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10/09/2026

Pretty cool things we get to see while out on ranch calls!

10/07/2026

Busy day at MVVS! Thanks to everyone for trusting us with your large animal care!

Still need to get the metal siding put on, but exciting to see our new mare motel in use!

09/25/2026

A peek at what early fall looks like for the MVVS team. 🐄🐴

Preg checking cattle all over the county, castrating colts, working up lame horses, and a whole lot more in between. The days are long and the work is good — and we are grateful for every producer and horse owner who trusts us with their animals.

Fall is our favorite season. This is why.

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More equipment inventory has been showing up this fall! Right here in Livingston, MT! Please reach out with any questi...
09/24/2026

More equipment inventory has been showing up this fall! Right here in Livingston, MT! Please reach out with any questions.

We currently have:
- 20' (3 bale) Apache feeder wagons
- 24' (4 bale) Apache feeder wagons
- 8' Apache Creep Feeders
- Stur-D 24' Stationary, adjustable alley
- Stur-D 14' Oval Bale Feeders
- Stur-D Open-Top Horse/Bull Feeders
- Stur-D Portable Loading Chute
- Ranch Built HV9 Hydraulic Squeeze Chute

All of these items are IN STOCK! And we can have delivered any other items in these companies' catalogues. Just check out our website for the catalogues!

Did you know that we have cattle clients who are still using Stur-D bale feeders that they bought 20 YEARS AGO !! When we say that they are durable, we mean it!

https://mvveterinary.com/ranch-equipment-feed/

When your large animal has an emergency, the last thing you need is a voicemail — or to be told to call somewhere else. ...
09/16/2026

When your large animal has an emergency, the last thing you need is a voicemail — or to be told to call somewhere else. 🐄🐴

So far this month we have fielded 13 emergency calls. 80% of them we answered on the first call. The 3 we missed? Called back in 1 minute, 3 minutes, and 5 minutes respectively.

No referrals. No runaround. One number, any hour — and we pick up.

We come to you or you bring your animal to us. There is always someone on call at MVVS, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you have been looking for a large animal vet you can count on no matter the time or the conditions — give us a call.

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09/12/2026

A couple of weeks ago we showed you what collecting a liver biopsy looks like. Today we have the results. 🐄

This video walks through exactly what came back from the lab — what we found, what it means, and what it tells us about how this herd's mineral program is actually performing.

If you missed the first video, go back and watch it before this one. Then come back here and see what the data showed.

This is what managing a herd by the numbers looks like.

📞 406-578-1214 to talk about your herd.

Let's talk chronic bloat. 🐄Bloat falls into two categories — frothy bloat, caused by feeds that produce stable foam in t...
09/10/2026

Let's talk chronic bloat. 🐄

Bloat falls into two categories — frothy bloat, caused by feeds that produce stable foam in the rumen and trap gas, and free gas bloat, caused by something preventing the calf from releasing gas normally (i.e. feed issues, pneumonia...). In young calves, many of the causes of free gas bloat are temporary and will resolve with time. The challenge is managing the bloat safely while that happens.

Treatment options range from tubing the calf as often as needed (often multiple times a day), to placing a red devil trocar, to a full rumenotomy — where we surgically open the rumen and allow the gas to escape as the calf's body heals the underlying issue. That is what Dr. Tianna Cronk is doing in these photos on a chronically bloating heifer calf.

Have a repeat bloater? Give us a call before it becomes a bigger problem.

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Minneapolis this week for the American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual meeting — one of our favorite weeks of...
08/28/2026

Minneapolis this week for the American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual meeting — one of our favorite weeks of the year. 🐄
The AABP brings together the best bovine veterinarians in the country for a week of cutting edge continuing education, research, and conversation about where cattle medicine is going. This year we had the honor of presenting two talks to our national colleagues — something we are very proud of.
The rest of the week was spent listening, learning, and reconnecting with some of the best minds in the profession.
The cattle producers we work with deserve a veterinary team that stays at the front edge of bovine medicine. Weeks like this one are how we make sure that happens.
Good week. Great people. Ready to get back to work. 🤠

08/24/2026

The math on preg checking your herd is pretty simple. 🐄

Hay at $200 a ton. Feed costs of roughly $400 per cow from December through April. A 400-cow herd with 5–8% open cows costs you $8,000–$12,800 in unnecessary winter feed. A preg check on that same herd runs about $1,900.

You do the math.

Every open cow you find is money saved. Every one you miss is money spent feeding an animal that will not produce a calf next year. And with the dry summer we have had, body condition scoring at preg check time is more important than ever — catching cows that are behind now gives you time to fix it before winter.

Fall schedules are filling up. Call us soon.

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Do you know the financial value of preg checking your cow herd? 🐄Here is a real example. Take a 400-cow herd. Hay this y...
08/24/2026

Do you know the financial value of preg checking your cow herd? 🐄

Here is a real example. Take a 400-cow herd. Hay this year is looking like it will average around $200 a ton, and if you are feeding from December 15th through April 15th, you are looking at roughly $400 in feed costs per cow this winter.

Now preg check that herd. If 5–8% of those cows come up open — which is not unusual — that is 20–32 cows you no longer need to feed through winter. At $400 per head, that is $8,000–$12,800 in feed costs you just identified. Sell those open cows, and that money stays in your pocket instead of going into the feed bunk.

The preg check on a 400-cow herd costs roughly $1,900. The math is not complicated.

Every open cow you find is money saved. Every one you miss is money spent feeding an animal that will not produce a calf for you next year.

Beyond the economics, preg check day is one of the most efficient days of the year for your herd. Every cow comes to the chute — which means vaccines, deworming, and individual body condition scoring all happen at the same time. That last one matters more than usual this year. With the dry summer we have had, monitoring body condition closely and supplementing protein where necessary is going to be critical heading into winter.

Preg check season is here. If you have not scheduled yours yet, give us a call soon — fall calendars fill up fast.

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Wilsall, MT

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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