Tammany Veterinary Hospital

05/09/2024

Happy Spring 🌻

This filly sure loves her afternoon naps ❤️

05/02/2024

🐴🚨WE ARE HIRING🚨🐮

To apply email a resume to: [email protected]
Or drop a resume off at our office: 1014 Eastside HWY

02/06/2024

Remember our dental discount is LIVE! Call (406) 961-1321 to schedule your appointment and receive $20 off a regular float + a FREE office call 😃

*in order to receive discounts: payment must be made at the time of service and appointment must be IN-CLINIC*

01/13/2024

Happy Friday! As we all know, we are experiencing some frigid temps and will throughout the weekend. Here are a few suggestions to help keep your animals comfortable while we tackle these negative degree days.

▪︎As most of you know, horses do well in the cold. Their hindgut is a massive fermentation vat and helps keep them warm, so our first recommendation is free choice hay.

▪︎Heated water

▪︎ Salt, to help increase the water intake

▪︎Shelter/Wind break.

The question of the year every year is always "Should I blanket?" That is something we believe is up to you to decide, but we do suggest considering blankets for old, thin, very young, or ill horses.

Hope everyone stays warm and just remember spring is around the corner ☀️And if you want to get out of these chilly temps, join us Saturday night (starts at 5 pm) at the Bitterroot Stockgrowers banquet at the Hamilton fairground where we get to celebrate Dr. Shawn Gleason, as he earns the lifetime achievement award! Great dinner, games, silent auction & live music.

10/26/2023

We have had many calls asking questions about Pigeon Fever. There's been cases at the north end of the valley and here's some good information for those looking! Check out the link below ️⬇️

https://aaep.org/issue/pigeon-fever

Hope everyone is keeping warm with the arrival of old man winter! We will be hosting some informative talks this winter so keep an eye out for those dates and topics! 🐴🐄🐐🐑

By Jessie Evans, DVM

10/01/2023

Fall is here! If you are planning to travel this fall or winter you may need an updated health certificate and coggins. We recommend you schedule your appointment 1-2 weeks before your departure date.

Remember we cannot always make same day or same week appointments. Please plan ahead!

08/30/2023

Happy Fair week! Fun to see some of our clients in the Hamilton parade this morning 🤩
JZ Livestock with their team of Belgians Bella & Dorothy
Heather and with Angora Goat Hikes 🐐
Chad with his Gypsy team- Gumdrop with her foal Betty, and Tilly with her yearling Lilly.

Hope you all go down to the Ravalli County Fairgrounds and check out all they have to offer🎠

07/12/2023

You love your horse more than anything and want to do what’s right to help him live a healthy, happy life. But horses are accident-prone, and not even bubble wrap can prevent all emergencies. Recognizing common medical situations and knowing how to respond to them can help you fast-track your hors...

07/07/2023

Being financially prepared to own and care for horses should be a priority of all equine owners. This article explains many unexpected costs as well as the average lifetime costs of owning a single horse.

“On an annual basis, the all-in costs for owning a horse range from around $8,600 to $26,000 per year, not including events or operating expenses.”

Read the full article below!

https://www.dvm360.com/view/lifetime-cost-of-horse-ownership-is-often-4-times-higher-than-expected #

A Synchrony study finds the average cost range for an equine lifetime of care

04/26/2023

Have you heard that many antibiotics will no longer be available at feed stores starting in June of 2023? Here are some answers to FAQs from the FDA.

We recommend ensuring you have an active VCPR (Veterinarian Client Patient Relationship) prior to this change.

View the full article at: https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/unpublished-judicious-use-antimicrobials/gfi-263-frequently-asked-questions-farmers-and-ranchers

04/25/2023

The answer to our poll earlier today was BODY CONDITION SCORE!
Here’s more information on what a body condition score is!

04/18/2023

Thank you for all the support at our recent seminars!
We plan to have more talks in the future! But we have to know WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR NEXT TOPIC SHOULD BE?

Some recommendations so far are:
Equine reproduction
Equine vaccines and deworming
Cattle vaccines
Equine nutrition

Drop your ideas below ⬇️

04/11/2023

These are the key points from our lameness seminar:

Lameness in horses can be caused by many different things.
There is no standardized treatment for lameness in horses.
The best way to help manage a lameness is to have a diagnosis for the cause of the problem.
This involves performing an extensive lameness evaluation with or without nerve blocks (depending on the case) followed by diagnostics such as radiographs and ultrasound.
This approach allows us to answer many questions and focus our diagnostics and therapies on specific
areas.
Tammany offers quite a few therapies and medications to help manage lameness and tailored treatment plans for a horse and its intended use.
Some of the newer therapies include synthetic viscosupplements like Noltrex Polyacrylamide Gel. We also offer biologic regenerative therapies including Restigen (PRP) and Pro- Stride (autologous
conditioned serum). These products are aseptically processed from your horses own blood and injected
back into joints, tendons, and ligaments to help stimulate healing and manage arthritis by concentrating natural anti- inflammatory molecules present in your horse’s body.
We still offer conventional therapies including steroids, hyaluronic acid, and non- steroidal drugs along with suggestions for corrective podiatry including consults with farriers.

Managing lameness in horses can be very frustrating and confusing. A one size fits all approach does not
exist for keeping our horses going strong. While all of these newer products we offer can produce
amazing results, the success and response to treatment still depends on having an accurate diagnosis.
The lameness exam is the best first step in helping create a management plan tailored to your horse.

Thank you to all who attended!

04/07/2023

We have TWO hat winners!
Congratulations to our Instagram winner: .cole and our Facebook winner: Indiana Baron-Jones! Stop by the office to pick up your hat!

The correct answers were:
A. Abby
B. Ashley
C. Justin
D. Liz

Thank you to everyone who participated 😊

04/05/2023

CONTEST TIME!!!
Which tech do you think chose each case?
Be the first to guess correctly in the comments and win a TVH HAT!
A.________
B.________
C.________
D.________

03/28/2023

Thank you to everyone who came to our lameness seminar last week!

Our key points will be posted soon!

03/20/2023

Just a reminder that we will be holding a lameness seminar THIS Wednesday, March 22nd at 6:30pm.
This will take place at the clinic. Parking will be in the back (through the check in gate).

We have two door prizes available:
1. A chiropractic exam with Dr. Allie VandeMotter
2. A basic lameness evaluation (in clinic, does not include blocks, x-rays or further diagnostics)

Food and drinks will be provided!

We ask you do not record this event as we will be happy to provide the key points to anyone who is interested.

We hope to see you there!

03/15/2023

Time to nominate this years “Bitterroot’s Best Veterinarian”. We always appreciate the support and votes we receive!

https://ravallirepublic.com/contests/bitterroots-best-of-2023/?fbclid=IwAR2AouCX7BOAHP9Pr5htxaYE0KD3CBe57zyMnkrG9Sn_mNrzh5PYjS0bbBs

03/09/2023

We are always open for emergencies! If you have an emergency please call our office at (406)961-1321 (For after hours use “option 2”).

Please refrain from calling our doctors’ cell phones for emergencies; they may be off or out of town. Calling our office will ensure you get in contact with our on-call vet and get emergency help in a timely manner.

If you do not receive an answer, leave a voice mail and our vets will get back to you as soon as possible.

03/01/2023

02/27/2023

Our lameness seminar is coming up! On Wednesday, March 22nd our veterinarians will provide helpful information, and answer questions regarding equine lameness.
Open to the public!

We have TWO awesome door prizes!
1. Basic Lameness Evaluation (in clinic, does not include blocks, x-rays or further diagnostics)
2. Chiropractic Adjustment with Dr. Van de Motter
See you there!

02/22/2023

Who is ready for another informational discussion?!

Tammany Veterinary Hospital will be hosting a lameness seminar led by our veterinarians on March 22nd. This event is open to the public and will be held at the clinic at 6:30 pm. There will be food, drinks and great information on lameness, diagnostics and treatments.

We will have 2 door prizes!
-A Chiropractic adjustment in clinic with Dr. Allie Van de Motter
-A basic lameness evaluation in clinic ( does not include blocks or further diagnostics)

We hope to see you there!

02/20/2023

🦷🐴❗️ Only 8 days left to take advantage of this years dental discount! ❗️🐴 🦷

$20 off the float + FREE office call!

Call (406) 961-1321 to schedule your appointment.

**appointments on the farm will ONLY receive $20 off the float**

02/13/2023

Spring is near, and so are foals! If you are planning to breed a mare this year, schedule a pre-breeding exam now! (406) 961-1321

02/08/2023

-Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) update-

Our recommendation is that large public events bringing horses from multiple sources be postponed until after February 17th as there has been a new case of EHM at another premise in Flathead Valley.

02/08/2023

Here are the state's recommendations.

02/06/2023

Dental health month is here! Call (406) 961-1321 to book your appointment and take advantage of our February discount!

$20 off the float + FREE office call!