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Anecdotal evidence shows that if you’ve ever been a child, there’s a good chance you wanted to become a veterinarian. And if you read James Herriot’s pastoral tales of life as a Yorkshire country vet, ...

One night last spring, Andy Berry, a livestock farmer in Mississippi, was working the phone. One of his cows was experiencing a life-threatening breech birth and his regular veterinarian, 40 minutes ...

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UK farm vets must brush up on communication skills and deliver a core advisory service rather than just hands-on diagnosis or face having income undermined by suppliers offering free vet advice. That ...