Broken L Veterinary Services, PLLC

06/10/2025

🐾 Meet a Few of Our Amazing Volunteers! 🐾

These dedicated members recently got together and are so excited to make a difference for our furry friends! 💕 Want to join the fun and help out? Message us for updates—we’d love to have you on the team! 🐶🐱

06/03/2025

New World Screwworm Webinar – June 9, 2 p.m.

Join Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for a free, informative webinar on the New World screwworm. Experts will cover the pest's biology, prevention, treatment strategies, public health concerns and more.

The session will include insights from experts including Sonja Swiger, AgriLife Extension entomologist and professor in the Texas A&M Entomology department, Phillip Kaufman, AgriLife Extension entomologist and head of the Texas A&M Entomology department, Terry Hensley, Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab (TVMDL) assistant director for diagnostic services, and T.R. Lansford, Texas Animal Health Commission deputy executive director and assistant state veterinarian.

Register now: tx.ag/NWSEvent
View the factsheet: tx.ag/NewWorldScrewworm

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Texas A&M AgriLife

05/13/2025

WE ARE HIRING!

We are looking for a self-starter with great verbal and written communication skills. The ideal person would be versatile and willing to assist throughout the clinic from answering phones to making appointments to cleaning kennels. Also, this individual will assist Dr. Bland while in the clinic and on farm calls. Following directions is critical in this position. Experience in Vet Med is helpful not not required. Pay is based on experience. This position is based out of our Center Point/Nashville location.

To apply, please send a resume with 3 non-family references and cover letter to [email protected].

Broken L Veterinary Services is a Mobile Mixed Animal & Exotics Practice based out of Nashville, AR.

05/07/2025

How fast does a baby giraffe 🦒 grow? I’d say faster than a w**d 😂
Pics of Juji are 6 months apart!!!! (Nov 5, 2024 —> May 6, 2025)

04/25/2025

We are still looking for someone to clean our floors weekly.

We are looking for someone/team to come in and clean the floors at the Center Point clinic weekly. This would be a contract position (1099).

Cleaning would need to occur after 5pm during the week or any time on the weekend.

Please call the clinic at 870-410-4818 to set up a time to come look at what we are needing done so you can provide a written estimate

04/25/2025

We have restocked our hats. Come by and grab one for $19 + tax

What other colors would you like to see??

04/08/2025

Miss Ruby 🦆 spent a few days with us for wound management. She wasn’t thrilled with the hydrotherapy and being towel dried 😂

03/31/2025

Grab The Roundup the next time you see it! It’s a free publication available at many feed stores across Arkansas. It used to be The Horseman’s Roundup but now includes many species.

Dr. Bland is writing the cattle column every month. Here is a sneak peek for the April issue.

Let us know what topics you would like to be covered!

03/31/2025

Be sure your dogs are up to date on their Lepto vaccination!!

The combo vaccine we use at the clinic vaccinations against parvo, distemper, 2 respiratory diseases, and Lepto. That means if your dog has received a combo vaccine from us in the last year, your dog is covered.

Spring is here! And with that comes a warning about Leptospirosis, a disease caused by infection with Leptospira bacteria.

All dogs are at risk of leptospirosis, regardless of age, breed, lifestyle, geographic location, time of year, and other factors. The following situations can increase that risk:

➡Exposure to or drinking from slow-moving or stagnant water sources, like ponds, rivers, lakes, or streams
➡ Roaming on rural properties (because of exposure to potentially infected wildlife or farm animals or urine-contaminated water sources)
➡ Exposure to wild animals (especially rodents) or farm animals, even if in the backyard
➡ Contact with other dogs (such as in urban areas, dog parks, or boarding or training facilities)

For more information on the signs of leptospirosis, how to prevent it, and more visit: https://bit.ly/4l4VuOn

03/22/2025

A few weeks ago a SHOW CALF was diagnosed with RABIES in Oklahoma! Please vaccinate your animals (cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, ferrets, llamas, alpacas , etc) for rabies!

I recommend yearly rabies in all animals. I’ve done rabies titers on dogs that received a 3 year rabies vaccine from their vet and it was not protective at 2 years. Rabies is not something to brush off as it is 100% fatal.

More info on rabies: https://www.oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/03/14/dr-rosslyn-biggs-avoid-rabies-on-the-ranch/

Arkansas:
> https://healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/diseases-conditions/diseases-from-animals-insects/rabies/
> Howard county had EIGHT rabies cases diagnosed in 2024!! That is 23.5% of the rabies cases in the state.

Texas:
> https://www.dshs.texas.gov/rabies/rabies-cases/rabies-maps/2024
> 410 animals diagnosed with rabies in TX in 2024

Oklahoma :
> https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/e4f5089a3eb246858368f91609c6cbf2

03/21/2025

The sickness of this child likely could have been prevented. For the health of your family please be sure your pets are on year-round flea & tick preventatives.

https://news.ncsu.edu/2025/03/19/case-study-bartonella-babesia-found-in-brain-tissue-of-child-with-seizures/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1Z3BPfwRAlw7GFRdaq8eWhu0z94ztS3LlxX2qOqfnBdbJN_8KhjzuROGk_aem_DwBkwtGQRP6_TWY_0KjMLw

Researchers found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with seizures and suspected Rasmussen’s encephalitis.

03/20/2025

We are looking for someone/team to come in and clean the floors at the Center Point clinic weekly. This would be a contract position (1099).

Cleaning would need to occur after 5pm during the week or any time on the weekend.

Please call the clinic at 870-410-4818 to set up a time to come look at what we are needing done so you can provide a written estimate