Progress 08/01/24 to 07/31/25
Outputs
Target Audience:Crescent Veterinary Hospital has continued to discuss our expanded services to our clientssince acquisition of our work truck and veterinary clinic box and communicated to them that we can be available for additional farm calls and for more emergent cases with our new equipment. This has continued to provided some additional clients through word of mouth as well. Additionally, we continue to reach out through social media to communicate our developments as they become available and rent a billboard at a nearby busy intersection. Our clients are made up of large and small producers, hobby farmers, as well as, show animals. Changes/Problems:Our biggest challenge will be to continue deployment of our mobile chute on a larger scale and continue to grow the business to increase our newly acquired part time veterinary associate to become full time. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The equpiment has allowed our clinic to reach additional clientele, allowing Dr. Sisk to continue to grow professionally. We have treated numerous scheduled calls and several emergency calls, traveling from home, that we would not have been able to perform otherwise. The truck has been used to transport Dr. Sisk to local and distant large animal CE as well as training a new assistant with farm calls and allowing pre-veterinary students at Oklahoma State University ride along/shadow. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?To Date, primarily word of mouth on social media and word of mouth with our large animal clientele has been used to comunicate our presents to our community. We do rent a billboard at a local busy intersection located along routes to Guthrie, Cashion and Edmond/Oklahoma City from Cresecent. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We expect to enter our work truck in local parade as a advertising opportunity as well as purchase vinyl decals for the truck for additional advertising.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Crescent Veterinary Hospital has completed all purchasing funded under the grant. Our work truck, 2024 Chevrolete 2500HD, purchase was completed August 23rd. We had originally ordered the same truck with an expected delivery date in October, but we were able to accelerated this and take delivery of a comparable unit, with mild hail damage at a significant savings, which was put toward a reproscan portable ultrasound unit for our ambulatory work. We ordered our Bowie Clinic Veterinary Box August 26th and took delivery October 18th. Our portable chute was delivered March 2025. The truck, Clinic Box and Portable Ultrasound Unit have beenin use since October 18th. Stocking the truck with additional equipment continues as new items are identified,while general supplies are completely in place. In the period August 2023 through July 2024, preceding acquisition of the new equipment for Crescent Veterinary Hospital we performed59 farm. In the time period of August 2024 through July 2025 our practice software documents 102 such calls. Equipment was not fully in place until October 2024. While call nearly doubled, this is a service that would be challenging to even continue with the loss of our prior work truck due to mechanical failure mid 2024.
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