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Here's a rather motley collection of photographs from the field. When selecting photographs from my collection I was reminded by others that there are many perverts out there who take perfectly innocent veterinary photos and stick them in bestiality newsgroups. I have therefore taken care to pick pictures that cannot, to my knowledge, be abused or misinterpreted. So, for all you weirdos out there wanting to see a vet's hand stuck up a cow's backside, tough!
 Dehorning Cattle
Veterinary Obstetrics
Scenes from Small Animal Practice
| DEHORNING CATTLE |
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LEFT: An adult cow is here being dehorned using a garotte-style saw. She has received a local anaesthetic, but must still be held forcibly by the farmer whilst the vet removes her horns. This photo is not blurred, what you see is the billow of smoke produced from the horn by the saw's friction
RIGHT: This young calf is also being dehorned (or `debudded'). The root of the horn is burnt out under mild anaesthesia so that the blood vessels and nerve endings are sealed off and future horn growth prevented. This, vets argue, is the kindest way of removing horns. Sawing them off in later life is more painful and traumatic for the animal.
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| VETERINARY OBSTETRICS |
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These two photos are taken from a series depicting the birth of a calf by caesarean section. This operation is performed routinely in beef-bred cattle that are bred to be unnaturally heavy and large specifically for meat production. Such breeding practices and the inevitability of an `unnatural' birth for such calves has presented increasingly serious ethical dilemmas is recent years.
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Caesareans are, however, seldom performed upon other kinds of farm animal. The cost of such an emergency operation on, for example, a ewe would greatly exceed the value of the animal. The lamb in this picture, along with its sibling, was born naturally - with veterinary assistance - although its mother did experience some difficulty during parturition.
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| SCENES FROM SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE |
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Here are a few examples of veterinary consultations involving small animals. Notice how both vets have their feline patients perfectly under control. |
Photographs © 1996 Jo Swabe
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