Dragon Lake Veterinary Hospital
2372 Larch Avenue, Quesnel, BC V2J 5T9
Phone: 250-747-1429 Fax: 250-747-1430 Email: dlvet@shaw.ca
Copyright. Ginger Langan. All rights reserved.
Reproductive Health:
An important part of any cattle farm's process. Dr. Langan can help you out by performing semen testing, and pregnancy checks during your processing.
Bovine Animal Services
Dragon Lake Veterinary Hospital
2372 Larch Avenue, Quesnel, BC V2J 5T9
Vaccinations:
There are many diseases that cattle may be prone to. As part of your regular herd health consult, Dr. Langan will work with you to come up with a plan for your cattle in terms of vaccinations. We work closely with the verified beef program and can provide certificates for your cattle's vaccinations.
Emergencies:
Cattle emergencies can happen throughout the year, but are most common during calving season. Dr. Langan is kept busy during that time with calls to help either with deliveries, or sick calves. Accidents or encounters with predators can also happen and a calf may end up needing some wound care and stitches. If you have an emergency, please call the clinic, after hours there will be an emergency number listed on our voicemail that you may call. Whatever your situation, we're here to help.
Free medical education for small flock and small herd producers:
Western Canadian Animal Health Network
WeCAHN is an animal health surveillance and intelligence network, detecting and sharing animal disease trends and best practices with livestock producers, pet owners, and veterinarians, improving animal health and welfare in western Canada.
Bovine Farm Visits/ Herd Health Consultations:
Dragon Lake Veterinary Hospital strives to provide top quality herd health recommendations to our cattle clients to help them have optimal herd health, success and profitability. Vaccinations are constantly being changed and improved. Part of our strategy is to review these changes to determine what products are the most scientifically sound while still being cost effective for our clients. We have changed our herd health protocols and recommendations as a result of some of the changes that have occurred in vaccines over the last few years. Our Health team also work with our bovine clients to evaluate other health concerns and management practices to help our clients have productive and profitable businesses. We have annual herd health seminars, work closely with the verified beef program and update links to keep our clients up to date and current with new products, disease outbreaks, nutrition and management practices.
Use Weather Channel for the noted indexes units
Copyright. Ginger Langan. All rights reserved.
Diagnostics/Feed Testing:
Dragon Lake Veterinary Hospital works closely with other labs and can provide a variety of testing for your animals or feed. We also work with the Animal Health Centre BC, through which we can submit samples for post-mortem analysis if you have lost an animal due to unknown illness.
The modern lifestlye of our cattle means that parasites will be inevitable. To help you manage this, Dragon Lake vet can check fecal samples and use that to recommend a parasite protocol for your farm. We have a selection of anti-parasitics available for purchase if you already know what your needs are. CLICK HERE for more detailed parasite prevention information.
Phone: 250-747-1429 Fax: 250-747-1430 Email: dlvet@shaw.ca
Disease Prevention/Post Mortems:
Having a consistent, ongoing relationship with your veterinarian goes a long way towards preventing disease in your livestock. This will allow us to do a better job helping you if your animals get sick. When dealing with herds or flocks, having a post-mortem performed if you have a loss can be a useful tool to prevent a potential spread of disease. Samples can be sent to the Animal Health Centre in Abbotsford for analysis. Ask us for more info.
Fecal Egg Counts:
Fecal egg counts can be assessed in virtually any species. It is a great tool to have as part of your regular herd health assessment. Having this done regularly can prevent a lot of problems with parasite loads. It is also a great way to make sure you are not over medicating with dewormers, which can lead to drug resistance.
During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, some restrictions were eased by the governing body of veterinarians, allowing more diagnoses to be done remotely. Due to the confidentiality of the information being exchanged, our preferred method is phone calls, accompanied by pictures and/or videos. Phone calls are also a great tool for annual consultations to maintain the veterinarian-client-patient relationship, but should not completely replace regular on site visits.