Veterinary Medical Center

12/30/2024

Way to go Katie!! 2 years in a row!! Thanks all that voted this year. Happy New Year!!

12/23/2024

Happy Holidays to all of our clients. We will be closing at noon on Tuesday and reopen on Thursday with regular hours.

12/18/2024

Annual holiday door decorating contest here at the clinic. Just for bragging rights please like the picture of your favorites by December 25.

10/16/2024

Costume Day at the clinic day.

10/14/2024

Crazy sock day today... Can you guess which staff members belongs to these feet??? Here are the choices: Angela, Cait, Stacy, Katie, Renee, Kendra. Please comment with your guesses.

10/14/2024

Veterinary Technician Week started with a competition on who can assemble an Elizabethan Collar the fastest but blindfolded... Our staff is pretty impressive.

09/20/2024

Fall is right around the corner. We have pumpkin scented candles to curb that pumpkin fix.

09/12/2024

Did you know that we provide reproductive services for not only cattle, sheep and goats, but whitetail deer as well? Feel free to contact us about any services we might be able to provide for you and your herd.

09/01/2024

Our office will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

08/09/2024

We've updated the website with our Fall OPU dates, so now's the time to plan ahead for the rest of 2024!

CHECK OUT OUR UPCOMING DATES HERE 💻 >> https://diamondbaregenetics.com/locations-1

We've got the state covered so make sure to check out the dates for all of our locations:

Diamond Bar E Genetics - State Center, IA
Veterinary Medical Center - Williamsburg, IA
Winthrop Vet Clinic - Winthrop, IA
Tyler Muller-Cattle - Manilla, IA
Animal Health Center of Centerville - Centerville, IA

06/14/2024

Update!!! Phones are working again!!

06/14/2024

We are experiencing phone issues again today. We are not able to call out or receive any calls at this time. You can send us a text at 319-313-5634 or email at [email protected].

06/13/2024

Yesterday we had two wonderful Golden Retrievers, ages 6 and 2, come in for elective surgical procedures. Both dogs had a history of eating a well-known and popular grain free diet for several years. In one dog, an arrhythmia (irregular heart beat) was detected so an x-ray of his chest was taken. His heart was enlarged, so an echocardiogram was scheduled for that afternoon. An x-ray was also taken of the other dog's chest as a precaution, and his heart was also enlarged. He was able to get an echocardiogram same day, as well.

The reports on both dogs just came back, and both of these gorgeous, otherwise perfectly healthy dogs have Dilated Cardiomyopathy. The cardiologist suspects that in both cases it is related to their diet. Thankfully, this condition was caught early, and when fed a traditional diet, their condition should hopefully reverse. Their cases are being reported to the FDA, along with the thousands of others from across the country.

There is no evidence to support feeding grain-free. Most pet allergies are related to environment (pollens, etc) or protein sources. Grain allergies account for a tiny fraction of all food allergies in dogs. Unfortunately, many dogs are becoming very ill or even dying from eating so-called "BEG" diets (boutique, exotic, grain-free), and the terrible thing is nutritionally mediated dilated cardiomyopathy is 100% preventable. There have been zero reported cases of NMDCM in dogs eating foods that meet WSAVA guidelines, currently made by Purina, Hill's, Iams/Eukanuba, or Royal Canin. We strongly suggest if you are feeding a "BEG" diet that you change your dog over to one of the brands listed above. If you have any questions specifically related to your pet, please call us.

We are so hopeful we caught this disease in time for our two beautiful patients to reverse their disease. Their very caring and dedicated owners have already changed their diet to one that meets WSAVA criteria. The articles below will help explain this disease, WSAVA guidelines, and why grain-free was more marketing than science.

http://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2018/11/dcm-update/

https://www.wsava.org/WSAVA/media/Arpita-and-Emma-editorial/Selecting-the-Best-Food-for-your-Pet.pdf

http://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2016/06/grain-free-diets-big-on-marketing-small-on-truth/

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/dogs-fed-some-popular-diets-could-be-risk-heart-disease/

06/13/2024

It is so exhausting to go to the doctor!

05/30/2024

We are not able to receive calls from cell phones right now. Landlines seem to be working fine. If you need to contact us please email at [email protected] or we can receive text at 319-313-5634. We can call you back.

04/26/2024

Check out how beautiful Delilah is! She has a personality to match!

04/25/2024

Check this out and give us a vote. Voting is under the livestock division.

Best Of Iowa

04/23/2024

Happy Veterinary Receptionist Week to our front office gals Katie & Jasmine. We appreciate everything they do everyday to make the office run smooth. Give them a shout out if you call into the office this week.