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Vet School works to keep grads on the farm

DODGEVILLE — Within minutes of starting her workday, Dr. Amy Robinson plunges her left arm into a cow’s rectum to determine on which side of the bovine’s uterus she will place a frozen embryo.
As a large animal veterinarian in rural Wisconsin, this task is not unusual, and Robinson, 32, goes about it with the matter-of-factness of an accountant creating a spreadsheet.