Preventive Care

• Dental Care
  We are proud to offer equine dentistry and provide care for your horse’s entire oral cavity. A horse’s teeth and jaw function are vital to their overall well being, so dental care is an important part of your horse’s health.
• Vaccination
  This is a group of bacteria transmitted via the urine of infected animals contaminating feed and water. It can be spread by many species of animals, such as dogs, rats, and wildlife. Infection usually causes late term abortions (6-9 months). Most veterinarians recommend annual or twice-annual vaccinations with multivalent vaccines, such as 5-way (L. pomona, L. hardjo, L. grippotyphosa...
• Veterinary Ophthalmology
• Nutritional Counseling
  · 1st stage labor– This stage normally lasts less then 2 hours.  Signs may include loss of appetite, restlessness, increased humming, increased visits to the dung pile without urination or defecation.  First stage labor longer then 4-6 hours may indicate impending dystocia.
• Comprehensive Examination
  Oral exams should be an essential part of an annual physical examination by a veterinarian. Every dental exam provides the opportunity to perform routine preventative dental maintenance. Mature horses should get a thorough dental exam at least once a year, and horses 2 –5 years old should be examined twice yearly.

Illness Treatment

• Parasites Treatment and Control
  A distressing new trend that we see as large animal veterinarians is people buying inappropriate vaccine, deworming and other products for their cattle from the big box stores and online magazines.
• Vomiting Treatment
• Diarrhea Treatment
• Skin Condition and Allergy Treatment
  Even then, it needs a stress to release the copper. This stress can be weather, poor nutrition, transportation or handling. The liver cells rupture, releasing copper into the blood stream. There are suggestions that excess liver copper can cause death and rupture of liver cells. Once the copper is in the blood stream in sufficient concentration, it causes haemolysis, a breakdown of the red blood cells (RBC). Up to 60% of the RBC’s circulating in the blood can be damaged. Their haemoglobin is released into the blood serum to be converted to methaemoglobin, a form of haemoglobin that cannot carry oxygen to the tissues. A sheep at this point is anemic, with very pale mucous membranes and lethargic. The visible membranes rapidly yellow as jaundice (icterus) sets in throughout the body. At post mortem all the tissues of a CCP sheep are pale to dark yellow. The kidneys are very dark, and the urine a bloody color. If the haemolysis is massive, sheep can die without showing any sign of jaundice.
• Upper Respiratory Illness Treatment
  Flu/Rhino: Influenza and EHV-4 cause respiratory disease that can show signs of fever, depression and runny nose. A single case of Equine Influenza may cost more than $800 when you account for veterinary expenses, lost training time and training fees etc.  Experts recommend that to minimize future health complications horses should have one week off for every DAY of fever!

Infection Treatment

• Leptospirosis Treatment
  What causes abortions? For the most part abortions are caused by infectious  agents–viruses, bacteria, and protozoa. In California, selenium deficiency is also  a common cause of late term abortions. The common bugs are Bovine Virus  Diarrhea virus (BVD), Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis virus (IBR, rednose),  Foothill Abortion, Leptospirosis, and Neospora. One bug we can’t forget is  Brucella abortus (Brucellosis).
• Bacterial and Viral Infection Treatment
  Clinical Signs may include bloody, mucusy diarrhea, fever, dehydration, inappetence, weight loss, anemia, and death.  Fly strike and secondary bacterial infections may accompany coccidiosis. Coccidiosis may be diagnosed through clinical signs and/or a fecal examination.

Emergency Care

• Wound and Fracture Care
  Tetanus: Tetanus is a disease that is caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani.  Usually your horse will be infected by tetanus from puncture wounds.  The disease causes intractable muscle contractions leading to muscle spasms and rigidity.  Prognosis for survival from a full blown infection is grave.
• Poisoning Treatment

Surgery

• Veterinary Surgery
  Dr. Evans interned at the University of Minnesota Veterinary School in Large Animal surgery. He returned to California’s Central Coast in 1970 and began practicing with Dr. Dave Wixom until he bought out the large animal portion of Dr. Wixom’s practice in 1973. Dr. Evans and his wife, Jane, have three children-Laura, Kimberly and Brian. They have seven grandchildren.
• Spaying and Neutering

Lab and X-Rays

• Laboratory Services
  What if I have too many abortions? The first abortion that occurs is usually not  a cause for concern; but if a second one occurs don’t hesitate to call your veterinarian. The California state diagnostic laboratory (California Animal Health & Food Safety [CAHFS] laboratory system) does an excellent job of finding out the cause of abortions at a very reasonable price. Your veterinarian will submit
• X-Ray

General Pet Care

• Boarding

Specialty

• Large Animal Vet
  You’ve probably heard the stories, “We don’t have a large animal vet in our area since Doc retired” or “I can’t get a vet to come out on the weekends to work cattle”.  It has become a common refrain.  There are simply not enough rural veterinarians in practice on a national level and it is worse in the western states.  Several beef cattle areas in California do not have a cattle veterinarian at the present time.  The American Veterinary Medical Association estimates that only 17% of U.S. veterinarians do any food animal practice at all.  At the same time our food animal production systems have become more complicated and the need for continuing education and advanced training of food animal veterinarians has become more critical.  Congress is even beginning to see what a problem this is and has slowly begun to address the issue.  But you may not want to count on them to solve the problem.
• Equine Vet
  Owning a horse can be a big investment in time, money and emotion. Unfortunately, horses seldom come with a money-back guarantee. That’s why it is so important to investigate the horse’s overall health and condition through a purchase exam conducted by an equine veterinarian. Whether you want a horse as a family pet, a pleasure mount, a breeding animal, or a high performance athlete, you stand the best chance of getting one that meets your needs by investing in a purchase exam.