some extent) standard fare on Oregon farms. They were located around the barn somewhere and served multiple uses. They came in many shapes and sizes. Smaller places had a simple pile outside a doorway where the barn was cleaned. Larger farms had more elaborateContinue reading “Gus and the Manure Pile”

Old Three Toes

D. E. Larsen, DVM When I was growing up in Coos County one rarely encountered a Coyote, except on the high ridges. We didn’t think much about it at the time. That was just the way it was. I remember the first coyote I saw, on the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, on a cold morningContinue reading “Old Three Toes”