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A Border Terrier enjoys the dawn sun in a frosty field.

Harvey is on the mend

2 December, 2011 by Stonehead 5 Comments

Harvey, our Border Terrier, is finally on the mend. He came down with Auto-Immune Hemolytic Anaemia (AIHA)/Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (iMHA) in February, which left him lethargic at best and near death at worst. Since then, he’s had a protracted course of medication that’s finally paying off.

Dogs

Border Terrier, Dogs, iMHA, postaweek2011, veterinary

The gilt's ear was almost torn off when the sow stepped on it.

Sow tears piglet’s ear

14 June, 2011 by Stonehead 8 Comments

I checked Doris’s litter of Berkshire piglets just after noon today and all were well. I went back at 2.30pm and discovered she’d stepped on one. Fortunately, the piglet was still alive and had no life-threatening injuries. Unfortunately, its ear was almost completely severed. The injury had occurred at least an hour earlier as it [...]

Berkshire pigs

Berkshire pigs, Crofting, Livestock, Pigs, postaweek2011, Smallholding, veterinary

The injured piglet had developed an abscess.

Injured piglet still hanging on

24 March, 2011 by Stonehead 7 Comments

Daphne, one of our two Berkshire sows currently with litters, stepped on a piglet last Friday. The piglet suffered a serious gash where its right rear leg joined its abdomen, but didn’t appear to have more serious internal injuries. I cleaned the wound with iodine spray, injected the piglet with 1ml of Ultrapen LA, and returned it [...]

Berkshire pigs

Animal Health, Berkshire pigs, piglet, Pigs, postaweek2011, veterinary

Daphne walks on a piglet

18 March, 2011 by Stonehead 8 Comments

Daphne, one of our two Berkshire sows currently with litters, has walked on a piglet. All her piglets were in good condition when I did the midday check but when I went out at 1pm I noticed one holding its left rear leg off the ground. I went back to the feed shed, scooped up [...]

Berkshire pigs

Animal Health, Crofting, piglets, Pigs, postaweek2011, Smallholding, vet, veterinary

Recovering, but still not fully well

21 February, 2011 by Stonehead 5 Comments

Harvey, our Border Terrier, is continuing to recover from his brush with Auto-Immune Hemolytic Anaemia (AIHA)/Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (iMHA). I’d been taking him for increasingly long walks across and around the croft, but as his steroid treatment really kicked in he started to recover a lot of his former bounce. Today, I took the boys [...]

Dogs

AIHA, anaemia, Dogs, iMHA, postaweek2011, veterinary

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