“Hello? We’ve got a newborn calf who doesn’t look good… Mind coming out?” Two students and I gather some milk replacer and jump into the truck, and speed off towards the small hobby beef operation. We clamber out of the truck, our many layers keeping us warm in the late winter weather but making us […]
The Pig Picture
I recently participated in a farm call with my friend Calvin. We joined one of the ambulatory vets and drove out to find a one-year-old gilt who was in a bad way. Though her sister had successfully given birth to a dozen or so piglets, our patient was struggling in the adjacent pen. She had […]
