Henderson County Veterinary Hospital

12/24/2025

08/22/2025

Happy Friday! Our phone system has been acting up for weeks. An all new system should be active by Thursday. Please keep trying to reach us. You can always text the main number - 903-675-5613 - and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience!

08/11/2025

New and more affordable technologies are now becoming available in the treatment of back injuries in small breed dogs!

Small breed dogs — including dachshunds and French bulldogs — have a high risk of developing a herniated disc in their middle back, which can lead to partial or complete paralysis in the hindlegs. Until recently, the only treatment for dogs that do not respond to rest and therapy has been a costly decompressive surgery that involves removing the herniated disc.

Now, thanks to a new treatment developed by Texas A&M University professor Dr. Nick Jeffery, more dog owners will be able to afford treatment for herniated discs, which affects hundreds of thousands of dogs in the United States alone.

Learn more about the trial at https://studypages.com/s/comparison-of-an-enzyme-disc-injection-with-standard-of-care-surgery-for-treatment-of-disc-herniation-in-dogs-625895/?ref=gallery.

Read more at tx.ag/bhVNNqV.

10/30/2019

🐂 In honor of Fall calving season, I recently reviewed 406 bovine dystocia cases from 2 teaching hospitals. The mean duration prior to them getting to a veterinarian was 12.6 hours. Fortunately, the median was 4, but 58% still took longer than 3 hours to get veterinary attention. This represents a great opportunity for client education to get them in early to improve dam and calf outcome! 🐂

06/28/2019

To follow up on our original post from this morning.

The FDA today for the first time publicly identified 16 pet food brands most frequently associated with cases in dogs of dilated cardiomyopathy, a serious and potentially fatal heart disease. https://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=53973

06/28/2019

https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/news-events/fda-investigation-potential-link-between-certain-diets-and-canine-dilated-cardiomyopathy

Latest update on the FDA’s investigation into reports of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs eating certain pet foods.

06/08/2019

Deceased two-headed calf delivered via C-section today. 1 in a 100,000 calf births may present like this. Conjoined twins are a sporadic and certainly rare occurrence. In this particular calf, a condition known as Arthrogyrposis Multiplex causing the crooked legs, spine and joints was also present. The cow (mother) is continuing to do well. Will return her back to pasture tomorrow.

Interesting day at the office.

05/14/2019

PSA- be sure and discard used needles appropriately. Ouch!

First picture is after removal. Pictures on the right show the needle embedded in the hoof.