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Northern Lights Veterinary Service

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Marquette, MI
Northern Lights Veterinary Service

On the farm veterinary care for horses, goats, sheep, and other large animals in the central UP.

Now offering Veterinary Spinal Manipulation Therapy for small and large animals.

10/08/2025

World Rabies Awareness Day was last month but fall is a good time to booster your large animal Rabies Vaccines. The risk to outdoor animals comes from bats, skunks, raccoons, foxes and other wild animals. Oddly behaving animals may cause yours to investigate and get bitten. Rabies is 100% fatal and the vaccine is inexpensive. We recommend all animals be vaccinated for rabies - large animals yearly and dogs/cats can be every 3 years.

10/04/2025

Dentistry alert! Our very good friend, Board Certified Equine Veterinary Dental Specialist, Dr. Jessica Hunt will be joining us November 13th to perform dental procedures at our clinic on a haul-in basis. She can offer dental extractions, dental and sinus issue workups including radiographs and endoscopy, periodontal disease treatment, and consultation on dental issues. Please contact our office if you have questions about whether your horse’s case is something Dr. Hunt should see while she is here!

10/03/2025

Do you have a horse with Cushing’s/PPID? The University of Minnesota is looking for owners with horses on medication to fill out a survey and send a hair sample in so they can look into the genetics of this disease. Please consider helping out scientific research so we can learn more!

09/26/2025

Dr. Lara is spending the weekend attending the Michigan Veterinary Conference to learn from world class veterinary experts. She is the MVMA Equine Committee Chair so is also doing some volunteering to help make the conference run smoothly. Dr. Hannah is available for any emergencies you may have.

09/22/2025

A little fun before and after incisor work this morning. We make incremental changes to soften abnormalities over time. He’s slated for some incisor radiographs so we will update with that information in the future!

09/19/2025

Euthanasia is an important gift we can give our pets. It is a release from painful bodies and brains that are not working as they should. When we finally make that hard decision to euthanize, what is the process? The process is generally the same - the doctor administers a sedative and then a medication to cause their heart and brain to stop. We check to ensure the heart has stopped afterward.

There is another option available for horses and other large animals - intrathecal lidocaine. This is the same process for the animal - sedation, loss of consciousness, and then death. Full anesthesia is induced, then lidocaine is infused into the area around the spinal cord to numb the brain until it stops. This lidocaine method does not leave large amounts of chemicals in the body that will be absorbed in the ground like the traditional method.

We can answer any questions you may have about euthanasia process in the comments.

09/17/2025

Calling all farriers! Come join us on Wednesday, September 24th to talk about cool cases and collaborate on a live horse case. Food and drinks will be provided. RSVP to the office or just show up.

09/09/2025

When evaluating Quality of Life for your horse, we often decide to schedule a planned euthanasia. As winter creeps up toward us, horses that struggled last winter or are currently dealing with medical issues may need to consider euthanasia as the days get colder. Pre-planning euthanasia has multiple benefits. It can be as painless as possible, a low stress procedure for the horse with pre-visit medications for pain and anxiety if needed. The owner can be present during their horse’s last moments if they choose to. This is a very personal choice and there is no wrong choice about whether to be present for the procedure. It allows for a celebration of life prior to the euthanasia, providing closure for owners. Horse can go on a “good day," rather than an emergency that can cause undue distress and pain. Aftercare for the body can be pre-planned instead of scrambling to make arrangements.

09/06/2025

Happy 906 Day! What are you doing to celebrate?

09/05/2025

Pet slowing down? Horse struggling to get up in the morning? Chronic disease progressing? How do you know when it is time to euthanize your pet? A quality of life assessment evaluation by your veterinarian can be utilized to evaluate things that can be improved and set guidelines for when we may need to choose end of life care. Your primary veterinarian can do this or our office can help facilitate this tough decision.

MadBarn created a Quality of Life Assessment that you can find on their website for horses and Lap of Love has a good QOL assessment for dogs and cats. It can be helpful to use a non-biased evaluation to help when struggling with this tough choice. We find that it is better to euthanize a week too soon than a minute too late to minimize discomfort. We offer in-home euthanasia for dogs and cats and on-farm euthanasia for large animals.

Address

917 County Road 480
Marquette, MI
49855

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4pm
Friday	8:30am - 4pm

Website

http://northernlightsvet.com/

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