D. E. Larsen, DVM “Doc, this is Peter, out on Brush Creek,” Peter says on the phone. “I have been working on trying to pull this calf for two hours now. I am not getting anywhere. Do you have time to run out here and give me a hand?” “Sure, I can come right away,”Continue reading “The Terrible Breech”
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The Lasso and the Wire
D. E. Larsen, DVM “Andy, how long has this guy been sick,” I asked. Andy was an old Italian with a small acreage on which he ran a few steers to fatten every year. He was bald as a billiard ball, short and, shall we say, a well-rounded individual. We were standing in the middleContinue reading “The Lasso and the Wire”
A Saturday Afternoon Outbreak
D. E. Larsen, DVM It was almost a perfect Saturday afternoon. Late August in the Willamette Valley provides a short stretch of weather that acts as an interlude between the summer heat and the fall’s rains. We were still getting settled into our newly purchased house. We had the kids outside, working in the garden,Continue reading “A Saturday Afternoon Outbreak”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 