tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062708473567897822024-03-16T00:08:19.947-07:00High Desert Veterinary TalesVet Tips of the Day published periodically, each relating to equine veterinary medicine. In addition, there are periodic DR C STORIES. These are engaging tales straight from the pages of Chrysann's life. Click on labels or links below left or type anything in the Google box here to search the Blog, my Links and the entire World Wide Web for topics that interest you!High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-54527112580884164772021-02-22T19:38:00.000-08:002021-02-22T19:38:11.387-08:00Spring 2021 News and Notes<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #385623;"><span style="font-family: arial;">High Desert Veterinary Service</span></span> </h4></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">Chrysann Collatos</span><span style="color: #385623; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #385623; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">VMD,PhD,DipACVIMLA</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span>775-969-3495 (Office) <span style="color: #385623; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #385623; text-align: center;">742-2823 (Cell)</span></span></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #385623;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HighDesertEquine.com<span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="color: #538135; font-family: arial;">Building Healthy Partners</span></p></blockquote>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #538135; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Spring 2021 News & Notes<b>:</b></span><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385623; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #385623; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Clinic
Schedule </span><span style="color: #385623; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><var><span style="color: #385623; font-family: Wingdings; font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></var><!--[endif]--></span><var><span style="color: #385623; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Foaling Process</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="color: #385623; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hey everyone, spring is
around the corner and it’s time to look forward to new equestrian adventures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your spring clinic appointment is the perfect
time to prepare for the great season ahead. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See you soon!<o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="color: #385623; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dr. Chrysann</span></var></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="background: #538135;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Spring Clinic Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Routine Spring
exams include <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EWT, West Nile, flu/rhino
and rabies vaccination plus deworming or fecal examination, dentistry consult and
sheath cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>To reserve an
appointment, call 775 969 3495 with:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Your Name, Phone # and Clinic Date <o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Number of Animals, and Services requested</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">We will return your
call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three
days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival at your
address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please be sure horses are
caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #538135; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fabf8f; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Location<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Date</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fri
Mar 19 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sat
Mar 27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #C5E0B3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Red Rock
North/Silver Knolls 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fri Mar 19</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #C5E0B3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Red Rock
North/Silver Knolls 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fri Mar 13</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Span Springs/Palomino Valley 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sat
Mar 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Span Springs/Palomino Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fri
Mar 26<span style="background: silver;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #C5E0B3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sun Mar 14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #C5E0B3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Mar 19<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #C5E0B3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="background: white;">South & West Reno<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Mar 12<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">South & West Reno <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Sat Mar 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="background: #538135;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fabf8f; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Discounted prices ONLY AVAILABLE Clinic
Day </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Farm Call (per location) $14.00</span></p><p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Wellness Exam (mandatory)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">$19.00</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$34.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$31.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rabies<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$26.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$20.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ivermectin
Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coggins
Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$34.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fecal
parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Pre-registered
microchip<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$41.00</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The Foaling Process</span></b></var></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></var></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUOtufuacFI/YDR2lIG2LnI/AAAAAAAA2gM/7emKZt2S4GMdzqbxax84pPaGNBIIg1N8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/newborn%2Bfoal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUOtufuacFI/YDR2lIG2LnI/AAAAAAAA2gM/7emKZt2S4GMdzqbxax84pPaGNBIIg1N8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/newborn%2Bfoal.JPG" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Most mares foal without
difficulty, and are best left alone to foal unassisted as you watch from
outside the stall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, when
things do go wrong it happens rapidly and often with life-threatening
consequences to both mare and foal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></var><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The best preparation for the abnormal is to know the
normal. </span></b></var><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here are the normal stages
of labor, with notation when to CALL THE VET!</span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">First Stage Labor</span></b></var><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The mare has some control over
first stage labor, and it can last intermittently for several days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Signs include restlessness, circling, getting
up and down frequently, but no obvious strong contractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there is any doubt in your mind whether
you are observing first stage labor or something abnormal,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>don’t hesitate to contact your veterinarian
to discuss your observations.</span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Second Stage Labor<o:p></o:p></span></b></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Second stage labor involves the actual
delivery of the foal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the horse this
is a very rapid event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the mare is
exhibiting strong contractions and her water has broken, the foal should be on
the ground within 30 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
normal delivery you will see two front feet, one slightly ahead of the other,
followed by the foal’s nose, head and neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The mare may get up and down several times during second stage labor,
and will appear quite distressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
mares may deliver their foal standing.<o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">If more than 20
minutes has passed after the onset of strong contractions and delivery is not
complete, CALL THE VET.</span></b></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Third Stage Labor<o:p></o:p></span></b></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Third stage labor involves passage
of the placenta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this period the
foal will be struggling to rise, standing, and making attempts to nurse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mare may show signs of abdominal cramping
(colic) as her uterus begins the rapid process of contracting to expel the placenta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The placeta should be passed within two hours
of the foal’s birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Save the placenta
in a bucket covered with water so that it can be examined during the foal’s
post-natal exam.<o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">If the placenta
is not passed within 2 hours of delivery, CALL THE VET.</span></b></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The Newborn
Foal</span></b></var><var><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A normal newborn foal will
attempt to roll up on his/her chest and shake his/her head almost immediately
upon delivery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Initial attempts to stand
should begin within 10 minutes and the foal should be standing within 30
minutes and nursing within 2 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">If the foal is
not standing within 30 minutes, or is not nursing within 2 hours, CALL THE VET.<o:p></o:p></span></b></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The foal will pass black,
grape-like clusters of manure (meconium) for the first 12 hours, then manure
will transition to a soft pasty, orange manure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The normal foal will nurse about once an hour, wander around a bit, then
lie down and spend most of his/her time sleeping.</span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Your Post-Delivery Jobs</span></b></var><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Assuming your foal is delivered
without complication, you should dip the umbilical cord in dilute chlorhexidine
or 2% iodine within 30 minutes of birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do not cut or tie the umbilical cord, rather allow it to break on its
own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the placenta passes, collect
it and save it in a bucket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the
foal is up and nursing by 2 hours, give everyone a hug and a smile, and <span style="color: red;">CALL THE VET</span> to schedule your foal’s post-natal exam,
which should happen when the foal is 18-24 hours old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is critical to confirm that your foal has
consumed adequate colostrum (the mare’s first milk) which contains essential antibodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be confirmed during the post-natal
exam with a stall-side blood test, and a full physical examination of the mare
and foal, as well as placental evaluation will be performed.</span></var></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">CALL TODAY TO SCHEDULE YOUR SPRING CLINIC
APPOINTMENT.<o:p></o:p></span></b></var></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">775-969-3495<o:p></o:p></span></b></var></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-28970399566803708122020-08-31T17:45:00.001-07:002020-08-31T17:48:40.465-07:00Fall 2020 News and Notes<h4><span face="" style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> High Desert Veterinary Service<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Chrysann Collatos</span><span face="" style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span face="" style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">VMD,PhD,DipACVIMLA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14pt;">775-969-3495 (Office) </span><span face="" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14pt;">742-2823 (Cell)</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:hidvet@gmail.com"><span face="" style="color: #244061; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">hidvet@gmail.com</span></a><span face="" style="color: #244061;"> HighDesertEquine.com</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: #984806; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Building Healthy Partners</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face="" style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RT64RWI27hc/X02Vf-J0QoI/AAAAAAAAydg/QgLDwAu06jYM2V6CJVjHuXLFfThvfA4GACLcBGAsYHQ/s650/Fire%2Bhorse%2Bevacuation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="650" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RT64RWI27hc/X02Vf-J0QoI/AAAAAAAAydg/QgLDwAu06jYM2V6CJVjHuXLFfThvfA4GACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Fire%2Bhorse%2Bevacuation.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Fall
2020 News & Notes<b>:</b><b><span face="" style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p>
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Schedule</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ø<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face="" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Smoke
and our Horses</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><var><span style="color: #1f4e79;">What a
summer,</span></var><span style="color: #17365d;"> </span><var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><var><span style="color: #1f4e79;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new COVID world, devastating FIRE
conditions and weather events have impacted us all this summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maintaining a positive attitude can be a
challenge, and the time we spend with our animals is more cherished than ever. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All great reasons to protect the health of
your equine friends with a fall preventive care clinic appointment.</span></var></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span style="color: #1f4e79;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Always here
to help. See you in September!</span></span></var><var><span face="" style="color: #1f4e79; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><var><span face="" style="color: #17365d; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr. Chrysann</span></span></var><var><span face="" style="color: #17365d; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="background: rgb(152, 72, 6);"><span face="" style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fall Clinic Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="">Routine Fall exam
includes flu/rhino vaccination, deworming or fecal examination, annual
dentistry consult, and sheath cleaning.
Also consider Microchipping!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face="">To reserve an
appointment, call 775 969 3495 with:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="">Your Name, Phone # and Clinic Date <o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="">Number of Animals, and Services wanted<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="">Your call won’t be returned until <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i> </span></b><span face="">when we will give an estimated time of arrival at your address. Please be sure horses are caught and haltered
30 minutes beforehand!<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(152, 72, 6); text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="" style="color: #fabf8f; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Location<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Date<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Sep 4<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sat Sep 12<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(250, 191, 143); line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">Red Rock
North/Silver Knolls 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Sep 4</span><span face="" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(250, 191, 143); line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">Red Rock
North/Silver Knolls 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sat Sep 12</span><span face="" style="color: #e36c0a; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Span Springs/Palomino Valley 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Sep 11<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Span Springs/Palomino Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sat Sept 19<span style="background: silver;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(247, 202, 172); border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fri Sep 25</span><span face="" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(247, 202, 172); border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sat Sep 26<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face="" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">South & West Reno 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Sep 18<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">South & West Reno <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sat Sep
26<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="background: rgb(152, 72, 6);"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="" style="color: #fabf8f;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Discounted
prices ONLY AVAILABLE Clinic Day <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2"><span face=""><span style="font-size: medium;">Farm Call (per location)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$14.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2"><span face=""><span style="font-size: medium;">Wellness Exam (mandatory)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$17.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">West Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>$33.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>$30.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Strangles
Intranasal<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$34.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rabies<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>$23.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ivermectin
Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$16.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coggins
Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fecal
parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pre-registered
microchip<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$39.00</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="" style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nex1wIZ-mus/X02XouCaU5I/AAAAAAAAydw/Ov_3qv4wqYY9jryX7Z1Uj2UZq6IAODRjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s705/smoke%2Bcopter.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="color: #c00000; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></a><b style="color: #c00000; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nex1wIZ-mus/X02XouCaU5I/AAAAAAAAydw/Ov_3qv4wqYY9jryX7Z1Uj2UZq6IAODRjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s705/smoke%2Bcopter.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mz5dDJOo1rs/X02X8W1xGsI/AAAAAAAAyd8/yyzmiDuErfwQ9mffFEBWOgMJRwdv901KQCLcBGAsYHQ/s705/smoke%2Bcopter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="705" height="316" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mz5dDJOo1rs/X02X8W1xGsI/AAAAAAAAyd8/yyzmiDuErfwQ9mffFEBWOgMJRwdv901KQCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h316/smoke%2Bcopter.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>Smoke and Your Horse</span></b></span></b></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="" style="color: #c00000;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-large;">Smoke
is an unhealthy combination of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, soot, hydrocarbons,
and other organic substances. Smoke particulates can irritate horses’ eyes and
respiratory tracts, and hamper their breathing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
simplest thing you can do to limit the damaging effects of smoke on your horse’s
airway is to limit your horse’s activity when smoke is visible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Increased airflow and turbulence that
accompany athletic activity can significantly increase the inflammation and
damage to delicate cells lining the respiratory tract. In addition, if
possible, misters and fans can be used to improve air quality in your horse’s
environment.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Human
air quality advisements can be applied to your horse as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If your eyes are burning and you smell and
taste smoke, then assume that your horse is feeling as uncomfortable as you
are.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most
importantly, when smoke has been particularly heavy, remember that it takes
time for airways to recover fully. Four to six weeks can be required for
airways to recuperate from severe smoke exposure, and early return to exercise
can delay healing and increase the risk of long term airway damage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><span face="" style="color: #333333; font-size: large;">The
best way to combat heat and smoke is through hydration. You can:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span face=""><span style="font-size: medium;">Provide clean, fresh water at all times<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span face=""><span style="font-size: medium;">Water your horse’s hay and feed grain as wet
mashes<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span face=""><span style="font-size: medium;">Put sprinklers out in turn outs to reduce dust
and smoke and increase moisture in the air<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span face="" style="color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gnph2Ac9DH4/X02Yu-un9XI/AAAAAAAAyeM/aPzZcTjkfSYt7IPhFrJNSWFbH40pAQQ6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1388/conformation%2Bclinic%2Bdeep%2Bmuscle%2Bchart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1388" height="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gnph2Ac9DH4/X02Yu-un9XI/AAAAAAAAyeM/aPzZcTjkfSYt7IPhFrJNSWFbH40pAQQ6ACLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h399/conformation%2Bclinic%2Bdeep%2Bmuscle%2Bchart.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;">Balance, Conformation and Performance</span></div></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="color: black;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 154.5pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 198.4pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span face=""><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the years we have bred horses to be balanced
to best suit their intended use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
you choose a horse, consider your equestrian discipline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Draft horses were built to pull – they are very
“uphill” with short, strong high set necks, powerful shoulders and weaker
hindquarters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quarter horses are built to work cattle – they need
to keep their heads low and turn with exceptional speed and quickness from the
hindquarter – therefore they are quite “downhill” with tremendous power in the
sacrum, hip and thigh to dig in, turn and go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thoroughbreds are built to run – they are a more
level breed, but frequently have a croup that is slightly higher than the
wither.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The arab is the ultimate long distance athlete –
generally beautifully balanced front to back, but with lean muscle mass and a
relatively straight shoulder, making them extremely efficient at moving across
the ground, but not well suited to elevating the wither or forearm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The warmblood breeds have been developed to have a
combination of elevation and length.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are balanced generally uphill, with a neck that comes out of the
wither relatively high, a moderately sloped shoulder, and a very powerful
sacrum and pelvis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""><span style="font-size: medium;">And
don’t forget, the horse in motion always trumps the horse standing still.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, consider a “downhill” quarterhorse
with contracted heels in front but a strong, symmetrical, well conformed pelvis
and hind limbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The contracted heels and
forehand balance <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>may predispose this
horse to foot lameness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, if the
horse is trained to move with impulsion from behind, raise the withers and
engage the core, this will result in an overall “lighter” movement, and reduce
concussive force on the heels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
result: forelimb lameness resulting from imperfect conformation may be avoided.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Your horse’s overall balance is extremely important
in maintaining athletic longevity and compensating for conformational defects
in the lower limbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, training
that develops excellent core strength and flexibility can greatly enhance the
horse with less than ideal balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
is the bottom line: stand back and look at the whole picture, the entire horse,
not just the offset knee, or base narrow stance, or turned out toes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you develop your horse’s entire body to be
strong at the center and balanced from front to back, you will successfully
overcome the majority of his/her conformational problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
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and it is time to gear up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call today to
schedule your clinic appointment and take advantage of this opportunity to
discuss your plans and goals for this year with your horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will help you get there in any way that I
can!<o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Routine Spring
exams include <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EWT, West Nile, and flu/rhino
vaccination plus deworming or fecal examination, dentistry consult and sheath
cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>To reserve an appointment,
call 775 969 3495 with:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">We will return
your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival
at your address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please be sure horses
are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fabf8f; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Location<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Feb 29 </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fri Mar 13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Red Rock
North/Silver Knolls 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sun Mar 1</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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North/Silver Knolls 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fri Mar 13</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mar 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Span Springs/Palomino Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sat
Mar 14<span style="background: silver;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sun Mar 15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Mar 27<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="background: white;">South & West Reno<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sat Mar 7<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">South & West Reno <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Fri Mar 27<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Day <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Farm Call (per location)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$12.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Wellness Exam (mandatory)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$33.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$16.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Equine influenza shares many similarities with the human flu virus
that has been particularly brutal this year. The equine virus exists
worldwide, except in New Zealand and Iceland. Clinical signs include
fever, depression, poor appetite, cough and nasal discharge. The virus
only lives a short time in the environment and is susceptible to common
disinfectants. In most cases the virus is spread from horse to horse
in aerosolized particles generated when an infected horse
coughs. Unfortunately, virus replicates in the horse’s upper
respiratory tract and is shed into the environment for a few days BEFORE any
clinical signs become apparent, making control of disease outbreaks
challenging, especially in larger groups of horses.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The virus has many serotypes, and these strains change frequently. The
horse must have antibodies specific to each serotype to prevent
disease. I imagine the flu virus as a secret agent – every time he
appears he is wearing a different hat and coat so I don’t recognize him until
it is too late and I have already walked up to say hello and shake his hand…..and
a few days later I am coughing and sneezing, or watching my horse cough and
hang his head. Both we and our horses manufacture antibodies that
are shaped to fit the “hat and coat” of each flu strain that infects us – when
exposed to a virus strain wearing a new “hat and coat” the old antibodies may
not accurately recognize and attack the new virus and so we get sick all over
again. Don’t get confused here – while equine influenza virus and
human influenza viruses share the same infection tactics, and do have antigenic
similarities, so far horse to human transmission is not a clinical problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Equine Influenza has however caused serious
influenza outbreaks in our canine companions.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Pharmaceutical companies making vaccines against Equine Influenza
know that in order for their vaccine to be effective, it must contain the most
up to date viral strains in a given location. They weigh this
against the cost of introducing new strains into their current vaccine. The
World Organisation for Animal Health global Equine Influenza Surveillance
Program was initiated in 1995, and makes regular recommendations for the most
current Equine Influenza strains to be included in vaccines. The
Merck influenza vaccine used in our practice (Prestige 2) contains Equine
influenza virus type H3N8 strains EIV A/eq/Florida/RW/13, EIV A/Equine
2/Kentucky/02 American, EIV A/eq/Richmond/1/07 strains. Merck and UC Davis
co-sponsor the ongoing Equine Respiratory Biosurveillance Study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Influenza strains included in Prestige 2
are based on this study, and include the Florida ’13 Clade 1 highly pathogenic
isolate identified in the Ocala 2013 outbreak.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There may be some of you reading this thinking, “well I got my flu
shot and still came down with the virus, why should I vaccinate my horse?” My
answer is this: vaccination against Equine Influenza does not guarantee
protection from disease, but it can dramatically reduce the incidence and severity
of illness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider any population of horses with
stressors such as competition, travel, breeding, changing populations. If ALL
of the horses in such a group are vaccinated against influenza the consequences
of infection with flu virus are greatly reduced. Although equine
influenza vaccines may not be absolutely protective, they do reduce the virus’
ability to replicate in each horse, and therefore reduce the number of virus
particles released into the environment and passed from horse to
horse. If EVERY horse in your barn is vaccinated, when Equine
Influenza enters the population the viral load in the vicinity is kept low,
fewer horses actually contract disease, and the outbreak event is over much
sooner, with fewer sick horses. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> On the other hand, if all the horses is a population are
not vaccinated at the same time and on a regular schedule, the vaccinated
individuals may have sufficient immunity to protect them from showing signs of
disease but may still contract a mild flu infection and shed low numers of
virus particles. The unvaccinated, or poorly vaccinated horses in the
population, especially the young and old, then serve as living incubators for
the virus shed by vaccinated horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
result is often a more severe and prolonged disease outbreak moving slowly
through the barn. Horses, especially younger ones, living in groups
without diligent vaccination, rapidly spread virus from one to another making
it very difficult for humans in charge to stay ahead of disease
spread. In larger barns, the outcome is usually quarantine of the entire
facility for 21 days or longer, or until 7 days after the last horse has any
clinical signs or fever. As you can imagine, such an outbreak
has serious impacts, both on horses’ health and humans’ pocketbooks. The risk
of pneumonia and other serious complications increases dramatically in such
settings.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So, the bottom line regarding influenza vaccines in horses is
this: all horses in boarding facilities, and/or horses that travel to
competitions, should receive an influenza (typically as a combined “flu/rhino”
vaccine) every 6 months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The United
States Equestrian Federation requires proof of flu/rhino vaccination within 6
months at all registered equestrian events.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-40895107116299582882019-09-02T18:50:00.000-07:002019-09-02T18:50:24.425-07:00High Desert Veterinary Service Fall 2019 News and Notes<br />
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IMPORTANT steps to take in preparation for your horse’s transition to winter. Your
Fall Clinic appointment is the perfect opportunity to ensure you are up to date
with your horses’s preventive health care.
See you in September!</span></var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Routine Fall exam
includes flu/rhino vaccination, deworming or fecal examination, annual
dentistry consult, and sheath cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Also consider Microchipping!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prices ONLY AVAILABLE Clinic Day <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Farm Call (per location)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$14.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$33.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Intranasal<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$34.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$16.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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microchip<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$39.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Copperplate Gothic Bold",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What are they?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Your horse’s eyes are red,
swollen and itchy, or there is an odd sore at the corner of her mouth, or a wound
on her pastern that is getting larger and lumpier….all common presentations of
Habronemiasis, or Summer Sore. If left untreated, this common problem can
become an extremely challenging condition to resolve. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Summer sores are caused by stomach worm
larvae deposited in wounds by stable or house flies. Larvae licked up and swallowed by horses
complete their life cycle in the intestinal tract (where they do little harm),
but when stranded in broken skin they cannot mature and cause severe, chronic
inflammation. The result is a
non-healing, expanding wound. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tg9pG_9yocE/XW3Fh_bGgMI/AAAAAAAAquc/vkglrKNme5s7EXgp3V3x5EUysfItW16vQCLcBGAs/s1600/20190815_110635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tg9pG_9yocE/XW3Fh_bGgMI/AAAAAAAAquc/vkglrKNme5s7EXgp3V3x5EUysfItW16vQCLcBGAs/s200/20190815_110635.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Treatment involves immune-suppressive
medication (steroids), destruction of larvae (dewormer) and surgical removal of
the larvae, proud flesh and granular inflammatory deposits from the lesion. I surgically excised the summer sore from
this horse’s lip, sutured the wound closed, and applied Alu-shield spray to the
wound and SWAT around the area. The
horse also received a carefully calculated dose of steroid, short-term
antibiotics, and Ivermectin deworming. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, summer sores often are not
recognized as something other than an uncomplicated wound until the disease
process is quite advanced. At this point
successful treatment can take weeks, incur high veterinary costs, and require intensive
wound management.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Habronemiasis has become a common problem
in our area, and is often seasonally recurrent.
Preventive measures include frequent deworming, fly masks, and
aggressive fly control.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Beware
of Harmful Dentistry</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif;">I</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> took
this picture several weeks after this horse underwent aggressive motorized
dentistry. This is NOT how your horse’s teeth should look after dentistry.
Notice how the edges of the teeth are curved, the biting surface is smooth, and
the front of the first premolar has been removed. In the short term, this procedure
causes thermal damage and impairs the teeth’s ability to break down fiber, reducing
the intestinal digestive enzymes nutrient processing. And long term, it removes surface enamel from
the tooth that <b>CAN NEVER BE RESTORED</b>.
Year after year of this procedure will reduce the life of your horses’
teeth, but the damage may not be show until it is too late to change the
outcome. </span><span style="font-family: "Copperplate Gothic Bold",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is what your horse’s teeth should look like after correct dentistry, whether
performed with hand tools or motorized tools.
Our understanding of equine oral health has come so far in the past
decade, there is NO EXCUSE for “over-floating”.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Nova",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Annual dentistry is a vital part of LONG
TERM health care. Don’t let your horse’s condition in later years be
compromised by poor management today. Foot
care, nutrition, deworming, and DENTISTRY are the 4 corners of your horse’s longevity.
Ask me any questions at your fall clinic
appointment. An important part of my
role in your horse’s life is to answer your questions and keep you informed. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Nova",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Colic:Winter Hazard<o:p></o:p></span></b></var></div>
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Communication:My Role<o:p></o:p></span></b></var></div>
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<var><span style="color: #385623; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Are you
loving February this year? The weather has been a real challenge for horses and
owners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From freezing cold to weird warm
storms, heavy snow, windy rain, ice to floods all increase risks of colic, foot
abscesses, traumatic injuries, and loss of condition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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Spring Clinic appointment is a great opportunity to bring your concerns to my attention
and have an important end-of-winter exam performed on your horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schedule today! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Routine Spring
exams include vaccination, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>deworming or
fecal examination, dentistry consult, and sheath cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We will return your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with
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caught 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Mar 15<span style="background: silver;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Farm Call (per location)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$10.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$33.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$30.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Intranasal<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$34.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$16.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$29.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$19.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Client Communication: My Role</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">We all have strong emotional ties to our
horses. At the same time, we know that the cost of veterinary care can be
a limiting factor in our decisions for our equine partners. When our
horses are sick or injured their welfare is our priority but worry about
associated costs also is a painful reality.</span><br />
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<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">My job as your veterinarian is to communicate
with you using compassionate yet straightforward language. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By clearly explaining your horse’s problem,
the treatment options and their costs, and the prognosis for recovery, I should
help you balance your emotional response, and equip you to make informed
decisions that are in your horse's best interest while also financially responsible. </span><br />
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<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">Let’s consider Flash and Mary. Flash lives in
a show barn. Mary is a very involved, experienced owner who juggles a heavy
schedule, and often is unavailable for my visits with Flash. She values a
complete and prompt report from me to keep her on top of developments and allow
her to make appropriate decisions for Flash’s welfare. I appreciate these
qualities because they reflect her concern for her horse and allow us to have
an open, productive relationship.</span><br />
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<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">Fulfilling Mary’s expectations was simple after
suturing a facial laceration Flash sustained last year. I left clear,
written instructions with Flash’s trainer followed by a phone call to Mary as I
departed the barn, assuring her that Flash should recover uneventfully. More
recently, Flash developed a lameness that is proving difficult to diagnose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now client communication is a critical part
of my obligation to Mary. </span><br />
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<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">After my initial exam I explained the possible
causes of Flash's lameness to Mary without overwhelming or confusing her, and
then focused on laying out a specific, structured plan explaining how I would use
diagnostic nerve blocks and imaging to narrow down these possibilities. This
included a time line, and it addressed Flash's care during that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told Mary that should the diagnosis not
become clear once this plan was completed, then we should consider a referral
setting where more advanced diagnostics such as MRI, and a board-certified lameness
expert, would take the evaluation to the next level. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reviewed the cost of my work-up, and the
costs associated with referral and advanced diagnostics, and discussed the
risk-benefit of early referral vs following an initial diagnostic plan at home.
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<span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">At this point, I asked Mary if she had any questions,
and how she wanted to proceed. Mary expressed her confidence that her
horse was safe and that with our well-defined time line she was comfortable
moving forward with the diagnostic plan at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently we still have no specific diagnosis
for Flash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am consulting with a colleague
who is an American College of Veterinary Surgery diplomate while Mary continues
to balance the value of more advanced diagnostics against the cost, and Flash
patiently waits as Mary and I navigate the course of his care together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Spring may be around the corner, but right now
late winter is slamming us hard, and impaction colic is a real concern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Impactions are abnormal buildups of food that
block transit through the intestinal tract.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The most common location is the large colon, which is 12-15 feet in
length and holds 12-16 gallons. The colon varies in size and folds on itself
several times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pelvic flexure is a
sharp turn where the left ventral colon diameter shrinks from 8” to 3”, making it
a common site of impaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The colon is a large fermentation vat where
food material is processed by bacteria and protozoa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has a complex electrical system that operates
its mixing and moving functions, and state-of-the-art plumbing. The intricacy of
the horse’s healthy colon function is amazing, but its complexity also makes it
one of the horse’s weakest links. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">What can we do to promote a healthy colon</span></i></b><span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">? The balance of water and fiber in the colon are the primary
determinants of colonic health. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">First and foremost,</span></b><span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> feed a diet consisting of at least 75% high quality hay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An average #1000-pound horse should eat 15-20
pounds of hay daily. High fiber diets increase colonic water by 30% over high
grain diets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the colon has two
independently managed phases: solid and liquid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Over mature, poor quality hay can create a sluggish solid phase which
can form an impaction while the mobile liquid phase passes on through. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Second</span></b><span style="background: #f6f6f6; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">, provide CLEAN fresh
water. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">There is
evidence that horses prefer lukewarm water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Researchers have shown that ponies drank 38-41% less water when it was
near frozen compared to when it was 66°F. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Third</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">, promote exercise during
cold winter months. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Exercise provides multiple benefits by increasing metabolism and improving
intestinal motility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiber digestibility
increases by up to 20% in exercised horses, promoting greater retention of the
fluid part of the diet and shortened retention of the more formed, particulate
part of the feed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Wind, cold, rain, snow, ice…huge temperature surges. Don’t act
like Mother Nature in your horse management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Be consistent and sensible. And remember: Educated choices are
economical choices.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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TO SCHEDULE YOUR CLINIC.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I am here
with gratitude, for you and your horses,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dr.
Chrysann <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-70837179033290095752018-09-03T09:03:00.002-07:002018-09-03T09:03:14.775-07:00Fall 2018 News and Notes<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif;"> <span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal;">Our animals step up for us every day,
sometimes in little ways, sometimes as champions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never expect anything in return. Our
responsibility is to give back what they offer, to keep them safe and healthy. </span></span></var><var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Your Fall Clinic appointment is an important part of
your horses’s preventive health care program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>See you soon!</span></var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Routine Fall exam
includes flu/rhino vaccination, deworming or fecal examination, annual
dentistry consult, and sheath cleaning.
Also consider Microchipping!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To reserve an
appointment, call 775 969 3495 with:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Your call won’t be returned until <i>three days before your clinic</i> </span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">when we will give an estimated time of arrival at your address. Please be sure horses are caught and haltered
30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Fri Sept 7 Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2 Sat
Sept 15<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Valley 1 Sat Sept 8<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Valley 2 Fri Sept 21 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sept 29<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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prices ONLY AVAILABLE Clinic Day <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farm Call (per location) $11.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wellness Exam (mandatory) $15.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">West Nile $33.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">FluRhino $30.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Strangles
Intranasal $34.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rabies $23.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis $19.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ivermectin
Deworm $16.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coggins
Test $29.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation $45.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fecal
parasite exam $19.00<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-registered
microchip $39.00</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Copperplate Gothic Bold", sans-serif;">What YOU Can Do</span></b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Harlow Solid Italic";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all
dread seeing a horse with colic. Despite my 30 years of veterinary experience,
I can’t guarantee that your horse will recover uneventfully. But YOU can make a
difference. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
looked back at the first 25 horses I treated for colic last year. Of the 25, 6
(24%) experienced complications that required repeated visits or
hospitalization and 4 (16%) did not survive. The average cost for a single
visit with uncomplicated recovery was $300. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Early, specific veterinary intervention
is the key to successful treatment of colic.</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Your ability to get temperature, pulse,
respiration, and evaluate gut sounds and gum color at the onset of a colic
episode can provide information critical <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to your veterinarian’s treatment
decision process. All you need is an inexpensive stethoscope and a thermometer.
Here is a link to a good article in TheHorse.com <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://thehorse.com/14385/the-basic-physical-examination/">https://thehorse.com/14385/the-basic-physical-examination/</a></span>. Ask me to review your physical exam skills at
your fall clinic appointment. I am happy to help!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Signs of colic (in order of severity):<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) has become a household word for many horse owners.
As we discuss this complicated syndrome, keep this KEY POINT in mind: <b><i>horses with EMS do not handle
sugar and carbohydrate normally.
Therefore, strict dietary management is essential for successful
treatment. </i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">Horses with EMS tend to be overweight, with an <b><i>abnormal
distribution of body fat.</i></b> A cresty neck, soft fatty lumps at the
tail base, and an enlarged sheath or mammary gland are hallmark signs.
All horses with EMS are at <b><i>high risk of laminitis</i></b>, and often
are first presented to a veterinarian with the complaint of sore feet.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">Our bodies use sugar (glucose), carbohydrate, and
fat as fuel. The hormone insulin directs the flow of these various fuels
depending on the body's demands and the composition of the diet.
Carbohydrates are long chains of sugar molecules, present both in hay and
grain. When your horse eats, his blood sugar rises, triggering the
production of insulin. <b><i>Insulin drives glucose from the blood into
the tissues where it provides energy to meet metabolic demands.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">Horses with EMS are insulin resistant</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;"> The receptors on cells which normally are activated by insulin to
take up glucose do not respond. Horses with EMS keep making insulin until
they have enough to overcome the low sensitivity of cell receptors. The
result is a horse with normal blood sugar, but high insulin<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">So why is high blood insulin a problem?
Because <b><i>insulin does a lot more than just control blood sugar. </i></b> Insulin
also plays important roles in regulating blood vessel constriction and
cellular inflammation. When EMS horses
eat carbohydrate rich foods, they experience surges in insulin which can cause
severe inflammatory responses in other tissues in the body. Specifically, <b><i>high insulin can cause
devestating changes in blood flow and cellular activity within the hoof.</i></b> Laminitis is a painful condition that can result
in permanent damage to the mechanical structure of the hoof. In severe laminitis cases, unmanageable pain
and mechanical tissue destruction can be fatal.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">Let’s try to understand the connection between EMS
and laminitis more completely. <b><i>Laminitis,
commonly called founder, is an inflammatory condition. </i></b>The horse’s outer
hoof wall is connected to the deeper, sensitive tissues of the foot like a
tongue and groove floor, where each layer interlocks in a repeating pattern. However,
unlike a floor, the horse's foot is alive and in motion. The hoof
utilizes glucose at an exceptionally fast rate compared to other tissues in the
horse’s body, constantly remodelling in response to the tremendous dynamic
forces of the horse’s weight, and the effects of the environment .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the foot to remain healthy, glucose must be
able to reach the tissues bonding the hoof layers together. But remember, <b><i>the
EMS horse is insulin resistant.</i></b> This creates a double-whammy for the
hoof:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">First</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">, glucose
transport is compromised by a poor response to insulin, impairing the energy supply
to the living tissues of the hoof, and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">Second</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">, insulin, which
constricts blood vessels and triggers inflammation, becomes abnormally high in
an effort to improve energy supply, triggering damaging mechanical effects
within the tissues of the hoof which already are starved for critical energy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Careful dietary management is the
key to successful treatment of horses with EMS. Our goal is to feed a diet composed
of high quality energy sources with low glycemic index, reducing insulin surges
while meeting metabolic demands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<var><span style="color: #385623; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">What a winter! Many of our
horses have been unusually inactive due to environmental conditions. As the
weather improves pay careful attention to your horse’s feet and haircoat.
Mother Nature’s generous gifts of moisture and warm temperatures provide the
perfect environment for infectious organisms that cause thrush, subsolar
abscesses and “rain rot”. Please read this newsletter carefully and be
proactive in keeping your animals healthy this year. <o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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seeing you on one of our clinic days in March, <o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Routine Spring
exams include EWT, West Nile, and flu/rhino
vaccination plus deworming or fecal examination, dentistry consult and sheath
cleaning. <b>To reserve an appointment,
call 775 969 3495 with:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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your call <b><i>three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival
at your address. Please be sure horses
are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos1 Sat
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2 Fri Mar 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mar 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mar 18<span style="color: #e36c0a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mar 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 2 Sat Mar 25 </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">South & West Reno Fri Mar 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #fabf8f; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Discounted prices ONLY AVAILABLE Clinic
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Farm Call (per location) $9.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Wellness Exam (mandatory) $14.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West Nile $32.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FluRhino $29.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rabies $21.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis $18.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ivermectin
Deworm $14.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coggins
Test $27.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation $45.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fecal
parasite exam $18.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Pre-registered
microchip $35.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Consult No Charge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Transitional Period <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">(aka Crazy Mare Time)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Last
week a client called about a performance mare who kept posturing to urinate and
looking back at her left flank, but had a great appetite and normal manure. Another trainer called because a normally cooperative
mare was kicking out when asked to canter. Upon investigation, I
discovered that both these mares’ problems were related to the seasonal nature
of the equine reproductive cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">Seasonal variation in daylight has a profound
influence on the mare’s reproductive performance. Increasing day length improves
the mare's reproductive efficiency while shortened days disrupt reproductive
regulation. Daylight stimulates the production of melatonin by the brain’s
pineal gland, which in turn starts a complex cascade of hormonal events which
influence the ovaries to develop and release follicles. For successful
conception to occur, an egg must ovulate, be fertilized, and arrive in a uterus
which is ready to accept and nourish it.
No simple task.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The transition from the short days of winter
when most mares stop cycling all together, to the long days of June, when fertility
is at its highest, is a gradual process. During the spring and fall,
mares enter a period of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>anovulatory
receptivity</i>, or the transitional period. At this time,
they often exhibit erratic estrus behavior, and while they appear to be in
standing heat and accept a stallion, there often is not an associated ovulation
of a mature follicle. When a transitional mare does ovulate
appropriately, if the hormonal sequence necessary to maintain the critical early critical of pregnancy is
unbalanced, the embryo may be
lost. Particularly in the spring, this transitional period is
characterized by long, erratic heat cycles without ovulation. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">No
wonder mares may act whacky in Feburary! Not only are they dealing with hormonal
imbalance, they also may experience ovarian pain associated with large,
non-ovulating follicles.<span style="background: #F6F6F6; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">Mares with placid dispositions may not seem
affected by the ups and downs of hormonal transitions while others are truly
distressed during these phases. Some performance horses exhibit irritable behavior
and are difficult to train. Trainer’s may seek ways to stabilize reproductive
activity and help these troubled mares achieve behavioral balance. There
are many oral supplements available over the counter which claim to improve the
demeanor of irritable mares,and subcutaneous cattle hormonal implants have been
used, but none of these methods have any scientific basis. Compounded injectable
progesterone in olive oil can be used intramuscularly but the injections are
irritating and yield variable results. There is a well researched long acting
altrenogest injection manufactured by BET Pharm, however the cost is prohibitive
for many clients.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The gold standard for preventing
cycling remains the daily administration of oral Altrenogest, a synthetic progesterone
(Regu-Mate or Altresyn).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Once the transitional period is over and mares
are cycling regularly, reproductive efficiency rapidly improves. Performance
horses exhibit improved behavior and brood mares conceive successfully. The
"normal" mare has a 21 day heat cycle. She is not receptive for
14-15 days (diestrus), then comes into heat for 4-7 days (estrus), ovulating
12-24 hours before behavioral signs of estrus disappear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #F6F6F6;">So, when your mare is acting like a maniac this
month, remember that her behavior may be due to "raging hormones"! Speak
with me about management practices that may improve your breeding success or
help your mare's disposition. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As the flood waters and ice recede,
we are eager to get back in the saddle. Whatever your riding discipline, consider
the consequences of this wet winter and get proactive!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hoof Care </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">First and
foremost: feet! I see lots of shedding frogs, low heels and long
toes in the spring. This winter environmental cleanliness has been a
real challenge, and many horses are standing in manure that goes through
repetitive freeze/thaw cycles. Hooves develop callouses in response to
harsh ice. When the surface thaws, fecal bacteria seep into small
defects in the thickened sole and frog, creating the perfect setup for thrush
or subsolar abscessation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1) Get a hoof pick and wire brush and thoroughly pick you horse’s feet every
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2) Remove accumulated manure and
organic material from pens and turn outs</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Body Conditon </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As you get
your horse’s feet in shape, start grooming! Get that winter hair
loose, check for any skin conditions and feel your horse’s back and barrel – is
their body condition what you hope for? Many horses gain or lose
unnoticed weight under winter hair coats and blankets. Your spring clinic
appointment is a good time to ask Dr. Chrysann about your horse’s
nutrition program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Horses and humans alike, let’s dry
out, get out, get moving, and look forward to a spectacular spring flower
season in our high desert piece of heaven!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us today to schedule your<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-46006328552297077262016-09-05T15:05:00.001-07:002016-09-05T15:05:57.688-07:00Fall Clinics 2016<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">High Desert Veterinary Service<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Building Healthy Partners<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<var><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Smoke and your Horse</span></var></div>
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<var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hello
everyone,</span></var><var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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<var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> We
all recognize this reality living in the dry high desert. </span></var><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I took this picture standing next to the horse trailer,
preparing to evacuate horses from a client’s property. In the aftermath of
emergency evacuation, a microchip can play a crucial role in reuniting horses and
owners. Pease consider microchipping your horse this fall, and read more below
about caring for your horse when faced with environmental heat and smoke
challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I am
here to serve you and your equine companions, with over 25 years experience,
and a profound commitment to building healthy partners, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Routine Fall
exams include flu/rhino vaccination plus deworming or fecal examination, an
oral exam, and sheath cleaning. Also
consider Microchipping!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">To reserve an
appointment, call 775 969 3495 with:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Your Name, Phone # and Clinic Date <o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We will return
your call <b><i>three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival
at your address. Please be sure horses
are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #fabf8f; font-family: "Arial Nova",sans-serif;">Discounted
prices ONLY AVAILABLE Clinic Day <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Call $ 9.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova",sans-serif;">Wellness
Exam (mandatory) $14.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">West Nile $32.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">FluRhino $27.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Rabies $21.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Tetanus/ Encephalitis $18.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Ivermectin Deworm $14.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Coggins Test $27.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Sheath Clean w/sedation $45.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Fecal parasite exam $18.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Pre-registered microchip
$39.00</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Wounds, especially those located below the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">knee or hock, are notorious sources of frustration for horse owners and veterinarians alike. Understanding how wounds heal is the first step in designing an appropriate wound management plan; choosing a wound dressing that supports the body’s healing mechanisms is second.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">1)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Immediately after a wound occurs, the body begins its
own clean up process. White blood cells
migrate into the wound to eliminate foreign material, dead tissue and
infectious agents. These cells exit the wound as pus. PUS IS A NORMAL, HEALTHY RESPONSE TO A WOUND
IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS. It is important
to keep the wound environment moist in this early healing period.</span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Once the wound environment is clean, and dead tissue
has been removed, the next healing phase involves rebuilding tissue. The body builds a scaffold of collagen, and
delicate new skin cells and blood vessels climb along this framework, repairing
the wound defect. During this phase, the
wound should be protected from invasion by secondary bacteria, and inflammation
should be minimized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3)<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span>Finally, the body spends a long time (months in severe
wounds) strengthening and remodeling the fragile young tissue that has<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> filled
the wound.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Now it is important to keep
the tissue pliable and soft with emollient substances like lanolin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our
job is to enhance the cleaning and restructuring phases to decrease time to
wound closure, improve cosmetic outcome, and avoid problems with exuberant
granulation tissue (proud flesh) and wound infection. This is where honey can be uniquely useful.<span class="article-articlebody"><span style="color: #0c0c0c;">
</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;">Honey is a
biologic wound dressing; while each of its beneficial properties can be found
individually in pharmaceutical products, only in honey are they all present
together working in cooperation to enhance healing while maintaining a moist
wound environment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">How
does honey work? The high sugar content of honey draws water out of wounds and
reduces edema (fluid swelling). Honey is
slightly acidic, which inhibits bacterial growth and acts with the high sugar
content to pull water out of bacterial cells. </span><span style="color: #333333;">Honey from Manuka trees in New Zealand has additional unique
properties. </span><span style="color: #333333;">Researchers at the University of
Sydney studying the efficacy of Manuka honey in equine wound healing reported
that Manuka honey treated wounds had healthier tissue regrowth, which they
believe is related not only to its unique antibacterial effects of the honey,
but also to Manuka honey’s positive influence on the horse’s immune system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">All types of honey possess beneficial wound healing
qualities. The antibacterial activity of most </span><span style="color: #333333;">honey’s is due to the presence of hydrogen peroxide, which can
be inactivated by enzymes normally present in the healing wound. In contrast,
the antibacterial component of manuka honey is a small water-soluble molecule,
methylglyoxal, that diffuses easily through the wound environment, and is
resistant to enzymatic degradation. This compound also penetrates the biofilm
which forms in wounds, protecting bacteria from the action of many systemic and
topical antimicrobial agents. Finally, Manuka honey is available in sterile,
medical grade preparations</span><span style="color: #333333;">. Non-medical
grade honey often harbors bacteria that are not dangerous when used for food
consumpution, but which can colonize wounds causing secondary bacterial
infections. For all of these reasons,
medical grade Manuka honey products are the safest, most effective choice for
wound treatment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We
recently used Manuka honey on this chronically infected hoof following a hoof
wall resection. The healing of the disrupted coronary band was rapid and the
integrity of the coronary band was completely restored.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smoke and Your Horse<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smoke
is an unhealthy combination of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, soot,
hydrocarbons, and other organic substances. Smoke particulates can irritate
horses’ eyes and respiratory tracts, and hamper their breathing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
simplest thing you can do to limit the damaging effects of smoke on your horse’s
airway is to limit your horse’s activity when smoke is visible. Increased airflow and turbulence that
accompany athletic activity can significantly increase the inflammation and
damage to delicate cells lining the respiratory tract. In addition, if possible,
misters and fans can be used to improve air quality in your horse’s
environment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Human
air quality advisements can be applied to your horse as well. If your eyes are burning and you smell and
taste smoke, then assume that your horse is feeling as uncomfortable as you
are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most
importantly, when smoke has been particularly heavy, remember that it takes
time for airways to recover fully. Four to six weeks can be required for
airways to recuperate from severe smoke exposure, and early return to exercise
can delay healing and increase the risk of long term airway damage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
best way to combat heat and smoke is through hydration. You can:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Provide clean, fresh water at all times<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water your horse’s hay and feed grain as wet
mashes<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put sprinklers out in turn outs to reduce dust
and smoke and increase moisture in the air<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Call us today to schedule your <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall Clinic appointment and join us<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #984806; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building Healthy Partners.</span></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Harlow Solid Italic"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-23608574366993393722015-09-01T16:55:00.000-07:002015-09-01T16:55:30.861-07:00Fall Clinic Schedule
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Routine Fall
exams include flu/rhino vaccination plus deworming or fecal examination, an
oral exam, and sheath cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also
this year consider Microchip!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">To reserve an
appointment, call 775 969 3495 with:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">We will return
your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival
at your address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please be sure horses
are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sat
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fri Sept 11</span></div>
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Sept 13</span></div>
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Sept 25</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="background: white;">South & West Reno 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mon<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sept 14<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">South & West Reno <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Sat Sept 26<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #fabf8f; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Discounted prices ONLY AVAILABLE Clinic Day <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Farm
Call<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$ 8.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Wellness
Exam (mandatory)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$12.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West
Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rabies<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$21.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ivermectin
Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$14.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coggins
Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fecal
parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oral
Exam (w/o sedation)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No charge!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Pre-registered
microchip<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$35.00</span></b></span><var><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></var><br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-10080755045183416452015-02-26T17:13:00.000-08:002015-02-26T17:13:23.703-08:00spring 2015 News & Notes
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lxxNMdMSHUE/VO_CBCLOFYI/AAAAAAAAGKQ/gRXsBReBZGY/s1600/Little%2BEgypt%2Bpic_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lxxNMdMSHUE/VO_CBCLOFYI/AAAAAAAAGKQ/gRXsBReBZGY/s1600/Little%2BEgypt%2Bpic_001.jpg" height="320" width="249" /></a><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">High Desert Veterinary Service<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Chrysann Collatos</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">VMD,PhD,DipACVIMLA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">775-969-3495 (Office) <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>742-2823 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #244061; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="mailto:hidvet@gmail.com"><span style="color: #244061;">hidvet</span><span style="color: #244061; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">@</span><span style="color: #244061;">gmail.com</span></a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: #244061; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">HighDesertEquine.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-size: 18pt;">Building
Healthy Partners</span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-size: 18pt;"></span><b><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Spring
2015 News & Notes:</span></b><b><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Clinic Schedule</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vaccination Reactions<var><span style="font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></var></span></div>
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<var><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here we are again, moving
into a new year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope everyone is
healthy and ready to ride!<o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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<var><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "One Stroke Script LET"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">After this VERY warm, VERY
dry winter, both plants and animals may be subject to unusual disease patterns
this spring. Vaccination against vector borne diseases such as West Nile Virus
will be particularly important this year, and I strongly recommend a fecal exam
on every horse to identify those infected by overwintering parasites. <o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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in this flyer, and call to confirm your appointment today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will see you then!<o:p></o:p></span></var></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Last week a
veterinarian called me for consultation on a horse he had diagnosed with equine
metabolic syndrome. The veterinarian had some questions about the horse’s
latest laboratory values, and how to move forward with a treatment plan. I
offered my interpretation of the horse’s laboratory results and made some
suggestions regarding treatment . The veterinarian called me because I am a
diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, which means
that after receiving my veterinary degree I successfully completed a 3 year
clinical residency training program and a rigorous 8 hour examination process
and case report publication to ensure my advanced knowledge and experience
diagnosing and treating internal medicine
problems. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>On the flip side, I called my friend Dr. Robert Hunt for advice on a yearling
with an atypical stifle lameness. Dr. Hunt is a diplomate of the American
College of Veterinary Surgeons and resident surgeon at Hagyard-Davidson Magee
in Lexington, Kentucky. Bob and I discussed the case as he examined the digital
xrays I had emailed him. He gave me his opinion on the radiographic changes and
some suggestions on treatment options. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> This type of
congenial exchange of information goes on, often without your knowledge, as a
routine part of your animal’s veterinary care.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> The variety of problems presented to the ambulatory equine
clinician is enormous, and maintaining this network of colleagues is a critical
part of my service to you. After 27 years as a practicing veterinarian,
the majority of patients I see exhibit clinical signs with which I am familiar,
and diagnostic and treatment plans are frequently routine. However, when
an animal presents with a complex complaint outside of my expertise, I do not
hesitate to seek consultation. Sometimes the initial conversation with a
specialist leads to the referral of the patient for advanced diagnostic
evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Helping you decide when to refer a patient is an important part of my
job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should never feel awkward asking
for a second opinion from a specialist - I am here to help you find the most
effective plan to return your horse to full health and athletic activity . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following referral for advanced diagnostics
and evaluation by a specialist, your horse will return to my care for ongoing
treatment and rehabilitation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By asking
me to make the initial contact leading to referral, you insure that any
diagnostic findings, as well as my clinical notes, will be part of the information
that will accompany your horse to their appointment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>There are 21 specialty colleges of veterinary medicine recognized by the
American Veterinary Medical Association! In the greater Reno area we have 2
board certified equine surgeons, 1 large animal internist (yours truly!), and a
board certified ophthalmologist who sees both large and small animal patients.
UC Davis is 3 hours away and offers specialists in most of the large animal
disciplines. To learn more about veterinary specialists, google AVMA
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Every spring I administer over a thousand vaccinations by deep
intramuscular injection. I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>field
approximately 5 calls (< 1.5% of horses vaccinated) with reports of adverse
vaccination reactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my 27 years of
veterinary practice, I have seen 3 true allergic/anaphylactic responses to intramuscular
vaccination, and one serious vaccination complication associated with
intranasal Strangles vaccine. Vaccination is a safe, effective way to protect
your horse against disease. However, you should be familiar with adverse vaccination
reactions, and how to respond.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By far the most common adverse reaction to vaccination is the simple sore neck. The
day after vaccination you may notice that your mare is unwilling to move her
head, and she exhibits pain and swelling at one of her vaccination sites. Occasionally
the discomfort will be so severe that a horse will not lower their head to eat
or drink, or will pull back if pressure is applied to a lead rope when they are
haltered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">These inflammatory reactions typically resolve
within 48 - 72 hours with treatment including warm compresses, offering food
and water at a comfortable height, and administering non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory medication.</span></b></em><br />
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This "sore neck" reaction is NOT an allergic response to the
vaccine. True allergic responses occur immediately, or within minutes, of
vaccination. Rather, these are exaggerated inflammatory responses to the
ingredient in the vaccine that stimulates the horse's immune system. Called
an adjuvant, this ingredient amplifies your horse’s response to the vaccine’s
disease organism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ideal adjuvant is
a potent stimulator of the immune system but does not cause severe local
soreness. Unfortunately, individual horses may respond unfavorably to the
adjuvant in specific vaccine brands or antigen/adjuvant combinations.<br />
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When a horse develops a sore neck after vaccination, it is important to notice
whether or not the horse is systemically ill. Specifically, is the horse
eating and drinking? Does he have a fever? Is the swelling at the vaccination
site severe and increasing? If your horse has an adverse vaccination reaction,
I recommend that you contact your veterinarian with this information in hand so
that an accurate decision can be made concerning the need for treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Clostridial myositis is a rare, serious complication following
intramuscular injection. Clostridial bacteria exist normally in the environment
in a spore form. Even when a clean needle and syringe are used and an
injection is administered correctly, it is possible for the needle to carry
Clostridial spores deep into the muscle tissue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These bacteria then grow rapidly, releasing toxins into the horse’s
bloodstream. Clostridial infections at injection sites are rare, but can
be life threatening and require prompt and aggressive treatment. </span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Kunstler Script"; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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deworming or fecal examination, an oral exam, and sheath cleaning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Clinic Day Only Discounts – Held over from 2014!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Call<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wellness
Exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$12.00</span></div>
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Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rabies<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$21.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ivermectin
Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$14.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coggins
Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00</span></div>
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parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00</span></div>
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Exam (w/o sedation)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No charge!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-5259361966179316652014-08-17T11:53:00.001-07:002014-08-17T11:55:43.259-07:00Fall 2014 News & Notes<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial Narrow;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">TCVM: </span></b><b><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What is it? </span></b><b><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Does it Work?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: #984806; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">When we see you in September ask Dr. C about her
latest Equine Acupuncture training module at the Chi Institute in Florida.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Fall exams
include flu/rhino booster vaccination and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>deworming or fecal examination and sheath
cleaning for geldings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of your
horses also are due for annual dentistry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Call/Fall Exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00</span></div>
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Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00</span></div>
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Strangles<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00</span></div>
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Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$14.00</span></div>
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Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00</span></div>
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Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$45.00</span></div>
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parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00</span></div>
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Exam (w/o sedation)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No charge!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because horses are no longer grazers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Many of you have asked me “how do the Mustangs survive
without dental work?” Here’s the answer: they chew more. The equine tooth
evolved some 25 million years ago in response to changes in the earth’s
vegetation. Available forage went from soft leaves to tough, fibrous grasses.
In order to adequately break down this material, the horse developed hypsodont
teeth, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">which erupt continuously
throughout life. </b>Each tooth is worn down by rubbing against an opposing
tooth, creating an ever changing biting surface with ongoing wear of these
surfaces determined by the horse’s diet and chew cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Three factors contribute to wear of the horse’s teeth: the
interaction between the two biting surfaces, the time spent chewing and the
nature of the material being chewed. Research has shown that horses at pasture
chew more and with more lateral (side to side) motion than horses fed a mixed
hay/grain diet. Specifically, horses eating hay chew 58-66 times per minute vs.
horses at pasture which chew 100-105 times per minute! In addition, horses
eating a hay only diet take 16 hours to chew their daily ration while those on
a hay/grain mix diet only need 6 hours to chew <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>their daily feed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So our performance horses chew slower, for less time, and
less effectively than their mustang counterparts. Therefore, they don’t do a
good job of floating their own teeth, and small dental abnormalities that would
self-correct on a tough grass mustang diet become serious dental issues without
regular dental care in our horses living in confinement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Prevention is the key to healthy
dentition as your horse ages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because
their teeth erupt throughout life, and very few horses are born with a
perfectly balanced bite, small imbalances become BIG imbalances as years pass. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The horse only has so much tooth, and with
advanced age each tooth pushes to the surface and eventually falls out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common occlusal problem encountered is
a wave mouth, where the biting surface becomes a roller coaster ride instead of
a level grinding plane, with some very long upper teeth opposed by very short
lower teeth. The only way to correct the wave is to shorten the longer teeth. It
can become impossible to achieve this in older horses with limited remaining
tooth and poorly maintained bites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">EARLY AND REGULAR</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dental care are the keys to healthy teeth as
your horse ages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you wait until you
notice weight loss, difficulty chewing, or dropping food (quidding) to have
your horse’s teeth examined, it may be too late.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Dr. C prefers hand floats!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">During a tooth float <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Chrysann will carefully reduce any
dominant teeth and level the chewing surface with a titanium coated tooth
float. Dominant teeth create and are created by abnormalities in the chewing
surface, or dental arcade which worsen over time and impede chewing and normal
jaw movements. Some common configurations she may correct are hooks, ramps,
transverse ridges and a wave which is caused by multiple dominant teeth. She
will then adjust the alignment of the incisors, as small changes in the
incisors will make a large difference in the occlusion at the back of the
mouth. The specialized hand floats which Dr. Collatos uses are exceptionally
sharp, and allow her to carefully balance each tooth in the mouth individually.
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The use of motorized dentistry tools has become common in
equine practice, and these tools are necessary in some cases of neglected
mouths with severe bite abnormalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, in the regularly maintained mouth, the use of motorized tools
is unnecessary, and can cause permanent damage to teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prolonged grinding with motorized dental
tools can create intense heat due to high rotational speed. Research studies
have shown that temperatures reached with high speed (12,000 rpm) motorized
floats can destroy dental pulp cells with resulting permanent damage to the
tooth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, it is very easy to
“overfloat” or remove excessive tooth material, with motorized tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horses teeth are NOT smooth or rounded
naturally, and the tearing and grinding action of normal anatomical sharp
borders are the essential first step in the digestive process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When performed correctly, the goal of equine dentistry is
to balance the horse’s bite while leaving the natural contours of the tooth
intact. This ensures longevity of a functional bite as your horse ages,
reducing the need for costly senior diets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also allows free movement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) which
insures not only correct chewing of food, but correct alignment of the head and
neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hock soreness and back pain can be
the result of a poorly balanced mouth in performance horses!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calligraph421 BT"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TCVM – Are you a
believer?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Dr. Chrysann is learning the practice of Traditional
Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM), with an emphasis on Acupuncture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does it work in horses? Yes, it does, when
performed correctly, with an accurate and appropriate diagnosis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TCVM is based on the ancient concept that
energy follows specific anatomic pathways, called meridians. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meridians have now been mapped using modern
scientific methods. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a radio signal is
introduced at one acupuncture point, it accumulates at other points along that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>meridian, but NOT at points on other
meridians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, MRI brain images have
shown that pain related acupuncture points activate specific pain-associated
brainstem regions, while sham points do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Join Dr. C in expanding our ability to keep our horses healthy <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and comfortable by using TCVM and acupuncture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your dental exam!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-89525115784988879522014-07-25T14:56:00.001-07:002014-07-25T14:56:22.905-07:00Neck Injections/Cervical Facet Injections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neck Injections/Cervical Facet Injections</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Look carefully at this radiograph. These are the fourth, fifth and sixth cervical (neck) vertebrae of a 14 year old equitation horses with severe left forelimb lameness. Let your eye move along the top edge of the bones from left to right. Do you see the fracture fragment, irregular boney growth (exostoses), and loss of joint architecture (degenerative joint disease) at the top joint (dorsal facets) between the last two vertebral bodies? This is arthritis, and it can develop in the neck in the same way it can in any other joint in the body. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The joints between each of our vertebrae, whether horse or human, have the same function as any other joint in the body, which is to cushion compression forces during motion . In the horse, particularly jumping and dressage horses, flexion of the neck during athletic performance increases the compressive forces on the lower neck joints, or C3 through C7. Over time, this repetitive trauma can overcome the body's natural ability to dampen these concussive forces. Inflammation results, with subsequent degradation of joint fluid and intervertebral disc material. Ultimately, in an effort to stabilize the joint, the body begins to lay down additional bone. What was once a dynamic, spring-like mechanism, becomes brittle and rigid. This is degenerative joint disease (DJD), commonly called arthritis. In the neck, DJD can be responsible for clinical signs as subtle as occasional tripping, progressing up through severe neurologic instability. Primary forelimb lameness is an unusual, but well documented, clinical sign occasionally caused by cervical DJD. All other causes of forelimb lameness must be ruled out with a careful lameness evaluation and localizing nerve blocks before such lameness is attributed to cervical DJD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The dorsal facets are the knobby boney structures at the top of each cervical vertebral body. The positive clinical outcome of injecting anti-inflammatory and lubricating medications (steroids and hyaluronic acid) into the space between the dorsal facets is well documented. The sterile injection procedure is done with ultrasound guidance in the standing, sedated horse. The response to injections varies considerably from horse to horse, both with respect to effectiveness and duration. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">In addition to intra-articular facet injections, modalities including acupuncture, laser therapy and physical therapy by a QUALIFIED equine physical therapist can provide important benefits to horses with cervical DJD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> The horse with the radiographic changes pictured here improved 75% after facet injections, however, the severity of these radiographic changes and of his lameness were cause for retirement to pasture turn out. His owner and trainer were happy to honor him with this option in return for his years of service as a show jumper and equitation horse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If your horse has unexplained stiffness, difficulty turning, repeated tripping, or undiagnosed forelimb lameness, ask your veterinarian about the possibility of a neck problem.</span><br />
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I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-62635052887664428032014-02-20T18:29:00.002-08:002014-02-20T18:29:39.169-08:00Spring News & Notes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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your horse’s spring wellness exam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
technician Amanda and I have lots to share as we head into 2014 revitalized by
continuing education and new diagnostic equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All to better serve every aspect of your
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include tetanus/encephalitis, flu/rhino and West Nile vaccinations plus
deworming or fecal examination, an oral exam, and sheath cleaning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">To reserve an
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your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival
at your address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please be sure horses
are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Mar 28</span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Call/Fall Exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West
Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rabies<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$21.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Intranasal
Strangles<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ivermectin
Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$14.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coggins
Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fecal
parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oral
Exam (w/o sedation)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No charge!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Mongolian Baiti";">As our understanding of medicine evolves, many
practioners and patients alike are coming to a deeper appreciation of
alternative medical interventions. Modalities such as acupuncture can play a
vital role in healing, and can complement traditional western medicine
treatments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Mongolian Baiti";">I am excited to announce my enrollment at the
Chi Instititute, located in Ocala, Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Over the next 6 months I will be studying the art of Traditional Chinese
Veterinary Medicine, with particular emphasis on equine acupuncture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first segment of this intensive training
program happens on line, and as I watch the initial lecture series, my
hard-wired analytical intellect is doing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>some serious adjusting as I listen to discussions of Chi and Bian Zheng
and Yin Yang theory and wonder if my young anglo-arab has a fire, wood, water,
earth, or metal constitution!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Mongolian Baiti";">My course lecturers are veterinarians with
advanced degrees, one is Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery at
the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, another a Diplomate
of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine board certified in
Neurology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These veterinarians have
taken their advanced western training and embraced Traditional Chinese Veterinary
Medicine because they have discovered, through years of practice, that
acupuncture can provide healing opportunities that cannot be achieved with the
current tools of Western Veterinary medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aspect of our integrative approach to whole horse health is equine physical
therapy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Denise Montagne PT, an equine
physical therapist registered with the Nevada State Veterinary Board, has been
assisting me in treating horses with complex musculoskeletal conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Denise’s knowledge of anatomy combined with
her empathic nature and years of manual therapy skills make her a smokin’
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and manual therapy to ensure long, comfortable athletic careers for our equine
partners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Mongolian Baiti";">Is your horse girthy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In the past week I've
had conversations with clients concerned about performance mares exhibiting
unusual behavior or brood mares showing irregular heat cycles. Both of
these problems are related to the seasonal nature of the mare's reproductive
cycle, and specifically the transitional period that affects many mares between
January and April.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the duration of daylight has a profound influence on equine reproductive
performance. The horse is a seasonal breeder - increasing daylight
improves the mare's reproductive efficiency while short days result in poor
reproductive regulation. Daylight is believed to act by stimulating the
production of melatonin by the brain’s pineal gland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This melatonin in turn causes the hypothalamus
to release reproductive hormones which influence the ovaries to develop and
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the short days of winter when most mares stop cycling all together, to the long
days of June, when fertility is at its highest, is a gradual process.
During the spring and fall, mares enter a period of <i>anovulatory receptivity</i>,
or the transitional period. At this time, they often exhibit erratic
estrus behavior, and while they appear to be in standing heat and accept a
stallion, there often is not an associated ovulation of a mature
follicle. Even if a transitional mare does ovulate appropriately, the
hormonal sequence necessary to maintain pregnancy may not be in place and the
conceptus is lost. Particularly in the spring, this transitional period
is characterized by long, erratic heat cycles without ovulation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">During the transition
period performance horses often exhibit irritable behavior and are difficult to
train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many oral supplements
available over the counter which claim to improve the demeanor of irritable
mares. The effectiveness of these supplements is variable. For years
people have used cattle subcutaneous hormonal implants to control mare's heat
cycles, but multiple research trials have been performed using these implants
and no one has ever been able to show that they have any real effect on the
mare's hormonal regulation. In the past t<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">he only truly reliable means of preventing cycling was the daily
administration of oral Regumate liquid (altrenogest, a synthetic
progesterone). Now we also have a time released injectable altrenogest
manufactured by BET Pharm, which provides 30 days of active estrus suppression.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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period is over and mares are cycling regularly, reproductive efficiency rapidly
improves. The "normal" mare has a 21 day heat cycle. She
is not receptive for 14-15 days (diestrus), then comes into heat for 4-7 days
(estrus), ovulating 12-24 hours before behavioral signs of estrus disappear.
Regarding performance horses, some mares continue to be difficult during the
days close to ovulation, but in general the number of days when undesirable
behavior is exhibited are markedly reduced. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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acting like a maniac in February and March, remember that part of her behavior
may be attributed to temporary hormonal imbalance Mares, just like
people, are very individual in their reaction to their internal chemistryIf you
own a mare you are trying to breed in the early spring, or a performance horse
with seasonal behavior problems, ask me about management practices that may
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I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
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<span style="font-size: large;">A preventable mid-winter problem: The Subsolar Abscess</span><br />
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This time of year I commonly see horses with lameness caused by subsolar abscessation. It seems like part of the winter cycle - we discussed what you can do to avoid cold related problems during our December crazy cold spell, then we talked about the dangers of icy footing around Christmas time, and now as mid-winter arrives the preventable problem of the season is the foot abscess. <br />
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Here is what happens: First, horses are likely to be confined to smaller areas and get less exercise (and therefore less grooming) during the winter months. Second, weather conditions make manure collection and disposal challenging, so pens tend to be dirtier than normal. Third, freeze/thaw cycles, urine spots and collected manure all contribute to the creation of deep, wet, bacteria rich footing in our horses pens. Moisture and bacteria enter the sole through small defects that occur naturally. But now the foot may not be getting picked out daily, the sole never dries, and bacteria migrate through the horny sole and begin to replicate in the space between the horny, insensitive sole tissue and the deeper soft, sensitive tissues of the hoof. The body tries to fight this slow growing infection by sending white blood cells to the area. The white blood cells break down to form a gooey, black semi-liquid pus. This pus spreads between the superficial and deep sole layers, building up pressure until one day your horse is suddenly extremely lame. <br />
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As with all abscesses, drainage is the key to cure. Subsolar abscesses are resolved by aggressively removing the overlying dead sole and exposing the infected area and underlying sensitive tissue to air. The area is packed and bandaged for 7 to 10 days to prevent re-abscessation and allow the exposed tissue to cornify and begin the transition from sensitive to insensitive sole. Antibiotics are not part of my routine care of subsolar abscesses, but tetanus vaccination status must be confirmed, and pain control with phenylbutazone is usually warranted. So your horse gets better, but in the mean time he/she experiences severe lameness, and you are out there in the freezing cold when you get home from work every night in the dark struggling to change the darn bandage!<br />
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The good news is these winter weather condition related abscesses are preventable! Your job is to work hard to keep you horse's pen as clean and dry as possible, not to neglect regular farrier visits every 6-8 weeks through the winter, and to pick out your horse's feet thoroughly every day through the winter months. Some of these slow developing winter abscesses, such as the one pictured above, can be deep and extensive. Please be a good partner to your horse and pay special attention to foot care during the off season, and you can spare your horse this painful problem.<br />
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I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-53812436437722005012013-08-20T21:47:00.001-07:002013-08-20T22:00:08.945-07:002013 Fall New & Notes<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sep 14</span></span></div>
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Sep 8</span></span></div>
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Sep 21</span></span></div>
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Sep 7</span></span></div>
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Sep 13</span></span></div>
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Valley 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fri Sep 20</span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Sep 27</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Reduced Prices - Clinic Dates Only</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Farm Call/Fall Exam $18.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">West
Nile<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rabies<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$21.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Intranasal
Strangles<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$32.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ivermectin
Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$14.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coggins
Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$27.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sheath
Clean w/sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$45.00</span></span></span></div>
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parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$18.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oral
Exam (w/o sedation)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No charge!</span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Engravers MT","serif";">Interstate
Travel Regulations</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I am fielding lots of calls about
increased scrutiny of paperwork at the California border.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spoke with an official at the California
Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>last week to clarify their enforcement policy
regarding horse transport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First of all,
despite a lot of buzz on the internet earlier this year, there has been NO
CHANGE in the law regarding interstate horse transport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The federal government is gearing up to get
involved in regulating animal movement, but that HAS NOT YET HAPPENED.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interstate transport of horses is still regulated
at the state level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Both Nevada and California require a
Coggins (Equine Infectious Anemia) test current within 6 months, and an
interstate health certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI) issued within 30
days. Nevada also requires a brand inspection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The people at the California border inspection
stations are not authorized to detain you or fine you if your paperwork is not
in order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do have a form which they
are supposed to fill out that identifies you and establishes that your brand
inspection, CVI, and coggins are in order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If they find that your paperwork is not correct, then they contact a CDFA
Health Inspector and pass along your information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the Health Inspector’s job to track you
down and issue a warning or citation as they see fit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Nevada, brand inspectors travelling on the
highways can pull over any vehicle transporting horses and ask to see paperwork
and issue warnings and fines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The CDFA official I spoke with
explained that the California inspection station border guards can use their
discretion regarding completion of the livestock identification form for
horses. If they are busy, they may verbally question you, ask to see Coggins or
CVI, or just wave you on through. However, they do have the right to ask you to
pull over, come inside, produce your paper work and supply personal
identification information which they will record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Bottom line: if you chose to transport
your horse across state lines without current Coggins, CVI, and brand
inspection, you are liable to be fined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You are required to pull over and answer questions at the California border
stations at the border guards’ request. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Finally, there is a certificate of
veterinary inspection (CVI) issued in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana
that is good for 6 months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>California
does not issue 6 month CVI’s but they do accept them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nevada does not issue or recognize the 6
month CVI. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "BankGothic Md BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt;">Colic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Just like you, I dread the thought
that one of my horses may show signs of colic one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent 4 years studying equine colic
completing my PhD research, I accepted literally hundreds of colic emergencies
into the hospital during my clinical residency, and I now have 20+ years
experience treating colic in the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And still, I can’t guarantee that your horse with colic will not
experience a serious complication. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Treating colic can be expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A routine after hours colic call in my practice
costs about $250. This includes an emergency call fee, physical exam and rectal
palpation, sedation,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>medication to
reduce pain and enhance gastrointestinal motiliy , and nasogastric
intubation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 80% of horses recover
uneventfully after a single visit, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">if
that visit occurs within the first hour of onset of signs</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More serious cases, or those in which initial
treatment is delayed, can require multiple visits or warrant hospitalization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Complicated medical cases and surgical colics
can cost $6000-$10,000.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Early
intervention is the key to successful treatment.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what can YOU do to help ensure that your
horse recovers from a colic episode and save money at the same time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be observant, and learn to do a basic
physical examination!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get a cheap stethoscope
at the local nursing supply store. Buy a digital thermometer at the drug
store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then ASK ME to teach you
during your fall clinic appointment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
many <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of you “experienced horsemen” know
how to do a physical??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you can get temperature, pulse ,
respiration, and evaluate gut sounds and oral mucous membranes you can convey
critical information on your first call to me at the onset of signs of colic. High
heart rate, no gut sounds, and escalating pain indicate the need for intensive
veterinary treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In milder cases,
after we review<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your clinical findings it
may be reasonable for you to administer medication orally to your horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Discuss the option of having oral Banamine
paste on your property with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">When I evaluate your colicky horse, in
addition to history and physical exam findings, I will perform a rectal
palpation and pass a stomach tube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will provide me with information that you cannot obtain which<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will guide specific treatment decisions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Until I teach you how to do a complete
physical examinantion, here are the basics:</span></div>
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(in order of severity):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Poor appetite</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reduced manure
production</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lying down more
than normal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Stretching out as
if trying to urinate</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pawing, getting up
and down, looking at flank</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Rolling violently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What to do:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">CALL YOUR
VETERINARIAN IMMEDIATELY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Take food away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Walk your horse if
he attempts <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to lie down/roll</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Colic is serious, but in most cases
treatable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a serious colic strikes,
it happens very quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I urge you to
think ahead – establish a savings account for your horses if you can, look into
equine medical insurance and Care Credit (CareCredit.com), and decide now how
much you can afford to spend in a critical situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Planning in advance makes those difficult
decisions a little easier in times of crisis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Equine Metabolic Syndrome: Treatment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Before you get on line and Google Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) and Treatment be sure to take some Advil because you are likely to end up with a headache! There are many companies marketing supplements aimed at horse owners desperate to help their insulin resistant laminitic horses, and it is very easy to become confused and tap out your checking account trying to help your horse and not really accomplishing much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Try to keep going back to basics when you think about EMS: it is a disorder of energy metabolism. Any effective treatment should be directly related to diet, exercise, and/or the body's energy processing mechanisms. Here I will go down the list of things that we KNOW, based on clinical and laboratory research, can help the EMS horse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most horses with EMS, unless their athletic activity specifically increases caloric needs, should eat <i><b>1 - 1.5% of body weight daily.</b></i> For a 1000 pound horse this is <i><b>10-15 pounds total daily food </b></i>(this includes EVERYTHING that passes their lips). This diet should be low in high glycemic index food stuffs. Grains have relatively high glycemic indexes, as do some hays which are high in certain sugars. <i><b>All hay fed to insulin resistant horses should be analyzed for sugar content.</b></i> Sugars are complexed into carbohydrates and starches, which are converted to sugar during the digestive process. Because or variations in each horse's digestive environment, it is impossible to precisely predict the amount of sugar a given hay will produce in each individual horse, therefore we follow certain guidelines in choosing hay to feed insulin resistant horses. These guidelines are based on the hay's carbohydrate and starch content.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trying to interpret hay analysis lingo can be challenging. For an excellent review, go to </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Historically, the recommendation for insulin resistant horses is to feed hay that is less than 10% non-structural carbohydrate (NSC). </span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As hay analysis techniques advance, the reporting nomenclature has changed. Instead of reporting NSC, you may find water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) and starch on your report. Add these together to get NSC:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NSC = WSC + Starch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most recently, WSC has been replaced with ethanol soluble carbohydrate (ESC) which measures a subset of the carbohydrates in WSC which are believed to be those with the highest risk of inducing laminitis in IR horses. If your analysis reports ESC and starch, then add these together to estimate your NSC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finding consistent sources of low carbohydrate hay is challenging. The company most frequently used for analysis is Equi-Analytical. They have a great website. Try to establish a relationship with a hay broker, or hay grower who is willing to analyze their hay, and stick with that supplier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) Exercise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Regular exercise is a critical part of the management of horses with EMS. Upcoming posts will be directed at specific conditioning recommendations for various types of sport horses. Unless afflicted with active laminits, there is no reason your EMS horse cannot be an athlete, even if it is on a limited basis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Hoof Care</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Whether your EMS horse is laminitic or not, regular attention by an experienced farrier or qualified barefoot trimmer is essential.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) Levothyroxine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thyroid hormones are responsible for regulating your metabolic rate, or the rate at which you metabolize energy (back to basics: EMS is a defect in energy metabolism). An actual hypothyroid condition in horses has not been recognized, and in general, <i>testing thyroid hormone levels (T3, T4) is not useful or recommended in EMS horses. </i> Thyroid hormone levels fluctuate throughout the day and unless a complex thyroid stimulation test is conducted in a hospital setting, it is impossible to interpret thyroid hormone levels drawn in the field. As a result, horses are frequently misdiagnosed as "hypothyroid".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">However, because insulin resistant horses do not utilize sugar normally, <i><b>using thyroid supplementation to artificially increase the metabolic rate in overweight horses with EMS has been shown in a clinical research setting to be useful in improving metabolism and inducing weight loss.</b></i> Supplementing thyroid hormone is NOT specifically treating equine metabolic syndrome OR a hypothyroid condition. It is simply helping your horse improve the utilization of energy which is disturbed by the underlying defect in metabolism inherent in EMS. Supplementation of levothyroxine is usually an intermittent treatment, based on an individual horse's body condition. To be effective in a weight loss program, levothyroxine should be supplemented at a relatively high dose, under the direction of your veterinarian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) Metformin</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metformin is a human medication used to treat type 2 diabetes. In humans, it lowers blood sugar, decreases glucose production by the liver, improves insulin sensitivity, and decreases glucose absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. Metformin activates <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMP-activated_protein_kinase" title="AMP-activated protein kinase">AMP-activated protein kinase</a>
(AMPK), an enzyme that plays an important role in insulin signaling,
whole body energy balance, and the metabolism of glucose and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid" title="Lipid">fats.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is conflicting evidence for the efficacy of metformin in horse with EMS. The problem is that metformin is not consistently absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract of horses, so the concentration of the drug that is reached in the bloodstream may vary significantly from horse to horse. However, in at least one research trial, at a dose of 30 mg/kg twice a day, there was a beneficial effect on insulin levels and glucose handling in the group of horses tested. Because metformin is affordable and has no significant negative side effects, it is widely used in laminitic horses with high insulin levels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6) Pysillium</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Feeding 4 ounces of psyillium daily may have beneficial effect on insulin regulation, based on a recent research trial at Montana State University in a group or normal horses. Go to our HighDesertEquine Facebook page to find links to more on this topic. This is another easy, safe addition to your EMS horse's diet that may have beneficial effects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7) Chromium and Magnesium</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chromium and magnesium are involved in glucose and insulin regulation. There is evidence in humans that supplementation can benefit people with type 2 diabetes. Conflicting results with chromium supplementation exist in horses. It is unlikely that supplementation will do harm, but cost and the quality of products must be taken into consideration. If you decide to use a chromium/magnesium supplement in your EMS, first be sure to buy from a reputable company, be sure that the supplement does not contain additional carbohydrate, and ask the manufacturer for research or clinical trials conducted with their product. If they cannot produce hard data supporting their product, don't buy it.</span><br />
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prepare for a great riding season ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Routine
spring health care includes vaccination against E&W Encephalitis, West
Nile, Rabies, Tetanus, Influenza and Rhinopneumonitis </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">We will return your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with
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Reno 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span>Fri <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mar 29</span></span></span></span></li>
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mini-clinic as long as you have at least 10 horses at a single location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call the office to make arrangements.</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Farm Call/Spring Exam $18.00</span></span></li>
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Nile (Prevenile)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$32.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FluRhino<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$31.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tetanus/
Encephalitis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$15.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rabies<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$22.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intranasal
Strangles<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$30.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ivermectin
Deworm<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$14.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fecal
parasite exam<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$15.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Coggins
Test<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$29.00</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sheath
Clean w/o sedation<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$20.00 (with
sedation $45.00)</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This
year we upgraded our digital xray system and purchased a new, state of the art
ultrasound machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These tools are
completely portable, and allow Dr. C to obtain stallside images of your horse’s
soft tissue and boney structures that match the quality of in hospital
equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our new ultrasound is
extremely powerful,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>making it possible
to evaluate deep abdominal and thoracic organs, which can be of critical value
in assessing your horse during colic and respiratory emergencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consultation and assessment for complex
lameness referrals are expedited by sending diagnostic images electronically to
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dr.
Chrysann is a new member of the American Endurance Ride Conference Veterinary
Committee where she will sit through 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ensuring the safety and well being of endurance racing horses and the
education of riders and veterinarians are the primary goals of this committee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a large animal diplomate of the American
College of Veterinary Internal Medicine with a doctoral degree in physiology,
Dr. C is excited about combining her advanced training with new knowledge of
exercise physiology and conditioning for the benefit of endurance horses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Amanda
Presing joined us this winter from New Jersey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Amanda has been a veterinary technician for 10 years, and is an avid
equestrian enthusiast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she isn’t
helping Dr. C</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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enjoys riding her reining horse Sklyer, a leopard appaloosa, or preparing for
her upcoming wedding!</span></div>
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is finishing her first year of vet school in Utah, Jessie is heading to
Littleton, Colorado for her vet tech internship, and Jessica will be applying
to vet school this year. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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had a taste of true cold this winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
pipes thaw and ice recedes, we look forward to getting our horses out more
regularly in the months ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether
is it barrel or endurance racing, show jumping or trail riding, we all should
put a little thought into preparation before asking our mounts to go out and
take up where they left off in the fall.</span></div>
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long toes this time of year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Environmental cleanliness is a challenge during the winter, and many horses
are standing in manure that goes through repetitive freeze/thaw cycles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When frozen, the footing can abrade and
bruise soles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the surface thaws,
fecal bacteria seep into small defects on the sole and frog, where they become
trapped and create the perfect setup for thrush or subsolar abscessation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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sure your horse’s feet are properly trimmed and balanced by an experienced
farrier before you start riding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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out your hoof pick and a wire brush and clean your horse’s feet daily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clorox is a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>excellent disinfectant to use for thrush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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you get your horse’s feet in shape, start grooming!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get that winter hair loose, check for any
skin conditions and feel your horse’s back and barrel – is their body condition
what you hope for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many horses gain or
lose unnoticed weight under winter hair coats and blankets. Your spring clinic
appointment is a good time to ask<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr.
Chrysann about your horse’s nutrition program. </span></div>
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exercise, I suggest you start your horse’s first conditioning outings on
foot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not intend to make marathon
runners out of you all, but honestly, if you can walk 2 miles up and down hill
through the desert with your horse you will be a healthier person, you will
have the opportunity to develop your relationship with your horse on the
ground, and you will begin to have just a hint of appreciation for the fitness
of our athletic partners whether jumping that final fence, turning the last
barrel or steer, finishing mile 50 or a perfect half pass, or a long day trail riding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There are two keys to bringing your horse
back from time off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is to
recognize <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the importance of rest. </i></b>For every serious exercise event, there
is some associated stress and inflammation of skeletal tissues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Improved fitness results from adaptation to
this stress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This takes time, and the
time allowed between work sessions should be in proportion to the degree of
exercise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second key to spring
conditioning is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a gradual increase in work over time.</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more on conditioning, follow
HighDesertEquine on Facebook or at the Blog link on our website home page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be an upcoming series with
specific recommendations for conditioning various types of sport horse.</span></div>
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Metabolic Syndrome</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
Also on our Blog/Facebook Page: Read the recent posts on this challenging
condition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An important Spring subject!</span></div>
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Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-56369551950946395802013-02-20T07:31:00.000-08:002013-02-20T07:31:14.520-08:00Equine Metabolic Syndrome: Diagnosis<br />
<a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT01S5yGLPQXUp6VPDB_-Trtt2fU2ch-pN_mKZnSF6YjEVUvCKsew" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="rg_hi uh_hi" data-height="197" data-width="256" height="197" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT01S5yGLPQXUp6VPDB_-Trtt2fU2ch-pN_mKZnSF6YjEVUvCKsew" style="height: 197px; width: 256px;" width="256" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Diagnosis of Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is primarily based on clinical signs and body type. The classic EMS horse has a heavy, cresty neck, and abnormal fat distribution with excess fat accumulated at the tail base and in the sheath or mammary gland region. While we tend to think of metabolic syndrome horses as overweight, this is not always the case. </span><br />
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treatment is widely discussed, but in practice is very difficult to
interpret accurately. Here's the problem: most horses first present to the veterinarian with EMS during a bout of clinical laminitis. Once in pain, the horse enters a stress state, which is characterized metabolically by an increase in circulating cortisol levels. When we are in stress, our bodies respond by preparing to fight or run - it is the natural survival mechanism which keeps animals alive in the wild. To fight or run we need energy - one of the major actions of cortisol is to raise blood sugar. By now you have learned what high blood sugar causes: that's right: increased insulin! So the EMS horse with active foot pain typically has an elevated insulin and blood sugar. But so do many NON EMS horses with laminitis. <i><b> It is impossible to interpret the significance changes in insulin in a horse that is experiencing activie laminitis.</b></i> So, even though insulin and glucose frequently are measured in such horses to get a baseline idea of their status, <i><b>it is critical to come back when the laminitis has been managed successfully to obtain a fasting insulin level and even perform a glucose tolerance test when the horse is not physiologically stressed.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ideally, if you have a horse with the fat distribution suggestive of EMS, you should ask your veterinarian to perform a fasting insulin level, or a simple oral glucose tolerance test, BEFORE your horse ever develops laminitis. As horse owners become more educated about EMS, hopefully this practice will become more common. If you are able to detect insulin resistance in your horse before clinical signs of the problem are present, then by careful dietary management you may never have to experience the heartbreak of laminitis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Please spread this information to all your horse owning friends, especially if you see a horse with the typical EMS body type. Early diagnosis and careful dietary management is the key to preventing laminitis in EMS horses.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the early stages of EMS, affected horses may have normal resting blood insulin. These patients may benefit from a glucose tolerance test. This can be performed in a hospital setting, where a glucose load is administered intravenously, followed by a dose of insulin, and the horse's blood glucose is measured serially over time. This test is useful, but is expensive and labor intensive, and should be conducted in a hospital because of the risk of hypoglycemia following insulin administration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In a field setting, there are two levels of insulin testing that can be performed safely and efficiently. The first is a simple fasting insulin level, where blood is drawn 10-12 hours after a hay meal the night before. The second is a modified glucose tolerance test. The horse is fed a hay meal the night before, then in the morning the owner gives a dose of karo syrup (15 ml/100 kg BW - your veterinarian will calculate this and tell you how much to give). Your veterinarian comes 60 - 90 minutes later and draws blood for insulin and glucose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In summary, remember that the typical EMS horse, pain free and at rest, has a normal blood glucose and an elevated insulin. Early diagnosis, before the onset of laminitis, is our goal. Spread the word, and help prevent laminitis.</span><br />
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I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-24921532261473185602013-02-11T07:38:00.002-08:002013-02-11T07:45:27.172-08:00Equine Metabolic Syndrome & Laminits: What's the Connection?<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ohzK0RToGv0/TgXfv7mcSXI/AAAAAAAADOo/-9NTHcTcxc4/s1600/sunny+bill%2527s+feet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ohzK0RToGv0/TgXfv7mcSXI/AAAAAAAADOo/-9NTHcTcxc4/s320/sunny+bill%2527s+feet.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that we have discussed the role that energy metabolism plays in Equine Metabolic Syndrome , let's take the next step in understanding this potentially devastating condition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you out there with Equine Metabolic Syndrome horses are doing battle with laminitis. Laminitis, commonly called founder, is an inflammatory condition of the horse's foot. The outer hoof wall is connected to the deeper, sensitive tissues of the foot by layers of interdigitating tissue. Picture it in your mind as a tongue and groove floor, where each layer interlocks like repeating pieces of a puzzle. Unlike a floor or a puzzle, the horse's foot is alive and in motion. Weight bearing and athletic activity are constantly stressing the bonds between the interlocking hoof layers. The horse remodels and repairs these bonds as part of the body's daily work. Just like any other job, this maintenance work requires ENERGY. The hoof utilizes glucose at an exceptionally fast rate compared to other tissues.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i>Insulin triggers the uptake of glucose from the blood into tissues</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i>Horses with EMS do not respond normally to insulin, they are "insulin resistant"</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i>Horses with EMS have high resting insulin levels and respond to sudden increases in blood sugar with abnormal insulin responses.</i></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"></span> </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"></span>For the foot to remain healthy, glucose must be able to reach the tissues cementing the hoof layers together. Anything that disrupts the blood supply, or interferes with the complex cellular mechanism of energy metabolism, puts the normal foot at risk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an experimental setting it has been shown that artificially maintaining a high resting insulin level for 48 hours in ponies will induce the onset of laminitis. In addition, the administration of a high carbohydrate load to ponies increases the number of insulin receptors in the hoof tissues. So here is the link between Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Laminitis: </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i> </i></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i>This occurs through alterations in blood supply, as well as inflammatory changes mediated by insulin</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i> </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><i>When horses with EMS consume high carbohydrate meals, their already high blood insulin increases even more, thereby increasing their risk of laminitis.</i></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: white;">And thus the circle closes: energy/insulin/hoof tissue metabolism/carbohydrate intake. All are interconnected in an incredibly complicated process that leads to painful, inflamed feet that are very difficult to resolve, despite good management and veterinary care. And now we begin to understand why these cases occur at certain times of year. In mid-winter, when an EMS horse is inactive, and an owner increases energy intake thinking that this will combat the effects of severe cold. Or in the spring, when seasonal hormonal changes put affected horses at risk, and spring pasture becomes available. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: white;">Horses with Equine Metabolic Syndrome without laminitis have been described as "prelaminitic metabolic syndrome". Insulin levels in such animals have been measured at twice normal blood concentrations when grazing winter pastures. In the spring, when lush pasture was available, the same animals developed laminitis and had even greater insulin concentrations.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: white;">In our next segment, we will look at what YOU can do to protect your horse with Equine Metabolic Syndrome from developing laminitis. In subsequent segments I will describe diagnostic tools available to detect the syndrome, both in pre- and post- laminitic horses and ponies, and tackle the Pandora's Box or treating the laminitic horse with Equine Metabolic Synbdrome. </span><i> </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>I believe that education is the key to evolution.<br />
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.<br />
I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-80783146258707539032013-02-05T11:36:00.001-08:002013-02-05T11:43:23.024-08:00What is Equine Metabolic Syndrome?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is Equine Metabolic Syndrome?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spring is right around the corner, and it is sure to be a beauty after our snow rich winter. For those of you with horses on the plump side, who live in areas like that pictured here in Washoe Valley, that means lush green pasture is on its way. I have one word for you all: BEWARE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is a disturbance in the energy balancing system in your horse's body. As we discuss the syndrome, keep this in mind. Diet and exercise are the keys to managing this problem because horses with EMS do not handle sugar and carbohydrate normally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Horses with metabolic syndrome have a typical appearance. They tend to be overweight, but more importantly, they have an abnormal distribution of body fat. A cresty neck, soft fatty lumps at the tail base, and an enlarged sheath or mammary gland are the tell tale signs. The problem can occur in any breed, but has been reported more commonly in Peruvian Pasos, Morgans, Saddlebreds, Tennessee Walking Horses, Arabians and Quarter Horses. In our area, the problem also is seen commonly in Mustangs. These horses are at high risk of laminitis, and often are first presented to a veterinarian with a complaint of sore feet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our bodies use sugar (glucose), carbohydrate, and fat to provide the fuel we need to operate our internal machinery. The hormone insulin determines the balance between these various fuels depending on our body's demands and our food intake. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carbohydrates are long chains of sugar molecules which exist both in the hay and grain we feed our horses. </span>When your horse eats, his blood glucose rises. In response, his body produces insulin. The insulin signals cells to transport glucose from the blood into the tissues where it fuels energy needs. Excess glucose is converted to carbohydrate and fat and stored to be used as fuel in times when the immediate supply of energy is insufficient to meet demands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Horses with EMS are <i>insulin resistant.</i> For some reason the receptors on cells which normally are activated by insulin to take up glucose do not respond. The body makes additional insulin in an effort to maintain normal energy balance. Horses with EMS keep making insulin until they have enough to overcome the low sensitivity of cell receptors. The result is a horse with normal blood sugar, but high insulin. As you can imagine, these horses are not very good at handling sudden changes in blood sugar. This is why diet and exercise are the key factors in successful management of EMS. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why is high blood insulin a problem? Because insulin does a lot more than just direct the uptake of glucose into cells. Insulin is a hormone which also plays important roles in blood vessel tension and inflammation. The high circulating insulin in horses with EMS is necessary for them to control blood sugar, but we now know that secondary effects are related to damaging inflammation and vasoconstriction. When EMS horses eat food high in carbohydrates (long chains of sugar molecules), they experience surges in insulin which can cause severe inflammatory responses in other tissues in the body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which brings us to the topic of our next blog: EMS and laminitis - what is the connection?</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Future blogs in this series will be:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Treatment options for the EMS horse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Treatment options for laminitis in the EMS horse</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Vetericyn Products - Are they everything they claim to be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You may have seen the Warning Letter from the FDA which I posted on our HighDesertEquine Facebook page. The letter was written to the manufacturer of Vetericyn because the company is making claims for the product without having a license or adequate research data to support those claims. In addition, the FDA states that the manufacturer of Vetericyn has inadequate quality assurance regarding the water used in product formulation, according to FDA regulations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, is Vetericyn bad? Should you stop using it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not necessarily. The product does in fact have a sound physiologic basis and may be an excellent tool for use in wound care. However, the FDA says that the company's claim the the product kills almost all bacteria within 30 seconds of contact has not been substantiated with adequate laboratory data. You should ask yourself: are the FDA regulations for product manufacture and label claims reasonable? If they are, then the producers of Vetericyn need to do some additonal work before making the label claims currently on their product. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Most importantly - is their danger that you will do harm using this product? I believe the best way to answer this question if by following these recommendation regarding wounds: If there is signficant swelling, heat, redness or pain associated with a wound, or if ANY deep wound is located on a horse's distal limb (below the knee or hock), consult a veterinarian before initiating treatment.</b></u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The following is copied directly from Vetericyn's information to veterinarians about their products. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The FDA takes issue with the claim that "this revolutionary antimicrobial wound treatment even kills antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, like MRSA, as well as fungi, viruses and spores."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Vetericyn products assist in the mechanical removal of cellular debris, senescent cells, necrotic tissue,</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and foreign material from the skin and wound surface through debridement. Wounds that are clean,</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">well maintained, and moist have shown faster healing than wounds left on their own.</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span>
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Vetericyn® VF is a special veterinary formulation of Microcyn® Technology. At nearly double the potency of the original over-the-counter formulation, Vetericyn VF provides 3-4 times the efficacy of our consumer formula and offers licensed veterinarians a powerful new treatment option that works naturally with animal immune systems to fight infection and speed healing time.</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Based on Microcyn Technology, Vetericyn is the world’s first non-toxic, broad spectrum antimicrobial. Now, formulated exclusively for use and dispensing by licensed veterinarians, Vetericyn VF is even better at managing the organic load of a wound bed than our over-the-counter Vetericyn. It is still completely non-toxic, biocompatible, and safe as water. It may be used to treat a wide variety of topical wounds and infections of the skin, eyes, ears, nose and mouth.<br /> </span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This revolutionary antimicrobial wound treatment even kills antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, like MRSA, as well as fungi, viruses and spores.<br /><br />Vetericyn VF Liquid Contains:<br />Electrolyzed Water (H20): 99.816%<br />Sodium Chloride (NaCI): 0.023%<br />Sodium Phosphate (NaH2PO/Na2HPO4): 0.015%<br />Hypochlorous Acid (HOCI): 0.011%</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Vetericyn VF HydroGel Contains:<br />Electrolyzed Water (H20): 96.245%<br />Sodium Magnesium Fluorosilicate: 2.987%<br />Boric Acid (H3BO3): 0.462%<br />Sodium Sulfate (Na2SO4): 0.295%<br />Hypochlorous Acid (HOCI): 0.010%<br />Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCI): 0.001%<br />Hypochlorous acid<br /><br />Heals by Mimicking the Immune System<br />Vetericyn is an oxychlorine compound similar to that produced by the animal’s own<br />immune system. Oxychlorine compounds are released by neutrophils, which are<br />the most abundant type of white blood cells in the immune system. Neutrophils use<br />oxychlorine compounds to attack and kill pathogens. Vetericyn is a similar pathogen<br />fighting solution that can be applied locally to an infection site. In-vitro results show<br />that Vetericyn can safely kill 99.999% of most single-cell pathogens within 30<br />seconds of contact or less, including tenacious pathogens like MRSA, staph and<br />pseudomonas.<br /></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vetericyn products assist in the mechanical removal of cellular debris, senescent cells, necrotic tissue,</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and foreign material from the skin and wound surface through debridement. Wounds that are clean,</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">well maintained, and moist have shown faster healin</span></span></i></span></span><span style="background-color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">g than wounds left on their own."</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Decisions regarding your animal's care are your responsibility, so be sure you are informed, and are doing no harm, before you choose a treatment for your horse. I welcome comments on this entry regarding your experiences with wound care and Vetericyn products. Remember, I am not condemning the use of Vetericyn - in fact the product has an excellent theoretical basis for a safe, effective wound treatment. Just make the decision to use it from an informed position.</span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span></span></span><br /></span></i></span></span><br />
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I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com90tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-57216940643466923882012-09-02T14:01:00.001-07:002012-09-02T14:03:39.269-07:00Fall 2012 News & Notes<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></b></div>
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<var><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Another season changes-</span></b></var><var><span style="color: #003300; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></var></div>
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<var><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here I am enjoying the view with Washoe, a
9 yo Arabian gelding, during the 50 mile Bridgeport Endurance ride a few weeks
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was my first “50” and we
proudly finished with all “A’s” for Washoe’s condition at every vet check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the ride vet said Washoe looked ready for
another fifty miles, I looked at her and asked, “but what about ME?” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Endurance riding is a fascinating
sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am avidly devouring the
literature on conditioning, electrolyte balance, hydration, metabolic and
musculoskeletal challenges from a veterinary view point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My experiences over the years as a
participant in the worlds of Thoroughbred racing, show jumping, foxhunting, and
now endurance riding<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>provide invaluable
knowledge to me as a veterinarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Understanding equine athletes of various disciplines and the sports they
“play” from an insider’s perspective gives me special insight into their
injuries, illnesses and daily stresses that makes me a better clinician for
them.</span></b></var></div>
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all have known for the past 6 years, was accepted into Washington State
Veterinary School and began her first semester last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please join me in wishing her all the best as
she continues onward in her veterinary career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And Jessie is just now returning from Nicaraugua, where she volunteered
as a veterinary technician in training with an international veterinary
non-profit organization working both with small animals and equines in third
world countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will finish her vet
tech program at TMCC this year while continuing to work part time between
classes.</span></b></var></div>
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Jessica, my two new assistants, to the practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Victoria is a student at TMCC and plans to
pursue a career as a Licensed Veterinary Technician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jessica, already a LVT, is finishing her
final year at UNR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After graduating she
plans to spend<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a year working with me as
she applies to vet school for Fall 2014 start date.</span></b></var></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That’s the latest news from us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I look forward to hearing your summer adventure stories when I see you
at your Fall Clinic.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Significantly
increased occurrence of two diseases may affect your decisions concerning Fall
vaccinations this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, human
cases of West Nile Virus are the highest nationwide since 1999, with 693 cases
reported as of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week of August, including cases in CA and one
asymptomatic human carrier in NV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horse
cases also are on the rise nationwide, with 77 cases including horses in AZ,
CA, CO, NM, WY and one fatality here in Nevada in Churchill County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you were economizing this spring and
failed to have your horses vaccinated against West Nile Virus, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I strongly recommend a West Nile Virus
vaccine</b> as part of your fall horse care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mortality in horses with West Nile Virus Encephalitis can reach 40% and
vaccination is safe and effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Late
summer/early fall is the highest risk period for West Nile Virus disease in
horses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Secondly,
there have been multiple outbreaks of high fevers and respiratory disease in
horses due to Equine Influenza Virus both in the North Valleys and Washoe Valley
this summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, Dr. Nicola
Pusterla from the UC Davis PCR diagnostic center contacted me because the virus
strain in one of these outbreaks was genetically identical to a strain
identified in a group of horses in Oregon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were unable to identify any travel that connected the two groups of
horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we know that West Nile
virus travels across the country in migrating bird populations, we still do not
understand how Equine Influenza virus seems to appear suddenly in areas without
any identifiable vector, or means of transportation. </span></div>
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specific recommendations for 2012 regarding these two diseases and fall
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your horse this fall if it meets any of the following criteria:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1)Your horse is 5 years of age or less,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2) Your horse lives in a neighborhood with
lots of horse movement along streets/trails or with a shared horse arena,
3)Your horse lives in a boarding stable.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Equine influenza shares many
similarities with the human flu virus we all fight every fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The equine virus exists worldwide, except in
New Zealand and Iceland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clinical signs
include fever, depression, poor appetite, cough and nasal discharge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The virus only lives a short time in the
environment and is susceptible to common disinfectants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases the virus is spread from horse
to horse in aerosolized particles generated when an infected horse coughs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, virus replicates in the horses
upper respiratory tract and is shed into the environment for a few days before
clinical signs become apparent, making control of disease outbreaks
challenging, especially in larger groups of horses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The virus has many serotypes, and
these strains change frequently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
horse must have antibodies specific to each serotype to prevent disease. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine the flu virus as a secret agent –
every time he appears he is wearing a different hat and coat so I don’t
recognize him until it is too late…..and here I am coughing and sneezing, or
watching my horse cough and hang his head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both we and our horses manufacture antibodies that are shaped to fit the
“hat and coat” of each flu strain that infects us – when exposed to a virus
strain wearing a new “hat and coat” the old antibodies may not eliminate the new
virus effectively and we get sick all over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get confused here – equine influenza
virus and human influenza viruses share the same infection tactics, but not the
same host – we cannot get flu from our horses, or visa versa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pharmaceutical companies making
vaccines against Equine Influenza know that in order for their vaccine to be
effective, it must contain the most up to date viral strains in a given
location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weigh this against the
cost of introducing new strains into their current vaccine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, the newest equine influenza virus
strains predominant in the US include viral antigens (the “hat and coat”) from
strains A/South Africa/2003 or A/Ohio/2003.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Merck influenza vaccine used in our practice contains A/KY 93, KY02,
and NM2/93 strains. Merck Animal Health serological data suggest that
these strains provide cross protection against Ohio 03 and South Africa 03. So
Merck has not yet taken the financial dive to replace the strains of influenza
virus in their vaccine, but they have tested them and claim that there is cross
protection – in other words the antibodies created in response to their vaccine
will recognize newer influenza strains in our horses’ environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You can see that Equine Influenza
Vaccines are not perfect – so why should we use them?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are an important part of disease
prevention in specific settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
only<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>part of a population of horses is
vaccinated, these individuals may have partial immunity which protects them
from showing signs of disease but does not completely eliminate their shedding
of virus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horses, especially younger
ones, living in groups without diligent vaccination rapidly spread virus from
one to another making it very difficult for humans in charge to stay ahead of
disease spread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In larger barns, the
outcome is usually quarantine of the entire facility for 21 days or longer, or
until 7 days after the last horse has any clinical signs or fever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you
can imagine, such an outbreak has serious impacts, both on horses’ health and humans’
pocketbooks. The risk of pneumonia and other serious complications increases
dramatically in such settings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">If a group of horses ALL are
vaccinated against influenza the consequences of infection with flu virus are
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particles released into the environment and passed from horse to horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If EVERY horse in a given population is
vaccinated, then the viral load in the vicinity is kept low, fewer horses
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<span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Fall
Vaccination Clinic Schedule</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">I am
always here to answer your questions, and offer routine health care services on
clinic days. Fall health care includes Flu/Rhino vaccination plus deworming or
fecal examination, an oral exam,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
sheath cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also West Nile
Vaccination if not given in spring!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">To reserve an appointment, call the office (775-969-3495) and leave:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Name, Phone #, Clinic Date, </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">We will return your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";"> South & West Reno 1 - Sun Sep 23 </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Farm Call/Fall Exam $15.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Tetanus/
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I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals are the key to compassion.
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I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-19521913098087776782012-02-18T08:25:00.010-08:002012-02-18T08:48:37.111-08:00Spring News and Notes 2012<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;"> </span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">High Desert Veterinary Service</span></b><b><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #006600;">Spr</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #006600;">ing 2012 News & Notes</span></span></i><span style="color: #0f243e; font-size: x-large;"><i> </i> </span><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #006600;">Chrysann Collatos</span><span style="color: #006600;"> </span><span style="color: #006600; font-size: x-small;">VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</span><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> HighDesertEquine.com</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif";"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: large;">775-969-3495 (Office) 775-742-2823 (Cell) hidvet@gmail.com</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lWgT7gugCfk/Tz_N_app8sI/AAAAAAAAD0E/pqeTXiooHZk/s1600/Sunny+Bill+jump.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lWgT7gugCfk/Tz_N_app8sI/AAAAAAAAD0E/pqeTXiooHZk/s320/Sunny+Bill+jump.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt;">*<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Vaccination Clinic Schedule</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt;">*<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">New information on Pergolide</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt;">*<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Learning from the Brumbees</span></b><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt;">*<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">What’s new with Us</span></b><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt;">I am excited to share new knowledge and continuing relationships with you all in 2012. Spring clinics always provide a rewarding opportunity for me to catch up with you and your animals.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Freestyle Script"; font-size: 24pt;">I look forward to seeing you in March!</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></div><div align="left" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif";">Spring Vaccination Clinic Schedule</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As always I’m there to answer your questions, and offer routine health care services on clinic days. Routine spring health care includes vaccination against E&W Encephalitis, West Nile, Rabies, Tetanus, Influenza and Rhinopneumonitis plus deworming, an oral exam and sheath cleaning for geldings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Call the office to reserve an appointment.</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BE SURE TO LEAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Name, Phone #, Date you request, Number of Animals, and the Services needed</span></b><span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">We will return your call <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival at your address. Please be sure horses are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">Location Date</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos1 Sat Mar 3 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2 Fri Mar 9</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Red Rock North/Silver Knolls 1 Sun Mar 4</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">RR North/Cold Springs/Silver Knolls 2 Fri Mar 16</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">SpanSprings/Palomino Valley 1 Mon Mar 5</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">SpanSprings/Palomino Valley 2 Sat Mar 10<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% silver;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Antelope Valley Sun Mar 11</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Golden/Lemmon Valley Sun Mar 11<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% silver;"> </span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">South & West Reno Tues Mar 13 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Golden/Lemon Val/South Reno Fri Mar 23</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Sierra Valley/California Sat Mar 17</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: center;">For additional savings, you can schedule your own mini-clinic as long as you have at least 10 horses at a single location. Call the office to make such arrangements.</div><div class="MsoBodyText2"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Price List – Clinic day only</span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">Farm Call/Spring Exam $18.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">West Nile (Prevenile) $32.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">FluRhino $27.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">Tetanus/ Encephalitis $15.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">Rabies $22.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">Intranasal Strangles $30.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">Ivermectin Deworm $14.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">Coggins Test $25.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #006600;">Sheath Clean w/sedation $35.00</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Many of you are familiar with Equine Cushings Disease (PPID) and already are treating your affected horses with Pergolide. Equine Cushings Disease is a disorder of the pituitary gland that affects the endocrine (hormonal) system. It is slowly progressive, and puts affected horses at risk for laminitis (founder) and recurrent infections. As the disease progresses, affected horses typically have long, shaggy hair coats (hirsutism) that do not shed out in the summer time, drink and urinate excessively (PU/PD), and exhibit loss of muscles tone along their neck and back. Unfortunately, these clinical signs vary from horse to horse, making early diagnosis of the problem challenging. The best way to test for Equine Cushings Disease is by measuring Adrenocorticotropin Hormone (ACTH) in your horse’s blood.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Pergolide, which stimulates production of dopamine in the brain, has long been an effective management tool to treat PPID. There has been no FDA approved product for years, and so compounding pharmacies, which purchase and prepare non-approved chemical formulations of drugs, have been the only source of pergolide. The price and quality of these preparations vary significantly. Unfortunately in an effort to economize, many horses are receiving less expensive pergolide formulations that may not contain accurate or stable amounts of pergolide.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">An FDA approved pergolide formulation, Prascend, is now available. The cost is higher than some compounded formulations, but the concentration and stability of the drug is guaranteed. If you have a horse on pergolide, or suspect that your horse may have Equine Cushings Syndrome, please contact me so that we can discuss the best diagnostic and treatment plan for your horse. Go to our HighDesertEquine facebook page to find a link to more information on Prascend.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1393jlpcy_Y/Tz_N4KW4mbI/AAAAAAAADz8/Dg1jpTuW-4k/s1600/Gina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Broadway BT"; font-size: 14pt;">What’s new with us</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1393jlpcy_Y/Tz_N4KW4mbI/AAAAAAAADz8/Dg1jpTuW-4k/s1600/Gina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1393jlpcy_Y/Tz_N4KW4mbI/AAAAAAAADz8/Dg1jpTuW-4k/s200/Gina.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">All three of my assistants have had exciting years. Hayley Rasmusen is waiting to hear any day now if she has been accepted to start vet school in the fall. She had an interview at Washington State University last week and currently is on the waiting list at Oregon State University. Join us in our hopes for a thumbs up from one of these institutions.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jessie Racicot was accepted into and is finishing her first year in the Truckee Meadows Community College Certified Veterinary Technician program. She is loving the veterinary related academics, but misses being able to spend as much time on the road with Dr. C</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">And when she isn’t winning barrel races Gina Valceschini continues in her undergraduate classes at TMCC.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> I am very excited to see these three talented individuals develop their career paths, and look forward to mentoring future HighDesertEquine assistants in the years to come. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SEowrTnyofI/TZKTWX2Xm1I/AAAAAAAAC-s/uOrhafNv2do/s1600/DSCN0332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SEowrTnyofI/TZKTWX2Xm1I/AAAAAAAAC-s/uOrhafNv2do/s320/DSCN0332.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";">Mustangs are widely used as a model for “natural” foot trimming. This is based on the premise that their lifestyle promotes hoof health as a result of distance travelled on unimproved footing, a natural diet, and the absence of human intervention on hoof conformation. I attended the 2011 International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot where Brian Hampson, working with Dr. Chris Pollitt of the Australian Equine Laminitis Research Unit, presented his studies on the feet of 100 Brumbies, the wild horses of Australia.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";"> Five groups of horses were studied, each living in a different environmental region of the Australian outback. The feet of 20 horses in each group were analyzed for conformation and pathologic changes. Conditions ranged from rock hard arid strata to wet grasslands. Brian’s hypothesis was that no single feral-horse foot model exists, and that it is incorrect to assume that because a horse survives in the wild that its feet are therefore healthy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";"> It was discovered that each environment produced a different hoof conformation, and that 97/100 feet studied exhibited some pathologic abnormality. Histologic evidence of chronic laminitis was observed in over half of the feet. It was noted that “significant pathology was identified in the foot types most closely resembling the popular ‘mustang’ foot.” In fact, characteristics such as thick hoof wall, thick hard sole and heavily worn distal wall promoting sole loading may actually be associated with pathology. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";">Brian Hampson concluded that “there is currently no clear evidence to support the use of the extreme feral horse foot as a model for foot care.” However, he went on to point out that when the varied characteristics of all 5 groups of horses were combined and analyzed, some consistent parameters were identified that may be important when considering the natural form of the equine foot. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";"> Research on the wild horse foot is ongoing. See great videos and learn more about this work at <a href="http://www.wildhorseresearch.com/">www.wildhorseresearch.com</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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I believe that education is the key to evolution. I believe that animals are the key to compassion. I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506270847356789782.post-3623817503922640702011-12-09T21:23:00.000-08:002011-12-09T21:23:11.964-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-znOAi83-VX4/TuLsvjWTwuI/AAAAAAAADwA/sosEfCCSRh4/s1600/IMG_0324.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-znOAi83-VX4/TuLsvjWTwuI/AAAAAAAADwA/sosEfCCSRh4/s320/IMG_0324.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br />Hello all,<br /><br />Here's to some fresh blogging this winter, along with the launch of our new practice logo - what do you think of it? Comments, both pro and con, are greatly appreciated.<br /><br /><br /><br />I believe that education is the key to evolution.I believe that animals are the key to compassion.I believe the learning never stops.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
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<div align="left" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Reduced clinic fees still held over from 2009!</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As always I’m there to answer your questions, and also offer routine health care services on clinic days. Routine fall health care includes vaccination against Influenza and Rhinopneumonitis plus deworming, an oral exam,<span> </span>and sheath cleaning for geldings.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Call the office to reserve an appointment.</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BE SURE TO LEAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Name, Phone #,<span> </span>Date you request, Number of Animals, and the Services needed</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We will return your call <b><i>three days before your clinic</i></b> with an estimated time of arrival at your address.<span> </span>Please be sure horses are caught and haltered 30 minutes beforehand.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 51, 0); text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Location<span> </span>Date</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos1.............<span></span><span></span>Sun<span> </span>Sep 11 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">Rancho Haven/Sierra Ranchos2<span>............</span><span> </span>Fri<span> </span>Sep 16</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">Red Rock North/Silver Knolls 1<span>...............</span><span></span>Sat Sep 17</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">Red Rock North/Silver Knolls 2<span>...............</span><span></span>Fri Sep 23</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">SpanSprings/Palomino Valley 1<span>.............</span><span></span>Sat Sep 10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">SpanSprings/Palomino Valley 2<span>.............</span><span></span>Fri Sep 23<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% silver;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 1<span>........</span>Sat Sep 24</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">Antelope/Golden/Lemmon Valley 2<span>........</span>Thur Sep 29<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;"><span> </span>South & West Reno 1<span>...............................</span><span></span>Sun Sep 25 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0f243e;">South & West Reno 2..............................<span></span><span> </span>Fri Sep 30</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText2">For additional savings, you can schedule your own mini-clinic as long as you have at least 7 horses at a single location.<span> </span>Call the office to make such arrangements.</div><div class="MsoBodyText2"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(192, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Discounted Price List – Clinic day only</span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Farm Call/Fall Exam<span> </span><span></span>$15.00</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>West Nile (Prevenile) <span> </span><span> </span>$30.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>FluRhino<span> </span><span></span> $26.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Tetanus/ Encephalitis<span> </span>$15.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Intranasal Strangles<span> </span><span> </span>$30.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Ivermectin Deworm<span> </span><span> </span>$14.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Coggins Test<span> </span><span> </span>$25.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Sheath Clean w/sedation<span> </span><span></span>$35.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Fecal parasite exam<span> </span><span></span>$15.00</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Oral Exam (w/o sedation)<span> </span><span></span>No charge!</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">.<span> </span></span></b></div>I believe that education is the key to evolution. I believe that animals are the key to compassion. I believe the learning never stops.<div class="blogger-post-footer">I believe that education is the key to evolution.
I believe that animals offer us the key to compassion.
I believe that learning never stops.
Chrysann Collatos, VMD, PhD, DipACVIM</div>High Desert Veterinarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181640258121321928noreply@blogger.com5