Arcadia Veterinary Services

07/03/2024

To all our loyal clients and friends … Arcadia Vet Services is RELOCATING to Springsure! 🎉 We endeavour to keep servicing all our existing friends and clients and take on new clients as I can.
For all our Rolleston people we will still be here to service you just based out of Springsure instead of Rolleston! Same great service with a smile just a change of scenery ❤️🐕🐈🐮🐴

We should be settled and more available in the next 7-10 days!

22/02/2024

Arcadia Vet Services is relocating! 🚛💨
We are currently moving so please bare with us as we try to move and keep attending to your animals as best we can! If all the animals could stay out of trouble for the next couple of weeks 🙏😂 lol

05/01/2024

Anyone trying to get hold of me I’m sorry I am out of the state until the 15th Jan! ✈️
Apologies for any inconveniences- if you have an urgent matter please call your closest clinic (Emerald, Moura or Roma) otherwise I will reply to messages as I can! 👍

22/12/2023

We would like to wish our extremely valued friends, clients and patients a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you all for your ongoing support and friendship this year we truly appreciate it and love being able to help you and your animals!
Here’s hoping we can enjoy a wet Christmas and watch the grass grow for an exciting new year!
❤️❤️🐴🐮🐶🐱🌧️🌈🎄🎄

09/12/2023

Hoof abscesses! 😱 Not something we see a lot of but they are cropping up at the moment! This mare has been on and off lame for a while … suspect she had an abscess brewing back when her feet where hard as rock (possible that she had a penetrating injury to the hoof) and it was unable blow out so it has blown half the hoof capsule instead and popped out the white line eventually. A lot of poulticing and soaking to clean this one up and fingers crossed we don’t have pedal bone involvement. Going to be a while to grow this out and try to stabilise the hoof capsule while it grows out. 🤞And of course it is my own (somewhat neglected 🫣 been meaning to find time to bring her in and investigate this) horse. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ No judgement from us if you ever feel like you didn’t get something looked at sooner … we know that life gets busy and you do the best you can!

21/11/2023

Pulse therapy in action today … this mare has a small wound above the knee with significant swelling… have a look at the increased blood flow in the front leg when we started pulsing! Increased blood flow = reduced inflammation and swelling and increased healing! And a whole body session to recharge and relax the whole body!

21/11/2023

Its been one hell of a year and if you are anything like us we are exhausted! You or your horses may benefit from a Pulse session to RELAX, RECHARGE and RECOVER!

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy - PEMF is a pulsing magnetic field that provides your cells with the energy they need to perform and heal at their highest capacity.
Studies show that PEMF can;
• Increase blood circulation
• Reduce muscle tension and fatigue
• Amplify athletic performance
• Improve overall health and wellbeing
• Reduce inflammation, pain and discomfort
• Assist in healing and recovery

A completely non-invasive and holistic therapy to recharge the body for peak performance and healing - so you can power through the last of 2023 and hit the ground running for 2024. Give us a call to see how PULSE PEMF might help you or your animals!

15/08/2023

Anyone chasing a new worker!

26/04/2023

Please note we will be unavailable until 8th May - if you have an urgent matter please contact your local clinic.
I apologise for any inconvenience
🤞🤞 you don’t need me anyway! 🐴🐮🐶🐱

20/12/2022

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to our family, friends, clients and patients!

It’s been a hectic year and I will be taking some time out to recharge and enjoy some family time. As of tonight I will be mostly unavailable until the new year!

Thank you all so much for your support this year it’s been a pleasure as always doing our best to save lives and improve productivity!
🎄🎄🎄

28/11/2022

We have a baby buffalo! 🥰😍😍 Welcome to the mob ‘Pebbles’, well done Wilmur 👌👍❤️❤️❤️

28/10/2022

Fabulous Friday … minus the arrival of the sucky sandflies 😬😬😬
The bities are out in force today and none are as cute as this little pest!

24/10/2022

This one was a bit intense! No hail, not much rain but a few less branches ⚡️⚡️⚡️

11/08/2022

Excellent perspective on FMD 👌👌

🚨 FMD - A FEW FACTS 🚨

The FMD risk rating has increased from 8-12%... which doesn't sound that bad, right? So what are the factors that sit behind this risk rating?
🦠 FMD is one of the most infectious viruses in the world, affects multiple species and actually doesn’t kill many animals, so the infected animals remain alive, walking around and shedding virus everywhere they go.
🦠 However, the FMD virus is actually not very tough! It doesn’t like temperatures above 27°C, will die if the relative humidity drops below 60% and is very susceptible to heating, drying and changes of pH.
🦠 No outbreak of FMD around the world has ever been attributed to spread on humans.
The most likely route is via infected meat, fed to pigs. The FMD virus will survive in uncooked meats like salami, and in frozen meats for up to 6 months. This is called swill feeding and is illegal in Australia.
🦠 Pigs are really susceptible to infection via ingestion and they “amplify” the virus, shedding about 1000-3000 times more virus than a cow or a sheep.
🦠 If housed together, the pigs then create viral clouds, which can travel on the wind if the conditions are cool and humid and cattle and sheep get infected via inhalation (breathing in the virus).
🦠 Infected sheep show very little signs and this was an important part of the FMD outbreak in the UK in 2001 when infected but clinically normal sheep were traded all over the UK before the outbreak was detected.

So, while the risk of FMD getting into Australia has only risen slightly, the consequences if it did would be enormous. We can all do our bit to help manage the risk!
🏥Report sick animals to your vet immediately
🐷Never feed swill to pigs
📖Have an updated farm biosecurity plan
👨Risk assess visitors to your farm and animals
💻Do a PIC reconciliation on the NLIS database
🍔Buy Australian meat

14/07/2022

Public announcement!
Dr Di will be in hospital and off work from next week for at least 2-3 weeks! I will do what I can once I am back home but bear with me until I am back on my feet!

05/07/2022

Just a reminder that Vet Dr Di will be away from
Wednesday 6th July until Tuesday 12th July!
I will be at a repro course in NSW so I will be unable to take your calls … but leave a message and when I can I will get back to you.
In the unfortunate case you have an emergency please contact your nearest clinic!

Sorry for any inconvenience but this is the next step toward being able to offer advanced equine reproductive services right here! 🤞🤞

17/06/2022

Thank goodness it’s Friday!
For anybody curious … this is how we keep our sanity! 😍😍😜🐶

07/05/2022

It’s a bit wintery this evening for doggos run … hoody lyf 👌😂🐾

05/04/2022

Wilma our resident buffalo sporting the latest bovine necklace 😂😂

28/03/2022

Poor Cous Cous had an altercation with a feral cat on Saturday night … I quick sedation to clip and clean her wounds out properly and some antibiotics and anti- inflammatories and she is already feeling a lot better. 👌

26/03/2022

Campdraft season is upon us! 🙌🐴

So we will be away and unavailable from Thursday this week until Monday … if you have an emergency please contact your preferred clinic. Otherwise leave me a message and I will get back to you when I can! 👌🙏
Sorry for any inconvenience!

17/03/2022

08/01/2022

A WARNING FOR FERAL PIG HUNTERS

A huge number of wild pigs in Australia are believed to be infected with leptospirosis.

The Queensland Murray Darling Committee is funding a research project into the feral pig with the hope of finding better ways to control numbers.

The research at four sites, Arcadia Valley and Miles in Queensland and Glen Innes and Moree in New South Wales, involves tracking 64 pigs for almost 12 months.

Blood tests have uncovered that a quarter of all feral pigs are carrying leptospirosis and a smaller number are also infected with brucellosis

The disease is a risk to pigs hunters, their dogs and cattle.

“Obviously when people hunt pigs they are exposed to blood and all different parts of the animal and they can contract leptospirosis or brucellosis from those animals,” Darren Marshall, the Regional Co-Ordinator for Feral Animals at QMDC.

In humans, without treatment, leptospirosis can lead to kidney and liver damage and even death.

Photo: Darren Marshall QMDC

29/12/2021

Please keep eyes out for this lost doggo! 🙏🙏🙏

28/12/2021

Here it is!! A new fully air conditioned storage and consulting building for Arcadia Veterinary Services!!
Proudly sponsored by Ross Wood!! 😉

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas to all our friends, clients and supporters!!! 🎄🎉 we appreciate you all and wish you a wonderful and festive Christmas!
Bring on the rain! 🙏

12/12/2021

Exciting times ahead for Arcadia Veterinary Services … watch this space! 🙌

06/12/2021

With all this rain keep an eye out for ‘seedy toes’😉😉 … wet conditions promote the growth of micro-organisms so watch out for abscesses and seedy toe.

10/11/2021

Always a pleasure when we can get the goods! 👌👌 We take a lot of pride here at Arcadia Veterinary Services in making sure we get the very best sample we can from your bull so you have the best shot at filling the s***m bank!! (Puns intended 😉)

08/10/2021

Happy Vet Nurse Day! 🙌🐾
While I don’t have any nurses beside me just yet, we would like to take this opportunity to celebrate all the incredible, passionate and hard working nurses I have had the pleasure of working alongside over the years! ❤️A vet and a clinic is nothing without amazing nurses, they go above and beyond every single day to make our jobs easier, safer and more enjoyable!
Doing what we do for your animals is a team effort!
So for now we have Chris as our stand in nurse but perhaps down the track we can get some other nurses! 🙌🙌🍻🎉