Davidson Veterinary

01/08/2025

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Happy HORSES Birthday. 🎂 🥕🐴

The 1st of August is a significant day for horses in the southern hemisphere, turning 1 year older. Today we celebrate all horses and the joy they bring to our lives. ✨

Have you seen Abbeys Equine range? Check it out on our website or at your local saddlery or independent rural store, Australia wide. 🇦🇺

01/08/2025

Castration – Thinking about gelding your c**t? ✂️🐴

If it’s time to lighten the load, here are a few important things to consider:

Check for both testicles – Ensure both have descended before booking the procedure.

Pick the right season – Cool, dry weather is ideal. Wet or muddy conditions can increase the risk of post-op infection.

Prep the right paddock – A spacious, safe turnout area encourages movement, which helps minimise swelling and supports recovery.

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16/02/2025

Introducing ‘Sound Garden D’ (Spectre D/Check-In/Champion FP) a Bay C**t from our recent crop of youngsters. ✨

16/01/2025

We had a very special patient visit a few weeks ago. Little Elly was struggling to chew her food properly due some diseased teeth. Her owner has reported she is feeling much better and being enjoyed by her young riders. 🐴🦷

04/10/2024

Caslick procedure – A commonly performed procedure to assist broodmares that have poor vulval conformation. This helps to reduce air/faeces/urine being sucked into the vaginal cavity which can affect the reproductive health of the mare. The caslick procedure may also be performed on performance horse mares who have ‘pneumovagina’ or are heard to be sucking air in when racing/jumping/being ridden.

27/09/2024

29/08/2024

Tick Season! ⛑️🐴

With all the recent rain and warm weather it is the perfect conditions for Ticks. 🌧️☀️

This is your friendly reminder to remember to check your horses for ticks. Pictured is a gelding came in for dentistry and had a swollen sheath - after investigating we found a rather large tick (swipe to see it circled).

Finding a tick on your horse is not an emergency, but prompt removal of ticks is important to reduce the risk of disease transmission and other complications. Some tick species release a toxin that causes tick paralysis.

26/08/2024

Retained placentas are a medical emergency in the mare. Mares should pass the placenta within 3 hours of delivering the foal. If your mare has failed to pass the placenta, please get in touch with your veterinarian. 👩🏻‍⚕️🩺🐴

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07/08/2024

Castrations – Is it time to make your c**t two stone lighter? 🐴

If so there are a few things you should keep in mind…
1 - Are both testicles descended?
2 - Choose a time of year when the weather is favourable – dry, cool weather is best. Wet weather and muddy ground can increase your chance of infections.
3 - Choose a large safe paddock to turn your horse out into. This will encourage them to keep moving and reduce the chance of inflammation.

18/07/2024

Repost — This is why we do regular dentals! 🦷🪥

A clients Thoroughbred filly was sent to us for some work & we noticed she had some issues with her mouth. Little did we know that she had some huge hooks on her caps that weren’t dislodging & decent hooks on her adult teeth. Safe to say she will be feeling much better after this.

visits us a few times a year for our horses dental needs! 🤗🙌🏼

09/05/2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️Abbey Animal Health is giving away 30 x 120ml bottles of APPLEMAX™️ Gold by Abbey Animal Health ⭐️⭐️⭐️

To Enter simply TELL us how many horses you have? 🐴.

Keep your horse protected with APPLEMAX™️ GOLD a liquid broad spectrum wormer and boticide for horses. APPLEMAX™️ GOLD treats and controls tapeworms, large strongyles, small strongyles, hairworms, pinworms, roundworms (ascarids), intestinal threadworms, large mouthed stomach worms, bots, lungworms, summer sores and cutaneous onchocerciasis. APPLEMAX™️ GOLD is a cost-effective way to worm and has a palatable apple flavour 🍏. Inside the box is a dosing syringe making target dosing and low dose volumes simple.

Ts and Cs apply, Australia Only. 18 years+. Entries close Wednesday the 15th of May 2024 at 4pm. Winners will be selected at random. 1 x 120ml APPLEMAX™️ GOLD prize per person. The winners will be announced via a Facebook post and Privately messaged. The prize will be posted to winners. **As per Facebooks rules, this promotion is not sponsored, administered, or associated with Meta in any way. By entering, you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age, agree to Metas terms of use. Participants must fully release and hold Meta harmless from liability, and acknowledge that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Meta. **

11/04/2024

It’s never too young to learn about correct Dental Care for your horse👩🏻‍⚕️🐴🦷.