D. E. Larsen, DVM “What do you think, Doc,” Al asked as we stood at the fence watching a skinny cow in the corral. “It doesn’t look like she has any diarrhea. When did you deworm last?” “I gave her some pills I got at the feed store a couple of weeks ago,” Al said.Continue reading “Agroceryosis, The Lack of Groceries”
Tag Archives: Food Animal Medicine
Over-sized and Pocket-sized, A Spay is a Spay
D. E. Larsen, DVM I pushed my left arm deeper into the birth canal of the young heifer, sweeping my hand left to right, trying to decide as to what was wrong here. Then I encountered intestines, this was not good. They were too large to be from the calf. This uterus was ruptured. IContinue reading “Over-sized and Pocket-sized, A Spay is a Spay”
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
D. E. Larsen, DVM My first experience with a sick pig occurred during my senior year in vet school. At Colorado State University, we would only see an occasional pig. If you were not in a midwestern school, your swine medicine instruction came mostly from the book. During one of my weeks on night duty,Continue reading “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 