Dragon Lake Veterinary Hospital
2372 Larch Avenue, Quesnel, BC V2J 5T9
Phone: 250-747-1429 Fax: 250-747-1430 Email: dlvet@shaw.ca
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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.
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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.
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.
Goat Dehorning:
We use humane procedures to dehorn goats by using sedation combined with local anesthetic before cauterizing the horn growth ring. This leads to an overall comfortable experience for the animal. This is usually done in baby goats of about 10 -14 days old.
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.
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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.