Mid-Texas Veterinary Associates, PC (MTVA)

04/04/2026

One of our soapboxes! We find many horses misdiagnosed with EPM that are being treated with compounded drugs and end up having a non diagnosed neck injury, ear ticks , THO, a primary orthopedic lesion, or, even more commonly, poor hoof balance. A blood test alone in Texas is meaningless. It must be paired with a CSF sample (fluid around the brain) to determine whether or not there is actual presence of disease. None of the compounded drugs actually work to treat EPM, although horses often look better because of rest and increased feed efficiency from the type of drugs used.

04/03/2026

Very cool case from Dr. Jones! Another reason we avoid injections in the hind limb in cattle. We will give injections in hind muscles in horses but you have to be careful it is not irritating and that you avoid the sciatic groove and give lower than the tuber ischii (bony prominence of pelvis in hind end)

04/03/2026

Dr. Railey (TTU 2026) and Future Dr. Winnie (TAMU 2030) sporting our new MTVA hats while placing new casts on our blood donor goat (Lucysocks).

04/03/2026

03/29/2026

Working at the vet clinic is tiring and we often feel under appreciated. (Amber’s daughter stole her phone and found this later.) Swayze does work hard though. 🤣

03/29/2026

We see many septic calves present with a history of being 3 - 4 days old and reported as seen nursing and running around happily in the pasture since birth. Calves are born with energy stores known as brown adipose tissue (or "yellow fat") so they have enough energy to stay warm and stand up and run. Because of this, they can appear normal until they use up those reserves. It is important to ensure they are actually latching because as you can see in this septic calf, they have the instinct but may be too compromised and end up weak and critically ill.

03/08/2026

We have heard all of these whilst working different client cows. 🤣

03/08/2026

A lovely article out of Brazil comparing the effects of feeding sugar cane (yes apparently fed quite often there! 😱) to feeding bermuda grass hay and the difference in prevelance of peripheral caries and diastemata (gaps between the teeth) between the two groups. Apparently Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugar cane and is often used as a food source for horses as it is relativly cheap (and I bet they love it!). This is an image from the article- any guesses which mouth was from a horse on the sugar cane...?

You can read the full article here:
https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eve.70075

03/07/2026

Our bucking stock clients prefer we don’t use the term “cute” when we talk about their “mean tough beasts”. But sometimes these darn animals are so cute❣️

03/06/2026

This is great and I think Dr. East (Brittni) won!