MAY 2017

CLIENT APPRECIATION PARTY

You and your family are invited to our annual Client Appreciation Party at the clinic on Friday July 28 from 3-8 pm. We hope that having the party on Friday this year will make it easier for people to come.

We will have free food and beverages and fun and door prizes and lots of things for kids to do. We are planning on having food and activities in a tent on the south lawn, so everything will be easy to find. In case of rain, we will move into the clinic garage.

370. course, you are welcome to tour the clinic and see the new tile in the kennel and the exam room improvements. Kids will be able to bring their stuffed pets and practice bandaging them. We may even have some special visitors from the Humane Society. You can also tour the new dog park taking shape north of the clinic.

Everyone is welcome! Please bring the family, have some food and join in the fun.

ONLINE STORE FOR HORSE AND SMALL ANIMAL SUPPLIES

Our on-line store for cattle medications and supplies is working well and has been very popular with clients. If you have any questions or would like to get an account set up at the store, please call the clinic and talk to Jill.

We will have on-line store set up for horse and small animals, too. Start at LancasterVetClinic.com and click on the On-Line store. You can order supplies, toys, treats, feed supplements and equipment. You will also be able to get prescription items such as heartworm preventatives and dewormers as long as you have a prescription from one of the vets here at the clinic.

LOTS OF LICE, FLIES ARRIVE

The flies have been slow this year with the cold, wet spring, but they are coming on strong now. We have some new fly tags at the clinic which contain a different insecticide than the ones we had last year. If you noticed some resistance problems at your place, we recommend changing tag types. We still have the same cheaper ones that work well for most people.

577. have been seeing lots of lice on cattle and horses this spring. We have a couple different permethrin pour-on products for use on horses, dairy and beef cattle that do a great job killing lice and keeping flies off. The cattle product is applied at the rate of 1 oz per 200# so a gallon treats about 25 cows. You need to reapply every 3-4 weeks. The horse product is 8-16 ml per horse applied as needed.

FLUIDS HELP WEAK CALVES

We have been treating a lot of beef calves with scours this spring. Most of them pop right back after IV fluids. What can you do to help a calf if you can’t get the fluids IV or until you can get the calf to the clinic? Lactated Ringer’s solution or Normosol fluids can be given under the skin to a scouring calf to help get its blood pressure up and treat the deadly dehydration tha goes with the scours. You can give a 1000 ml (one liter bag) under the skin of a calf’s neck in a couple different spots. The fluids will be absorbed into the bloodstream as the calf needs them. Once the fluid pocket under the skin disappears, you can give some more if the calf is still weak.

Please ask for a demo if you have questions about treating your calves at home.

DOG PARK LOOKING GOOD

We hope you have had a chance to drive by the area north of the clinic to see the developments in the dog park. The city has been working on leveling the area, building a circular path through the park and adding water lines. It will take a while for the new grass to fill in, but we are happy to see the progress.

RURAL SAFETY DAY ON JUNE 13

This year’s Grant County Rural Safety Day is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13 from 9:30 am — 3:00 pm. All children in grades 2-8 this fall are encouraged to attend. The program is free. Registration forms should be turned in by June 9. The first 500 kids registered will get a free t-shirt.

This year’s safety topics include Electrical safety, Pool and river safety, ATV Safety, First Aid, Tug of Grain hazards, Guns and Lawn mower safety. If you have attended this program before, you can still come and learn something new!

Lunch, beverages and snacks will be provided. 4-H members in grades 9 and over who would be interested in facilitating at this event should contact Cathy at the Extension Office, 723-2125 by June 2.

GRANT COUNTY DAIRY BREAKFAST SUNDAY JUNE 11

See you at the Grant County Dairy Breakfast! This year the event will be held at the Todd Fischer farm in Bagley. Parking and shuttles will be available at the Blakes Prairie Fairgrounds in Bloomington. No parking at the farm. Call the Grant County Extension Office if you have questions or would like to help or make a donation. Breakfast will be served from 7 to 11 am. Cost is $5 for adults, $2 for kids, under 6 are free. Hope to see you there!

WE HAVE A HORSE STOCKS

Now is the season for breeding and preg checking horses. We have a stocks in the garage at the clinic that works great for keeping the horse and the vet safe when palpating mares rectally. We can ultrasound the pregnancy starting at 14 days so you will know if you need to watch the mare coming back in heat.

LOTS OF SUMMER INTERNS

We will be having students job shadowing and interning this summer at the clinic. These students will be riding with us on farm calls and working with pets in the clinic.

We are also having a vet tech intern. Thank you for your patience with the students and for allowing them to look at your animals and give them some real world experience.