Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center

Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center A full-service equine medical, surgical, and ambulatory hospital offering round-the clock services.
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Conveniently located in the community of Penryn, California, just northeast of Sacramento, Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center is a 25-acre facility (with full medical and surgical capabilities) comprised of a 6 stall ICU, two main barns, surgery suite, 3 exam rooms, and extensive arenas, paddocks, and other facilities. LBEMC has been serving Northern California for over 40 years. Today, our group

of practices includes 10 locations: Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center in Penryn, CA, Yuba-Sutter Division, Wilton Division, El Dorado Division, Sierra Equine (Penn Valley), Amador Equine (Sutter Creek), Napa Valley Equine, North Coast Veterinary Hospital (Fortuna & Arcata), Tri-County Vet (Gilroy), Valley Equine (Gilroy), Equine Medical Assoc (Lake Forest). There are ~30 equine veterinarians within the group comprised of generalists & specialists in surgery, internal medicine, sports medicine, & critical care. All of our practices combined provide ambulatory veterinary care to most of California! Our doctors bring a combination of specialty training focusing on continuing education, energy, and a commitment to quality health care for horses. Our associate doctors are selected for their high professional standards, humanitarian spirit, and specific interest in horses. Similarly, our animal health technicians and administrative staff have selected equine veterinary jobs because of their interest and caring.

The USEF released a notice recently regarding the use of cetirizine (human product - Zyrtec) and also regarding methocar...
08/08/2026

The USEF released a notice recently regarding the use of cetirizine (human product - Zyrtec) and also regarding methocarbamol (brand name Robaxin) during competition.

Cetirizine is a popular and very useful medication for horses with many types of allergies and methocarbamol is often prescribed as a muscle relaxantโ€ฆ
Read more about the updated regulations and how these changes might impact your horse: https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/us-equestrian-releases-new-guidance-for

๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ/๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž?Sand colic is caused by the ingestion of sand, dirt...
08/05/2026

๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ/๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž?

Sand colic is caused by the ingestion of sand, dirt, DG, and other similar matter. The build up of this matter causes painful irritation and inflammation in the digestive system which leads to colic including diarrhea and sometimes even fever. This build up can also become so great that it causes actual impaction which can require surgical intervention๐Ÿ˜ข
๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:๏ฟฝโ˜‘๏ธ Horses fed directly on the ground without mats covering the ground (ingest dirt and sand with their hay)
โ˜‘๏ธ Horses foraging on dry and overgrazed pastures (can take in dirt while trying to continue grazing)
โ˜‘๏ธ Horses fed infrequently on a dry lot may search the ground for something to nibble on (causing sand ingestion)

๐Ÿคฉ๐€๐›๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ so during the month of August we are providing ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐›๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐—-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”!

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š
๐™จ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ! For more information: https://www.lbemgroup.com/2026-aug-sand-colic/

โญ๏ธLoomis Basin Equine (Penryn, Wilton, East Bay, and surrounding areas)
(916) 652-7645 / [email protected]

โญ๏ธSierra Equine (Penn Valley, CA)
(530) 272-4537 / [email protected]

โญ๏ธAmador Equine (Sutter Creek, CA)
(209) 296-6070 /[email protected]

โญ๏ธGilroy Equine (Gilroy, CA)
(408)847-3118 / [email protected]

โญ๏ธNorth Coast Veterinary (Arcata, CA)
(707) 822-4885 / [email protected]

08/02/2026

๐ŸŽ‰The first horse and rider to cross the finish line at Tevis 2026 is Jeremy Reynolds riding Treasured Moments! This is Jeremyโ€™s 6th time winning Tevis and Treasure has completed an amazing 19 - 100 mile rides (most of which she won!)
โญ๏ธPlease join us in congratulating Jeremy and Treasure on their win!

We will continue to watch and cheer on the other competitors as they complete this beautiful and difficult course throughout the night and early morning hours.

๐Ÿ“‹๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ...
07/31/2026

๐Ÿ“‹๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, this Saturday through Sunday morning!

We will have veterinarians, technicians, and others staff from our locations across the state of California joining forces to make sure every equine athlete is well cared for.
โ–ช๏ธDr. Megan Wilford - Napa Valley Equine
โ–ช๏ธDr. Vasil Yordanov - San Luis Obispo Equine
โ–ช๏ธDr. Haley Acree - Gilroy Equine
โ–ช๏ธDr. Fish (Chelsea Fishenfeld) - Equine Medical Assoc in So Cal
โ–ช๏ธDr. Petra Stoyanof - Penryn Pet (an avid horsewoman)
โ–ช๏ธCecilia Rivera, RVT - North Coast Vet (Arcata)
โ–ช๏ธBecka Winney, Lab Manager - LBEMC
โ—๏ธAnd 10 Veterinarians from Loomis Basin Equine!

This will also be a wonderful and unique experience for several vet students who are currently visiting and learning from our doctors as well.
Itโ€™s always a fast paced and tiring endeavor but we feel honored to serve at this historic ride every year.
๐ŸŽBest wishes for a safe ride for each horse and rider team!๐ŸŽ‰

www.LBEMGroup.com

๐ŸŽ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐! Many of our doctors, techni...
07/26/2026

๐ŸŽ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐!
Many of our doctors, technicians, and staff attended our annual Tevis training/refresher course on Friday. During this time we discussed many pertinent topics related to treating these equine athletes. We also went through our training refresher course for Techniques in Equine Technical Rescue.
๐ŸฅWe will have field hospitals set up throughout the 100 mile course that runs from Lake Tahoe to Auburn, CA and though we hope we will not be needed we are thankful to be a part of caring for these amazing horses!

๐ŸŽ ๐–๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ!Prepurchase exams (PPE) are an important part of the horse buyin...
07/15/2026

๐ŸŽ ๐–๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ!
Prepurchase exams (PPE) are an important part of the horse buying process that can save you a lot of financial and emotional heartache down the road. We love receiving photos like these - a new partnership with a great future.

โค๏ธ ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™  ๐™€๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ช๐™จ!

We had such a great time at the Friends of Denise Endurance Ride at Dru Barner yesterday! This very special ride was hel...
07/12/2026

We had such a great time at the Friends of Denise Endurance Ride at Dru Barner yesterday! This very special ride was held in honor of Denise Fissel who was a passionate endurance rider, loved by so many, who passed away after a battle with cancer.

It was a warm day but everyone had such fun and enthusiastic attitudes. We loved seeing so many familiar faces participating in this ride, including some of our staff ๐ŸŽ‰
Our own Dr Sarah Mercer, who provides veterinary services to the divide community, worked alongside a great team to ensure that the horses were all happy and healthy as they competed in the 25 or 50 mile ride.
We love serving at these events and being a part of the divide community๐ŸŽโค๏ธ

We would like to introduce Dr Fallon Haig (DVM , MS, DACVS-LA, CVMMP) to all of you!Dr Haig has joined our surgical team...
07/08/2026

We would like to introduce Dr Fallon Haig (DVM , MS, DACVS-LA, CVMMP) to all of you!
Dr Haig has joined our surgical team here at LBEMC, expanding our surgery department along side Dr Jason Errico.
She grew up riding hunter/jumpers on the east coast before relocating to the west coast to attend Stanford University where sheโ€ฆ (read more: https://www.lbemc.com/dr-fallon-haig/ )

Dr Haig has a special interest in surgery, sports medicine, and diagnostic imaging. We are so thrilled to have her on our team๐ŸŽ‰
We hope youโ€™ll take a moment to welcome her in the comments and if you see her at the clinic be sure to say hello and welcome!

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ŸŽ‰We hope you enjoy this weekend of celebrating Americaโ€™s 250th Birthday! Our office is closed for sc...
07/04/2026

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ŸŽ‰
We hope you enjoy this weekend of celebrating Americaโ€™s 250th Birthday! Our office is closed for scheduled appointments but, as always, weโ€™re here for you and your horses (donkeys, mules, minis, goats, and other beloved creatures!) if any emergency should arise.
We hope you wonโ€™t need us but if you do, donโ€™t hesitate to contact us at
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ’™๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ โ€œ๐…๐จ๐š๐ฅโ€ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ!๐Ÿ’™Today we want to share the newest member of the LBEMC family with you ๐ŸฅฐDr. Coral White, her husban...
07/03/2026

๐Ÿ’™๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ โ€œ๐…๐จ๐š๐ฅโ€ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ!๐Ÿ’™
Today we want to share the newest member of the LBEMC family with you ๐Ÿฅฐ
Dr. Coral White, her husband Luke, and son Lyle welcomed their second son Clyde Lucas White to the world at 8 lbs 7 oz on June 28th. Dr Coral says, โ€œClyde is the perfect addition to our family and we could not love him more!โ€

Please join us in congratulating Dr Coral and her family of this new addition๐ŸŽ‰

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2973 Penryn Road
Penryn, CA
95663

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