| MAEH Keeps Your Costs in Check |
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Greetings!
We have done a secret shopper program in our area to see how our fees stacked up. Our findings show that many of our fees are in the lower half of what is being charged by other veterinarians in our area. This includes our current vaccination program which features the new Vetera Gold vaccine (one shot that includes Flu/Rhino/West Nile/EWT). Our experienced staff can help you with all aspects of veterinary care from routine care to specialty services such as MRI, Nuclear Scintigraphy, Acupuncture and Surgery. Give us a call, we would love to help you keep your horse on the road to success!
Sincerely,
Keith Merritt, DVM
Dana Marsh, DVM, CVA
Chris Downs, DVM, DACVS
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| THE ESSENTIAL HOCK |
The keystone of the horse's hind limb, the equine hock is truly a marvel of engineering. Designed to be incredibly strong at the same time that it is incredibly flexible, it is the functional twin of the human ankle.  Yet the equine hock handles seven times the mass and up to 28 times the leverage force as it translates muscle power to ground push with each step the horse takes, whether he is simply walking across the pasture or performing an extended trot or jumping in the arena. Click here to read more
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| Save at our Online Pharmacy |
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Many of you have been using our ONLINE PHARMACY to make your medication purchases. It is convenient and competitive with other online pharmacies pricing. We understand that the costs of various medications for your horse can add up so we wanted to notify you in advance that our supplier will be increasing the costs of many medications by 3% as of July 1. In addition, in order to receive free shipping the total price of products purchased must be $49 or higher rather than $40. Take advantage of our current prices by purchasing before July 1st. If your horse is on a regimen of Adequan, PentAussie, Previcox or any other medication you can save money if you purchase now.
Sincerely,
Merritt & Associates Equine Hospital
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| Let The Sun Shine: |
Summer is almost here - and along with vacations and longer days comes hot weather. You should consider several things when it comes to your horse(and other animals) and the heat:
Always provide plenty of clean water. Check your waterers and water buckets every time you feed. If you have an automatic waterer that is the sun - the water in the pan gets very hot during the day(stick your finger in the water around noon!) - and horses will not drink until the water has cooled off. Consider moving the waterer into the shade or offer a separate bucket of water during the summer months. It is a myth that drinking a large amount of water after a ride has risks associated with it - let your horse drink as much as he needs. 
Most horses get all the electrolytes they need from good quality hay. With that said - offering a trace mineral salt block is acceptable and makes us all feel a bit better. The exception to this rule is if the horse decides that the salt block is uncommonly tasty - and eats the block in under a week - pull the salt block out. We get many questions about electrolyte supplementation during hot weather. Horses loose electrolytes in their sweat just as we do - but only need additional supplementation under extreme conditions - ie: very hot weather - or due to large losses during intense prolonged exercise such as endurance riding. There are many commercial supplements available; however, you can make a very inexpensive one yourself by mixing equal parts of Morton's "Lite Salt" with regular salt and adding 2 tablespoons of the mixture to the feed per day. The good news is that studies have shown that it is fairly difficult to "overdose" a horse with electrolytes provided that plenty of clean water is available.
Many drugs are very sensitive to sunlight - particularly Pergolide(for Cushings Disease) and Regumate(used to maintain pregnancy in the mare - or to keep mares out of season). A good rule of thumb is to always store your prescriptions in a dark cabinet and keep them protected from sunlight.
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