Blossom’s Puppies

Our Chocolate Labrador Blossom had a litter of puppies five weeks ago. I had ultrasound scanned her during her pregnncy and reckoned on nine pups which is a huge number of puppies for a first litter. The first four puppies were born naturally but, with a still huge...

Glenda the Goat….

It was a wet Friday afternoon when I was called out to see Glenda the goat. Glenda’s owner had noted that over the previous few days Glenda had been out of sorts. She had been sitting down on her way up to the field, when ordinarily she would charge up the track. She...

Minimally Invasive Diagnostics

“Minimally Invasive Diagnostics” is the term given to investigation of a disease without having to resort to surgery. It is useful in all patients to avoid invasive surgical techniques and it is especially important in very young, very old or very ill patients. It is...