Raspberries and Vinegar (A Farm Fresh Romance Book 1) by Valerie Comer

Author:Valerie Comer [Comer, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: GreenWords Media
Published: 2014-07-27T22:00:00+00:00

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“Zach, my boy, can I get you to go out on a call when you’re done here?” Wally Taubin leaned against the doorframe of Exam Room 2.

“Sure. A couple more sutures and this pup will be as good as new.” Zach smiled at the pre-adolescent girl who rubbed her puppy’s ears. He completed the stitching and tied it off. “No more letting him run into barbed wire fences, you hear?”

The girl looked up at him with wide eyes. “I’ll try, Dr. Nemesek.”

Zach resisted the impulse to muss her hair. “Nadine here will tell you what you need to do to help Bandit heal quickly, okay?”

She nodded.

Nadine waved her hands to shoo Zach away, and he followed Doc Taubin into the refrigerated pharmacy at the end of the corridor. “What’s up?”

“Problems out at the Waterman farm.” Wally stacked boxes of medication into an insulated case. “Several cows coughing. He hopes it’s nothing serious, but you know it could be.”

Zach’s heart sank. Number one reason he wanted to be a city vet? He hated working with large farm animals, especially cows. No other animals were quite so stupid—with the possible exception of sheep, but at least sheep were small enough to manhandle. Cows… He shook his head. His preferences didn’t matter today. He’d signed on to cover for Wally and so he would. He picked up one of the packages and read the dosage-to-weight ratio. Looked like he was going to be at the Watermans’ for most of the day by the amount of meds Wally was sending along.

His boss turned a pensive frown to Zach. “I wish I could be of help to you, but the hip gives out too easily and I can’t risk injuring it now with only a few days until surgery.”

“Oh, I’ll be fine.” Zach hoped he sounded more confident than he felt. “Gary will give me a hand, no doubt.”

Wally nodded and proceeded to brief Zach on the procedure. They’d done shots like these in college, but never since.

“You’ll need to inoculate the rest of the herd so it doesn’t spread.”

“How many head?”

“Only thirty-five, plus calves.”

Only? Yeah, he knew it wasn’t a big farm, but still. There went the day.

Wally put his hand on Zach’s arm. “Waterman is worried. Those cows represent his farm profit for the year. Not only that, but Leasks’ feedlot is next door to him. What would happen if the disease got into there?”

No doubt the situation was the other way around. That’s where Dad had been working, after all. And he was sick. Zach had dug into enough case files to suspect it wasn’t a coincidence. He sighed. Nothing like a little pressure. He grabbed his coveralls and boots then snapped the case lid shut. “I’m on my way.”

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