Kern Road Veterinary Clinic, P.L.L.C. is a 8 veterinarian Equine/Small Animal Veterinary Practice located south of Fowlerville and west of Howell at 105 Fowlerville Road. Established in 1972, Kern Road Veterinary Clinic, P.L.L.C. has continued to grow as we strive to provide state of the art veterinary medicine and the best possible service to our patients and clients.
We're getting smarter! The small animal doctors and staff will be participating in a virtual continuing education event from 8:00.
We're getting smarter! The small animal doctors and staff will be participating in a virtual continuing education event from 8:00.
Services
Young horses (under 2-3 years of age)-deworm starting at 4 weeks of age (using a safe product such as fenbendazole) and then every 6-8 weeks rotationally thereafter. Parasite resistance to deworming products is becoming a problem. 15+ years of rotational deworming has contributed to resistance developing in equine parasites.
With the increasing amount of research in the field of equine nutrition many questions have been answered, but many new questions are being raised. Many beliefs about feeding horses that have been taken for granted for years are no longer valid. We have found that feeding practices, like so many phases of the equine industry, employ the art as well as the science of equine husbandry.
One question we are often asked is "How's my horse's weight?" While body weight is an important individual characteristic, what is more important is body condition score or BCS. BCS uses both how your horse looks and how it feels to the touch to evaluate the amount of body fat it has. BCS is scaled from 1 to 9, with 1 being emaciated with no fat, and 9 being grossly obese.
Through the spring and summer we have seen several cases of parasite infestation in horses that have been regularly dewormed. We feel that there are several possible reasons for the increase in cases that we are seeing. One of the reasons is that weather conditions have been dry and much of the manure in pastures has not been dissipated by rain, thus exposing parasite eggs to the elements that aid in reducing the load of parasite eggs present.
Breeding mares can be one of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of the horse industry. It can also be one of the most heartbreaking and financially devastating times when foals are lost at birth. Anyone who has ever had a mare abort or lose a foal during or immediately after birth knows the heartbreak and economic loss that occurs.
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April Linahan
Oct 18, 2021
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Tamara Vogel
Sep 17, 2021
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Victoria Nulty
Aug 29, 2021
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Amanda
Aug 21, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
I am extremely pleased with the attention and care given at Kern Road Veterinary Clinic, both of my dogs are regularly seen there. The staff is extremely friendly and never fails to answer any questions I have. My dogs look forward to going back! Highly recommend bringing your animals here!
I am extremely pleased with the attention and care given at Kern Road Veterinary Clinic, both of my dogs are regularly seen there. The staff is extremely friendly and never fails to answer any questions I have. My dogs look forward to going back! Highly recommend bringing your animals here!
Capri Capri'S. Corner Snowfall
Jul 14, 2021
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My family has been taking our pets here since I was little (I'm 25 now) and they use to be fantastic! Now though, since a few wonderful vets left, they went down hill. I recently took my cat in, one my boyfriend and I rescued from outside, and I'm not happy. She got a full exam, and they said everything was fine! Well, turns out it wasn't. A few weeks later, my boyfriend and I both noticed that she was having us scratch inside her ear. Then wax started dripping out. Alarmed, I went to make an appointment, but they where booked 3 weeks out. I took her to another vet, and there we were told she had
Jo Anne
May 23, 2021
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Vickie Samples
Apr 16, 2021
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On April 19th 2021 we called early in the morning because we inadvertently ran out of the prescription pain reliever over the weekend. I called first thing in the morning and needed it really quickly because we had no way to get it later on. I had to bypass the prescription call line. And the lady that answered the phone was very kind and able to get it ordered for us and we were able to pick it up within an hour of the time we called. We went against all the called for considerations and appreciate the fact that they were able to help us.
