River Basin Equine Veterinary Services

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas!

11/25/2025

11/25/2025

We are grateful for your business and wish you a joyous Thanksgiving. We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Friday to spend time with our loved ones.

11/06/2025

Did you know your equine can catch the flu, too?

While there isn’t a specific time of the year for “flu season” in the equine world, any time is good to learn more about this highly contagious respiratory condition—particularly because it’s one of the most common infectious diseases of the respiratory tract of horses, and recent years have been unusually active for Equine Influenza Virus (EIV) on a global scale.

EIV spreads rapidly through groups of horses in aerosolized droplets dispersed by coughing, and the severity of clinical signs depends on the degree of existing immunity within the affected individual, among other factors (i.e., correctly vaccinated horses are less affected than unvaccinated horses).

Any horse showing signs of respiratory disease (cough, nasal discharge, persistent fever) should be isolated immediately until your veterinarian can determine the exact cause.

To learn more about Equine Influenza Virus (EIV), visit these resources:
https://aaep.org/resource/aaep-infectious-disease-guidelines-equine-influenza-eiv/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN1uklleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwaDY1NFRwbzVaTmdCTFE0AR6TSxMTSrZaaihGWeOQRU8FxN1nMjxT8a4pensUL-VTbU3gGDNXzK7K0GpGNg_aem_SvQrsEksul6n_6EyWcWgnA
&
https://www.equinediseasecc.org/equine-influenza?fbclid=IwY2xjawN1uk5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwaDY1NFRwbzVaTmdCTFE0AR4prpxH7lNYI-Q9Y7cq5u2eG2iFlJDWbeElbxtZ0UZeZeQC6SwybCYYN-OD5g_aem_BIZyarOLwfLRAmRREAm8Xg

As always, your horse doctor remains your best source of information. Contact them to learn more about how to prevent this disease through an appropriate vaccination protocol and biosecurity practices.

11/23/2024

Banamine should NOT be given in the muscle!

Yellowstone fans that are real horse people got a little confusing information on the Sunday, November 17, 2024 episode. This popular show appears to take pride in its western production on being very authentic - yet some how they had a BIG mistake with treating a horse with intramuscular Banamine.

What is the BIG deal? In this Yellowstone episode a horse was administered Banamine (Flunixin Meglumine) intramuscularly. Yet the nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory is only administered orally (in the mouth) or intravenously (in the vein). Remember Banamine is never recommend to be administered to horses any other way.

Why not? Banamine causes muscle damage when injected intramuscularly! There are spores of bacteria known as clostridium that can rest in healthy muscle; however, the bacteria may awaken if the muscle becomes damaged from an IM injection particularly when Banamine is administered this way. This may cause clostridial myositis - which is a serious and sometimes fatal disease. Post injection signs of a problem would be swelling and a painful injection site with gas underneath the skin. The bacterial toxins may migrate into the bloodstream causing depression, colic, fever and a lose of appetite. Treatment by a licensed DVM is necessary if you make this mistake. Supportive care, antibiotics, and possibly a surgical excision of the infected injected site may be necessary.

This episode of Yellowstone was a good reminder - what is entertaining may not always be real and correct. Check with your equine veterinarian if you are unsure how to administer Banamine.

11/02/2024

Vote for Curlee and Maple dress up as Scooby Doo and Shaggy!! Thanks

09/18/2024

Have you seen our new website? Go check it out at www.riverbasinvet.com
It includes information about our team, the small animal and equine services we offer, and more!

02/28/2023

Our thoughts and prayers to our client Lynn Birkland on the loss of her pride and joy; her five horses, several cats, chickens and her barn. Please send our friend condolences.

The barn is a total loss.

12/25/2022

02/19/2021

The Sheets family are good friends from way back. After some frustrating interactions with local roofing contractors, we reached out to F/S Contracting for advice. Thankfully, they offered to make the long trip out and help us put a new roof on our house. If you are in need of some residential, commercial or agricultural roofing work; please contact Casey Sheets (402) 870-0672. Our roofing work is planned for April, weather permitting. We are trying to line up some other jobs in the area to show our appreciation for their friendship and willingness to make the trip from Nebraska. Honest, personable and quality work can be expected.

01/06/2021

Commonly known as “heaves,” equine asthma is a serious condition that requires proper diagnosis, management, and often treatment.