Flynn Veterinary Clinic

11/10/2024

Very excited to have this sweet guy back at the clinic this Spring! He has it all! Lake County people, take advantage of the special!

11/10/2024

Breed season is just around the corner! Get your contracts in and take advantage of the early bird savings!

11/02/2024

It’s November 1st and we have some exciting news to share! We are the proud owners of THE IRISH GUY. A versatile stallion that we added to our breeding program this last spring. “Mick” is a son of FRENCHMANS GUY and out of a 6666’s PADDYS IRISH WHISKEY daughter! Standing at Flynn Veterinary Clinic for the 2025 breed season. We will be sharing more info and updates on our page Flynn Quarter Horses. Be sure to follow and please share!

10/28/2023

I’m pretty blessed with a great clientele in Lake County

Being an equine veterinarian isn’t easy, but a rewarding job. This is true when clients build a relationship based on respect and trust.

08/02/2023

I’m excited to be carrying INTEGRITY Horse Feeds very soon!!! If you have interest in this, please let me know! I’m trying to get an idea on order size for this first shipment. Getting it to Klamath can be arranged as well! If you are not familiar with the product line, more promotion and information will be coming soon! 🤗

07/26/2023

Lake County - We would like to get an idea of how much interest there would be in an equine boarding facility and indoor arena use… it would be located in Valley Falls (next to the vet clinic). No details available yet, just wanting to see if there is a need/interest. If you would be seriously interested, please let me know! Comments welcome

04/12/2022

Per Dr. Clint,
Calf boxes are good for chilled calf, but terrible for one with frozen extremities. You need a quick thaw so frozen body fluids go from solid directly to liquid. Heated air causes frozen fluid to go through a slushy stage which ruptures cells and causes ice embolisms to block off arterioles and cause more damage.

For a quick thaw calves should be placed in almost unbearably hot water for approximately 20 minutes. After that, you can use calf warmer to dry and maintain their heat. They also will benefit from anti-inflammatory medications such as banamine or meloxicam.

Calves with a temperature under 100 but above 98 and still standing or sitting up need interventions like being put in a warm barn, heater, calf box, dryer.

Calves with a temperature under 98 need a hot water bath ASAP. When in the bath, if a calf is acting dizzy, or like it doesn’t know what way is up, needs sugar! Lots of calves get hypoglycemic and need some maple syrup or honey rubbed on their gums.

NEVER EVER feed a cold calf!! Hot milk WILL NOT warm them from the inside out. Make sure you take your calf’s temperature before feeding. Do not feed a calf who is below 101. A great way to give them some pep, is to rub some maple syrup or honey on the calf's gums.

Calves with a temperature OVER 102.5 need antibiotics.

05/03/2021

Please take advantage of this great learning opportunity!

09/24/2020

Now Hiring: Veterinary technician
- 3/4 - full time. Monday-Friday
Requirements:
- Horse experience
- References

Please call 541-892-4854 if interested

03/16/2020

Do you have a mare due to foal this Spring/Summer? Here’s my recommended checklist to ensure your foal gets a smooth start:

- Give the mare her Spring vaccinations and dewormer a month before her due date; she will pass on those benefits to her foal through her milk.
- Have a veterinarian out to do a Mare/Foal Exam 8-24 hours after birth. See benefits below.
- Give newborn foal: E-Se, Tetanus Antitoxin, E-coli prevention paste.

Benefits of a Mare/Foal Exam by a veterinarian:

- Examine foal’s overall health and look for abnormalities such as: cleft pallet, ruptured bladder, eye issues, limb deformities, etc.
- Perform IgG Snap Test to ensure the foal has gotten adequate colostrum in the first 24 hours of life.
- Give foal E-Se, Tetanus Antitoxin, and E-coli prevention paste.
- Examine mare to ensure she is recovering from delivery without complications, and has good milk supply. Can give Banamine if needed for pain.
- Examine placenta to make sure the mare has not retained any of it - (can be fatal if not addressed within the first few hours of foaling.)
- This is a good opportunity to talk about mare’s nutritional requirements, and any other questions you may have about caring for a mare & foal.

03/13/2020

STRANGLES: NEW MILLENNIUM, SAME DISEASE

Strangles was one of the first equine diseases to be described by the early writers of veterinary science. Unfortunately, not a great deal about the disease has changed over the centuries.

Strangles is still widely reported in North America and all other areas with major populations of horses. One of the main factors contributing to the spread of the disease is the movement of horses, particularly those that no longer show clinical signs but still shed the organism in their nasal secretions.

The organism that causes strangles is a bacterium called Streptococcus equi. Transfer from horse to horse usually involves direct face-to-face contact, or exposure of horses to such things as contaminated feed, water, hands, veterinary instruments or grooming tools. A stall or van recently used to house or transport a horse that is shedding the organism may also be a source of infection.

Classic signs of the disease include sudden onset of fever as high as 106 degrees F, thick yellow nasal discharge, and swollen lymph nodes under the jaw. Because strangles is so contagious, strict measures to control its spread must be taken. Without control measures, a strangles outbreak will ultimately affect all susceptible horses, last longer, and have a greater chance of leading to complications.

Contact your veterinarian to learn more about this disease and how to prevent it. A disease factsheet courtesy of the Equine Disease Communication Center is also available athttps://aaep.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Outside%20Linked%20Documents/DiseaseFactsheet-Strep_equi_final%20Cobranded_0.pdf
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Source | "Strangles: New Millennium, Same Disease" by John Timoney, BSc, MVB, MRCVS, MS, PhD, DSc
https://aaep.org/horsehealth/strangles-new-millennium-same-disease
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