Vet Dr Annie Ashman MA. Vet MB. MRCVS tells us her thoughts on Farriery and Foot Imbalance How closely does your veterinary surgeon work with your farrier? In my opinion, this relationship should be very close indeed. Part of my responsibility as a vet in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (many years ago!) was to […]
Category Archives: Vet’s View
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Mar
Mar
Recently I have been pondering the large amount of claims that we are seeing for the dreaded kissing spines, or more correctly overriding dorsal spinous processes. Nearly everyone will know someone whose unfortunate horse has been diagnosed with this condition; some responding to medication, a lot requiring surgical intervention, and some unfortunately never returning to […]
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Jan
Jan
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) At KBIS we see a large number of claims for gastric ulcers. It has made us wonder what is going to happen to all these horses once their claim for vet’s fees has finished. It has long been recognized that horses, kept in stables and in hard work can become grumpy, […]