Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I had to deliver the calf by embryotomy, passing a wire over the neck and sawing off the head. So many of these occasions ended with the floor strewn with heads, legs, heaps of intestines.
#2 I had been trying to save the little calf’s life for nearly two hours, and I was still unable to save it. The farmer’s brother, who had never met my colleague, had heard great things about him.
#3 All farmers were experts with other farmers’ livestock, and their advice was usually more valuable than the vet’s. I had observed that their advice was often more helpful than the vet’s.
#4 I had to repel the calf, which was difficult because the animal was slippery and its mouth was sharp. I eventually managed to pull the head out and the rest of the body followed easily. The little animal lay motionless on the cobbles, eyes glassy and unseeing, tongue blue and grossly swollen.