Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy Recently Diagnosed in Waterloo County
On January 7, 2023, The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) notified our clinic of a confirmed case of...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
Equine Diseases for Which Vaccinations Exist – Risk-based Vaccines
The AAEP recognizes a second group of risk-based vaccinations that should be administered based on the risk your horse has of contracting...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
Equine Diseases for Which Vaccinations Exist – Core Vaccines
The risks for certain infectious diseases are common to horses all over North America – and the consequences of these diseases are...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
What Side Effects Could Vaccines Cause in Your Horse?
It is fairly common for horses and ponies to experience mild and temporary side effects after receiving a vaccination. These signs are...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
Potomac Horse Fever
This is now becoming a common, and potentially fatal, type of equine adult diarrhea in Ontario. It is transmitted by insects. Each...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Mar 28, 2022
- 1 min
Recommended Equine Vaccination Schedule
The following table provides a schedule for the vaccination of a previously vaccinated adult horse (initial booster series required in...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Breakdown of Vaccines, Dewormers, and Health Preventatives
The following tables provide a detailed breakdown of the various available vaccines, dewormers and health preventatives: Vaccines...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Mar 14, 2022
- 2 min
It's Herd Health Season – Prevention is Always a Better Approach
If you have not yet booked your horse’s spring vaccinations, we would like to encourage all of you to start thinking about your equine...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Equine Asthma
Thank you to Boehringer-Ingelheim for organizing another great client webinar! Dr. Jason Brownridge has summarized some of the key points...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
COVID Update
As you are all aware, COVID continues to dominate the news and discussion around the world, and of course locally. As we head into...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
It's Herd Health Season
If you have not yet booked your horse’s spring vaccinations, we would like to encourage all of you to start thinking about your equine...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy
Many of our equine clients are already aware of the outbreaks of Equine Herpesvirus-1 that have been occurring in many counties across...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
Managing Fly Populations In Barns
As the weather is starting to warm up, we are starting to see flies in the barns and now is the time to think about fly control...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
What If It's Equine Asthma?
Every Cough Means Something Learn the Signs and Triggers of Equine Asthma Please join Milverton-Wellesley Veterinary Services for a...
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 1 min
The Benefits of Vitamin B12
We are experiencing extensive backorders on products, including Vitamaster and Newcells – two commonly used products for ketotic or...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
Dextrose for Ketosis Treatment – New Study
A December 2020 study in the Journal of Dairy Science set out to determine how much effect the addition of dextrose IV has in treating...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Herd Health Season
Herd health season will be upon us before we know it, provided Mother Nature feels inclined to put an end to winter sometime soon. Even...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
Free Fecal Water Syndrome (FFW)
Free Fecal Water syndrome (FFW) is a condition in which horses produce normal feces, but before, during, or after defecation, free water...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Feb 26, 2021
- 5 min
Treatment of Calf Scours
Many of you have at some point struggled with scouring calves. There are many different causes of calf scours such as E coli, Rotavirus,...
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Milverton-Wellesley Vet Services
- Feb 11, 2021
- 1 min
Passive Transfer of Immunity Testing
A Good Addition to Herd Health Visits We know how important it is that calves get good quality colostrum as quickly as possible. Often we...
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