Bovine Services
Hospital haul-in facilities are available at the Mt Sterling Clinic. A portable chute is also available for hauling to your farm.
Herd Health Management
The Mt Sterling/Rushville Veterinary Clinic is an animal health care provider to many of the farms and ranches in surrounding areas. To better serve these farmers and ranchers, we have developed a number of herd health management programs. Herd health programs are tailored to fit the needs of individual clients in order to protect their investment and ensure the continued health of their bovine livestock. Please call our office at 217-773-3366 or 217-322-6590 and speak with Dr. Kackley or Dr. Pollitt to discuss how we might best suit the needs or your farm or ranch.
Typical heard health management programs usually include a combination of the following services:
- Regular prebreeding, weaning, precalving and calving visits by the veterinarian.
- Vaccinations and immunizations.
- Physical examinations.
- Nutritional management
- Parasite control
- Reproductive consultation
- Fertility analysis
- Artificial insemination
- Collection ans storage of semen in cryopreservation tanks.
- Pregnancy checks
- Castrations
- Emergency on-call veterinary services
- Regular laboratory tests for disease/parasites
- Lameness exams
- Discounts on health certification
- Pre-purchase physical exams
- Euthanasia services
- Dental exams and services
- Other veterinary services as needed
Preventative Medicine
- Comprehensive physical examinations
- Vaccinations and immunizations
- Parasite control
- Nutrition consultation
- Herd health plans by production periods
Reproduction
- Fertility evaluation and treatment
- Artificial insemination
- Behavioral consultation
- Diagnostic testing
- Comprehensive semen evaluation
- Pregnancy examination
