Juniata River Veterinary Services

02/04/2025

Rudy’s annual reminder for seniors and ‘cresty easy keepers’

Strongly consider/remember fasting insulin/leptin testing for your easy keepers to check how their diet management is going this early spring. Also, testing for Cushing’s/PPID—we have had a bunch of laminitis cases with this mild winter.

Rudy, resident Haflinger EMS/PPID poster boy, got tested last month. He was under control, but his barnmate Abe was gave us new surprises

02/04/2025

And it’s baby season! 💕 ❤️

01/31/2025

Large Scales are the most accurate method, but here is a more accurate tool than weight tapes.

Use our free adult horse weight calculator to estimate your horse's weight using body length and heart girth measurements.

01/10/2025

Another interesting training tool to provide resistance training for the horse’s back

(Make sure you introduce slowly over multiple sessions and not initially under saddle first)

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01/10/2025

These exercises may also be available on YouTube, but this a great book.

Activate Your Horse's Core consists of a 95 minute DVD and a step-by-step manual with laminated pages and spiral binding that can be taken to the barn. The DVD and manual show how to perform exercises that mobilize the joints and engage the muscles used to round and stabilize the horse's neck, ba...

01/02/2025

12/09/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EmRABs4ED/?mibextid=W40cHY

12/04/2024

https://vgl.ucdavis.edu/news/new-study-identifies-distinct-gray-alleles-contributing-difference-rate-depigmentation

A newly published study led by Dr. Leif Andersson and colleagues at Uppsala University in collaboration with researchers at the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) discovered the existence of two different Gray alleles, one of which is associated with fast graying and increased risk for me...

12/02/2024

Interesting way to reduce electricity consumption on tank heaters… although my geldings might be too mischievous for it 🤦‍♀️

https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/solar-stock-tank-zmaz10onzraw/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2JeY2xSSUoQaYGSPf8BasEAyHD6Z1yS57Gf7Vb_iAg1WrRffkBQd4vOxY_aem_K2Rz75BIshaCroXuDhT6YA

Looking for alternative ways to heat a stock water tank? When winter rolls around, our reliable DIY insulated stock tank will save you money watering your animals and time and effort chopping ice.

11/17/2024

Equine First Aid Kit—-A Possible Christmas Gift or New Horse Person/New Barn Gift

—made by Abigail England

11/09/2024

If anyone in the Canoe Mountain/Short Mountain/Point View brushfire area needs help moving livestock to safety, some clients have volunteered their trailers. If you need animal help, please don’t hesitate to call 814-932-9562. Otherwise, please avoid travel to keep the road open for firefighting personnel.

Prayers and thinking of our neighbors in that area.

10/17/2024

Edit: Back in the area, from the trip 👍

Good morning!

Dr Ford will be out of town until the 28th for some vacation and CE. If you have an urgent situation, please contact a large animal veterinarian who overlaps with our practice or be prepared to haul to one of the regional hospitals.

Dr Ford will be checking her phone at least once a day and may be able to help with refills or questions on a limited basis.

Thanks so much and take care! (The Aurora Borealis show in Williamsburg)

10/10/2024

Since there is a lot of confusion about this topic, here’s one coordinating resource for donating hay

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/FW2B5GvTuqNLHz3V/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Many herds and homes in WNC have been hit hard by Hurricane Helene. If you are able to assist livestock producers through housing animals or providing feed/supplies, please complete the form below. The answers on the form will be shared with NC Cooperative Extension offices and NCDA&CS.

We are working with local authorities to determine routes for moving livestock within and from the area. PLEASE DO NOT ACT ON YOUR OWN! Many roads are not safe or passable and unauthorized access will slow down rescue and restoration efforts. Thank you for your willingness to help and, if needed, you will be contacted by someone from NCSU or NCDA.

Form Here: https://go.ncsu.edu/livestockdisasterhelp

10/09/2024

84 EIA cases across U.S./Canada confirmed this year

Pennsylvania recently announced Coggins EIA tests (drawn within the last year) are required for any horse leaving its home residence.

This is because the gradual increase in outbreaks nationwide over several years. The EDCC reports some very large outbreaks in the Southwest recently.

https://equinediseasecc.org/alerts?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR04LiVqRWNFosvROt7Ucr5BweV3J5ALNkxo6g5SpEW7UGnTN4kqKT70t94_aem_vhBVKKFEzR-8XIfw3ht60A

Updates on current disease outbreaks are listed here as they occur and will include the date listed, disease name, location and current status. Specific premises will not be named but the general location by town, county and state will be listed. When locations, events or horses are at risk they wil...

10/08/2024

I’m planning to run supplies to Hustontown Fire Dept Wednesday 9th afternoon around 2-3 pm. They plan to haul supplies down to eastern TN fire departments for hurricane Helene relief on the 11th.

If you want to drop something off, happy to haul it down. Please consult their page for list updates.

Trough Creek Fire Department just made a trip and plan to again, from what I heard.

Please text me if you want to drop off etc. (this would be specific to the list that the fire department is working off).

09/24/2024

Two commonly confused problems that horses can develop.

They can share environmental triggers for laminitis and other hoof problems, but they are NOT the same. It is true that some horses have both, or finally develop more severe laminitis episodes when they have both. Occasionally, horses develop both conditions close together. But the main cause for either disease is very different problems in different parts of the body.