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I am a 100% mobile large animal veterinarian providing high quality veterinary services to the, horses, cattle and small ruminants of the Kamloops and North Thompson areas.

CASE UPDATE: The fractured mandible in a dairy heifer 6 weeks after surgery has fully healed and the heifer is eating co...
23/07/2025

CASE UPDATE:
The fractured mandible in a dairy heifer 6 weeks after surgery has fully healed and the heifer is eating comfortably. I removed the stabilizing wires today and can speak from experience, having braces twice as a child, that there is no better feeling than a mouth without wires!

When Hooves Hit the Highway! You never know what your day may bring, and when I made my morning commute towards Barrier...
17/07/2025

When Hooves Hit the Highway!
You never know what your day may bring, and when I made my morning commute towards Barriere in the vet truck I noticed several drivers flashing their High-beams at me as I turned the corner into McLure. Half expecting an RCMP road block or deer in the road I was shocked to see the ass end of two horses walking north up Highway 5. I pulled over and one of the horses had already been caught by a good samaritan (Kiana Noble) with the use of a ratchet-strap makeshift halter. Luckily I always carry a spare halter for just such an emergency and the second horse was quickly caught as the traffic continued to fly by. The horses happily munched grass and weeds on the side of the highway rest-stop, dodging the occasional toilet paper! A call was made to the local horse ladies (Sharon and Jane- you rock!) and in 5 minutes a truck and trailer was on site to take them off the highway where they waited to be reunited with their owner. This event reminded me how "horse people" are never the type to just 'drive by' a problem, instead they jump into action and take care of business... well done everyone on what could have been a tragic event!🙂

I’ve never been one to air my dirty laundry, but the picturesque campsite in McBride BC was a perfect place to wash my m...
14/07/2025

I’ve never been one to air my dirty laundry, but the picturesque campsite in McBride BC was a perfect place to wash my manure-laden coveralls and hang in the orchard.😆

WARNING FACEBOOK POLICE: VETERINARY IMAGES!Bringing you another exciting chapter of "When Bovine meets...."!This week, "...
25/06/2025

WARNING FACEBOOK POLICE: VETERINARY IMAGES!
Bringing you another exciting chapter of "When Bovine meets...."!

This week, " When Bovine Meets Gate Latch" We examine a bovine that had managed to get her lower jaw trapped in a gate latch and she broke her jaw at the mandibular symphysis. The mandibular symphysis is the connection between the left and right sides of the mandible located on midline. In young cattle this union of bone is soft and cartilaginous and is therefore susceptible to trauma. (see attached pic) Because cattle are curious creatures by nature they tend to get into trouble with their mouths as they explore their environment.
In order to stabilize the fracture I did a quick review of fracture repair of the mandible (this is not a very common problem!) and decided to wire the left and right sides together with an interdental continuous wire loop technique according to the picture I had available.
The result was better than I had expected and the heifer was able to comfortably chew soft feed soon after the surgery. The owner cuts alfalfa from the field every day for her and when I rechecked two weeks later, the wire was still secure and she was chewing her cud.
The mandible will slowly form a union over the next 6 weeks and as long as the wire doesnt break with fatigue the heifer should be back with the herd soon.

What happens when Buick meets Bovine? The result is not usually pretty but this calf managed to survive being hit by a ...
14/06/2025

What happens when Buick meets Bovine? The result is not usually pretty but this calf managed to survive being hit by a vehicle on the Upper Louis Creek Road and has a fractured radius to show for it. The rule of thumb when stabilizing a fracture is to immobilize the joint above and below the fracture. But in this case the elbow joint above the fractured radius is too high up the limb to effectively place a cast over it. So instead we built a "Thomas Schroeder" splint out of steel rod and pull the leg in full extension to allow the long bones to align and heal. Essentially the leg is held in traction within the splint and can be dragged around for the next 3-4 weeks as the bone forms a callus.

So...if you've been driving this road and noticed a vehicle with a smashed front end you may think twice when they tell you "they hit a deer". I know a rancher that would love some help paying for this accident so if an insurance claim can be made, please let me know. Drive safe everyone.

An update to the post from earlier…. On my travels to McBride I was able to meet up with heifer 267 and see that her eye...
24/05/2025

An update to the post from earlier…. On my travels to McBride I was able to meet up with heifer 267 and see that her eyelid laceration had fully healed from my suture job 3 weeks earlier. She saw me coming into the barn and immediately got up to walk away ! At least she could see me coming!😂

ABSENCE NOTICE: I will be traveling to the Robson Valley this week to provide veterinary services for the bovine produc...
19/05/2025

ABSENCE NOTICE: I will be traveling to the Robson Valley this week to provide veterinary services for the bovine producers of McBride. I will be away from May 19-25 however the office phone will be monitored by Stacey and Nikita for appt requests etc. If you have an emergency you will have to contact another veterinarian and be prepared to travel.
With wildfire season approaching, this is also a good reminder to have an evacuation plan ready for your farm animals and any emergency you may have to face. Living in rural rural areas means being self sufficient and being prepared, which is what makes us so resilient. Hope everyone had a nice May long weekend!

There’s nothing more gratifying than suturing eyelids back together. This poor heifer must have got her head stuck som...
30/04/2025

There’s nothing more gratifying than suturing eyelids back together. This poor heifer must have got her head stuck somewhere it didn’t belong and almost lost her good looks! Even though the laceration was over 48 hrs old the chances of the eyelid fully healing is quite high given that the face has such a good blood supply.

Facebook police consider veterinary medicine offensive Sorry for the real life experience social media users 😩🫣🫣
12/04/2025

Facebook police consider veterinary medicine offensive Sorry for the real life experience social media users 😩🫣🫣

To say that April has been a busy month is an understatement… here are a few pictures of what’s been happening, with de...
12/04/2025

To say that April has been a busy month is an understatement… here are a few pictures of what’s been happening, with details to come when the dust settles !

It’s that time of year when a bovine lays down in the bushes and two bovines come out of the bushes….I still havent figu...
03/04/2025

It’s that time of year when a bovine lays down in the bushes and two bovines come out of the bushes….I still havent figured this magic trick out 😂. And thanks to a spring with dry weather there are plenty of healthy calves on the ground including our heifer Lou’s newest bull calf

You know that feeling when you have to go and your bladder is about to burst...I imagine that is how this cow felt when ...
23/03/2025

You know that feeling when you have to go and your bladder is about to burst...I imagine that is how this cow felt when her one teat became blocked and she couldnt let down her milk. In her first lactation she had no problems feeding her calf on all 4 quarters but this time when she calved her right front teat end was sealed shut and no sign of an opening could be seen.

The pressure was building up and her discomfort when touched was obvious. I decided to ultrasoud the teat and look for signs of a blockage or tumor in the teat canal. The ultrasound gave a clear picture of some thin tissue that was blocking the teat canal (see picture) and we decided to open the teat with a metal cannula and attempt to restore normal function.

The teat was frozen with a lidocaine ring block around the base and a large needle was inserted into the teat or***ce. As the milk poured out I switched to a metal teat canula with a blunt end, and allowed the pressure to release. Needless to say we were all relieved and the cow received intramammary antibiotics and anti-inflammatories to help ward off mastitis infection over the ensuing days.

Im not sure what would have caused such a blockage to occur, and to be honest I had no time to ponder as I ran to the bathroom!

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