Vet among the pigeons
By: by Gillian Hick ; illustrated by Martyn Turner
Contributors: Turner, Martyn
Publisher: O'Brien
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847172082
Subjects: Women veterinarians; Biography; Veterinarians; Veterinary medicine; Anecdotes
Description: "Another collection of true stories from veterinary surgeon Gillian Hicks, as she encounters everything from dairy cattle to turkey cocks, from six-foot snakes to snuffling hedgehogs, hefty bulls to tiny kittens. It's all in a day's work at her general practice in County Wicklow and at the Blue Cross inner city welfare clinic" --from publisher.
Table of contents: title: Leapfrog; title: Jed and his fluffy python; title: Three little girls and their dog; title: A helping hand; title: Out of the horse's mouth; title: The bald eagle; title: The pyjama party; title: Special indulgences; title: Twin lambs; title: Beauty; title: or the beast?; title: A different consultation; title: The filly foal; title: A case of bumble foot; title: A nasty fracture; title: The white stuff; title: A temperamental vehicle; title: The bewitching hour; title: New arrivals; title: Not bad for a fiver!