Page 2 - Equine Matters - Summer 2014

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Focus
In each issue of
Equine Matters
we feature a brief insight into
a selection of the veterinary
surgeons that make up XLEquine.
Featured in this issue are Chris
Lehrbach, Mark Tabachnik and
Gavinder Panesar...
Vet
Mark Tabachnik
BSc(Hons) BVM&S
CertEP MRCVS BAEDT
Gavinder Panesar is an equine veterinary surgeon at 608 Equine and Farm vets in
Warwickshire.
After qualifying from the University of Bristol in 2007, I spent a short period in mixed practice
before moving to Rossdales Equine Hospital in Newmarket where I was fortunate to work with
some world renowned Equine Surgeons. Having gained valuable experience in Newmarket, my
specific interests now lie in lameness diagnostics and competition horse work.
After leaving the fast paced racing life of Newmarket I decided to come back home to the
Midlands where I was lucky enough to take a job at 608 Equine and Farm vets, where as a
veterinary student I did all of my field based veterinary training. I now spend my time with all
equids great and small from miniature Shetlands to towering Shires. I sometimes get the chance
to look at lameness' in other animals too! Outside of work I'm a keen hockey player and enjoy
riding my ex-racehorse, Poppy.
Gavinder Panesar
BVSc MRCVS
Chris Lehrbach is the senior equine veterinary surgeon at Chapelfield Veterinary
Partnership Ltd in Norfolk, where he is a Director.
I qualified from Glasgow Veterinary School in 1994, after which I joined a mixed practice
for a year and then returned to Glasgow to complete a 3 year residency in equine orthopaedic
surgery. I joined Chapelfield in 2002. My main interests include surgery, complex lameness/
back pain investigations, foal developmental disorders and fertility work.
When not at work I eat as much of the world's culinary delights as I can find and I dabble
in alcoholic taste sensations wherever possible. I delight in cinematic productions, both
cultural classics and IMAX visual extravaganzas. And I do things that involve running, cycling
and swimming until I can do it no more. Then I sit in the hot tub and marvel at Norfolk's
amazingly big sky.
Mark Tabachnik is the senior equine veterinary surgeon at Wright & Morten in Cheshire,
where he is a partner.
I love my job. I qualified in 1995 and since then I have gained a Certificate in Equine Practice and
am a fully qualified Equine Dental Technician. Predominantly my day job is equine dentistry. I’m
lucky with the way our practice has evolved that there’s more than enough work for me to spend as
much time as I like inside horse’s mouths. It’s a fascinating specialty, which is advancing all the time.
I’m also involved in running the practice. I love working as part of a team, helping those around me
develop themselves and grow the business.
In my spare time I keep bees. We presently have five hives, though I’d like a lot more. When you’re
looking in the hives, it takes all your attention - there’s a whole other world you’re stepping into.
Working with bees and horses are similar in many ways - you always need to be calm and steady,
in control of yourself but working together with the animals for everyone’s benefit.
Chris Lehrbach
BVMS MVM CertES(Orth)
MRCVS