Crossroads Veterinary Services (706) 743-7614 or (706) 224-3200

Large Animal

Preventive medicine is the most important component of medicine to ensure that your animals remain healthy and is necessary for the early detection of many diseases. Routine vaccination programs, deworming recommendations tailored to your farm, equine infectious anemia (EIA) or Coggins testing for all horses older than 6 months of age, as well as routine dentistry procedures in horses, are included in our wellness programs. The programs are tailored to your animal’s lifestyle and recommendations will be given based upon risk of exposure to disease. In addition to offering tailored wellness programs to the equine clients, we also offer the PreventiCare^TM Program through Pfizer, a unique wellness program that may qualify your horse for the PreventiCare Colic Assistance Plan^TM. There are six minimum requirements when enrolled in the above program:

·         Annual physical examination

·         Annual dental examination along with any advised treatment

·         Appropriate immunizations as recommended by us

·         Annual nutritional consultation

·         Strongid^® C or Strongid^® C 2X^TM administered daily, year-round

·         Twice-yearly treatments of Equell^® (ivermectin) or Equimax^® (ivermecin/praziquantel)

The three disqualifications to enrollment in PreventiCare are:

·         Any horse that has had colic surgery

·         Any horse that has experienced colic in the last 12 months or has had colic surgery

·         Any horse under five months, or not fully weaned, or any horse over 20 years (horses officially enrolled before age 20 may re-enroll each year up to the age of 24)

All Strongid C or Strongid C 2X must be purchased from us. Coverage for eligible horses begins 30 days after receipt of the application and you will receive an Official Enrollment Certificate in about 30 days. Horse owners will also receive the date the horse will be eligible for surgical reimbursement. In the event that an enrolled horse suffers a case of colic serious enough to require surgery, Pfizer will pay for the surgical costs and as many as three days of aftercare up to $5,000, as outlined in the program's Terms and Conditions.

To learn more about the program, please go to http://www.equinepreventicare.com

In addition to the equine preventive programs mentioned above, we offer herd health programs for ruminants and camelids.

Prime Protection^TM is a Fort Dodge Animal Health preconditioning program offering pre-weaning and weaning protocols that address vaccination, parasite control and calf management in order to enhance the value of your calves. The benefits of adhering to the guidelines put forth in this program are numerous.

·         Providing calf buyers with certified vaccination and weaning histories

·         Having the flexibility of choosing pre-weaning or weaning protocols that best meet your operation and marketing objectives

·         Using leading products that adhere to Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) guidelines

·         Enhancing your reputation as a supplier of healthy, high-performing calves

·         Qualifies you to participate in a value-added calf sale at your local sale barnProducers following a Prime Protection protocol who treat with Fort Dodge Animal Health viral and pasteurella vaccines, SYNOVEX® implants and CYDECTIN® parasite control, have direct access to Fort Dodge Animal Health technical support professionals. If health issues should arise, Fort Dodge Animal Health, in cooperation with the producer and local veterinarian, will provide technical support to establish an appropriate solution.

Small ruminant and camelid herd health programs can be optimized for your farm to include the following:

·         Annual vaccinations

·         Annual hoof care

·         Body condition scoring

·         Deworming

·         Vitamin E/selenium injection

·         OPP testing (sheep)

·         CAE testing (goats)

·         Johne’s testing

·         Brucellosis and TB testing (sheep and goats)