Seymour Equine Clinic

30/12/2024

🌟 It’s Not Too Late to Breed Your Mare! 🌟

We’re here to make your breeding goals a reality. With services like:

🟢 CHILLED SEMEN A.I.
🟢 FROZEN SEMEN A.I.
🟢 STALLION COLLECTIONS FOR INSEMINATION, SHIPMENT or FREEZING and STORAGE.

We provide flexible, cost-effective contracts to suit your needs. We also offer private paddock agistment, so your mare can stay with us for her entire reproductive cycle or whatever suits your needs.

Imagine welcoming a beautiful foal in 2025—there’s still time to make it happen. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to plan your next champion or lifelong companion!

🌟 NEW at SEC: Embryo Transfers! 🌟

Got a mare that’s in work, hard to breed, or busy competing? Our embryo transfer program is the perfect solution! This advanced procedure allows you to still achieve your breeding dreams without interrupting her your mare’s career.
We’re thrilled to share that we’ve already completed several successful transfers this season. Let us help you grow your future while your mare continues to shine.

Contact us today to learn more about these services and start planning your foal’s arrival in 2025—the year of new beginnings and endless potential.

📞 Call now: 5799 1441
📍 Visit us in Seymour, VIC
✨ Secure your mare’s future today!

24/12/2024

🎄✨Merry Christmas from Seymour Equine Clinic✨🎄

To our wonderful clients and their beloved steeds, thank you for your trust and support throughout the year. We wish you a joyful holiday season filled with love, laughter, and happy hoofbeats!

Here’s to a fantastic year ahead – we look forward to caring for your equine companions in 2025!

🎅🐴 Warm wishes from the team at Seymour Equine Clinic.

23/12/2024

Holiday Season Operating Notice

During the Christmas and New Year period, our clinic will be operating with a reduced team to allow our hardworking staff a well-deserved break to spend time with their loved ones.

For non-urgent consultations, we kindly ask you to schedule these either before or after this period.

For emergencies, phone 5799 1441 to be put through to the on-call vet.

Thank you for your understanding and support. Wishing you a safe and joyful holiday season!

20/12/2024

📍Equine Gastroscope Day – January 14th📍

Very limited spots available!

Call 5799 1441 to secure your booking!

16/12/2024

Keeping your horse cool and comfortable is crucial on hot summer days!
Ensure they have access to shade throughout the day, offer plenty of fresh water and during the hottest part of the day, limit strenuous activity and opt for gentle exercise in the cooler mornings or evenings.

☀️☀️Recognising Heat Stress☀️☀️

MONITORING VITAL SIGNS

🌡️ Temperature: A temperature above 38.5°C can indicate potential heat stress.
❤️ Heart Rate: Increased heart rate, especially when not exercising, can be a sign of heat stress.
💨 Respiratory Rate: Rapid, shallow breathing often with flared nostrils is another indicator of heat stress.

Observing Physical Signs:

💦 Excessive Sweating: While sweating is a normal cooling mechanism, excessive sweating can lead to dehydration and electrolyte imbalances.
🥱 Lethargy: Horses suffering from heat stress may appear lethargic, depressed, and reluctant to move.
💪 Muscle Tremors: In severe cases, heat stress can cause muscle tremors and incoordination.

Recognising Behavioral Changes:

🌾 Reduced Appetite: Loss of appetite is a common symptom of heat stress in horses.
🤬 Aggression: Some horses may become irritable or aggressive when experiencing heat stress.
🥴 Stumbling or staggering: Neurological signs such as stumbling or staggering may indicate heatstroke, a serious and potentially fatal condition.

HYDRATING

💧Electrolytes help horses stay healthy in the heat and can be given as oral paste or mixed into feed or water.
💧 Adding some table salt to their feed can also encourage water intake.
💧 Use caution when adding electrolytes to water, as some horses may dislike the taste and stop drinking.
💧 Always provide plain water alongside electrolyte-mixed water to ensure proper hydration.

COOLING

💧Applying a continuous stream of cool, not cold, water directly to horses lowers body temperature, with or without scraping.
💧Leaving water on between applications cools horses more effectively.
💧Constant water contact works better than sweat evaporation for heat removal.

🔥 During high fire risk days it is also good practice to remove all synthetic material off your livestock ie: fly masks, synthetic rugs and nylon head-collars.

As always, please call us if you have any concerns
☎️ 5799 1441

14/11/2024

🐴✨ Exciting Foal Arrival Alert! ✨🐴

We are happy to announce the safe arrival of this beautiful foal from one of our clients, Leigh! 💖

A beautiful legacy for sire Heavenly Saint, who lives on through this stunning little girl 🌟

Here’s what Leigh had to say about the foal:
"Hi Gang, very please to welcome our filly RUMANI. She's not jet black, but rather matte black with white roaning throughout and possibly faint large black spots. We believe she will color out to a near leopard! AAA Heavenly Saint X AAA Ironhorse Tiger Rose.
We appreciate the help getting Rose preggers.’

💫 This is a perfect example of how frozen AI can help preserve the genetics of beloved stallions — even after they’ve passed. 🐎
A huge congratulations to Leigh for trusting us with such an important task, and thank you for the beautiful photos of Rose and her foal. 🍼🐴

👉 If you’re into spots: Leigh Mannix has Heavenly Saint’s semen available for purchase.

If you’re looking to breed this year with your mare get in touch with us today! We have several breeding options and contracts available to suit all needs.

Breeding services available:
- AI for fresh, chilled or frozen
- Embryo Transfers
- Stallion Collection for fresh, chilled or frozen

☎️ 5799 1441
📧 [email protected]

23/10/2024

🎉THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE PREGNANCY🎉

🧫 Exciting news from our clinic! A few weeks ago, we completed our first embryo flush, and we’re thrilled to confirm that our recipient mare, Chrissy, is now positively pregnant.

🧫 Embryo transfer is an excellent option for breeding a foal while allowing your mare to stay in work or for those mares that may have trouble carrying a pregnancy to term.

🧫 This season, we are offering embryo transfer services for the first time, and we can also provide recipient mares if needed. If you’d like more information, feel free to reach out for an info sheet or give us a call to chat.

The SEC Team

10/10/2024

🌳🐴 Hidden in Plain Sight! 🐴🌳

Our girls have mastered the art of camouflage! Can you guess how many are hiding in this photo? 👀

Tell us your answer in the comments for a chance to WIN a special prize from our clinic 🎉 winner will be drawn at the end of the day tomorrow!

Good luck!

07/10/2024

🌟 Exciting News 🌟

We’re Expanding Our Veterinarian Services 🙌

We’re thrilled to announce that we are now extending our vet services to Kilmore, Lancefield, Romsey, and surrounding areas. We are ready to provide care to your horses, including 24/7 emergency services!

🐴 New clients in these areas are now welcome to call and schedule appointments during business hours. Please note that while we can’t travel to the
red-shaded areas for emergencies, you’re welcome to visit our Seymour clinic 24/7 for urgent care.

🐴 Current clients in the purple-shaded area, rest assured, you’re still part of our family! However, we won’t be taking on new clients from this region.

Call us today to book your appointment or with any questions regarding our new travel areas:

📞 5799 1441

24/09/2024

💅🏽✨Spa day vibes at SEC✨💅🏽

Our lovely girl Tess, is living her best life after indulging in a lux spa treatment (aka rolling in the biggest puddle she could find).

• She chose the volcanic mud wrap💅✨

Handcrafted by nature herself, this rich, mineral-infused mud promises to detoxify, rejuvenate, and add that perfect touch of rustic glamour. One half of her body now radiates with earthy elegance, while the other… well, she’s saving that for the sequel! 😂

19/09/2024

**🌟 Welcome to the Team! 🌟**

We are thrilled to welcome two new vet nurses, Jenyca and Jemma to the SEC family! 🎉
Their passion, expertise, and dedication make them the perfect addition to our team.

We’re excited about the journey ahead and all the fun times to come 🧫🐴💚🔬

Join us in giving them a warm welcome! 👏
Let the adventures begin 😎🙌

📸 The J’s bringing the SEC girls up for their regular mani-pedis 💅🏽

17/09/2024

🌟✨ Welcome, Poppy & Dickens! ✨🌟

We’re beyond excited to check in our first VIP guests of the season – the beautiful mare, Poppy, and her charming foal, Dickens - from our awesome friends at Cantik Park 💚🐴
Poppy is at the clinic for our AI services, and we’re ready to pamper her and Dickens with our 5-star care💫

As the season begins, we're looking forward to a successful and seamless journey with all of our wonderful clients and their magnificent mares - and the sweet foals that sometimes come along for the ride 🐴💖

This year, we’re super excited to add another service to our program: Embryo Transfers 🔬🧪 keep an eye out for more information coming shortly!

Here's to another exceptional season ahead 🙌

12/09/2024

Breed: Haflinger

We had some beautiful Haflinger girls come to the clinic for their routine pregnancy scans🐴💛

These gorgeous horses aren’t just known for their sturdy builds, but for their big, bold personalities too - and they certainly lived up to the hype!

Keeping them happy and relaxed while in the crush, we have the girls favourite treats - lick-it’s - the only problem is sharing 😁😛

It’s always a joy to work with such gentle giants who make our day brighter ☀️🌟 we love these girls.

Preventative care is key to keeping all horses healthy and happy 💛🧡🫶 thanks Dr Caitlin!!

12/09/2024

Today is R U OK? Day, a reminder for us all to check in on our friends, family, and colleagues. A simple conversation can make a world of difference. From all the team at Seymour Equine Clinic, let's take the time to ask, listen, and support each other 💛💛💛

R U OK?Day is a reminder to start a conversation ANY day it's needed.

Find tips for how to ask, and what you can say if someone tells you that they’re not OK at https://bit.ly/3RYBSwb

10/09/2024

Often foals are born with contracted tendons, traditionally these have been treated with splints or casts - but these can cause rubs and often require the mare and foal to be boxed.

👠The Red Boot can be used instead of casts or splints for shorter periods of time, reducing the chance of sores and mum and bub can stay outside in a small yard.

👠 At SEC we now have a Red Boot for fetlocks and a Red Boot for knees….we’ve already had some fantastic results as you can see in these images 📸

👠 These photos show a foal on Day 1 and Day 3 after 2 x six hour periods wearing the red boot.
We saw incredible improvement in just 2 days!

👠 If you have any questions or have a foal with similar issues, please contact the clinic for more information

04/09/2024

🐴✨ Big hearts come in tiny packages, like Midget!

This little foal came in today for some follow-up care and is feeling fabulous, thanks to the magic touch of Dr. Caitlin. 🩺💖

We might need a microscope to see all that cuteness!

But don’t be fooled by the small size - this little one’s got a HUGE spirit.

Here’s to speedy recoveries and more adorable visits please Emma Ondrus 😀😉

03/09/2024

We were thrilled by the engagement and interest from this last post—it’s clear how much these topics resonate with horse owners.
To make things easier for you on the go, here is the link to the Free Mobile Field Guide.
Making addressing equine health issues a little more convenient!

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/630264eadd08da74c4f27a5a/t/6407456c640c094aa88d00a0/1678198132343/TWTP_24+Behaviours_mobile+version_v2+3.06.23.pdf

Credit: 24 Behaviours of the Ridden Horse in Pain

02/09/2024

⚠️ ABORTION KIT⚠️

**Important Reminder for the Breeding Season**

🔶While it’s a sensitive topic, being prepared for all scenarios during breeding season is crucial.
🔶Our clinic offers specialised abortion kits, available for purchase, designed to handle various emergencies, including those related to infectious diseases.
🔶Each kit comes with clear instructions and comprehensive contents to ensure you’re ready when it matters most.

Contents:
🔸 60L heavy duty bin with lid
🔸 Virkon
🔸 Box of latex exam gloves
🔸 2 x disposable coveralls
🔸 10 x disposable shoe covers
🔸 2 x body bag
🔸 Digital thermometer
🔸 2 x spray bottles
🔸 Tray for foot wash
🔸 Garbage bags
🔸 Biohazard bags

Team @ SEC
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