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Schedule Your Spring Vaccines! It's time to schedule SPRING VACCINES for your equine friends. SEVS is offering a special wellness exam with reduced vaccine prices that can be tailored specifically to the needs of your horse. FEBRUARY 1 TO MARCH 31: The wellness visit includes Rabies, EWT/WNV, Flu/Rhino vaccinations, fecal exam dental exam, nutritional counseling and a tube of Ivermectin wormer=$87.00! Coggins during this period is $25.00; a reduced price.
By vaccinating horses in one area on certain days, we are able to reduce our call charges to $9.00 per owner if there are four owners in the area. With five to ten owners, the call charge is $4.00, and with ten or more owners, there is NO call charge.
CALL US TO SCHEDULE: 583-7273. It is the goal of SEVS to always have a healthly relationship with you and your horse. SATURDAY APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE!
Come Watch Live Gastric Scoping Saratoga Equine Veterinary Service will be at Second Chance Stables, Charleton, on Saturday, March 13, 2010 with Merial to perform gastric scoping for horses that may show signs of ulcers. This event is free and limited to 20 horses. However, horse owners may come to the farm to observe. So far, the interest in this workshop has been overwhelming. We look forward to holding a second gastric scoping in the future. Please check back for further details.
Dr. Barnes to Speak on Lyme Disease Dr. Barnes will speak about lyme disease in horses at the upcoming Saratoga Horse Symposium held Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11 at the 4-H Training Center in Ballston Spa. Horses in our area have been diagnosed and treated for lyme disease…but do you know the symptoms, testing protocol, treatment and prognosis? Please join us to hear about an equine health issue that all horse owners should be aware of. We will also have a booth, so please stop by.
Join Us For Equine Health Discussions Saratoga Equine will be offering a series of short courses starting in the spring pertaining to equine health. Topics presented are nutrition, parasites, lyme disease and colic. These courses will be held at our clinic on 63 Henning Road. Owners will attend an informative session that features these individual topics and an open forum for questions and answers. There is no charge to attend and light refreshments will be served. Please check back for dates. If you are interested in a particular topic, please send us an e-mail to let us know your thoughts.
Annual Saratoga Equine Horse Show Returns in October Saratoga Equine will be hosting the annual Saratoga Equine Veterinary Service Fall Horse Show in October. This is the third year for the horse show. All proceeds are donated to the Double H Ranch. Class divisions will consist of lead line (ages 7 and under), novice (ages 8-10), intermediate (ages 11-14) and senior (ages 15-18). Check back for details on our website. |
TheHorse.com News Rachel Alexandra Loses in Stretch Duel Making her 4-year-old debut, Rachel Alexandra was stunned by Zardana, who tackled the reigning Horse of the Year at the top of the stretch and outdueled the heavy favorite to win by three parts of a length in the $200,000 New Orleans Ladies Stakes...
Champion Mare Zenyatta Stays Unbeaten in 2010 Debut Undefeated Zenyatta, showing she's ready for next month's much-anticipated Apple Blossom Handicap, caught the outsider Dance to My Tune in deep stretch to register her 15th consecutive victory March 13 in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational...
Tufts' Vet School Wins Third Annual Merial Rabies Symposium The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University has been selected as the host organization for the third annual Merial Rabies Day Symposium, based on the rabies education, vaccination, and fundraising efforts of its largest student...
Will Weight Disadvantage Stop Zenyatta? For Zenyatta, the wait is over--but not the weight. The undefeated mare will carry top weight of 127 pounds today when she makes her 2010 debut in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap (gr. I), spotting eight who entered from 12 to 19 pounds in the...
Piroplasmosis to be Discussed in WSU Innovators Lecture A potentially deadly equine disease rarely seen in the United States poses a serious new threat to the multibillion dollar horse industry. Equine piroplasmosis, a tick-borne disease prevalent in about three-quarters of the world, now infects hundreds...
Horse Protein Needs and Sources Proteins are in the class of essential nutrients for horses, and are comprised of both essential and non-essential amino acids. The quality of any given protein source is determined by the amount and balance of the 10 essential amino acids.
Protein...
Laminitis: Physical Management Discussed at Vet Conference Adjusting a laminitic horse's weight bearing plays a crucial role in the animal's recovery, explained Debra Ruffin Taylor, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, of Auburn University, at the 2010 Western Veterinary Conference, held Feb. 14-18 in Las Vegas,...
Posture, Behaviors Indicate Horse Well-Being If a horse spends most of his time standing in the same position in his stall, would you say he's just bored? And what about a mare that threatens to bite when you approach her stall--is she vicious?
The latest behavior research coming out...
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