Day 17

0915: I have a box!

1000: Two bags this morning - one with nothing (just placenta - no dead/mummified piglets) and one with a mummy. So now I've officially seen my first mummified piglet. I should probably celebrate, but I don't think the PM staff would approve...

1200: Just out of Bacteriology. A few urea tubes stayed yellow, despite being incubated overnight, so these samples were innoculated onto TSI agar this morning. I'll know for definite whether we have Salmonella by tomorrow.

1700: Another afternoon well spent in the PM room. A big dog came in today with severe pressure lesions on its elbows - infection had set in and spread to the joints. I've seen dogs before with calluses on their elbows, but never something as bad as today's case.