630-365-5600 FVEP@foxvalleyequine.com
Fox Valley Equine practice serves clients within a 35-mile radius of the practice office in LaFox, IL. We serve back-yard barns to large boarding facilities, Miniature Horses to Clydesdales, pleasure horses to equine athletes, newborn foals to senior horses.
Established in 1990, by Dr. David Heinze, Fox Valley Equine Practice is dedicated to providing the best field medicine available for clients and their horses. Our mobile practice provides lameness evaluations, state-of-the-art diagnostics, reproductive services, preventative care, emergency services, surgery, dentistry, chiropractic, pre-purchase exams and cutting-edge medicine.
Fox Valley Equine wishes to be part of a team that includes owners, trainers, farriers, stable managers, caretakers and referral hospitals.
We will care for your horses as if they were our horses.
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Featured Product:
Summit Joint Performance
Q. What is Summit?
A. Summit Joint Performance® is the purest form of Chondroitin 4 Sulfate ever developed. It is a naturally derived, low molecular weight, compound and is the most effective and safest Chondroitin product available on the market today. Summit was developed by doctors and scientists for use in human corneal transplant surgeries. Later it was discovered to have incredible effects on the joints of horses when delivered via intramuscular injection.
Q. What is the injection protocol for the loading dose of Summit Equine?
A. Give one IM (intra-muscular) shot every 7 days for 4 weeks. After the loading dose, most horses will be able to switch to a once-per-month dosing schedule. High performance horses in heavy competition can benefit from using Summit more often. Many top-level horses on a Summit regimen use it once a week.
NORMAL PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS
Temp = 99-101.5°F Pulse = 20-40 beats per minutes Respiration = 8-20 breaths per minute
Resources
Deworming Schedule- Medium Shedders
This printable schedule is the guideline owners should follow for horses who have had fecal counts in the Medium Shedder range.
Deworming Schedule-Low Shedders
Deworming guidelines for horses that have fecal counts that are in the Low Shedder range.
Pre-Purchase Exams for Horses
Owning a horse can be a big investment in time, money and emotion. Unfortunately, horses seldom come with a money-back guarantee. That’s why it is so important to investigate the horse’s overall health and condition through a purchase exam conducted by an equine...
What All Owners Should Know How To Do
Whether you’ve owned horses for one week or fifty years, you should know how to check for these key things.
All About Colic: Symptoms & What to Do
Learn the different types and causes of colic, how to recognize symptoms, and the action you should take if your horse is suffering from colic.
Plants Toxic to Horses
While most poisonous plants have a bitter taste that causes horses to avoid eating them, repeated exposure to certain weeds and trees can have serious effects. This guide will help you recognize the most common of these dangerous plants.