Overview
- Ultrasound for reproductive and lameness: captures digital images, displays blood flow, evaluates ligaments and tendons.
- Use of gas anesthetic during surgery; digital radiographs (removable hard drive or emailed).
- In-house Coggins lab: stat Coggins within 2 hours; in-house lab work (CBC, thyroid, wellness panels).
- Dental work using pneumatic power tools; eleven horse stalls (two with IV/fluid setup).
- Onsite artificial insemination with partial shade AI lot and covered barn for cattle; frozen semen storage available.
- Onsite hydraulic squeeze chute for cattle and wild horses.
EQUINE
Your equine vaccination schedule should include:
- Flu Rhino — twice per year
- VEWT — twice per year
- Rabies — once per year
- West Nile — once per year
- Coggins — once per year or when buying/selling
- Pregnant mares: Pneumabort at 5, 7 and 9 months; VEWT and Flu; Rhino 30 days prior to foaling
Worming
We recommend horses be dewormed every 6–8 weeks. Horses on Strongid C 2X should be dewormed twice yearly. Ivermectin or ivermectin/praziquantel combo is recommended. Foals: Panacur at 7 days and 3 weeks, then every 6 weeks thereafter; mares within first week after foaling.
Colic
Colic refers to abdominal pain (gas, diarrhea, constipation, twisted intestines). (Fact: Horses have over 100 feet of intestine.) Colic is a leading cause of death in horses; seek veterinary care promptly for signs of colic.
BOVINE
Importance of vaccines: viral infections such as BVD and vesicular stomatitis can reduce production efficiency. Recommended schedules:
Calves (around 4 months)
Worming; Blackleg (Eight Way Clostridial); BRSV and other respiratory coverage as advised between 4 and 12 months.
Cattle (6 months and older)
- Black Leg (Eight Way) — once yearly
- Lepto / Vibrio — once yearly
- Respiratory — once yearly
- Worming — 2–3 times yearly
