Borambola Valley Veterinary Podiatry Centre

11/10/2024

🌟Happy Vet Nurse Day 🌟

Gratitude to ALL the vet nurses out there, and especially to the vet nurse girlies to make every day I work with a great day. 💕

Special gratitude to Nurse/Vet Tech Tamara who some clients have already had the pleasure of meeting, and to the girls at Adelong Vets where I also work. There is never a dull day with you ladies Thankyou for all the work you do. ☀️🌻

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09/10/2024

Brilliant post and summary notes from Alicia who attended the PHCP conference. Read her whole post! 👇

09/10/2024

✨Murrumbateman/Canberra Clients ✨

We will be in the area this coming Monday 14th Oct.
We will be offering:
🐴 Lameness Workups
🩻 Ultrasounds and/or Radiographs
🐎 Podiatry Radiographs with Markups

Get in touch through the page or on 0467681474 if you have any questions or would like to book an appointment! 🩺

07/10/2024

🎪 Wulbundrie Show 2024 🍀

Great day at today at Wulbundrie Show with my homebred 3yo Clydesdale filly, “Stanhope Park Firstlight”. 🌟

For her first outing off the farm, she was an absolute delight with everything going on around her. Gratitude to the show committee, the judges and stewards, and my fellow clydie competitor ladies (Julie and Carla) for their support! 🥰

06/10/2024

Many horse owners turn to supplements in hopes of reducing insulin levels and preventing laminitis, especially for horses diagnosed with Equine Metabolic Syndrome. However, it’s important to note that no supplements have been scientifically proven in peer-reviewed studies to reduce insulin or prevent laminitis. Despite the abundance of products marketed for this purpose, these claims are often based on anecdotal evidence or poorly controlled studies.

Insulin dysregulation is a complex condition that is best managed through careful dietary adjustments, including low-sugar feeds and reducing overall calorie intake, particularly for overweight horses. While some supplements claim to help regulate insulin levels, these have not been rigorously tested or shown to provide consistent, measurable benefits across a wide population of horses. The unwillingness of companies to share their raw data and lack of large-scale, peer-reviewed studies leaves many questions about their true efficacy and safety.

In addition, products like Founderguard contain an antibiotic called Virginiamycin. There is no evidence that Founderguard reduces insulin levels in horses. This product has been banned in countries such as the UK, and the use of such antibiotics in animal products raises concerns about contributing to antibiotic resistance. This highlights the need to be cautious when considering products that may have unintended consequences beyond their intended use.

While a strong marketing campaign can make some products appear compelling, it is important to remember that relying on supplements may delay proper treatment and prolong suffering in a laminitic horse.

� Contact us on 0427 072 095 or schedule an appointment online: https://avonridgeequine.com.au/book-an-appointment/

06/10/2024

What else do you do on an early Sunday morning of a long weekend?

Shoutout to Nicole from rockonequine_ for keeping me involved in this gorgeous little appy mares progress and with her glue on shoes!

02/10/2024

Laminitis season is upon us. Dont want until its too late, get your horses managed well with grazing management (or no grazing), muzzles, increased exercise etc. '

No hoof no horse is a common saying that 100% rings true.

Sadly, spring is when we see many ponies succumb to laminitis.
This occurs when the lamina becomes inflamed, separating the hoof wall from the underlying pedal bone. The white arrows show this.

In severe cases, the pedal bone will pull away so much that it rotates and penetrates the sole of the hoof. (circled area).

Our website contains plenty of information about laminitis - check it out to learn more. ⬇

01/10/2024

Fantastic visual of connection between the hoof wall and pedal bone. 👇👇👇

30/09/2024

🌼 Laminitis Presentation 🌼

On Friday, I had the honour of presenting at the inaugural “Neigh Night” hosted by Canberra Stockfeeds Powered by Neigh Hay. 🎙️

I spoke on the topic of laminitis, bringing into metabolic laminitis, managing the sub-clinical laminitic, and the importance of team approach. 🌱

I’m very grateful for having the opportunity to present a topic I am very passionate about, and having such and engaging crowd. 🥰

26/09/2024

A great resource that is FREE for owners on managing their overweight/easy keepers by Kathryn of Firenza Park Equine Services with Kathryn Christieson! Very important coming into spring!

🥳🥳 FREE COURSE RELEASE 🥳🥳

Managing horses and ponies that struggle with their weight (especially through spring) can be really challenging and difficult for so many reasons. I’ve put together this resource as an easy starting point for people to be aware and educated about their options. This resource looks at the basics for diet, environment and exercise to manage these horses.

The course is FREE and will remain that way as it is so important to me that we are able to share this information openly to help horses. I would appreciate if you shared this resource in the hope that it can help just one horse or pony to avoid the horrendous pain of laminitis.

firenzapark.thinkific.com/courses/

25/09/2024

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Pasture high in non-structural carbohydrates has been shown to exacerbate hyperinsulinaemia in ponies and strategies to restrict pasture intake should be implemented in animals with ID (Treiber et al. 2006).

Horses with hyperinsulinemia-associated laminitis should be removed from pasture immediately; but long-term management of horses with hyperinsulinaemia may include some grazing, as long as the ID is under control (Durham et al. 2019). Access to pasture is desirable as it allows the expression of normal horse behaviour, but it is important to note that pasture intake is very difficult to estimate (Rendle et al. 2018).

Grazing in the early hours of the morning when sugar content of grasses is at its lowest and removal from pasture by mid-morning has been recommended previously (Geor 2009). However, stress factors such as frost, application of herbicides and low soil fertility restrict pasture growth resulting in the accumulation of sugars within plants (Geor 2009).

Gradual introduction to pasture is advised but restricting access has been shown to increase intake over a short timeframe (Ince et al. 2011). When first re-introducing the horse to pasture, it is recommended that insulin concentrations are measured after 1-2hrs of grazing in order to determine the insulinaemic response to grass (EEG 2022).

For more information please call 0427 072 095 or book an appointment online https://avonridgeequine.com.au/book-an-appointment/

22/09/2024

✨Murrumbateman Clients ✨
EDIT: SPACES FILLED

I will be in the area this coming Friday 27th Sept.
We will be offering:
🐴 Lameness Workups
🩻 Ultrasounds and/or Radiographs
🐎 Podiatry Radiographs with Markups

Get in touch through the page or on 0467681474 if you have any questions or would like to book an appointment! 🩺

20/09/2024

Heading into the weekend like… 🐎🐎🐎🐎

SOUND ON 📣

Music to my ears hearing the mob canter through the creek and down the track. 🎶🥰Who’s got Horses planned into the weekend?🥳🥰

18/09/2024

Talking all things laminitis, Friday 27th in Hall, for anyone in the area! 🐴

Neigh Nights at Canberra Stockfeeds What: Preventing, managing and rehabilitating laminitis   𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: Friday 27th September 6pm   𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Canberra Stockfeeds, 1 Victoria Street, Hall   𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭: $20 with welcome drink and nibbles   𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠? A...

16/09/2024

✨Sydney Marathon 15.09.2024 🏅

Yesterday I cracked the sub-4 mara time for a half hour PB! 🥳

Thank you to all my clients for their accomodations shifting appointments so I could make this happen! 🥰

13/09/2024

The last 2 weeks have been pretty jam packed, but with a generator and lights, there were no daylight constrictions on Wednesday for this big grass puppy. 👌🏻

07/09/2024

Something I see day in and day out as both a small
animal and equine vet. Overweight and obese animals.

Why do owners get upset when they see an underweight or healthy weight animals, but not when an animal is overweight?

Fat surrounds organs, increased health risks for every species (humans, horses, dogs, cats, etc).

As the owner, YOU need to make the change!

01/09/2024

First day of Spring 🌼🌱

Featuring the mare mob coming up for a scratch.🥰🌸

30/08/2024

Friday Funday at Borambola Valley.🥳

Thankyou to Nicole of rockonequine_ for coming out today to work on the boys. The ponies got some great releases from Nic with their bodywork, kinesiology taping from the both of us, and some podiatry touch ups from myself if required. 🐴

It requires a team approach for the whole horse approach! 👏

26/08/2024

🐶 National Dog Day! 🐾

Shout out to all the dogs, because I like…
Big dog, itty biddy dogs,
Country working dogs, inner city dogs.
The pretty dogs, with the bow ties,
After a groom, let it blow dry.
Dogs with a big beard, or clean coat,
I don't discriminate, come and get a pat.
From the wild dogs, to the emotional support dogs,
Go and slay, dogs, you’re my fave dogs!

Thank-you to Snipe, my little sidekick who is in charge of customer service here at Borambola Valley! 🥰🐾

25/08/2024

💙 VetKin Taping Workshop 💙

A weekend well spent with a lovely group of ladies learning different practical applications of kinesiology tape on horses with instructor, Robyn Shelton-Larson of Equine/Pet Miracle. 🐴

I took Zac and Tarzan in today (Sunday), as demo horses for the group. Can you tell that Zac lovessss the attention and taping applications! 🥰

12/08/2024

How can anyone have Mondayitis with a view like this?! 🐴 🥰

07/08/2024

Who-hoo! The tie-up rail is in! 🥳

Our work area is slowly getting there, with concreting complete, a roof on, part frame and backing up, podiatry trailer undercover and the tie-up rail in. Complete with Idolo safety ties and Snipe supervising, it is all coming together to work on horses in all weather at Borambola Valley. 💪🏻

Stay tuned for more progress! 🥰

01/08/2024

Happy Birthday to all the horses! 🥳

August 1st represents a standardised birthday to all the horses in the Southern Hemisphere, even if their actually birthday is a different date. 🌏

It also marks the beginning of breeding/foaling season! Who has some foals due this season?? 🥰

Pictured is Atlas (KWPN), born 27.12.22.