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In order to keep your animals feeling their best, we have developed our Wellness Plans. These ensure comprehensive care and proper preventative medicine to help your pets stay healthy.

A horse in Weld County was confirmed positive for EIA. The horse which tested positive entered Colorado for a sale without a negative Coggins or health certificate and was sold and transported out of Colorado before the test results came back. The EIA positive horse has been euthanized.

It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke; how do you treat an anorexic chicken?

But actually it is a medical condition and Dr. Susan O'Brien, owner of Colorado On-Site Veterinary Services, has a cure not a punchline: acupuncture.

The good doctor is based in Gypsum but travels the Interstate 70 corridor mostly from Avon to Gypsum and treats all creatures great and small from hedgehogs to horses and, of course, anorexic chickens. 

In May, a positive Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) horse was identified on a Coggins Test.  This is a disease spread through blood (insects, inappropriate needle usage, other contamination) and is not treatable.  It affects horses, donkeys and mules.  We recommend a Coggins Test once per year to screen for this disease and prior to purchasing of new animals.

Dental care is very important for the long term care and well being of your horses.