D. E. Larsen, DVM I turned off of McDowell Creek road into the barnyard. I could see only a few cows in the holding pen and a couple of guys heading up the hill to the upper pasture. I looked at the clock to make sure I wasn’t early for the appointment to due theContinue reading “Bill and Mary Jane, From the Archives”
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Lacerations
D. E. Larsen, DVM The big Holstein cow groaned a little as we pulled the massive calf out through the large incision in her right flank. Dr. Reese and I had been working for some time doing this C-section. To say this was an oversized fetus was an understatement. This was the largest calf IContinue reading “Lacerations”
Dehorning Calves on the End of a Rope
D. E. Larsen, DVM Don had the calves in a small area on one side of his barn. The good thing was they were all only four or five months old. The bad thing was there was no squeeze chute or headgate. I would be working these calves all on the end of the rope,Continue reading “Dehorning Calves on the End of a Rope “
Memoirs of a Country Vet 