{"id":11368,"date":"2026-04-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/?page_id=11368"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:32:49","slug":"cow-calf-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/cow-calf-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Cow Calf Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11369\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/cowcalfstatue1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Brown cow calf sculpture\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/cowcalfstatue1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/cowcalfstatue1-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/cowcalfstatue1-1024x978.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/cowcalfstatue1-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/cowcalfstatue1-1536x1468.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/story\/wp-content\/uploads\/cowcalfstatue1-2048x1957.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"dc1i5-0-0\">The Norma &#8220;Duffy&#8221; Lyon sculpture &#8220;Cow Calf&#8221; is located at the Veterinary Field Services Building at the College of Veterinary Medicine. 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