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608 Farm & Equine Veterinary Surgeons
Ardene House Vet Practice Limited
Ashbrook Equine Hospital
Belmont Farm and Equine Vets Ltd
Bishopton Veterinary Group
Buckingham Equine Vets
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 Group
Glenthorne Veterinary Group
Hook Norton Veterinary Group
Kernow Veterinary Group Ltd
Larkmead Veterinary Group
Midshire Veterinary Group Limited
Millcroft Veterinary Group
Northvet Veterinary Group
North West Equine Vets Ltd
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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for the benefit of our clients.
SUMMER EDITION
C O N T E N T S
Equine Matters
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F ROM THE ED I TOR S
Welcome to the ‘Summer 2016’
issue of
Equine Matters...
...produced by XLEquine practices.
The XLEquine campaign in 2016 is ‘Picture
of Health’, which puts preventative care of
the horse at the forefront of everyone’s
minds. In this issue we are echoing this
theme with several of the articles aimed at
what we can do to keep our horses healthy.
We have included articles on how to keep
your horses healthy while training and whilst
travelling or when at competitions; as well
as a really useful ‘pull out and keep’
section for the yard. We answer more of
your questions, tackle tricky topics, as well
as report on some fascinating case studies.
One lucky reader will win one of our
fantastic first aid kits for their selfie - find
out who inside!
On behalf of XLEquine, we hope you enjoy
the summer and happy reading.
Summer Feature
05
Antimicrobial resistance case study:
a complicated castration -
Imogen Burrows, Cliffe
Equine Clinic describes the challenges of drug
resistance in practice.
11
Pull out and keep: Keeping horses healthy:
preventing and controlling disease -
Lorna
Buckley, North West Equine Vets gives us practical
tips for managing disease on the yard.
15
BEVA Castration Initiative:
Julian Samuelson, British Equine Veterinary
Association writes about their castration clinics to
control unwanted breeding.
16
Export and long distance travel:
keeping your horse healthy -
Nancy Homewood,
Hook Norton Veterinary Group discusses the risks of
travel and how to minimise them.
20
Happy endings:
a wobbly start -
Andrew McDiarmid, Clyde
Veterinary Group tells the story of a yearling who
defied the odds.
CONTENTS
21
Pony pages - Preparing for Pony Club camp -
Kassie Hill, Cliffe Equine Clinic gives us her top
tips to be camp ready.
22
Send us a selfie -
Your chance to win a fantastic
first aid kit!
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
Case study: Seasonal Allergic
Dermatitis -
Richard Morris, Fenwold
Veterinary Group explains more about
the itchy horse.
07
Keeping your horse healthy during
the competition season -
Marie
Rippingale, Scarsdale Veterinary Group
provides advice on how to keep your
horse fighting fit.
09
Keeping tendons healthy -
Egbert
Willems, Cliffe Equine Clinic shares
his insights into managing the equine
athlete’s tendons.
13
Castration: what to expect -
Claire
Hodgson, Wright and Morten, delves
into the nitty gritty of castration, one of
the commonest surgical procedures in
equine practice.
17
Ask the experts -
Our team of
experienced vets and nurses answer
questions sent to us by you!
18
A day in the life of an equine
physiotherapist -
Tamsyn Lafferty,
Priestwood Physiotherapy describes
what being an equine physiotherapist
is really like.
19
Hot Potato -
read veterinary and
reader opinions about this issue’s
controversial topic “The back man -
who should you see
?
”