San Pedro Veterinary Service, PLC

02/10/2026

Update on EHV in AZ from State Veterinarian. No additional cases have been reported. Only the 2 positives have occurred.

02/06/2026

02/05/2026

Lecture tonight 6pm. Potentially double header on topics.

02/02/2026

We are going to do Feb client education lecture this Thursday. Now, we are stuck unable to decide between two topics. Feb is Pet Dental month so equine dentistry is an option. Our 2nd option would be a new topic and with last week's EHV positives we feel fitting also... biosecurity protocols. So drop us a comment to help us decide. But either way 6pm Feb 5th is plan for next lecture.

02/01/2026

With the need to quarantine and monitor temperatures of horses once again critical, we have made a short how to video on the subject. Reminder normal is 98.0 to 101.5

01/31/2026

AZ Barrel racers and ropers... last night we received word that 2 EHV positive horses were present at a recent barrel event. One has been euthanized for neurologic signs. The horses had attended a number of recent events. If you're horses have been at any of the following events, we encourage you to quarantine at home for minimum of 14 days and monitor temperatures. Should you observe any respiratory or neurologic signs please immediately contact your veterinarian.
Anytime your horse seems off... do not travel to events and always practice good biosecurity.

The events that the positive horses were at include:

January 18, 2026 – Horseshoe Park Extreme Barrel Race

January 20, 2026 – ICE Wittmann Breakaway Roping

January 21, 2026 – Roper Nation Breakaway Roping

January 21, 2026 – John Volken Academy Ranch

January 23, 2026 – TACC Thunderbird Farms Arena

January 24, 2026 - Horseshoe Park Extreme Barrel Race

January 27, 2026 – TACC Thunderbird Farms Arena

01/28/2026

Update: This video will be removed on Feb 5th from Youtube, response has been so poor that all future lectures will remain in person only. Words cannot even describe the disappointment in reception.

For those that missed last week's in person lecture, we decided to try something new for 2026. Scroll on over to our YouTube channel to catch a shortened version that hit on some of the highlighted content. This is part of the presentation that was given recorded at later time, not the whole slideshow. Full presentation timed in around 2 hours so attending in person has benefits. Drop us a line if you like the format and maybe we will produce more for later lectures.

Last week, our doctor held an in person lecture on equine emergencies. Today, he sat down and recorded some thoughts to share with rest of you on the topic. ...

01/27/2026

We have been putting it to use. Check out this short video on how the Truforma analyzer is used for testing for Equine Metabolic Syndrome and PPID (Equine Cushings Disease).

It's quite simple. Blood sample taken (purple top test tube) and spin it for a moment. Then on to unit to upload patient information. Load test cartridge and load into unit. About 20min later out comes results. Results can be printed or emailed to client with reference ranges. No more sending out delays and no more shipping errors.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

01/26/2026

AAEP stepping up with client focused education opportunities. This should be a great webinar for every horse owner.

HORSE OWNER WEBINAR ALERT! 📢

Join us for the first Horse Owner Education Committee webinar of 2026! Our topic will be "Equine Dentistry – A Closeup Look Inside Your Horse’s Mouth."

If you've ever wondered what your veterinarian is looking for inside your horse’s mouth, this is your chance to find out! Learn what makes horse teeth unique and why oral exams and odontoplasty, or “floating,” are performed. We’ll also review what to expect during a dental appointment, common pathologies and diseases, and how dental management will often change as your horse ages.

Registration is FREE but required. A recording of the webinar will be available if you miss the live event. Register at: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Au79KIEGlUQNYp3MIwhImixtX96-V_4BY6zUczb-JyUAmnaMAMOO~AmWA7Q-adjl446fnk29Fr5TyD20L79wemxDsn628LwZjZ4BHVqqEh-rjTA

This informative session is brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

01/22/2026

As we are revising and updating our lecture for this evening, we wanted to take a moment to discuss something that has been weighing on us for awhile.
In today's internet world, access to information is readily available. But what isn't clear is the quality of that information. While there are a number of people and groups that post information to be educational for the benefit of knowledge, there are a vast majority that post opinions as information in order to market a product or service that they provide. When you know what to look for in these posts it becomes clearer which category posts fall into. Now, to some degree almost every online post, article, video, etc is an opinion piece by the author. We all present complex material in a story format and thus from our point of view. Certain things are still just hard and true facts, typically things citing numbers like vital parameter ranges for horses. How one interrupts and presents case studies, or even research papers can shift them from quality information into the realm of interruptive opinion, rather quickly. So we would like to caution our followers on believing everything presented to them online.
And we have some prime examples of why this matters.
So our Doctor recently sat down and reviewed some radiographs from an online post with some paraprofessional colleagues... the accompanying story was that the horse was so much better out of shoes and with the heels fully removed. Well, the radiographs presented told a very different story... the first series showed a tight hoof wall lamina zone and what would have been by textbook definitions a club foot with its higher ground palmar angle but no evidence of laminitis. What followed was a series showing development of mechanical laminitis and subsequent return to higher palmar angle before the hoof wall lamina zone started to return to parallel. But because the presenter was able to tell the story, and most individuals lack ability to read and interrupt the radiographs they were able to market a service based on a false narrative. Now, we see this almost everyday with the hoof care posts. But we also see it with the equine dental world, the horse training communities, and even within the veterinary practice posts.
To pick on more than just the hoof care industry, the equine dental community is another one that does a tremendous amount of "marketed" online posts. Our non-veterinarian dental providers like to market themselves as "dentists" and having superior dental knowledge over veterinarians. We have saw some recent posts promoting student graduations, from 2 week courses. A human dentist has a full medical degree with over 8 years of college education, your veterinarian has a minimum of 8 years of college education. A hoof care provider that has attended most horseshoeing schools will have a least 8 weeks of education. Are you catching onto where the marketing side of this exists. While some of these individuals are highly skilled in the technical aspects, they lack the basic anatomy, physiology and pharmacology knowledge that was fundamental to your veterinarian's education.
As for the training realm, that's all opinion. No one method works for every horse. No one tool is always effective. Most of what will be shown is half the story and meant to elicit an emotional response.
And to be fair, we will poke fun at ourselves as well. We post a wide variety of educational material. Some of this material is presented in such a way that it is simply these are the numbers. Some times we present material in a way to encourage our clients to ask about new services. As we have added in house PPID testing, discussing the rates and typical signs of the disease to encourage clients to test is a marketing technique within an educational context. We are a business for our local community after all, but we try to target the majority of our educational posts to non-clients without intent of growing clientele. Now, some practices will use these educational opinion pieces to market certain services and products to gain customers. Frequently, these are promoted as posts highlighting use of certain products that might even be their own brand supplements.
These are marketing techniques disguised as educational posts.

So just a word of caution when scrolling, not everything posted as educational is educational.

For those that scrolled through, tonight Jan 22nd we are hosting 1st client education lecture of 2026 with a topic of what is an emergency. It's free to attend but only offered in person. Open to clients and non clients.

01/16/2026

We are looking at schedule for lecture next week. Topic will be emergencies but what day? Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?