Alberta Veterinary Center
202 Burnt Ridge Road Burnt Lake Business Park T4S 0K6 Red Deer, AB, Canada

Save this page from CSU if you're new to foaling out this year! Be prepared and have a plan with your veterinarian, not only how to get through the foaling, but the management of the mare and foal in the days and weeks afterward! This includes (but not limited to) checking for adequate IgG levels for the foal, nutrition change for the mare, and early signs of a problem for the mare and the foal that requires veterinary assessment.

We love when clients show their appreciation in the form of baking ( hint hint). Thank you to Larant for spoiling us today.

Additional reminder for our clients breeding to USA Stallions this year - we are submitting permit applications on Wednesday!

We hope everyone is having an wonderful Christmas! It appears as if someone has created a fake Alberta Veterinary Center page and is telling people they have won our give away. If you have received a comment or message from it please report the page as a fake page so we can get it shut down. When we do our draw we will be sure to make an official post to our page on Monday! Sorry for the delay in drawing!

Attention Clients breeding mares in 2021 to USA stallions! Import permits are going in next week, so please send us your information to be included. Thank you!

Reminder regarding clinic hours this week. If you need medication refills, pet food, or supplies be sure to contact us earlier in the week as we have adjusted hours Thurs-Sat. Happy Holidays!

It's almost that time of year again! Are you expecting a 2021 foal?

Happy Day of the Horse!

Now there's an idea. But can we discuss the overnight lows with them at dinner time to come to an earlier blanketing compromise?

We love to care for your animals, and appreciate your trust in us! Please consider dropping a review on our page. https://www.facebook.com/albertavet/reviews/

You guys got it! We didn't ask you about the top spot, as water and ice slurry seemed a little too obvious ... but the majority of you got hosing as the top method in the group of options we gave you! This was based on a 2019 study by Dr. David Marlin in a lab-based design - intended to give us more insight into how these cooling methods can be compared, and used in horses.

As we head into the weekend, we wanted to share Dr. Jessica Romanow's interview with the Horse Poor Podcast from earlier this year. You can see some of her top tips from the episode here as well! #albertavetcenter https://www.buzzsprout.com/7/3423988-dr-jessica-romanow.mp3

Senior horses often need a little help through winter. Visit this article for more information on helping your senior horse to prepare for winter. Contact us at AVC if you have any questions or if we can help you prepare your senior horse for winter! #albertaveterinarycenter #albertavetcenter #horsehealth

Did you know that October is RVT month across Canada? Our RVTs, Katrina and Shae, and our assistant Phoebe are our unsung heroes! They keep everything running smoothly, and are vital to our team to provide the best care for your animals!

Alberta Veterinary Center is looking for some last minute recipient mares to finish off our breeding season! Mares are used in our embryo transfer program to c...arry some pretty fancy babies. Perfect for a mare who might need a new job or maybe isn’t riding sound. Must be halter broke and would prefer mares less than 10 years old and +15h Message me for more details or if you have a mare that might fit in well with our program. See more

Happy Halloween from #albertavetcenter! Have a safe and spooky weekend!

Contact us if you have any questions about deworming protocols for your barn! #albertaveterinarycenter #albertavetcenter #horsehealth

NURSE MARE AVAILABLE. Kind mare available immediately. Quiet and good milker. Lost foal at 36 hours. Available to graft new foal on to her at Ab Vet CentreNURSE MARE AVAILABLE. Kind mare available immediately. Quiet and good milker. Lost foal at 36 hours. Available to graft new foal on to her at Ab Vet Centre

Happy Mother’s Day! Dr Rick is spending his day making some lucky mares mother’s Our reproductive centre is in full swing for the season, contact us with any of your breeding, embryo transfers, ICSI questions!

We have a client with a nurse mare available if any one is looking please give us a call

It’s that time of year again! Alberta Veterinary Center is looking for recipient mares to add to our breeding program! Mare are well cared for on a large farm overseen by our veterinarian, many placed into homes to be foaled out. We are looking for mares between 3-8 years old preferably halter broke who are 15+ hands. Please contact us at the clinic if you have any mares to help us fill our program. ... 403-347-1711 or email at [email protected] See more

We love the Horse Poor Podcast! This past month the girls took the time to interview DrJessica Romanow on topics such as bleeding, ulcers, lameness etc. Head over and give their page a like

Alberta Veterinary Center will be closed Easter weekend. If you have an emergency please call our regular number. 403-347-1711 We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday.

ATTENTION! In an attempt to reduce contact and time spent in the clinic Alberta Veterinary Center will be implying the following protocol. When you arrive to the clinic please stay in your vehicle and call us. ... We will prepare any orders and bring them out to you. We can accept credit card over the phone for these orders. If you are here with a patient please call and let us know that you are here and we will advise you on how to proceed. If you are showing any signs of illness please reschedule your appointment. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance in helping prevent the spread of disease. PLEASE CALL 403-347-1711 We are still accepting appointments as usual for all services. It would be appreciated if all food and prescription orders were placed in advanced so they are ready for when you arrive.

~MEET THE STAFF MONDAYS~ Shae joined the Alberta Veterinary Center in February 2019. She completed her Animal Health Technologist training at Olds College. Shae come to us with a wide variety of large animal handling experience, as she was raised in Sundre on a cow calf operation. She also has interest in horses and has taken advanced training in equine anesthesia. Shae lives in Red Deer with her two cats, Nermal and Krueger, and her chihuahua puppy Beau.

~MEET THE STAFF MONDAYS~ Phoebe joined the Alberta Vet Center in January of 2019. She brings a wealth of knowledge to our large animal department as she is a graduate of the BC College of Equine Therapy and is currently enrolled in the U of Guelph Equine Science program. Phoebe can be found assisting our veterinarians and techs in all areas of the hospital but from spring to fall you will find her out at Klondike Victory Farms making sure our breeding program runs smoothly!

Dr Jessica has figured out her January travel! Jan 9-11 she will be up north, saskatoon trip will be postponed until end of month or early feb due to the EHV-1 case and she will be available to see clients out of Coulee Equine- Conditioning, Rehab and Wellness every Tuesday in the new year! Give us a call 403-347-1711 or send us a message to set up your appointments

~MEET THE STAFF MONDAYS~ Katrina has been with the Alberta Veterinary Center since March 2018 as a registered veterinary technologist and has recently taken over our office manager position. If you have called the clinic, most likely it is Katrina helping you on the other side of the phone Katrina is involved in all aspects of patient and client care. She has a professional interest in equine anaesthesia and recently has completed advanced training in this area. Katrina also has an interest in exotic animal medicine and husbandry. She currently has a uromastyx lizard, fish, too many snails and German shepherd named Rowen.

Congratulations to Doreen Kulcsar for winning our Christmas Giveaway! Please stop by the clinic to collect your basket. Merry Christmas to everyone from the Alberta Veterinary Center!!

With the holidays approaching our hours will be reduced to allow our veterinarians and staff the opportunity to spend time with their families. We will have a veterinarian available for emergencies, please call the clinic 403-347-1711. If you require any prescriptions refilled please let us know by Thursday Dec 19 so we can ensure we have them in stock before the holidays! Merry Christmas!

MEET THE STAFF MONDAYS Dr Jessica Romanow joined the Alberta Vet Center in the fall of 2018, after spending several years in an equine sports medicine practice. Her practice focus is on the equine athlete, with special interest in rehabilitation, lameness, and racetrack medicine. Jessica travels all over western Canada providing sport medicine services. She is fully equipped to offer endoscopy, shockwave, radiographs, ultrasound, IRAP, PRP, joint injections, and much more on the road. While she loves all breeds of horses, she has a passion for speed horses, especially thoroughbreds!

~Ask the Vet Thursday~ Do I need to deworm my horse in the winter? The average horse that has had adequate deworming following the onset of frost in the fall will not require deworming over the winter months. Small strongyles tend to stop their development and will remain in the larval stage, meaning that most dewormers will be ineffective at this stage anyways. Exceptions to this are horses who have not been on a deworming protocol, foals, horses identified as high shedder...s, horses who have been in warm climates over the winter, etc. If you have any questions about winter deworming please let us know or bring in a manure sample for a fecal egg count! For more in-depth information on parasites check out the AAEP Internal Parasite Guidelines https://aaep.org//InternalParasiteGuidelinesFinal5.23.19.p

Looking to breed your mares early next year? If so, we would like to give a friendly reminder to start your mares under lights. Mares are long day breeders, meaning they require continuous 16 hours of light and 8 hours of darkness to cycle. We recommend 60-90 days prior to planned breeding to start. Artificial lightening on timers can be used in stalls or pastures, just ensure the light is bright enough you can comfortably read a newspaper. Another alternative many of clients have used with success this past breeding season is the blue light Equilume. It is a hood mares wear that emits blue light into the eye to regulate their internal rhythms.

MEET THE STAFF MONDAYS Dr. Rick Katchuik has been a practicing veterinarian since his graduation from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. While Rick works with all species, he has a professional interest in bovine and equine reproduction. In 2019 Dr Rick bred more than 150 mares, plus an additional 50-60 embryo transfers. He also has been busy working getting his Equine ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) lab set up. It is a technique for in vitro fertil...ization in which an individual sperm cell is introduced into an egg cell that has been aspirated from the mare. The embryo is grown then transferred to a recipient mare to carry the foal. Alberta Vet is excited to be able to offer this service for the 2020 breeding season! Beyond reproduction, Dr Rick also has an interest in surgery, lameness and dentistry. Rick and his wife Lorrie Jamieson have a phenomenal breeding and training program at Klondike Victory Farm.

We are actively looking for recip mares to add to our breeding program. Must be under 10 years of age, halter broke, taller than 15 hands, willing to pay some....please contact us here or call 403-347-1711. Please share with all your horsey friends. These mares will be carrying very important babies and will be very well looked after!

Did you know the Alberta Veterinary Centre now offers equine shockwave therapy? We are excited to announce that our NeoVet machine has arrived! Shockwave works by sending pulses that stimulates the body’s healing response. It can increase blood supply, have anti-inflammatory effects, improve soft tissue healing, improve bone remodeling and fracture healing, and reactivate the repair process in chronic injuries. It is a safe and non-invasive preventative and treatment option t...o be considered for many different conditions, such as osteoarthritis, fracture repair, tendon repair, back/sacroiliac pain, soft tissue injuries, etc. Typically, treatments are administered without sedation and requires the horse to stand still for several minutes while the shocks are applied to the affected area. Treatment protocols vary between conditions, but most require 1-3 treatments and may be used in conjunction with other therapies such as platelet rich plasma or mesotherapy. If you have any questions or feel your horse may be a candidate for treatment, please contact the office. #ABVet See more