Big Creek Veterinary Services, LLC

Big Creek Veterinary Services, LLC Your local partner for equine and livestock care. Serving Clatsop County, OR.

📣📣 FAIR IS QUICKLY APPROACHING!! 📣📣(Part 1/2) Let's talk about VET CHECKS at fair. While the format is new this year, wh...
07/06/2025

📣📣 FAIR IS QUICKLY APPROACHING!! 📣📣

(Part 1/2) Let's talk about VET CHECKS at fair. While the format is new this year, what the veterinary team is evaluating remains the same.

There are two categories we consider when looking at the animals:

1) Are they exhibiting signs of a contagious condition?

2) Are they individually fit to be shown and present at a public exhibition?

Let's break it down:

1) If they exhibit signs of a contagious illness, their presence at fair could compromise their health and the health of other animals. Signs we look for include: nasal discharge (respiratory infection), ocular discharge or redness (respiratory infection or pinkeye), cough (respiratory infection), fever (any infection ), warts, hair loss or poor hair coat (ringworm, lice), excessive itching (lice), limping (foot rot), or scabs on the face, feet or udder (Orf).

2) As responsible stewards of our animals, we need to put our best foot forward in bringing animals to the fair. This is a chance to showcase all our hard work and best husbandry practices to the public and ourselves. Signs we look for that an animal is not individually healthy enough to be at fair, but is not necessarily contagious in the fair environment, include: underweight, unexplained lethargy, diarrhea (internal parasites), limping (injury or poor hoof care), and untreated wounds. Trying to show an animal with any of these issues is a detriment to their well-being and reflects poorly on our livestock community.

If you have ANY concerns that your animal might not meet these criteria, NOW is the time to reach out to your leader and/or BCVS regarding your concerns. Early intervention is your best chance to resolve the problem before fair and ensure we can meet medication withdrawal times for market animals.

Stay tuned for Part 2/2 for a discussion on the new vet check format this year!! 🐎🐮🐖🐑🐐

BCVS teamed up with the Sparkles N Spurs 4H Club to make and present these animal restraint kits to our local fire depar...
06/13/2025

BCVS teamed up with the Sparkles N Spurs 4H Club to make and present these animal restraint kits to our local fire departments!

While first responders will have appropriate medical supplies to help animals, they don't necessarily have the tools to help handle or keep them secured. We thought these kits would help fill that gap!

Most importantly, these slip leads can be used in a variety of ways on a variety of animals that first responders might encounter.

Nice job, 4H'ers!

Helpful tips as we gear up for better weather and adventures with our horses!
05/25/2025

Helpful tips as we gear up for better weather and adventures with our horses!

Whether you're riding familiar trails or exploring new territory, a trail survival kit can help you handle emergencies. Here's what you need, based on type of ride you're planning. >>>https://bit.ly/EQTrailRideSurvivalKit

🐷🐑🐐 Some tips for this weekend's weigh-in for market pigs and small ruminants! 🐐🐑🐷
05/02/2025

🐷🐑🐐 Some tips for this weekend's weigh-in for market pigs and small ruminants! 🐐🐑🐷

📖📖   We have signed copies of Dr. Hunter's book! Catch us in the office or on our farm calls and get your SIGNED copy!! ...
04/19/2025

📖📖 We have signed copies of Dr. Hunter's book!
Catch us in the office or on our farm calls and get your SIGNED copy!! 📖📖✒️✒️✍️

📣 BIG NEWS! 📣📖 The moment you've all been waiting for is here: Dr. Hunter published a book of his tales as a country vet...
04/10/2025

📣 BIG NEWS! 📣

📖 The moment you've all been waiting for is here: Dr. Hunter published a book of his tales as a country vet! 📖

His book is available on Amazon, and we will have some copies available soon for direct sales.

🎉 Get your copy today!! 🎉

https://a.co/d/1QTrFfy

03/25/2025

PART 2

How to apply your duct tape boot.

03/25/2025

PART 1

Follow along to learn how to wrap a hoof and make a duct tape boot!

☎️ After years of fighting with CenturyLink, bad connections, poor service, and increasing rates, we have cancelled our ...
03/05/2025

☎️ After years of fighting with CenturyLink, bad connections, poor service, and increasing rates, we have cancelled our landline. ☎️

The previous number (503) 458-6185 is no longer active.

Please use the cellphone listed here 📱:

02/20/2025

Big Creek Veterinary Services, LLC is celebrating National FFA Week by Passing the Lamb!

Happy FFA Week!

💐💐 BCVS is proud to donate these new flower boxes to the Clatsop Co Fairgrounds!Any of our community groups are welcome ...
02/11/2025

💐💐 BCVS is proud to donate these new flower boxes to the Clatsop Co Fairgrounds!

Any of our community groups are welcome to use them -- 4H, OHSET, OET Open Rides, and Friends of the Fair! 💐💐

02/06/2025

🎥 We are planning a series of client education videos! Here's what we have planned, please let us know if you have other ideas you'd like to see! 🎥

** How to apply a leg wrap.
** How to wrap a hoof, including how to make a duct tape boot.
** How to desensitize your horse to veterinary procedures.
** How to take a re**al temperature.

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Astoria, OR
97103

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