I can remember those bright red fruits that would shine above me during the summer as my friends and I ran around the woods in rural Maine playing capture the flag. Upon asking my Mom what the pretty plant was, she was quick to inform me that it was “Choke cherry” and that it would […]
Not Always A Happy Ending
Veterinary medicine is hard work — emotionally and physically. Recently I was called into the livestock barn during my emergency on-call shift for a pot-bellied pig who had not been doing well since the previous evening. When the pig arrived, it was lying on its side and could not lift itself or walk on its […]
Pregnancy Diagnosis by Ultrasound
On the Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service, we performed pregnancy checks on multiple herds of ewes who had been bred by artificial insemination. The ultrasound was a great way to quickly and accurately diagnose which sheep were pregnant. Ruminats have a syndesmochorial cotyledonary placenta. This describes the attachment of fetal membranes and blood supply […]
