Lodi Veterinary Care - Equine

10/22/2026

Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week Highlight: Chrissy

Chrissy has been around LVC in many different roles over the past decade. You may have seen her on the farm assisting our doctors in her early days as a certified veterinary technician. Or, caught her filling in, answering phones as a receptionist and training new staff. She's gone to further education in equine reproduction to help collect stallions, freeze semen, and will transport our tease mares back and forth. Possibly you heard from her in the most up-beat way an accounts receivable call can be. Whatever Chrissy does, she does it with the most cheerful, energetic attitude of anyone we know. She is our sunshine on a daily basis and we know exactly where we'd be without her as part of Lodi Vet. Please show her some appreciation the next time you hear her smile coming through the phone!

10/21/2026

Veterinary Technician Assistant Week Highlight: Carissa

Carissa came to us as a ride along last year looking for more information about how to enter the veterinary industry. We saw the potential and snatched her up right away! She has a fond love of draft and draft cross horses, so she will love your visit if she gets to spend time with them! Her memory and attention to detail is excellent. She is a genuine, caring horsewoman. Carissa is a great assistant and a joy to be around. Please thank her for all her help if you see her during your visit.

10/20/2026

Veterinary Technician Assistant Week Highlight: Lulu

Lulu has been with us since the "Dr. Meyer Ages." She has the best work ethic classically found in your Midwestern farm girl. We're not sure when she sleeps, as we catch her coming in early on the regular with an energy drink in her hand to make sure all the horses get proper, dedicated care, the stalls and chores are set until evening, and that she's "rearing" 🐎 to go with whatever doctor she's with that day! Her friendliness and love of all things equine is unmatched. We appreciate all she does for our clinic, and her endless reliability.

10/20/2026

What is your diagnosis???

EOTRH is the answer! Short for equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis. What a mouthful! This is a condition that primarily affects the incisors and canine teeth in older horses. There are two potential components to the disease-- inflammatory tooth resorption and hypercementosis.

What do those big words mean?? Tooth resorption is caused by localized inflammation within the tooth that eats away the hard substance (dentin and enamel) of the tooth roots. On x-rays, it often looks like a mouse has been nibbling away at the inside of the tooth.

Hypercementosis means "extra cementum". This disease process turns on the cells that deposit cementum on the tooth roots and makes them go hog wild! Some horses will develop large "balls" of cementum on their tooth roots when this process gets turned on.

Some horses have a mix of both hypercementosis and resorption, though other horses will primarily have one or the other. X-rays are critical for diagnosing the condition as well as choosing an appropriate treatment plan. We will share a video tomorrow that will talk more about the treatments for this condition.

10/19/2026

We couldn't do what we do everyday without our wonderful veterinary assistants! They clean our facilities, care for our hospitalized patients down to every detail, notice when a horse seems off and are our eyes that alert the doctors during patient care. They stock our trucks, prepare for our farm calls and for surgery. The make sure equipment is cared for, charged and backed up, along with getting it back packed up for our next farm visit. They keep our doctors safe and handle our patients with care and respect.

Our assistants clean up everything under the sun behind the wake of our doctors. They try to keep us on schedule and keep us moving, easier said than done with some of our doctors. 😂 They are caring and invested in our clients' and patients' wellbeing. They handle the dirty end of the job, cleaning shealths, packing up fecals and bloodwork, submitting lab work, cleaning and sterilizing surgery packs. The work never ends and there's much more they do; we can't appreciate them enough for their dedication to this career field. Being an equine vet assistant is not an easy job! Please tell them thank you if you see one of our vet tech assistants this week!

This week we’re cheering for the vet techs, assistants and support staff who show up for horses every single day! Their skill, patience and heart shape every visit, recovery and positive outcome. 🌟

Happy National Veterinary Technician and Assistant Appreciation Week! Tag a teammate who makes your barn calls better, and send some love to our friends at AAEVT-American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians and Assistants 🙌🩺

10/18/2026

All you really need is the right paperwork, right? Right!?

10/17/2026

Pre-purchase exams are very important.

10/16/2026

Evening update - phones are back up. Please call the main clinic line if you need after hours care!

⚠️ Oh no, PHONES are DOWN! Please contact the clinic at [email protected] if you have an urgent matter. We will update when we get our connection back. ⚠️

10/16/2026

Friday Funny!

Isn't this the truth? "If I didn't have horses..." 😄

10/14/2026

Older horses can develop uneven wear, missing teeth, periodontal disease, hooks, waves, and other dental issues that make chewing forage difficult.

Even the best nutritional program cannot fully compensate for a horse that cannot properly chew what you’re feeding.

We highly encourage regular veterinary dental examinations and watching for:
- Quidding/dropping feed
- Slow eating
- Long-stem fiber in manure
- Weight loss
- Bad breath
- Difficulty chewing

Senior horse nutrition starts before the feed ever reaches the stomach.