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Dirt ALERT!

Due to the record rainfall I would strongly encourage everyone to vaccinate for Clostridium. Most of you would know this as “black leg”,...

Toxin ALERT!

Tips for preventing Vomitoxin in livestock feed Vomitoxin is a mycotoxin naturally produced by fungus in the form of molds in plants that...

Navel ill is making us ill......

You probably thought like we did, oh the cows should do great with calving this year since there was no drought this summer...…well....so...

Too HOT to handle....

With rising heat index, heat stress is a real threat to the health and well-being of animals living outside. Check on your pasture...

Does your tissue have an issue?

With our crazy winter weather we here at Louisa Vet Service have seen an increased number of frostbitten tissues on animals. Newborn...

Yak attack......

This is the story of a little buckling named “Benedict.” He is the son of his mother “Egg” who was treated for Mountain Laurel toxicosis...

When the weather outside is frightful...

The New Year has brought us some insanely frigid temperatures. Here are a few simple tips to keep yourselves and your animals warmer…...

A little school about calf stool.....

Recently, we have seen increasing numbers of calves with scours, or diarrhea. This spike is likely in relation to the thirty-degree...

Lice Alert!

We are seeing a lot of lice on livestock every day now. Lice tend to take up residence more in the winter months. Please take a few...

"Scoring One for the Beef Industry"

This past weekend I was honored to be invited to a beautiful beef farm deep in the heart of Rapidan to speak to the UVA Women's Lacrosse...