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Grace Owen, DVM

Associate at Great Plains Veterinary Services in Arcadia, OK

12/08/2025

New Treatments for Equine Cancer

The Torigen Cancer Vaccine is allowing a new treatment option for tumors in horses. This patient had a Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the lower eyelid. In addition to traditional debulking and chemotherapy we chose to use Torrigens product to make an immunotherapy vaccine. This vaccine creates a personalized vaccine using the horses tumor to empower the immune system to fight the cancer more effectively. The vaccine is then given subcutaneously over 6 weeks.

Choosing the appropriate case and tumor type is important for better outcomes. We will follow this patient and see what her results are.

10/10/2025

It is always important to investigate painful eyes. Horses show eye discomfort by holding the eye closed (squinting). In this case a sticker was found under the lower eyelid causing damage to the eye every time this horse blinked. Don’t wait on eyes, have your vet look as soon as pain signs develope.

08/29/2025

New therapy alert! We now offer Phovia! Watch for some success stories!

This tool uses multi-wave length light photobiomodulation to:
🏮stimulate cellular activity to increase healing
🏮reduce inflammation
🏮promote skin regeneration

08/14/2025

This little guy had strangles really bad when he and his dam got rescued from the lot and brought to the hospital. It was touch and go for him as he was very sick, but he pulled thru and is now absolutely gorgeous! We always said he was special as he had tiny angel wings on his hindquarters! The rescue even named him Gabriel! What a glow up! Thankful for Diamond Bar Ranch an Equine Rescue & Sanctuary-501c3 for the opportunity to help this guy! It’s so fun to watch the ones you have worked on thrive!

07/07/2025

Slaframine toxicity in horses, commonly called “the slobbers” is caused by the ingestion of forages (often clover) with the fungus Rhizoctonia leguminicola. This fungus produces a toxin called slaframine that causes excessive salivation. Although slobbers may look alarming it is generally not life threatening and usually resolves with removal of the infected forage.

04/30/2025

A wonderful outcome on this case! This patient was extremely uncomfortable and was noticeably lame at the walk. The ultrasound image on the left shows a core lesion in the Deep Digital Flexor tendon distal to the fetlock joint.
This patient was treated with ultrasound guided placement of Renovo (amnion derived tissue allograft) and shockwave.
The image on the right shows a much improved tendon at one month out from start of treatment. The patient is walking comfortably and will start doing some light rehab.
It is amazing some of the regenerative medicine we now have for our equine athletes!

04/04/2025

Happy Foal Friday! Some of this seasons foals! I seriously don’t think anything is much cuter😍

03/31/2025

An adorable foal from this weekend! She is a lucky girl as her momma was on the lot and was saved by Diamond Bar Ranch!

03/29/2025

I am so excited that Great Plains Veterinary Services is now offering Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT). This therapy modality uses sound waves to stimulate healing musculoskeletal conditions such as tendon injuries, back pain, arthritic conditions, and can even promote wound healing!

🍀Non-invasive
🍀Stimulates healing
🍀Reduces Pain
🍀Improves Blood Flow
🍀Can be used in conjunction with other
therapies

I have had the opportunity to use it on several patients and I’m really excited with the results!

03/26/2025

One of the most important things for a foal to accomplish is learning to drink milk. If you have ever wondered what a successful “latch” looks like, here it is. This foal was a little slow to start nursing but has got the hang of it now.

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