A Little Bit of Magic Helps Sometimes, From the Archives

D.E. Larsen, DVM “How long has she been down, Dick?” I asked, standing over a young heifer that had just delivered a calf. “When I got this afternoon, she had this calf hanging halfway out of her,” Dick said. “The calf was dead, I hooked onto it with the tractor and drug her and theContinue reading “A Little Bit of Magic Helps Sometimes, From the Archives”

 Tigger’s Pellet, From the Archives

D. E. Larsen, DVM Ann spent most of the time at the front desk while Ruth and I did an annual exam and vaccinations on Tigger. She returned to the exam room just as we put Tigger back into his kennel. “How do things look with Tigger?” Ann asked. “Tigger is doing fine for aContinue reading ” Tigger’s Pellet, From the Archives”

Treating Blossom, From the Archives

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”