Crossroads Equine Hospital

24/03/2022

Hello facebook equine friends! Crossroads is looking for a friendly, knowledgeable and motivated assistant to help with our special equine patients 2-3 weekdays and weekends. If you are so interested please stop by, say hi and drop off a resume at our clinic.

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas from all of us at Crossroads and to all of our past and present equine patients

10/09/2021

Crossroads is very excited to announce that our new surgeon, Dr. Kelly Shaw, will be starting next week! Dr. Shaw comes to us after finishing her residency in large animal surgery and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A California native, Dr. Shaw went to undergrad at Cal Poly and then went to vet school at the University of Glasgow in Edinburgh, Scotland. She completed a year long internship in equine surgery and medicine at North Carolina State University and another at the University of Wisconsin, Madison prior to starting her surgery residency. She has a special interest in equine surgery and lameness but enjoys all aspects of equine veterinary medical care!

Dr. Shaw was an avid polo player in college with her identical twin sister Karen (an equine sports medicine specialist, what a family!). She has an adorable cat named Twix and a horse named Moose that she is bringing to Shasta County and she is looking forward to seeing elective and emergency cases at the hospital. Please call 530-365-3685 with your equine needs. Dr. Shaw and Dr. Rodger are both available for your in hospital and ambulatory needs providing the highest of quality in equine veterinary care.

09/05/2021

09/05/2021

Happy Moms Day to ALL Moms

05/05/2021

13/02/2021

We have some bad (for us) good news to announce. Dr. Noll has accepted a job as a surgeon at the University of Tennessee. She's excited about the job and returning to a teaching environment, but very sad to be leaving the people and horses of Crossroads. She will be moving after the end of February and heading east. If you would like to schedule with her prior to her leaving, limited availability remains. Please join us in giving her our best wishes for success in this new endeavor!

We are working on a replacement and have some plans in the works for a replacement surgeon and a temporary surgeon. We will continue to be available for your elective needs by appointment and for emergency needs 24/7/365.

13/01/2021

Case conclusion !

Good job, everyone. Kudos to Steve Mays, Laura Rodger, and Natalie Cooney for their excellent answers.

The key points in this case was that it's a horse on an all alfalfa diet in California who has intermittent colic. This is a classic history for enteroliths. The first step to diagnosis is to radiograph the abdomen.

Reasons why horses make enteroliths are not 100% known but it has something to do with mineral content in water and hay in California. Quarter horses and Arabians are over represented in the spectrum of horses that get them. This causes horses to make struvite stones in their large colon. These stones don't cause a problem in many horses but some horses get the enteroliths trapped in their large colon, transverse colon, or small colon. When stuck they cause colic and can cause death if they cause the horse to rupture their intestines. Treatment consists of removing them surgically. Prevention is feeding less than 50% alfalfa in the diet.

12/01/2021

Case time!

This beautiful lady is a 23 year old Quarter Horse mare who presented with intermittent moderate colic for 3 weeks. She has a normal heart rate, good gut sounds, and has been intermittently passing small amounts of f***s. Her bloodwork is consistent with a horse that hasn't been eating. She is up to date on vaccinations and deworming and is on a diet of alfalfa hay. She has spent her life in California. What diagnostic will you do first and why?

23/12/2020

Happy holidays from Dr. Rodger and Dr. Noll, veterinary technicians Deanna Teixeira and Jessica Lawrence and (useless but very cute) front office dog Poppy Noll! We wish you a safe and happy holiday week. If you need us, we will be remaining open for emergencies only over the holiday. Happy Holineighs!

03/12/2020

The doctors and staff at Crossroads have been on the receiving end of a significant amount of verbal abuse regarding our mask policy. Our current mask policy, in line with state recommendations, is that clients need to wear a mask which covers their nose and mouth while inside and maintain social distancing if the mask is off outside.

Whether or not you agree with the policy, we respectfully ask our clients to respect the policy. If you do not have a mask, we have disposable masks available to purchase for $1. If you do not wish to wear a mask, you will be asked to remain outside while Crossroads personnel works on your horse. If your mask is not covering your nose or is under your chin, you will be asked to wear it properly.

In these difficult times, please understand that we are trying to keep our personnel and clients safe. We appreciate your understanding.

31/10/2020

Happy Halloween from all of us at Crossroads!

27/10/2020

Do you have a horse that ain't quite right when you ride him or her? Got a little hitch in the ol' get along? We have a visiting veterinarian coming to get more lameness experience with Dr. Noll, so Dr. Noll would love to get some more lameness exams on the books over the next couple of weeks. Give us a ring at 530-365-3685 and we will schedule you in! Now is the time!

22/10/2020

Power is out due to the PSPS but the generator is up and running, so we are open for appointments and emergencies!

16/10/2020

We are proud to have the ability to help horses like Sugar and their caring owners to give them help when they most need it!

Here's a happy ending story to finish your Friday on a positive note!

Meet Sugar, one of the lucky horses who benefited from The Foundation for the Horse's Vet Direct Safety Net program — an initiative managed in partnership with the American Association of Equine Practitioners and ASPCA that empowers equine veterinarians to provide up to $600 worth of free veterinary services per animal to at-risk equines in their communities without incurring financial stress to their practice.

When 8-year-old Sugar was rescued by Angel's Equine Guidance & Rescue Group in late July, the mare was so lame and in so much pain she was unable to walk. The rescue organization reached out to Dr. Charlene Noll, staff surgeon with Crossroads Equine Hospital in Anderson, CA, and asked if there was anything that could be done for Sugar even knowing that no funds were available to pay for the mare's care at the time.

Thankfully, Dr. Noll was able to triage the horse's case for free by putting her Vet Direct allowance to good use: she took some foot radiographs to make sure the mare wasn’t suffering from laminitis, and put some foam pads on the mare’s feet to make her comfortable.

Today, Sugar has come a long way in her recovery and is a much happier horse. Thanks to Dr. Noll’s care and regular trims, Sugar’s hooves have returned to their healthy state and the lameness is gone.
Angel Matthews, the founder of Angel's Equine Guidance & Rescue Group, shudders to think how the situation might have transpired without the immediate veterinary care enabled by the Vet Direct Safety Net program. “Without the assistance, we probably would’ve had to euthanize her. Vet Direct literally saved Sugar’s life,” said Matthews.
THANK YOU Dr. Noll for your compassionate care and for your dedication to the horse!

If you are an AAEP-member veterinarian in the U.S. with clients who potentially could struggle to pay for veterinary care, put yourself in a position to help by enrolling in Vet Direct Safety Net. Sign up or learn more by visiting https://aaep.org/vet-direct-safety-net

13/10/2020

It's veterinary technician week, time to celebrate these brilliant ladies. We couldn't do this job without them! They keep us safe and tidy and they always know where the dohickey for the dentals is hidden!

10/10/2020

Dr Noll and highly trained veterinary assistant Poppy Noll will be at the Wine and Roses show at Rolling Hills Casino and Resort this weekend performing shockwave on horses. Come speak with them at the vendor area if you are interested in trying the treatment after your classes as an aid to pain relief and recovery!

Dr Noll also is bringing some Assisi Loops. These are targeted pulsed electromagnetic field devices(like magna wave but more targeted and you can do it yourself at home) that are non-pharmaceutical and provide anti-inflammatory and healing benefits to areas of pain and injury in horses. They are easy to use and have 150 uses. Come stop by the booth and say hi and check them out!

07/10/2020

Did you see the interesting eye that we posted the other day? Nora Frisch was the champion of this case with her answers. This was a case of uveal cysts in the horse. These are typically benign but can cause blind spots and cause spooking behaviors. There is a really cool procedure done by equine ophthalmologists where they laser the cysts with a special laser that only works on dark pigments so it doesn't injure the clear parts of the cornea and contents of the anterior chamber but it explodes the cysts. This procedure has to be done by a veterinary ophthalmologist, so it requires referral to UC Davis. It's a relatively simple procedure with an excellent prognosis. You can read about it at the following link: https://horsesport.com/magazine/health/corpora-nigra-cysts-can-affect-your-horses-vision/