Mid-Texas Veterinary Associates, PC (MTVA)

03/08/2026

We have heard all of these whilst working different client cows. 🤣

03/08/2026

03/08/2026

A lovely article out of Brazil comparing the effects of feeding sugar cane (yes apparently fed quite often there! 😱) to feeding bermuda grass hay and the difference in prevelance of peripheral caries and diastemata (gaps between the teeth) between the two groups. Apparently Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugar cane and is often used as a food source for horses as it is relativly cheap (and I bet they love it!). This is an image from the article- any guesses which mouth was from a horse on the sugar cane...?

You can read the full article here:
https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eve.70075

03/07/2026

Our bucking stock clients prefer we don’t use the term “cute” when we talk about their “mean tough beasts”. But sometimes these darn animals are so cute❣️

03/06/2026

This is great and I think Dr. East (Brittni) won!

02/12/2026

It’s so hard to make a decision to euthanize no matter the species. This is a good perspective.

02/10/2026

Dr. Ray Emerson is an 85 year old veterinarian that loves life, loves our profession and is a constant source of inspiration to me.

IIt was a typical Wednesday morning for local veterinarian Ray Emerson, 85. Shortly after arriving at the clinic at 7:45 a.m., he stepped into an exam room and helped a family make the difficult decision to euthanize their very sick 13-year-old chocolate Lab named Luke. With a steady hand, he pu

02/04/2026

Put your guesses in the comments. This is Carlos when he’s “smiling”

02/04/2026

Lice time of year!

02/02/2026

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02/02/2026

Eyeball recession is a primary indicator of dehydration in calves, measured in millimeters (mm) at the medial canthus. A common, practical formula is to multiply the mm of eye recession by 1.6 - 2 to estimate the percentage of dehydration. For example, this calf has a recession of ~5mm suggesting roughly 10% dehydration which puts her into the severely dehydrated range.

01/20/2026

Dr. King does a great job explaining how vaccines work and why we give the same dose regardless of the size of the animal.