Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital provides a full range of veterinary services for cows in all stages of life and production. From fertility and pregnancy examinations to sick cow work and production consultations, it is our goal to help your herd reach it’s full potential. Pilchuck works with dairy clients in Washington’s Snohomish Valley, Olympic Peninsula, Eastern Washington, and many places in between. Our practice continues to grow and move with the cows, and so we now have dairy clients in Oregon, Idaho and Kansas. We also see many beef cows in the Snohomish Valley.

In Summer 2002, we completed construction of a new bovine surgery and treatment area. It includes a hydraulic surgery table; modern facilities for treatments and procedures, and easy drive through access for hauling in.

Pilchuck’s bovine practitioners are available to consult by phone, in person, or on a farm visit. Our goal is to provide dairies with the most appropriate and cost effective solutions to herd health issues. We also have special offers on bovine products.

More information about Cows in our Animals section

Calf & Heifer Raising
Dry Cows
Calving Time
Fresh Cows
Reproduction
Disease
Nutrition
Lameness
Mastitis
Federal & State Regulatory Work
Laboratory
Pharmacy
Management
BioSecurity

Calf & Heifer Raising
Giving young animals a good start in life benefits the herd. Pilchuck can assist you with colostrum management; feeding and nutrition; disease prevention; routine vaccinations (Brucellosis, etc.); and routine procedures (dehorning, castration, deworming etc,); as well as sick calf work and client education.

Dry Cows Pilchuck’s services for dry cows include transition cow management (such as anionic salt feeding), nutrition, mastitis prevention and treatment, disease prevention and investigation.

Calving Time To assist clients at calving time, we provide information, education and support for dystocia prevention; obstetric work; post calving complications; and transition to milking.

Fresh Cows 1 to 21 Days in Milk Pilchuck provides education and assistance to clients for preparing their fresh cow pens; cost effective analysis of a fresh cow program; and fresh cow monitoring and treatments. We can advise you on such fresh cow diseases and prevention as: milk fever, ketosis, left or right displaced abomasums, hardware, metritis, mastitis and digestive upset, fatty liver and other post calving complications.

Reproduction
Beginning with fertility examinations, reproductive evaluations and pregnancy diagnosis, we provide consultation and reproductive protocols for breeding management (Ovysnch, CIDR, heatsynch, heat detection, AI vs. bull breeding, breeding education, bull breeding soundness examinations) to fit each herd’s needs.



Disease
In the interest of promoting healthy, productive herds, we provide diagnosis, treatment and prevention for lameness, respiratory disease, diarrhea, digestive upset, neurological problems, viral and bacterial infections. We can help you build a vaccination schedule to fit your herd.

Nutrition To determine the best nutritional program for your herd, we provide bunk-side and laboratory diagnostics for nutritional evaluations; metabolic profiling; sort box and dry matter intake analysis; cow-side body condition scoring; and feeding programs.

Lameness
Lameness initially falls into two categories: infectious (foot warts, foot rot, etc.) and non-infectious (metabolic, trauma, solar ulcers, abscesses, white line disease, heel bruising, etc.) With our portable chute we can provide diagnosis and treatment at your farm, and at the hospital in our new bovine treatment area.

Mastitis Emphasizing milk quality; parlor care and evaluation; milking education and instruction; teat and udder care; and routine testing, Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital provides diagnosis, treatment and prevention for cows through the milking period to the dry period.

Federal-State Regulatory Work
We provide Brucellosis (Bang’s) vaccination and testing, Tuberculosis (TB) testing, national and international health certificates and bull stud examinations.



Laboratory
Pilchuck’s in-house laboratory provides culturing for bulk tank milk, individual cow milk, tissue, and fecal material. Parasite evaluations are available through fecal examination, and body system evaluation through blood sampling (BUN, CBC, TP, minerals, electrolytes, Johnes disease).



Pharmacy
For our clients’ convenience, we provide over the counter and prescription pharmaceuticals at competitive prices.



Management
Pilchuck veterinarians work with you and your employees to increase herd productivity. We provide training and education for employees regarding cow and calf health.

BioSecurity With the growing occurrence of threatening diseases worldwide, we are eager to help you protect your livestock and investments. This includes advice on safety, disease prevention and awareness.

see also:

Cow Doctors
Cow Health Topics
About Cows