We have created this blog categorization system as a way to organize and preserve the daily blogs written about our farming life. We hope you find this categorization system helpful.
The following blog entries are all related in some way to the topic of veterinary services. They may cover any one or more of the following topics:
emergency medical services
acute health issues and treatment
chronic health issues and treatment
holistic and alternative treatment options
livestock veterinary services
rural veterinary services
Or they may simply be essays about some aspect of rural and/or livestock veterinary services. We hope you find something useful here, or at least some pleasant reading.
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Enjoy!
Necessary Tools
January 6, 2011
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"The fallout from yesterday's Dances With Cows has been rather interesting. Not in a good way, but perhaps we may yet turn things around. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
After we'd gotten Gracie the cow down from her torment on top of the rail, we were standing around trying to recover from that effort. After such an adrenalin rush, I suppose it's human nature to resort to chit-chat to break the tension. I was mumbling something about "thank you again for coming out" and the vet said something that is still ringing in my ears. "The receptionist almost told you to call someone else, but I was standing right there and told her to tell you I was on my way. But you should probably know, we don't do cows anymore..."
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Cold Chickens, Ewes from Afar and Happy Landings
January 1, 2011
Preview for this blog entry:
"Hello and welcome to this, our first official blog entry. I knew I'd be launching a blog around New Year's, and I debated for awhile what to write. After all, my subject matter is no less than all the workings of a very diversified small family farm. Lots of potential subject matter. Like the patron of a new restaurant in town, all the menu items look so tasty it's hard to know where to start. I therefore decided awhile back to just write about what happened today on the farm, whatever that might be. So, ahem, here's today in a nutshell..."
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