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Deworming Schedule:
  Severely malnourished or infested horses require special care and should see a veterinarian to receive a custom deworming program designed to kill the parasites off slowly. If a horse has a large number of worms, killing them all off at once can lead to colic or death.
  We believe fecal exams are the most important part of your deworming program. Parasites continue to develop resistance to our deworming medications. Horses on regular worming schedules can sometimes be heavily infested due to parasites being resistant to the medication used. These infections can be identified through fecal exams and treated with specially designed deworming programs.
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Vaccination Schedule:
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Click here for Adult Horse Schedule

 

   Important Summer Health News:

Summer! The grass is green, the mosquitoes are biting and its hard to remember the bitter cold of winter as you are sweating in the saddle.

This year seems to be starting out as an especially good hay year. Warm temperatures and lots of rain are filling the fields up. However, if you are horses are on pasture, remember that grass is VERY high in sugars. If your horse is overweight, has had laminitis in the past, or is a breed prone to laminitis (ponies of all types, Morgans) his or her grass intake needs to be monitored and possibly limited. A grazing muzzle is sometimes a good option for these horses. These are now available at numerous local farm stores due to the frequency with which our clinic and others recommend them.

Hot weather and rain also brings out the insects, especially mosquitoes. Remember to vaccinate your horse for ALL the insect borne diseases—West Nile virus, Eastern and Western Encephalitis virus, and Potomac Horse Fever. West Nile, Eastern and Western Encephalitis are all carried by mosquitoes. Potomac Horse fever can be spread by May flies and Caddis flies ( see our disease section for more info) Potomac Horse Fever is very common in our practice area, and can kill your horse or leave them crippled with laminitis. It is NOT included in the normal “5-way” shot , so you need to make sure your horse receives vaccinations for this disease.

With more horses traveling to shows, there has been a sudden surge of upper respiratory disease in horses in the practice area. This disease seems to include high fever , loss of appetite, depression, cough and nasal discharge. Most horses are recovering well but a few unvaccinated horses have become seriously ill. Remember to use caution at shows and try to avoid sharing buckets, bits, leads or anything else that goes near a horse’s nose or mouth.

Also, we have had what is believed to be an incident of hoary alyssum poisoning in our practice. See our disease section for more information on hoary alyssum and how to identify it.
 


 

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Denise Bickel DVM
Whole Horse Veterinary Services
Phone # 517-474-4050
Fax # 517-764-7710
3906 Seymour Rd
Jackson, MI 49201
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