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Mobile Horse Doc A mobile equine veterinary service. Full service care provided by Dr. Erica Wallace. I come to you.

04/24/2025

⚕️WELLNESS WEDNESDAY ⚕️

Let’s talk about coggins tests! A common question we get asked is:

🛻 My horse doesn’t travel or show anymore, does it need a coggins? YES
A coggins test is a blood test for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) which is a state regulated, reportable disease. EIA is spread by biting flies, specifically horse flies, which have a flight pattern around 200 yards. EIA causes a lifelong, potentially fatal disease in your horse if contracted and poses serious risk to other horses. Coggins positive horses must be isolated 200 yards from all other horses for the rest of their life or euthanized per our state regulations. There is no cure, treatment or vaccine to prevent EIA.

Here are ways to reduce your horse’s risk to contract EIA:
🩸Coggins test your horse annually
🩸Require proof of a recent negative coggins test for any horse you purchase or move onto your premises
🩸Only attend events that require proof of negative coggins
🩸Never reuse needles or syringes between animals
🩸Regularly dispose of manure and practice good fly control for your entire farm

Need to schedule your horse(s) for their routine wellness visit? Call 918-827-8000 to make an appointment at your farm OR in our hospital. Our office hours are Monday through Friday 7:30-5 and Saturday 7:30-12 but we are always open 24/7 for emergencies using the same number above ⬆️

If you would like to make an appointment with us, have any questions or concerns, please call or text (918) 549-0333. Th...
04/21/2025

If you would like to make an appointment with us, have any questions or concerns, please call or text (918) 549-0333. Thank you!

04/18/2025

If you believe that horses need grain in their diet to meet their nutritional needs, you are not alone. However, horses should get most of their nutrients from a good quality forage source such as grass, hay, hay pellets, or a complete feed.

Horses generally eat between 1.5-2% of their body weight each day, so an average size 1,000 lbs horse should eat 15- 20 lbs of hay daily. To help fill any nutrient gaps such as essential vitamins or minerals, a ration balancer may be beneficial. Depending on breed, body condition, and exercise level, concentrates may be added in to provide additional energy but are often not needed.

When deciding on what to feed your horse, it is best to invest in high quality forages as the foundation of your feeding plan. You can even have your hay tested to see exactly what nutrients it is providing.

Please consult with your veterinarian or an equine nutritionist about your horse's diet before making any major changes, and remember that any changes should be made gradually over time to avoid GI upset.

Thank you to the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee for providing this information.

Question of the day! What is this??Answer:This is a Hippomane! The hippomane is a palm-sized or larger, olive to light t...
04/16/2025

Question of the day! What is this??

Answer:
This is a Hippomane! The hippomane is a palm-sized or larger, olive to light tan, rubbery-consistency slab of tissue that is commonly found - and is associated with the placenta at foaling. It is composed of a variety of fetal waste products that accumulated over the pregnancy.

04/15/2025

The more you know...

Gastric ulcer disease is a very common problem in equines, and it affects over 60% of adult horses (depending on age, performance, and evaluated populations). While Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) is more prevalent in high performance horses, it's important to remember that any horse can be affected, as all equines suffer from stress (like traveling, stall confinement, changes in diet, etc.) which over time may result in gastric ulcers.

The signs of ulcers a horse might show are highly variable between individuals, but they usually include variations of "bad behavior" like general grumpiness, reluctance to perform, cribbing and teeth-grinding, tail-swishing and other behaviors suggesting restlessness and physical discomfort. Rough hair coat, weight loss and poor body condition are also common.

Has your horse ever expressed any of these signs that led to an ulcer diagnosis? Let us know below ⬇️

If your horse is exhibiting any of these signs, it may be time to consult your veterinarian rather than just chalk them off as behavioral or training issues. Proper diagnosis is crucial to get appropriate treatment started promptly, and your horse doctor will also be able to make recommendations for environmental and management changes that can you help prevent a relapse of ulcers in the future.

She’s baaaaack! A sight for sore eyes. Burrito is home and back in service! Thank you Bill Knight Collision for getti...
04/09/2025

She’s baaaaack! A sight for sore eyes. Burrito is home and back in service! Thank you Bill Knight Collision for getting us up and running quickly! Now to get her new bad girl front bumper on. Look out small cars, here we come!

What is the Madigan Foal Squeeze Technique?The technique helps revive a “dummy” foal suffering from neonatal maladjustme...
04/09/2025

What is the Madigan Foal Squeeze Technique?

The technique helps revive a “dummy” foal suffering from neonatal maladjustment syndrome (NMS). The thought is that there must be some kind of signaling process that moderates the extended “anesthesia” that keeps a foal quiet in utero for 11 months. Once born, the foal awakens, stands within an hour or two, bonds with its dam, and begins nursing within two to three hours.

But, for the NMS foal, these events do not happen. The foal either cannot get to its legs or it wanders aimlessly, doesn’t recognize its dam, and is pretty much asleep on its feet or lying recumbent. Sometimes, curls into a ball much like it would in the uterus.

The squeeze technique requires 20 minutes of a steady gentle pull to achieve a smooth brain wave while the foal is recumbent. It provides predictable somnolence with the foal experiencing non-REM sleep and slow wave brain activity. Heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature all drop. The foal’s pain threshold increases, endorphins release, and so does ACTH despite no evidence of stress. There is no change in venous blood gases, and the method is extremely safe.

Madigan pointed out that in normal circumstances, 20 minutes is a comparable duration for Stage 2 labor in a mare. The foal remains asleep enough to not wiggle or change position as it passes through the birth canal. Then, once that duration of squeeze is finished, the anesthetic effect is dialed down to transition the foal from 11 months of “sleep” in the womb to an active foal interacting with its new world environment.

When the rope squeeze is finished and the rope is removed, the foal awakens, stands up, shakes, nickers to its mom and begins searching for the udder. The miracle is that nothing anyone has done up to that point with a dummy foal has been able to awaken the foal from its stupor. The rope squeeze method works completely.

If you would like to make an appointment with us, have any questions or concerns, please call or text (918) 549-0333. Thank you!

Info: https://equimanagement.com/research-medical/madigan-foal-squeeze-technique/

04/07/2025

Dr. Bukenhofer will be at Mobile Horse Doc April 30th and May 1st for acupuncture, Tui-na massage, and spinal manipulation appointments.

Call Equine Integrative Veterinary Services at 405.549.9070 to schedule your appointment.

If you would like to make an appointment with us, have any questions or concerns, please call or text (918) 549-0333. Th...
04/02/2025

If you would like to make an appointment with us, have any questions or concerns, please call or text (918) 549-0333. Thank you!

04/01/2025

DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSES GRASS FOUNDER?

Spring is a wonderful time of the year, but it may be the beginning of some serious problems for horses vulnerable to grass founder — like horses that are over the age of 10, easy keepers, overweight or cresty-necked.

Laminitis or founder, as it is commonly called, is inflammation of the laminae of the horse’s foot. Laminae are the delicate, accordion-like tissues that attach the inner surface of the hoof wall to the coffin bone (the bone in the foot). A horse suffering from laminitis experiences a decrease in blood flow to the laminae, which in turn begin to die and separate. The final result is hoof wall separation, rotation of the coffin bone and extreme pain. In severe cases, the coffin bone will actually rotate through the sole of the horse’s hoof where it becomes infected and can ultimately lead to the horse having to be euthanized.

Laminitis can be triggered by different causes, like repeated concussion on hard ground (road founder), grain overload, retained placenta, hormonal imbalance (Cushing’s syndrome), obesity, and lush grass.

In cases of grass founder, the sugar fructans produced by rapidly growing grass stimulates an overgrowth of bacteria in the horse’s large intestine. The bacteria produce and release toxins (endotoxins) that are carried by the bloodstream to the foot where they cause damage to the laminae and small blood vessels.

The best way to deal with laminitis is preventing and managing the causes under your control. Consult your equine practitioner for further information and to formulate a plan tailored to your horse's individual situation. If you suspect laminitis, consider it a medical emergency and notify your veterinarian immediately.

Our beloved team member “Burrito” was seriously injured by no fault of her own last Tuesday. Two cars collided in the o...
03/31/2025

Our beloved team member “Burrito” was seriously injured by no fault of her own last Tuesday. Two cars collided in the opposing lane and one spun out right into her. No human injuries, but Burrito was not so lucky. She will be in the hospital at Bill Knight Collision for the next 3 weeks. Please be patient with us during this time as we are still actively keeping up with appointments and patient care using a rental minivan. Dr. Wallace is not thrilled with this arrangement as it’s hard to fit everything, and it’s far from organized. After Burrito is restored to perfect health, she will be getting a face lift from her doctor, Brad Cohea. We’re going with a new “small car killer” Ranch Hand bumper to prevent this sort of injury in the future!

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