Crater Animal Clinic
Where we have the technology to treat, and the hearts to heal.
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Location:
Central Point, OR, 97502
Phone:
541-779-0951
Mon - Fri:
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Sat:
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
 
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Crater Animal Clinic Warning: the manufacturer of KMR (Kitten Milk Replacer) has notified veterinarians that their product may be spoiled or rancid due to excessive heat during transportation. If you are fostering kittens, or know someone who is, please remind them to smell the KMR before using. Normal KMR should have a sweet smell, but should not smell oily or rancid. Contact the manufacturer if you think your product might be spoiled.

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Crater Animal Clinic On October 8th, clients were invited to participate in a lecture and lab about equine gastric ulcers. Several horses were scoped to check for ulcers.

Leslie Nilsson Keiser

Leslie Nilsson Keiser Hi, Dr. Keiser here. For those with horses that tend to be a little on the, well you know...pudgy side! Try this website for feeding and other info. www.safergrass.org . It has some great info!

Source: www.safergrass.org
Thank you for taking this time to learn about laminitis. The information gathered here is the result of my research to find out how to better manage my own chronically laminitic ponies. This includes replicated ...
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Leslie Nilsson Keiser
Leslie Nilsson Keiser
Great job, Mike!
October 5 at 12:40pm
Loretta Nault
Loretta Nault
Our goats are truly impressed! Well done.
October 5 at 1:05pm
Christine Ellen Perkins
Christine Ellen Perkins
Good for you, Mike! Wow.
October 6 at 9:15am
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Crater Animal Clinic Did you know? New research shows that horses prefer to roll in areas of soil rather than sand or straw. They assume this is because soil does a better job of scratching their itches! The study shows that if you construct an area for your horse to roll in that you can save much of your pasture from damage.

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Crater Animal Clinic I spoke with Dr. Zabel at Colorado State about Mrs. Ruhl's earlier question of feeding yogurt to dogs with yeast ear infections. I wrote a long reply, so I posted it as a discussion. Click on the link to see my answer!

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Crater Animal Clinic Here is a good article on regenerative stem cell therapy on MSN home page. We have done 3 procedures so far, 2 dogs and a horse. In fact, the horse just went on to win a race last weekend! Stem cell therapy is expensive but the benefits can be amazing. Some animals will no longer need meds that could be costing $50 or more a month. We are continuing to learn all the ways that stem cells can help our pets.

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
Thousands of dogs and horses with degenerative arthritis have been helped with stem cell treatments, owners say, despite lack of evidence such treatments work.
Candace Ruhl

Candace Ruhl My dog has had cronic ear infections (yeast build up) and recently I read an article that someone with the a similiar situation gave their dog yogurt. Well, I started Duffy on yogurt (6 oz 5 days a week) and his ears seem to be doing better. Is it harmful to give him yogurt? By the way, he LOVES yogurt, all flavors.

August 7 at 5:49pm · Report
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I have also heard this, but I do not see how yogurt can be an effective treatment for yeast otitis (yeast ear infections). The yeast in the ear are naturally there and grow excessively when the ear is inflamed and immune compromised. Please send me this article you read; I am interested to read it. Also, I will contact a dermatologist at Colorado State and see what he has to say and get back to you. Yogurt definitely won't hurt Duffy though, and is a good probiotic for the intestines.
August 9 at 4:51pm
Candace Ruhl
Candace Ruhl
This was in the newspaper that I read:

Question:

My dog, a 22-pound mutt, had many ear infections until I tried a suggestion offered by a friend's vet, which has totally cleared up the ear infections. He suggested we give our dog a 4-ounce cup of YoBaby yogurt daily. That was a bit expensive for us, so we switched to a 24-ounce size of vanilla yogurt offered by our local Publix supermarket, giving the dog one 4-ounce cup twice a week, Wednesday and Saturday. That was the cure! A larger dog might need the 4-ounce cup more often, but experimentation would be necessary. Tell your readers this really works; it did for our friend, too. ... Read More

Answer:

Thanks for confirming one of my favorite remedies for many conditions. But skip the vanilla with sugar. Plain nonpasteurized yogurt full of beneficial probiotic bacteria is a cure for many ills.

Author:J.F., Naples, Fla.
August 10 at 9:48am
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Crater Animal Clinic Congratulations to Maelynn and Kayla, our 2 new certified veterinary technicians (CVT's)!!! They have passed their national board exam!

August 7 at 1:05pm
Candace Ruhl
Candace Ruhl
Congratulations! Job well done.
August 7 at 3:23pm
Loretta Nault
Loretta Nault
How wonderful! Congratulations!
August 7 at 5:25pm
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Crater Animal Clinic Hi all, in addition to our Foundered Horse Support Group, we have now started a Diabetes Support Group (animal of course). If you have a diabetic pet, or know someone who does, let them know about this group! These are forums where we can educate, share experiences and provide encouragement for all owners whose animals have these conditions.

Diabetes is a relatively common endocrine disease of older pets. It can be very scary to learn your pet is diabetic, but it can be very well managed. The goal of this group is to bring owners of dia...
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Crater Animal Clinic Here is an interesting website from the Morris Animal Foundation about managing arthritis in pets. There are video interviews of a couple pet owners, veterinarians and an animal chiropractor. There is also information on ongoing research in the area of pain management for pets: http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/arthritis/

Source: www.morrisanimalfoundation.org
Dr. Darryl Millis has an MAF grant to study the efficacy of several alternative and complementary therapies for dogs that have osteoarthritis of the hip and/or stifle. View Study »
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