Holstein Veterinary Clinic

08/26/2024

🐶 HOLIDAY HOURS 🐱
If you need to pick up any refills of medications or food, just call ahead to order for a quick & easy pick up!

07/24/2024

07/03/2024

07/01/2024

🐶🔹♦️HOLIDAY HOURS♦️🔹🐱
If you need to pick up any refills, just call ahead to order for a quick & easy pick up!

06/04/2024

Our office will be closed Saturday June 8th to celebrate the Gateway to the West with our families and friends. We’ll be back on Monday June 10th to assist you with anything you need. Have a wonderful and safe weekend! For after hour emergencies please call hour main number for special instructions.

05/20/2024

🇺🇸Holiday Weekend Hours🇺🇲
Don't forget that a long weekend is coming up! If you need to pick up any refills, just call ahead to order for a quick & easy pick up!

04/03/2024

Playtime without worries! 🐾 Keep your furry friend protected with heartworm preventatives. Enjoy endless fetch sessions knowing your pup is safeguarded against pesky mosquitoes. Shop now and prioritize their health with just a click! 🐶
Get started at https://holsteinvet.myvetstoreonline.pharmacy/

03/18/2024

It's No Lilies for Kitties Season!
Why are the Easter holiday and Mother’s Day two of the most dangerous holidays for cats? The answer is simple—lily poisoning.

👎The Most Dangerous Lilies for Cats🚫
The most dangerous and potentially fatal lilies for cats are those found in the genus Lilium and Hemerocallis. These beautiful and affordable flowers are often found in cut-flower bouquets, potted for the Easter holiday or an addition to the landscape around your home. While the toxin has not been identified, exposure to any part of the plant, including leaves, flowers, pollen, or even the water from the vase can result in sudden kidney failure in cats. These ingestions are medical emergencies requiring immediate veterinary care. Early decontamination, aggressive intravenous fluid therapy, monitoring renal function, and supportive care greatly improve the cat’s prognosis. A delay of treatment of more than 18 hours after ingestion generally results in irreversible kidney failure. Dogs may experience minor gastrointestinal upset after ingestion of these lilies but do not appear to develop kidney damage. If you have cats at home, it’s critical that you do not bring these flowers inside.

-Asiatic lily - LynnAsiatic lily – including hybrids (Lilium asiatica)
-Daylily (Hemerocallis species)
-Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum)
-Japanese Show lily (Lilium speciosum)
-Oriental lily
-Roselily (pollen-free hybrid of Oriental lily)
-Rubrum lily (Lilium speciosum var. rubrum)
-Stargazer lily (Lilium ‘Stargazer’- a hybrid)
-Tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum or lancifolium)
-Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum or umbellatum)

👍Safer Cut-Flower Alternatives 🌹🌻🌷
When buying flowers or ordering them for delivery, remember to ‘leave out the lilies!’ Instead, consider these safer alternatives for cut flower arrangements and bouquets:

-Baby’s breath*
-Carnation*
-Daisy (Gerbera and others)
-Hyacinth*
-Iris*
-Chrysanthemum a.k.a. Mums*
-Orchid
-Peruvian Lily (Alstroemeria species)*
-Rose
-Spring crocus
-Snapdragon
-Sunflower
-Tulips*
-Zinnia
*These plants may cause more gastrointestinal irritation or upset (drooling, vomiting, and/or diarrhea) than others on the list but are not expected to cause severe poisoning (i.e. kidney, liver, or nervous system effects).

02/03/2024

STORMY IS HOME !! 🙌

Stormy is a sweet girl that has a seizure disorder and is on a strict regimen of medication. Please share and get this girl home. Thank you!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=792413042924631&id=100064678274696&mibextid=UyTHkb

----REUNITED——
From Stormy’s family:
THANK YOU to everyone that shared posts and kept an eye out!! Our family is forever greatful!!!

——LOST---- BLAIR
Highway 133, near Blair Airport
Australian Shepherd went missing earlier today from near Blair Airport. Her name is Stormy. She is wearing a collar.

LT

01/11/2024

📢 UPDATE 📢
The clinic will be open today 3:30-5:00 for medication and food pick up only.

Please stay safe and warm!

If you need to get a message to us today, please send it to [email protected]

Thank you!

Due to the forecast of inclement weather for Friday, the clinic will be closed until 1pm. Thank you!

12/22/2023

❄️Just some friendly reminders❄️
With our holiday hours coming up, make sure you have your pet’s medications and prescription food stocked!
You can call ahead and we will get everything ready for an easy & quick pick up!

11/14/2023

🍂🦃🍁Just some friendly reminders!🍂🦃🍁
With our holiday hours coming up, make sure you have your pet’s medications and prescription food stocked!
You can call ahead and we will get everything ready for an easy & quick pick up!

Keep your pets safe and healthy!

•🍇🧅🧄 Keep the feast on the table—not under it. Eating turkey or turkey skin – sometimes even a small amount – can cause a life-threatening condition in pets known as pancreatitis. Fatty foods are hard for animals to digest, and many foods that are healthy for people are poisonous to pets – including garlic, onions, raisins and grapes. If you want to share a Thanksgiving treat with your pet, make or buy a treat that is made just for them.
•🥧 🍫No pie or other desserts for your pooch. Chocolate can be harmful for pets, even though many dogs find it tempting and will sniff it out and eat it. The artificial sweetener called xylitol – commonly used in gum and sugar-free baked goods – also can be deadly if consumed by dogs or cats.
•🍞 Yeast dough can cause problems for pets, including painful gas and potentially dangerous bloating.
•🍗 Put the trash away where your pets can’t find it. A turkey carcass sitting out on the carving table, or left in a trash container that is open or easily opened, could be deadly to your family pet. Dispose of turkey carcasses and bones – and anything used to wrap or tie the meat, such as strings, bags and packaging – in a covered, tightly secured trash bag placed in a closed trash container outdoors (or behind a closed, locked door).
•🪴 Be careful with decorative plants. Don’t forget that some flowers and festive plants can be toxic to pets. These include amaryllis, Baby’s Breath, Sweet William, some ferns, hydrangeas and more.

11/10/2023

📢 PET FOOD RECALL 📢

👉VICTOR
👉MEMBER'S MARKS
👉EAGLE MOUNTAIN
👉WAYNE FEEDS

Mid America Pet Food has voluntarily recalled ALL the pet food brands it manufactured with a best by date before 10/31/2024, which include Victor, Eagle Mountain, Wayne Feeds and two varieties of Member’s Mark pet foods. These products include both dog and cat foods and were sold nationwide in retail stores and online.

The affected products (UPC CODES) can be found at: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/outbreaks-and-advisories/fda-and-cdc-investigate-cases-salmonella-linked-pet-food-made-mid-america-pet-food-multiple-brands

11/08/2023

IT'S HERE !!
Librela for Dog Osteoarthritis (OA) Pain

Holstein Vet is excited to announce that we now have Librela available to treat Osteoarthritis Pain (OA) in dogs.

As some of you know, we have been anticipating its arrival. We may have discussed this with you at your last visit on how this may benefit your dog.

☎️Give us a call if you would like to schedule an appointment or would if you would like further information!

What is OA?
-OA is a type of arthritis that happens when protective tissue in the joints is worn down, causing bones to rub against one another.
-Dogs of all ages, sizes, and breeds can have OA pain—it’s not just a condition seen in older dogs.
-OA pain impacts how your dog moves and feels, and it can make it hard for you both to do the things you love to do together.
-OA pain hurts, decreases your dog’s willingness to play, and affects their quality of life.

Is Your Dog Showing Signs of OA Pain?
-Limping after exercise
-Feeling stiff
-Having difficulty jumping
-Slow to rise
-Lagging behind on walks
-Having difficulty with stairs

If your dog is showing any of these behaviors, give us a call. An OA diagnosis can be missed in some dogs because the signs may be subtle or overlooked as normal changes related to aging.
📝 Take the Dog OA Pain Checklist quiz to see if your dog could be showing signs of OA. www.DogOAChecklist.com

💉 Librela provides long-term OA pain control for your dog, which helps them be more active and improves their overall quality of life.

🎯 Librela is a monoclonal antibody that targets NGF, a key factor in OA pain.

✅ Librela is approved as safe and effective by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

🗓️ Librela is a once-monthly injection, which means you don’t have to worry about giving your dog daily oral medication for their OA pain. Librela should be given once a month, every month, to ensure the best possible results.

11/05/2023

Congrats to the Vet Science Team at Nationals!
Way to go Somer, Kathryn, Mason and Katelyn!!

10/17/2023

🐶 Just a friendly reminder to make sure your indoor and outdoor pets are all up-to-date on their rabies vaccinations! 🐱

New Strain of Rabies Identified in Omaha
-This raccoon variant of rabies is only seen along the US east coast. This recent detection is over 850 miles farther west than any other detection of this variant to date.
-Not knowing how the virus was translocated to Nebraska, the concern is if the kitten was locally exposed in Nebraska suggests that the virus may currently be spreading among local animal populations.
-The introduction of a new rabies virus into a native population could have significant human and animal health implications .

Help prevent the spread of rabies by following these tips:

• Be a responsible animal owner. Work with your local veterinarian to keep vaccinations up-to-date for all dogs, cats, ferrets and other animals you own that can be vaccinated for rabies.
• Seek immediate veterinary assistance for your pet if it’s bitten by a wild or stray animal or if exposed to a bat.
• Call your local animal control agency about removing stray animals in your neighborhood.
• Do not touch, feed, or unintentionally attract wild animals with open garbage cans or litter. 🗑🦝
• Never adopt wild animals or bring them into your home. Do not try to nurse sick, wild animals to health. Call animal control or an animal rescue agency for assistance.
• Teach children never to handle unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic, even if they appear friendly.

📰(October 16, 2023) CITY OF OMAHA 📰
A large public health operation is beginning in Douglas County following the death of a feral kitten that tested positive for a variant of rabies carried by raccoons. This strain of rabies is most common in the southeast United States and has not been previously detected in Nebraska.

Four veterinary staff members and six people who may have had contact with the kitten, are completing treatment for possible infection and have been vaccinated.

“What we’re worried about is the raccoon variant showing up in Douglas County,” said Douglas County Health Director Dr. Lindsay Huse. “We’re trying to quantify the risk we may have here. Rabies is nearly always fatal, so we are taking all the right steps to make sure it doesn’t spread or get established.”

Working with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Nebraska Public Health Lab, Nebraska Humane Society (NHS), Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Nebraska Game and Parks, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), raccoons will be trapped, vaccinated, tagged and released. Bait used to trap the raccoons will not attract other animals. The trapping is safe and will not harm the raccoons. Dead animals found anywhere in Douglas County will be tested for rabies. If a test is positive, it will be tested again by the CDC specifically for the raccoon variant.

☎Please call the Humane Society at (402) 444-7800 ext. 1 if you see any roadkill, stray animals, or wild animals – especially any animals acting in an unusual manner. Report them, but leave them where they are. It is essential to limit the movements of any wild animals.
☎The DCHD information line will have increased staffing to answer questions. That number is (402) 444-3400.

“The overriding concern is that this strain of rabies could become established in a new area and lead to a significant increase in the number of rabies cases and human exposures, given there are so many raccoons in a metropolitan area and raccoons may interact more frequently with domestic animals. It also could infect other wild species, like foxes, skunks, and coyotes,” said Dr. Huse.

10/15/2023

This week is all about celebrating our Vet Tech's Hannah and Kelly! These gals come in every day and give their all to give the best care to your pets.
We have the best techs ever! Yeah, we are biased. You would be too if you got to watch them kick butt every day. They are both hard working, talented, kind, smart and compassionate. They are also so fun to work with!!
Take a moment to stop by or drop a line to say thanks. They play a vital role in veterinary medicine and we couldn't do it without them. Hannah and Kelly, we all love you so very much! ❤️

08/30/2023

🧡🐾 Holiday Weekend Hours 🐾🧡
Don't forget that a long weekend is coming up! If you need to pick up any refills, just call ahead to order for a quick & easy pick up!

07/20/2023

🚨Hello Friends & Neighbors🚨

We are reaching out to see if anyone has any information on some unwanted activities that happened in our parking lot on today Wednesday July 19th between 1:00 and 5pm. Specifically the south end where the staff parks. If you happened to have driven by and saw something odd or have any information on the people responsible, please let us know. Any info would be greatly appreciated as we go through security footage. Thank you to the Blair Police Department for your speedy response and assistance. You can contact us via phone, email, or messenger or directly to the BPD.

Thank you!!

06/02/2023

⚡️Thunderstorms are here🌧
🧨Fireworks are coming💥

It’s that time of year again! With the Fourth of July just around the corner and storm season barely underway, it’s time to talk about noise phobia in our pets that can contribute to anxiety during thunderstorms and fireworks.

If your dog has previously needed medication to help with their anxiety of storms and fireworks, don't forget to give us a call for a refill.

If you believe your pet may be starting to experience some anxiety with storms and fireworks, give us a call to discuss options on how to help them cope.

For some pet owners, this can be a very stressful time of the year. Many dogs have thunderstorm or firework phobias. Noise phobias constitute a serious progressive disorder for which treatment should be initiated as soon as it’s noticed. In no way should even the slightest sign of discomfort be discounted as normal. Dogs who hide, pace, shiver or become destructive should see a veterinarian for a consultation.
Steps can be taken at home to change the environment and make it more inviting for pets to seek shelter. If modifications in the home do not help, scheduling an appointment with your veterinarian is recommended as they may prescribe medication for your pet to help further reduce its anxiety and fear of noises.

12/15/2022

With the holidays coming up, make sure you have your pet’s medications & food stocked! You can call ahead & we will get everything ready for a quick & easy pick up!

11/19/2022

Just some friendly reminders! With our holiday hours coming up, make sure you have your pet’s medications and prescription food stocked!
You can call ahead and we will get everything ready for an easy & quick pick up!

Keep your pets safe and healthy!

• Keep the feast on the table—not under it. Eating turkey or turkey skin – sometimes even a small amount – can cause a life-threatening condition in pets known as pancreatitis. Fatty foods are hard for animals to digest, and many foods that are healthy for people are poisonous to pets – including garlic, onions, raisins and grapes. If you want to share a Thanksgiving treat with your pet, make or buy a treat that is made just for them.
• No pie or other desserts for your pooch. Chocolate can be harmful for pets, even though many dogs find it tempting and will sniff it out and eat it. The artificial sweetener called xylitol – commonly used in gum and sugar-free baked goods – also can be deadly if consumed by dogs or cats.
• Yeast dough can cause problems for pets, including painful gas and potentially dangerous bloating.
• Put the trash away where your pets can’t find it. A turkey carcass sitting out on the carving table, or left in a trash container that is open or easily opened, could be deadly to your family pet. Dispose of turkey carcasses and bones – and anything used to wrap or tie the meat, such as strings, bags and packaging – in a covered, tightly secured trash bag placed in a closed trash container outdoors (or behind a closed, locked door).
• Be careful with decorative plants. Don’t forget that some flowers and festive plants can be toxic to pets. These include amaryllis, Baby’s Breath, Sweet William, some ferns, hydrangeas and more.

11/05/2022

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10/04/2022

1 isn’t just a number, it’s SOMEONE - a family member, a neighbor, a coworker, a friend.

Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate; it can happen in every community, and victims can be any gender, age, race, socioeconomic status AND species 🐶🐱. It affects us all.

Domestic Violence isn't just physical, it includes many forms.

If you just aren't sure, ask questions.
End the silence. 💜

If you or someone you know needs help,
please reach out.
☎️Call: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
💬Text: START to 88788
🗨️Chat: www.thehotline.org