Progress 08/01/24 to 07/31/25

Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, we have extended our services as full time veterinarians (2) with on call services in the Sherman County, Wasco County, Gilliam County and Klickitat County areas. We have pregnancy checked around 500 cows this fall, helped with preventative management including choosing and ordering vaccines for 5 ranches, developed calving plans for these ranches as well. We have purchased our second large animal vehicle which allows both of our vets to be in different areas of the gorge at the same time working on production animals. We are in the middle of our first brick and mortar facility to be able to offer small animal services with storage areas. On veterinarian has completed her brand inspector certifcation in Washington and both veterinarians have certified in Trich and TB testing in both Oregon and Washington. We have started doing bovine breeding soundness exams to include trich testing. Changes/Problems:We do not have any major changes to report. We were hoping to have our small facility finished by fallof 2025. The faciity is up and planning to open Septmeber/ October. We are hoping to have finances in place to start our large animal facility at this time. We are continuing to travel from Spray to Maupin to Hood River areas for both large and small animal appointments. We continue to add large animal services to make sure our producers are able to get everything they need done. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Currently, we are working on training our one staff member and working with our local bucking bull client to get a safe set up for handling these animals. Once protocols are in place, we hope to have a full staff by summer of 2025 when our building project should be complete to house more equipment such as chutes and panels. We have been working with Arrowquip on a chute for cattle that can help safely contain both our bucking bulls and cow/calf operations. We sent in a project change request to add in a tilt table to help with lameness in our beef herds. We have had multiple high school and college age individuals reach out for shadowing opportunities which we hope to have in place next school year. We are working with our manufacturers and fair board to get a cattle expo set up for this winter to help producers understand there production protocols, specifically vaccines. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Due to our small rural area, all information has been disseminated to communities through word of mouth with local producers. We have conversations with these producers in our local community who have then spread the word to other producers in the area. We also advertise on social media (face book) to try and get our name into the community. We have continued offering mobile clinics in other rural areas (Wamic and Spray, Oregon) once a month for producers without having the travel fee as we are stationed in their area for the day. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We plan to continue purchasing the rest of the equipment we need to work on these animals safely and effectively. We also are currently working with our local state veterinarian to come up with a date to offer an information session on new rules/ regulations to Oregon as well as discuss the Johne's disease that we are seeing. We are working with both Zoetis and Merck to offer a production animal meeting this fall/ winter when the farmers will have more time to attend.We will continue to work with our local producers to develop safe and effective preventative care plans. We hope to continue growing our producers that use us for veterianry work.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? During this period, we have purchased a second pick up truck and were given a vet box to get us set up with two veterinarians who are equipped to be ambulatory working on production animals. Both vet boxes are stocked with antibiotics, pain medications and basic large animal treatment equipement including calving chains. We started pregnancy diagnosis this fall on all our fall calving ranches. We picked up 5 more ranches including one large feed lot this fall. We have spent hours on the phone with producers deciding on preventative practices for their area and recommending vaccine protocols. We also continue to see our sheep producer in Hood River county as well as the local 4H animals and homesteader goats, pigs, chickens, sheep and dairy cows. We have been working with the state veterinarian in our area to come up with a local event for a discussion on Johne's Disease in production animals. We have seen a large increase in Johne's positive animals in our local area. We have semen tested bulls, worked on lame large animals, and helped to develop thriving ranches with correct preventative care. We are actively working with 4H clubs and fair boards to help determine best course of action on 4H animals.

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