Harmony Veterinary Services, LLC

18/11/2025

In case you need to know; this is a size 84 😂❤️🐮

18/11/2025

18/11/2025

Muscle biopsies are a straightforward procedure and help us gain an enormous amount of information about the possible muscle disorders in your horse!

11/11/2025

Very important information for Island County flock owners

09/11/2025

08/11/2025

No one should have to choose between feeding themselves and feeding their pets.

With many Whidbey residents facing food insecurity in the absence of SNAP benefits, we have an urgent need for donations to our pet food banks. Though pet food isn't covered by SNAP, the loss of SNAP funding makes it harder for people to fit pet food into their already strained budgets.

Our pet food banks, operated out of our thrift stores in Freeland and Oak Harbor, provide pet food to pet owners in need. You can drop off your donation of pet food to either thrift store or our Coupeville shelter.

To make a monetary donation to our pet food banks, visit waifanimals.org/donate and select "Pet Food Banks for low-income pet owners" when making your gift.

When you make a donation of food or funds to our pet food banks, you can save an animal from going hungry and a struggling family from the heartbreaking decision to rehome their pet. Thank you for your compassion to Whidbey animals in need.

08/11/2025

🩸 Recently, a 17 year old draft gelding in Virginia tested positive for Equine Parvovirus. And we thought that we would break this disease down for horse owners with Dr. Lauren Holley, ACVIM.

🩸 Did you know horses can get Parvovirus too?
Unlike dogs (who get GI signs), Equine Parvovirus causes liver disease (hepatitis).

💡 EqPV-H has been linked to Theiler’s Disease (Serum Hepatitis) — once thought to occur only after blood transfusions, but we now know horses can get it without any blood product exposure.

👉 We test all of our blood donors for Equine Parvovirus, and our plasma comes from rigorously screened, verified sources.

🩸 Most horses with EqPV-H don’t get sick — only 1–2% show signs of hepatitis. Mild cases often resolve on their own in a few weeks (1-12 weeks), with the only indication being elevated liver enzymes on blood work.

🪧 Typical signs of liver disease or hepatitis include:
💤 Lethargy
❌ Inappetence
💛 Yellow discoloration of the mucous
membranes (eyes, gums, v***a)
🌞 Photosensitization - abnormal
sunlight sensitivity causing blistering
and sunburn on the ‘non-pigmented’
or ‘white’ areas of the coat.
🤢 Colic
🛏️ Recumbency

🧠 In severe disease - Neurologic signs (hepatic encephalopathy) including altered behavior, head pressing, staggering and blindness.

🩺 Diagnosis
Clinical signs, elevated liver enzymes on blood work (AST, SDH, GLDH and GGT) and changes in markers of liver function (ammonia and bile acid concentrations).
PCR testing for the virus (in both blood and liver samples). A positive blood test doesn’t always mean active disease — horses can test positive up to a year after infection.

💊 Treatment and Prognosis
Only symptomatic horses require treatment → aggressive supportive care and secondary treatment of liver dysfunction - especially in the case of neurologic signs.
The prognosis with mild to moderate clinical signs is excellent. Severe disease, fulminant liver failure and neurologic signs, the mortality rate can be high.

💉 Prevention
No vaccine available
When administering biologic products (stem cells, plasma, etc), it is best to use autogenous biologics (from the patient's OWN blood) or commercial products that are known to be negative.

☣️Biosecurity
Not enough is known about EqPV-H. Traditional approaches to limiting the spread of diseases in outbreaks and good quarantine practices when introducing horses to barns are recommended.

📸: A foal receiving a blood transfusion.

06/11/2025

Vitamin E supplementation is imperative in the majority of our horse population, even in the grassy northwest….

06/11/2025

We are HIRING!
Looking for a part-time, flexible week-day-hours veterinary technician/assistant for a mostly equine/large animal clinic. Must be positive, dedicated, dependable and have plenty of horse handling experience. Mobile and clinic duties include assisting with radiology, medical and surgical procedures. Must be able to travel off-island. Computer knowledge is essential. Wages based on qualifications. Must be 18 or older.
Please contact Dr Farris at [email protected]

06/11/2025

As hunting season begins, please help us spread the word to prevent lead from being put into our environment. Over 85% of the bald eagles admitted to TRC’s raptor hospital have lead in their blood, with a significant portion suffering from severe and lethal toxicity. Hunters can take two effective actions that help prevent the accidental poisoning of eagles.

This eagle is displaying labored breathing associated with lead poisoning. Lead does not directly affect the respiratory system, but it affects the neurological center of the brain that controls breathing.

During deer hunting season, eagles scavenging on gut piles or unrecovered deer contaminated with lead-based ammunition, ingest this deadly toxin. The fragmented lead bullets, used widely in hunting, are found to disperse dangerously within the deer carcass, turning what should be a natural act of scavenging into a lethal meal for these majestic birds.

Additionally, hunters can redefine their love for nature and their role as conservationists. With over 100,000 deer hunted annually in Minnesota alone, the choice of ammunition has a far-reaching impact on our wildlife and environment. Choosing non-toxic ammunition like copper is a choice that benefits not just eagles but all wildlife, and even hunters themselves, by providing a safer food source. It’s a small change with a massive impact, safeguarding the future of the bald eagle and honoring the true spirit of hunting and conservation.

05/11/2025

Already thinking about the winter riding situation? Here are 2 new USEF/USDF rated dressage shows in NW Washington! Best news is they’re INDOOR!

05/11/2025

This is a fantastic opportunity to get some dog training help even from a distance! I highly recommend this remarkable lady!

🔴 ONLINE COACHING NOW AVAILABLE‼️

➡️ Do you need help with obedience training?
➡️ Do you need help properly socializing your pup?
➡️ Do you need feedback on scent detection training?
➡️ Need guidance on how to take your training to the next level?

We offer individual and group online sessions that can be recorded for review at your convenience. Contact us with your needs to get pricing and schedule. Message or email [email protected]