Equine

Ten years ago this month, Tyson and Anna Strickland walked down the aisle. A week later, he walked across the stage to accept his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. By the time May 2016 ended, he was a husband, a veterinarian and a business owner, plowing ahead on not much more than ambition and prayer. Starting a large animal-only vet clinic, fresh out of school? People told him he was crazy. But a decade later, Dr. Tyson Strickland, DVM, is a husband, father, veterinaria

The groundhogs may have predicted six more weeks of winter weather for 2026, but no matter when those warmer temperatures do settle in to stay, there’s no doubt a rise in mosquito population will soon follow. That’s a leading reason why the equine veterinarians at Custom Livestock Solutions think this is the ideal time of year to vaccinate horses, donkeys, and ponies against mosquito-borne diseases.

Part of keeping show cattle in tip-top shape includes making sure they’re moving fluidly, without pain or stiffness. Though medications to address this exist, some show barns are turning to a less conventional method of show calf maintenance — veterinary spinal manipulation, commonly referred to in human medicine as chiropractics.