Equine Vet Care New England

14/10/2024

From little things, big things grow!
More babies we made last year!

17/09/2024

The babies are hitting the ground, and celebrating today the first pregnancy of the season! Both mare and stallion owner are wonderful clients, so relishing the success at both ends!

09/12/2023

Thanks to my wonderful clients Kiah Equestrian for looking after my own mare while I’m so busy with everyone else’s!

28/10/2023

24/10/2023

Thanks to my wonderful clients for a great start to breeding season! It’s my favourite time of year and I love working with my clients to achieve those little black blobs on the screen!
However, at this point in time I’m fully subscribed for ambulatory repro work and can only take on new clients who can come to me at Stratheden Stud. I am still happy to see your mare here, but there are only so many minutes in a day and I’m currently running out of them!

15/10/2023

Kiah Equestrian provides a fabulous foaling down service, with excellent mare and foal care.

29/09/2023

This one took some work, but so happy for a great outcome!

28/09/2023

Another pretty baby!

27/09/2023

Full up today!

19/09/2023

First pregnancy for the season for clients Texas Star Performance Horses!

18/09/2023

I have a pretty fabulous group of loyal clients..
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13/09/2023

More new arrivals overnight!
The baldy face cutie is by Ima Smooth Blue Cat, foaled out for a client at Kiah Equestrian. Borambil Park
The other is by a halter bred QH called Enough.

10/09/2023

My favourite kind of text messages from clients!
Two I made last year ☺️

15/08/2023

The vet shortage, particularly in regional areas, is well documented — and equine veterinarians are warning of a looming crisis.

03/08/2023

🚫The old practice of "dose-and-move", is now considered to select more strongly for resistance, as moving newly dewormed horses to a new pasture removes the dilution effect that would have been provided refugia (Waghorn et al., 2009).

✅ Refugia refer to the portion of a population of parasites (or stages of parasites) that escapes the drug at the time of a treatment. This sub-population includes stages of parasites in the horse not affected by the treatment, all free- living parasite stages on the pasture, and all parasites in animals that were not treated.

❗️The higher the proportion of worms in refugia, the more slowly resistance develops. The worms in refugia are not under selection pressure for resistance, thus resistant worms remain diluted by susceptible worms which continue to make up the majority of the worm population (Leathwick et al., 2008; Waghorn et al., 2009)

🐴 Dose-and-move essentially means that the new paddock will become contaminated with resistant parasites (those that have survived the worming).

👍 Instead we recommend “dose-and-HOLD” whereby recently dewormed horses stay in their current paddocks and have their manure collected and composted away from grazing areas.

19/07/2023

HENDRA ALERT!
A positive Hendra case has been confirmed in an unvaccinated horse in Cardiff (Newcastle Suburbs). The horse presented with mild symptoms of depression and not eating which progressed to collapse and death within 24 hours after vet attendance.

This is the second positive Hendra case reported in the Newcastle region. The first was in Wallsend in 2021.

Vaccination continues to be the best way to protect your horse and family from Hendra virus. Please ring the clinic if you have questions regarding Hendra vaccination or check out the NSW DPI website for information regarding Hendra virus.

Protect your horse. Protect your family. Protect your vet. Vaccinate.

03/03/2023

Thanks Randlab for a super fun day out!

15/02/2023

There is a common misconception that worms are nasty and we must eliminate them completely. Horses have evolved for centuries alongside their parasites and there is even some evidence that parasites help stimulate immune development. We shouldn’t be trying to eliminate worms completely but rather reduce them to a level that minimises parasitic disease risk.

Most adult horses only need deworming once a year and here’s 10 reasons why:

1. Overusing dewormers in the last 30yrs has led to worm resistance. This means that many common dewormers are no longer effective against the worms in your horse.
2. The risk of parasite transmission over Jan-March in Western Australia is low due to our hot and dry climate.
3. On most well-managed properties, where stocking levels are low and manure is picked up regularly, there should be no need to administer a deworming treatment at this time.
4. Most horses (over 80%) are low shedders, meaning they are not passing large amounts of worm eggs onto your pasture.
5. A single deworming treatment that targets tapeworms and encysted cyathostomes is sufficient for most horses.
6. We typically recommend the single deworming treatment is administered in spring.
7. Bots don’t typically cause disease no matter how awful they might look when you find them on gastroscopy. Additional wormers should not be specifically administered for bots unless found in huge numbers.
8. Twice weekly poo picking can dramatically reduce the amount of parasite eggs in pasture and reduce the need for deworming.
9. Cross-grazing with other species can break the life-cycle of worms and reduce the need for deworming.
10. There are no new deworming treatments for horses. We must preserve the efficacy of the ones we have. Reducing their use will help ensure they are effective for longer.

🎬 Watch our worming webinar: https://youtu.be/PTi9owRATfk