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Your horse’s dental health and comfort is import

Your horse’s dental health and comfort is important. X-rays are a valuable tool we use to assess the health of the tooth from root to crown. Imaging also helps to make sure all fragments of a tooth are removed when it becomes necessary to remove a diseased tooth, as pictured here in this premolar (207), an upper right cheek tooth.

With the sudden shift to cooler temperatures, cons

With the sudden shift to cooler temperatures, consider adding a tablespoon of salt to one of your horse’s feedings and add water to make a mash. Horses drink less in cooler weather and consume hay to generate heat. This can lead to slower bowel motility and increased risk of colic. Monitor their water intake, and encourage their physical activity by turning them out or some light exercise.

It’s time for fall calves! This cute calf is fro

It’s time for fall calves! This cute calf is from a herd Dr. Barton assisted with breeding by artificial insemination in the early Spring. Cow and calf are doing great!

A smile for your Wednesday afternoon! Bladder ston

A smile for your Wednesday afternoon! Bladder stones are no fun...but feeling well enough to eat again after surgery is the best! Nom nom nom. #pig #petpig

This proud first timer needed some help, but deliv

This proud first timer needed some help, but delivered a healthy heifer calf this Labor Day weekend. The office is closed today, but emergency service is available. Enjoy your day!

FAQ: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/produc

FAQ:
https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/product-safety-information/faq-covid-19-and-ivermectin-intended-animals

CONSUMER UPDATE:
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19

The safety of our staff, clients, and patients is

The safety of our staff, clients, and patients is our top priority. Over the past 8 years we have repetitively encouraged cattle owners to invest in head-gates, gate panels, and to fabricate chutes to help improve safety, lower handling stress, and improve efficiency in working with cattle. Fortunately, most folks have heeded this advice. Going forward, we are limiting cattle care to clients who have functional facilities to restrain their animals. Cattle can be restrained in a head gate, stanchion, a dead-end lane with a rump-bar, or halter-trained cattle should be tied and ready at the time of the appointment. Animals that are down and unable to stand are certainly an exception. Part of the responsibility in owning cattle is having a way to restrain them safely and efficiently when they need to be dewormed, vaccinated, loaded onto a trailer, or when they are injured, or in labor and require veterinary attention. Our staff is not available to chase, rope, or dart cattle. Most county cattleman groups have a portable chute to rent. Contact your local county Ag extension office for assistance for plans or contact information to rent a chute. We appreciate you playing a part in minimizing injuries, animal stress, and keeping your veterinarians healthy.

It’s Feel Good Friday at Circle Back Farm! Eretz

It’s Feel Good Friday at Circle Back Farm! Eretz enjoyed his follow-up Veterinary Medical Manipulation visit with Dr. Emily Barton. Horses will yawn, lick and chew as restrictions are relieved, normal movement is restored, and muscles relax.

We closed out farrier week with a group of profess

We closed out farrier week with a group of professionals coming together at the clinic to care for a horse with a severely damaged hoof needing some medical care and a therapeutic shoe. We are fortunate to have many hoof care professionals in our area who are willing to come together to improve hoof care, share ideas, learn, and help tackle difficult cases.

Make sure they know how appreciated they are this

Make sure they know how appreciated they are this week and every week! #farrier #horse

Here is a “wolf tooth” extracted from a yearli

Here is a “wolf tooth” extracted from a yearling gelding. This is the first pre-molar in the horse and is much smaller than the other premolars and molars. It can sometimes interfere with the bit and is removed to avoid training issues related to pain. It has an impressive root for such a small tooth!

Runny eyes? Mowing your tall pastures to knock the

Runny eyes? Mowing your tall pastures to knock the tops off of overgrown weeds and grass will help both cattle and horses avoid eye injury. If it hits their eyes when they lower their heads to graze, it is likely too tall. Eye injury from grass seed-heads and penetrating injuries from tall, stemmy forage predispose cattle to pink eye, and horses to corneal disease and potential vision loss. An animal that squints in sunlight and makes excessive tears indicates eye pain and should be evaluated by your veterinarian.

The weather has been great for cutting hay. If you

The weather has been great for cutting hay. If you feed your horse hay year round, be sure to make slow transitions to fresh cut hay. Fresh hay may be higher in starch content than hay you’ve been feeding and may lead to diarrhea, laminitis (founder), and colic symptoms in some horses. The safest method is to mix small amounts of new hay with your current hay over 7-10 days to allow time for your horse’s GI tract to adjust and avoid problems. Hay that is cured with low moisture is safe to eat right away, but it should be introduced into the diet gradually.

Our practice manager, Megan, and her horse Ivan pa

Our practice manager, Megan, and her horse Ivan participated in Ag Awareness Days this week. They were at West McDowell Middle School on Thursday and are at East McDowell Middle School today! Be sure to ask your students what they learned about horses at school this week!

New life at @forgivenfarms18 in this new season! #

New life at @forgivenfarms18 in this new season! #spring #cria #llama #veterinarymedicine #cutebaby

New life at @forgivenfarms18 in this new season! #

New life at @forgivenfarms18 in this new season! #spring #cria #llama #veterinarymedicine #cutebaby

Dr. Barton is in the midst of a 108 hours continui

Dr. Barton is in the midst of a 108 hours continuing education program to earn her certification for Veterinary Medical Manipulation, or ‘equine chiropractic’. This involves online coursework and several trips for lab sessions in Reddick, Florida. We are excited to add this service as an option for our patients.

Tongue twister of the day: mini mama loves many ma

Tongue twister of the day: mini mama loves many marshmallows!#minihereford #precalvingwellnesscheckup

Found a crew that seem pretty pleased with our rec

Found a crew that seem pretty pleased with our recent weather conditions. @vandelefarms

Here’s something sweet for this muddy Monday! Th

Here’s something sweet for this muddy Monday! This little miniature donkey filly made her grand entrance into the world in the wee hours of the morning overnight. The owners noticed that Bella was in labor and not progressing over 30 minutes and put in an emergency call. Dr. J arrived and found that the foal was in a dangerous position, what we call posterior dorsopubic, or “upside down and backwards”. A diagram (of a cow) is attached for a visual. The foal was maneuvered into a deliverable position and delivered posterior, or hind limbs first. Animals delivered by their back legs are at a higher risk of aspiration. The umbilical cord is compressed during a posterior delivery and the baby may take a breath while the head is still in the uterus and can aspirate fluid into its lungs. Luckily we were able to intervene early and manage an efficient delivery. Bella and her sweet filly were both doing well at their recheck examination 14 hours after delivery. #foalingseason #foal #donkey #cuteanimals

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