Lewis Veterinary Services, LLC

09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day!! Enjoy the day and stay safe!!! 🐎 💗

08/22/2025

🍁🍂🎃 It’s almost fall time!!🍁🍂🎃
Vaccines we recommend for fall:
Flu rhino vaccines are very important to stay on top of especially in the young and older horses to keep them protected from nasty respiratory viruses.

Rabies is a Core vaccine that every horse should be vaccinated for annually. In 2024, 57 bats tested positive for rabies in Illinois. If your horse becomes infected with Rabies it is fatal and can be passed on to any human caregivers.

Potomac horse fever is also a recommended vaccine - we have seen more cases that tested positive this year than any year previously…. This can be fatal if these horses aren’t treated aggressively. This vaccine needs to be boostered if horse has not been vaccinated yearly.

If your horse missed spring vaccines such as EWT WNV then now is the time to get those in them…. These are core vaccines established by the AAEP and are all fatal diseases!

Bonus fact: The vaccines we use offer vaccine support guarantee as long as they are given properly by an accredited veterinarian 🤩
📸Pictures for fun posted with owner permission

08/22/2025

🐎😏Would love to add another friendly face to the team! 😃

Lewis Veterinary Services is seeking a part-time or full-time veterinary assistant to join our team. We are a two-doctor equine ambulatory practice that serves the northern Illinois area.

When in the field, the candidate will be responsible for handling of horses for examinations, set up of equipment, driving between appointments, stocking trucks at the end of the day, processing in-house blood samples and organizing specimens for laboratory pick up.

When in the office, responsibilities include answering client phone calls and text messages, scheduling appointments, dispensing medications, invoicing clients, and preparing the doctors for the next day.

The ideal candidate has an exceptional work ethic, a desire to learn, and ability to work efficiently with attention to detail. Experience and comfort handling horses is of top priority. Veterinary knowledge and experience are a plus but not required.

Interested candidates can email a resume and cover letter with references to [email protected]

08/20/2025

08/12/2025

✨️✨️ Just so you know... Dr. Valentina Poggi can help you with more than just horses. 🤠

08/01/2025

🤩August promo codes for our on-line pharmacy, Vetsource!
Have a great weekend all!

07/29/2025

Please help us in welcoming back Dr Valentina Poggi 🥳💥👏

Dr. Poggi grew up in Villa Park, Illinois and attended Elmhurst College and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology with honors. After completing her undergraduate degree in 3 years, she pursued her passion for science and animals and graduated with her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Illinois, also with honors. Her interests include surgery and ambulatory medicine where she is able to provide veterinary care to animals in the comfort of their own home.

Outside of work Dr. Poggi enjoys going for walks on the beach at Waipio with her fiancé, Bryce.. Did we mention she lives in Hawaii with her 6 chickens, 24 sheep, 2 goats, 2 donkeys, and her fiancé, of coarse.

Dr Poggi worked through vet school at Lewis Veterinary and even performed a surgery on Dr Lewis personal horse Tropicana. She will be helping us and our patients out in August and September so call and make an appointment!

07/25/2025

Please join us in welcoming the newest member of our team!! We are excited to announce Rachael Mckeown will be joining our team as practice manager. Get to know Rachael a little better, she may look familiar to some clients...

I have a degree in equine science and have worked as a veterinary technician for the better part of 17 years. I grew up in Campton Hills and started my career as a technician in Elburn all those years ago. Before that I competed in Fox Valley Saddle Association events and in 4-H showing horses at the Kane County fair.

I have a passion for teaching and take pride in being "jack of all trades" for the practice. You may see me jogging a lameness, answering your phone calls or training new team members.

In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my husband and two elementary age boys. I don't have horses of my own but enjoy my "house horses", a great dane and a mastiff.

I genuinely look forward to helping you all on good days and a source of comfort on those not so great days.

07/21/2025

Good information

It's MYTHBUSTER time!

The core vaccinations for every horse, regardless of their travel status, include Rabies, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE), West Nile Virus (WNV), and Tetanus.

Unfortunately, mosquitoes, bacteria, and rabid animals do not discriminate when it comes to infecting horses. Whether a horse is in a freshly bedded stall, wide open pasture, or on show grounds, mosquitoes can potentially infect your horse with life threatening diseases such as EEE, WEE, and/or WNV.

Tetanus is a common clostridial bacteria present in the dirt and can infect a horse who has never left its home just the same as a horse who shows every weekend if it doesn't have proper vaccine status.

Rabies is a 100% fatal disease once clinical signs are present and is easily transmissible to humans and other animals both at home and on the trails.

It's also important to note that different regions in the U.S. may have additional "core" recommendations so be sure to ask your veterinarian what is best for your horse!

Thank you to the Horse Owner Education Committee for providing this information!

07/14/2025

Check out our July Vetsource pharmacy promo codes! 🐎