Welcome to Blackstrap Hill Veterinary Clinic

Welcome to the Blackstrap Hill Veterinary Clinic website!  Established in 1984, BHVC is a general equine practice with referral and surgical capabilities and a full service breeding facility.  We offer extensive veterinary services for all ages, breeds, and disciplines. Our goal is to provide our clients with caring, professional service with a variety of diagnostic and treatment options.

We are located in Cumberland Maine and provide ambulatory services to clients throughout central and southern Maine, western Maine and southern New Hampshire. At our hospital location, clients truck horses in from many areas to take advantage of our in clinic diagnostic and treatment services.

If you are a regular client, or someone needing our services, please feel free to look around the site and use our email or call us to schedule an appointment or ask any questions you may have.

Be an Early Bird and SPRING into Action!

We are starting to schedule annual vaccination appointments. Start your horses off to a fresh and healthy New Year!

Routine Preventative Health Care:

Winter-Spring Vaccinations

• EWT
• West Nile
• Flu/Rhino
• Rabies (every 12 months)

Optional, but highly recommended:

• Strangles
• Potomac Horse Fever

We also recommend the following:

• Coggins Testing
• Fecal Exam
• Physical Examination-which also includes:
• Nutritional Advice
• A review of your feeding program
• A review of your deworming program
• A dental exam

NEWS: In 2009 there were 17 confirmed cases of Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE) in horses and 1 confirmed case of EEE in a llama. NONE of the 18 animals survived the disease. In 2009 there were also 2 confirmed cases of Potomac Horse Fever (PHF) in the State of Maine. Due to new research on these diseases it is HIGHLY recommended that horses receive a booster every 6 months for these 2 diseases (EEE and PHF), as well as Western Equine Encephalomyelitis (WEE), Tetanus, West Nile Virus (WNV) and Influenza (Flu/Rhino).

If your horse is not currently up to date on their vaccinations,
please call (207) 797-6000 for an appointment today!

NEW - Shockwave Therapy!

Shockwave Therapy is a non-invasive treatment that can speed the healing of many types of orthopedic and soft tissue injuries and conditions. This technology has been used to treat a broad range of conditions in people for over 2 decades.  Shockwave therapy has been used in veterinary medicine in the United States for approximately 8 years, however new applications are always emerging. Read More >>