https://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/index.xmlSolve a veterinary mystery based on a real Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory case with Dr. Jane Kelly. A new mystery is released with each Veterinary Medicine issue.https://templateresources.usu.edu/_resources/assets/images/U-State.pnghttps://vetmed.usu.edu/en-usNewshttps://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/uvdl.phpA 10-month-old hen is submitted for necropsy. She is from a small flock of backyard chickens, five birds in total. Clinical signs noted by the owner include limping on the left leg, drooping of the left wing, and she had been off food and drink for 10 dayFriday, 19 January 2024https://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/lamb-placenta-diagnoses.phpIt's spring. Lambing is due to start in a week, and several ewes have aborted lambs and had small weak lambs that only survive for hours after birth. The owner submits several lambs and associated placentas to the diagnostic laboratory for necropsy. The fThursday, 1 June 2023https://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/dead-possibly-deadly-ducks.phpIn late spring, the owner of a small backyard flock of adult Muscovy ducks brought a dead duck to the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Spanish Fork for necropsy. The duck was an adult female. The ducks were kept outside and had access to an irrigaWednesday, 23 February 2022https://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/urban-duck-dead.phpIn late summer, the police department of a small town was contacted by concerned citizens because several ducks had died at a small urban park with a pond. A police officer went to the park and noticed several dead ducks close to the pond. Other ducks werTuesday, 14 April 2020https://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/unexpected-lamb-deaths.phpMonday, 6 April 2020https://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/feedlot-beef-cattle-reduce-feed-intake.phpYou are a mixed-animal practitioner in rural Utah. It is a hot June day and you are called out to examine a group of feedlot beef cattle that have reduced feed intake. The producer reports that some animals are drooling and others are reluctant to move.Friday, 10 August 2018https://vetmed.usu.edu/magazine/mystery/four-horses-down.phpA horse owner recently lost all four of his horses. Three died and one was euthanized. Clinical signs in these horses as described by the owner included rapid recumbency in at least two of the animals, slow eating, quivering, weakness, tongue hanging out,Thursday, 21 September 2017