Horse health professionals rally to determine best practice as “Equitape” horse wormer to be discontinued from October 2018. From October 2018 the wormer brand, Equitape®, commonly used to treat tapeworm infection will be discontinued from sale in the UK. This wormer is the only licenced product for horses containing praziquantel as a single […]
Horses, unlike human patients, do not always realise when they have to take it easy so it is unfortunately inevitable that when they are injured they will have to be confined on Box Rest. This can be a stressful time for both owner and horse alike especially if your horse was competition fit and “full of beans” when he sustained the injury. Even […]
Horses, unlike human patients, do not always realise when they have to take it easy so it is unfortunately inevitable that when they are injured they will have to be confined on Box Rest. This can be a stressful time for both owner and horse alike especially if your horse was competition fit and “full of beans” when he sustained the injury. Even […]
Hardly a week passes without there being an article in the News about the obesity crisis in the human population. Today’s young people may be the first generation not to have longer lifespans than their parents. There is a huge increase in Type 2 diabetes and obesity is linked to heart disease, numerous types of cancer and joint problems. When it […]
Hardly a week passes without there being an article in the News about the obesity crisis in the human population. Today’s young people may be the first generation not to have longer lifespans than their parents. There is a huge increase in Type 2 diabetes and obesity is linked to heart disease, numerous types of cancer and joint problems. When it […]
Horses have evolved to be free roaming grazing animals. Given the option to live this way they will spend about three quarters of their time with their heads down and will be continually on the move albeit slowly, as they search for the tastiest grass. As a result of this evolutionary fact, the respiratory system of the horse is relatively […]
Horses have evolved to be free roaming grazing animals. Given the option to live this way they will spend about three quarters of their time with their heads down and will be continually on the move albeit slowly, as they search for the tastiest grass. As a result of this evolutionary fact, the respiratory system of the horse is relatively […]
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 ensure that the qualifications of the Army farriers were in line with those offered by the Colleges thus ensuring that the Army […]
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 ensure that the qualifications of the Army farriers were in line with those offered by the Colleges thus ensuring that the Army […]
Since I have been working at KBIS as their Veterinary Advisor it has struck me how many claims we see for gastric ulcers. It has made me wonder what is going to happen to all these horses once their claim for vet’s fees has finished? It has long been recognised that horses, kept in stables and in hard work can become grumpy, and bad tempered, be […]
