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Ardene House Vet Practice Limited
Ashbrook Equine Hospital
Belmont Farm and Equine Vets Ltd
Bishopton Veterinary Group
Calweton Veterinary Group
Capontree Veterinary Centre
Chapelfield Veterinary Partnership
Cliffe Veterinary Group
Clyde Veterinary Group
Donald S McGregor & Partners
Endell Veterinary Group
Fellowes Farm Equine Clinic
Fenwold Veterinary Practice
Glenthorne Veterinary Group
Hook Norton Veterinary Group
Larkmead Veterinary Group
Midshire Veterinary Group Limited
Millcroft Veterinary Group
North West Equine Vets Ltd
Northvet Veterinary Group
Paragon Veterinary Group
Parklands Veterinary Group
Penbode Equine Vets
Rosevean Veterinary Practice
Scarsdale Veterinary Group
Scott Mitchell Associates
Severn Edge Veterinary Group
St Boniface Veterinary Clinic
Torch Farm and Equine Vets
Wright & Morten Veterinary Surgeons
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We are all independently owned, progressive
veterinary practices located throughout the
United Kingdom committed to working together
for the benefit of our clients.
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C O N T E N T S
Equine Matters
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F ROM THE ED I TOR S
Welcome to the ‘Spring 2016’
issue of
Equine Matters...
...produced by XLEquine practices.
2016 has brought some exciting changes
for Equine Matters with two new editors on
board! We thank Lee Pritchard for all his
excellent work over the past two years, and
we are looking forward to the challenge
ahead.
We are bringing some new features to
Equine Matters - Ask the Expert, The Hot
Potato, Happy Endings, ‘Send us a Selfie’
competition; as well as our Cut Out and
Keep section. We have chosen to look at
topics challenging to all of us including
diarrhoea, dealing with difficult horses,
and tips for preventing springtime laminitis
in ponies; as well as packing in much,
much more!
On behalf of XLEquine, we hope you have
had a great start to 2016 and happy reading.
Spring Feature
11
Cut Out and Keep:
Kirstie Pickles, Scarsdale Veterinary Group presents
a pull out guide for best worming practices.
13
Managing Diarrhoea:
Rebecca Goodwin, Cliffe Equine Clinic discusses
this challenging topic.
15
The use of Probiotics in Horses:
Lorna Buckley, North West Equine Vets adds her
insight into probiotics and their use.
20
Happy Endings:
Kirstie Pickles, Scarsdale Veterinary Group describes
her experience with “Floella”, a donkey foal who
survived against the odds.
CONTENTS
19
Hot Potato -
Read veterinary and reader opinions
about this issue’s controversial topic “Does Turmeric
Have a Role in Veterinary Medicine
?
”
21
Pony pages -
Katherine Murray, Hook Norton
Veterinary Group provides her top tips for
preventing springtime laminitis.
Imogen Burrows
BVetMed CertAVP(EM) MRCVS
Cliffe Veterinary Group
Kirstie Pickles
BVMS MSc PhD PGCert
(Couns Skills) CertEM(IntMed) DipECEIM MRCVS
Scarsdale Veterinary Group
04
Nosebleeds in the Horse -
Jenny
Fanning, Rosevean Vets explains more
about the causes of nosebleeds.
05
Advanced Imaging Modalities
Explained -
David Rutherford, Fellowes
Farm Equine Clinic explains more
about these exciting techniques.
07
Dealing with Difficult and
Dangerous Horses -
Thomas Righton,
Hook Norton Veterinary Group
provides an insight into how vets work
with these challenging horses.
09
Tetanus -
Colin Mitchell, Scott Mitchell
Associates reports on this potentially
devastating condition.
16
Nursing the Recumbent Horse -
Marie
Rippingale, Scarsdale Veterinary
Group discusses problems surrounding
nursing horses that cannot stand.
17
Ask the Experts -
Our team of
experienced vets and nurses answer
questions sent in to us by you!
18
A Day in the Life of a Veterinary Lab
Technician -
Yvonne Jones, Hook
Norton Veterinary Group describes
what being a veterinary lab technician
is really like.