EQUINE AMBULATORY

Whether you have one horse or one hundred, LVS offers on-farm routine and emergency care to horses within a 50-mile radius of New Berlin. Our clinic is equipped with digital radiography, endoscopy and digital ultrasound to offer the best diagnostic capabilities in the area.

BOVINE SERVICES

LVS offers on-farm routine and emergency care for area dairies. Most dairies elect to be on a routine scheduled herd health program. Ultrasound pregnancy diagnosis is extensively used by our vets. In addition to being a time-saver, ultrasound is extremely accurate down to 26 days of gestation. Our vets also utilize DairyCOMP 305 extensively in consulting on herd-wide problems. Our in-house mastitis culture lab generally has a turnaround time of 2-3 days.

HOSPITALIZATION

LVS Equine hospital offers a full range of equine medical and reproductive services. Currently there are 46 stalls as well as numerous turnouts and run-in sheds. The hospital is equipped with digital ultrasonography, digital radiology, and gas anesthesia. The hospital accepts medical and surgical referral cases from area veterinarians as well as from our own ambulatory service vets. The hospital staff also sees clients on an outpatient basis for routine care, radiographs and ultrasound. Most patients are seen in the morning or late afternoon.

SURGERY

LVS offers a variety of in hospital outpatient and inpatient surgeries. Our inpatient surgeries include cryptorchild surgery, hernia repairs, PD neurectomies, enucleations and major laceration repairs. Procedures which can be performed on an outpatient basis include routine castrations, Caslick's procedures, minor laceration repairs and minor lump removals. If you have any questions about procedures that we perform, feel free to give our office a call.

IMAGING

LVS offers the most up to date diagnostic imaging. Our recently purchased CR X-ray unit allows us to take x-rays in the field and develop them at your barn enabling us to give you answers on the spot! The x-rays can also easily be saved to a CD, allowing you to have a copy of your animals x-rays. Not only are the quality of the pictures much better than traditional radiographs, it allows us to diagnose and treat problems during the same visit

Each of our veterinarians carries with them an ultrasound. This is important for pregnancy diagnosis in both horses and cattle. For lame horses, we also have a specialized ultrasound with the highest of picture quality to check for tears in tendon/ligaments or excessive fluid around an injury.

We also have an equine endoscope. Endoscopes are like cameras which we use to look inside of your horse. Most commonly we scope the upper airways of horses to check for abnormalities within the (1) larynx: as in the case of roarers (2) the gutteral pouches: to check for infections (3) nasal passages: checking for tumors or abnormal bleeding. We can check the esophagous of horses who are prone to choking, looking for scars or strictures. In minis/small horses we can evaluate them for stomach ulcers.

DENTISTRY

Leatherstocking Veterinary Services is pleased to be able to provide a modern approach to equine dental care. We believe that routine dental care is a very important part of your horse's overall health program. Good dental health can greatly improve your horse's overall health and performance. Using power assisted dentistry, and sedation when necessary, we can safely and comfortably improve and correct most dental problems. These range from routine floating and balancing, wolf tooth extraction, molar extraction and correction of more serious dental abnormalities. All of our dental work is performed by licensed veterinarians to insure the health and safety of your horse. Digital radiology is also available for advanced imaging when necessary.

Most horse owners become concerned about their horse's teeth when the horse is exhibiting difficulty chewing or weight loss. Many potentially serious problems can be avoided by a routine dental examination and mild corrective measures before they become a problem. We recommend an annual dental examination for all horses in order to recognize potential dental problems at an early state.

We are pleased to offer our dental services at our clinic facility as well as on an ambulatory basis. Please call for more information.

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