Browne's Bridge Veterinary Service

06/15/2024

And the double trouble begins….an AI mare that did her job a little too well

06/08/2024

05/24/2024

And…we’re off. Perfect 14 day pregnancy on an AI mare today. Hopefully many more to come! Oh…and a new filly overnight that was an AI last year!

04/19/2024

Lemonade out of lemons…
The first photo is a nice yearling c**t just waking up from brain surgery (castration) recently. That’s not the cool part though…it’s his story that started a year ago with people coming together to help each other out.
When he was just a day or two old, this c**t was essentially orphaned, down and out. He was brought in, given plasma IV, tubed milk replacer, and given a warm spot to stay the night. The next morning a mare was brought in with a dystocia. We were able to pull the dead backwords foal, and we started thinking here’s a mare that could raise a baby….could it work out? Indeed it did, thanks to a great community of horse people willing to help each other out. A happy ending as we get into the swing of things with foaling and breeding season!

05/19/2023

It’s that time of year…and this year we’ve added AI with frozen semen! We bred two mares overnight and love that the girls did what they were supposed to when they were supposed to! As always, thanks for your continued support and a big thanks to Clayton Kelly for sacrificing more sleep and giving the oxytocin shots at midnight!

02/19/2023

Septic Fetlock Joint
ANY wound, regardless of size, near a JOINT, BURSA, OR TENDON SHEATH should be evaluated ASAP by a Veterinarian. Infection, along with inflammation, in any of these synovial structures rapidly deteriorates the tissues and produces severe lameness. The sepsis leads to permanent and irreversible damage if not treated aggressively and appropriately. Fortunately, with the odds not in her favor, this weanling filly has done very well with treatment. Read on if you'd like to know this filly's story!

As horses often have a tendency to do, this young horse made a bad decision, resulting in some nasty lacerations the week before Christmas. She presented for wound evaluation after Christmas when she had developed a severe lameness. We recognized that there was joint fluid (synovial fluid) draining from the middle wound over her fetlock. Time was not on her side, as it had been 6 or 7 days since injury. Septic arthritis will erode cartilage within the affected joint, but even before this, fibrin will form almost immediately. Fibrin makes joint lavage difficult and makes it very hard to permanently clear a joint of bacteria. This filly underwent joint lavage under high pressure (seen in video in comments) with antibiotics injected directly into the joint once the lavage was completed. She also received IV antibiotics daily while hospitalized. Multiple joint lavages (1-3 Liters of sterile fluids depending on joint involved), regional limb perfusions with antibiotics, and IV antibiotics with NSAIDS are all needed to give a joint an ideal chance at recovery. Again, early recognition-typically the day of injury, is best for getting "ahead" of the infection before the inflammation produced by the infection makes resolution more difficult (or impossible). Many a horse is euthanized due to wounds that produce sepsis in joints, tendon sheaths, and bursas. We are SO happy this lucky filly defied the odds. Her fetlock was also injected with RenoVo once the infection was cleared and she had started healing to further support her joint through the healing process. ***Pictures and story shared with owner permission***

12/24/2022

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

12/21/2022

Hard to appreciate nature’s beauty on a day like today, but nonetheless here’s a moment worth capturing.
Stay safe and warm, feed the animals extra.
Megan Kelly Clayton Kelly

11/21/2022

Excited for the opportunity to discuss nutrition and how nutritional needs change with the different life stages of the equine. Come join us, learn a bit, have a snack, and win something!

SAVE THE DATE!

Help us welcome Dr. Megan Kelly the owner of Browne’s Bridge Veterinary Service in Glen, Montana as we learn about Nutritionally Related Health Conditions in Young & Geriatric Horses.

We hope to see you there!

06/09/2022

Good News, but too much of it!
A not commonly thought about advantage to AI is the ability to document multiple ovulations and check for twins. These are pretty easy to spot, but when there’s one in each horn…

04/07/2022

This sweet mare presented with acute severe swelling of her front leg and a non-weight bearing lameness. The swelling extended from elbow to foot and developed overnight. It’s understandable one might jump to thinking the worst (broken leg), but fortunately that was not the case. A nerve block was performed to “numb” her foot and her lameness was noticeably improved. She had a foot abscess that was located and opened at her outside heel bulb and frog sulcus, but something didn’t make sense as the swelling was far more severe than even the worst of the foot abscesses I’ve seen. There was a speck of manure that wouldn’t budge at the back of her sulcus, and as I pared it out it became clear it was wood. The wood had been driven in her foot and the soft tissue of the frog had closed over it. Wood does not show on radiographs, and if you look closely, the gas tract from the abscess can be seen, but not the foreign body. This mare is expected to make a full recovery with protective bandaging and time.

03/05/2022

Had a good birthday day today. Had the
privilege to stamp some freeze brands on
some nice young horses and castrate a c**t
called "MK" (who I think should be called
Reggie), who's really growing up nice. Thanks Garrison Quarter Horses for a nice afternoon doing the routine spring things as winter rolled back in!

01/01/2022

2022 sure has started out beautiful! Thank you all for your support in 2021, and we hope to see everyone happy and healthy in 2022!

12/12/2021

Happy Holidays from our family to yours! We were finally able to get a tree with Jack…he’s been asking us for a week!

07/09/2021

I’m guessing Raffety Cattle Company Quarter Horses is sure excited about this one! A Date With TR is confirmed in foal to Smooth As A Cat for 2022! Thanks Roberta Raffety for the opportunity to work with such a nice mare.

07/02/2021

Congratulations to Shelby Martinell, she has two very nice producing mares confirmed in foal. The 14 day pregnancy is Haidas Little Joy by Nics Black Diamond and the peanut on the right is Cash Cant Buy Class by RN One Curly Cat! Thanks for the opportunity to AI your mares Shelby.

06/08/2021

Congratulations Garrison Quarter Horses!
GR Shining Profit is confirmed in foal to RN Highbrow Lena!

06/04/2021

Congratulations to Jessica Leigh Holden and Lazy Cow Horses! Lazy Blu Bar Moon aka “Nifty” is confirmed in foal to Spots Heff for a 2022 foal!

06/03/2021

Congratulations to Lexi Benson and Captain Fly Girl! “Nikki” is confirmed in foal to Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet for a 2022 baby!

05/28/2021

Congratulations to Raffety Cattle Company Quarter Horses on this 15 day pregnancy! “Mitzy” is bred to One Shiney Metallic for a 2022 foal.

05/15/2021

This long-legged filly had significant flexor tendon contracture that caused her to walk on the toes of her front hooves only. This contracture was very painful for her and she would only stand to nurse then immediately lay down. Many more subtle contractures lead to adult club-footed horses. This particular case was much more severe and easier to recognize. Please call a veterinarian if you have any concerns about your new foal’s legs. Many abnormalities can be addressed early (days to first few months) with non-surgical treatment and full resolution.
Picture #1 before treatment
#2: 12 hours after treatment
#3: 36 hours after treatment

05/09/2021

Congratulations to Chelsie Johnston and Jessica Leigh Holden! 1 am AI breeding is a success! “Plenty Taz Shiner” is confirmed a mother to be on Mother’s Day!

04/22/2021

Some people would unfriend for such inappropriate “not my best look” picture-taking behavior...but I’ll let it slide this time! Team effort! 2weeks🤞🤞🤞

03/06/2021

The gophers are out and so are the foals! Congratulations Lazy Cow Horses and Jessica Leigh Holden on this chromed up filly born early this morning out of Daddys Basic Kitty and sired by OSR Cats Boonsmals.

01/23/2021

It’s that time of year again! February is Pet Dental Health Month. Browne’s Bridge Veterinary Service and Dr. Megan Kelly will be offering a 10% discount on all dentals (floats) booked for the month of February. Below are photos of routine “surprises” found on a dental exam. Buccal ulcers caused by sharp enamel points on the upper premolars are circled in red, a nasty large step and hook circled in green in the next photo (this by the way can prevent the horse from closing its mouth as the tooth gets driven into the upper gingiva- ouch!) and last two photos have a rostral hook circled in blue. Thanks for supporting our family owned small business, call 406-381-7355 for an appointment!