Casey Veterinary Services

07/31/2024

[NOTE: This photo is just picture of a pond in the summer. NOT a picture of a pond with the toxin.] Cyanobacteria can have many different looks, including not being visible at all. Link to Kentucky Division of Water for more photos and information: https://eec.ky.gov/Environmental-Protection/Water/Monitor/Pages/HABS.aspx #:~:text=Harmful%20Algal%20Blooms%20Division%20of%20Water&text=A%20harmful%20algal%20bloom%2C%20or,skin%20in%20animals%20or%20humans.
"Death follows minutes to hours after exposure to a small amount of this toxin." As the weather gets hotter, ponds can start to have "algae blooms." The water itself can look like pea soup, or like green paint is spread on the surface of the water. Sometimes it is not visible at all. Some of these blooms are cyanobacteria, which can produce potent toxins. Dogs are exposed when they wade in the water and either drink the water directly, or lick it off themselves when they come out. There is no antidote; treatment is supportive and many dogs don't survive. If you believe your dog has been exposed, bathe him immediately. If he has any symptoms, bring him right in to a veterinarian. See comments for more information about signs and treatment. (Most ponds that look like this are not dangerous, but it is not possible to tell which ones are toxic and which ones aren't except by having the water tested; If in doubt, keep pets out.) Edited to add links to more pond phots.

04/24/2024

Dr. Casey is taking some time off to address health issues. The office is still open for records, medication dispensing and video consulting with Dr. Casey. Dr. Jen Jordan, 205-914-6935 (cell) or [email protected] is available to help you. She likes to be emailed for appointments and answers promptly throughout the day.

02/26/2024

12/22/2023

My Baby
One of the common traits that Eddie Sweat and Secretariat both held in their hearts, was that the love for what they did in life was heightened by each other. Secretariat found much value in Eddie’s Golden Heart. And Eddie Sweat certainly had opportunities to make better money, but horses, especially Secretariat, were priceless to him.
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Geraldine Holman, Eddie Sweat’s sister and the youngest of the family of nine children, vividly remembers going up on the train from South Carolina to New York one time with two of her sisters to see Eddie, and being joined by Linda, Eddie’s wife.
“It was hot,” Geraldine told me, “so hot, I passed out at the train station. Eddie thought I was sick, and he was very worried, but it was just the heat. And when he was sure I was fine, he started telling me about SECRETARIAT and how we all had to get to the track right away. He was so excited. ‘I got to gotta go get my baby.’ ‘Let’s go, let’s go.’ He kept saying before the race, ‘Watch how my baby gonna run.’ And I said to him, ‘Edward, you love that horse more than you love your wife!’ Linda was right there. She heard it, and she excepted that. She knew that horse was his life.“
During the race, Eddie was almost beside himself. Geraldine could hear him screaming, “Come on, baby! Come on, baby! That’s my baby! That’s my baby!“
After the race, which Secretariat won with ease, Geraldine watched as her brother hugged Secretariat, kissed him, and posed for the photographers, then told his sisters and wife that he had to go off and attend to the horse. “I gotta rub my baby now,“ he said before addressing the horse in the same way. “You’re my baby,“ he kept saying into the chestnut’s ear as he led him away. “You’re my baby. “
By Lawrence Scanlan