Equine Vet Services PTY LTD

30/11/2025

ℹ️Information for Horse Ownersℹ️

Here is a great summary of the TPR written by Young Member President Dr Jordie Flood

🐴 Do you know how to perform a TPR on your horse?
(that’s Temperature, Pulse and Respiration!)

Being familiar with your horse’s normal vitals is one of the best ways to recognise early signs of illness. Subtle changes can tell you when something isn’t quite right — and providing this information to your vet can make a difference in diagnosis and treatment.

What you’ll need:
🌡️ A thermometer
🩺 A stethoscope
⏱️ A watch or timer
🧤 Ideally, gloves

How to perform a TPR:
1️⃣ Heart rate – Listen with a stethoscope just behind the elbow, or feel the pulse under the jaw.
2️⃣ Respiratory rate – Watch the chest or nostrils and count breaths per minute.
3️⃣ Temperature – Take a re**al temperature using a digital thermometer.
4️⃣ Mucous membranes – Check gum colour and moisture (they should be pink and moist).
5️⃣ Gut sounds – Listen to both sides of the abdomen for healthy gurgling sounds.

💡 Tip: Record your horse’s “normal” readings when they’re healthy -that way, you’ll have a baseline if they’re ever unwell!

30/11/2025

We are somewhere near the black x

Hello wet season 💧💦💨⛈️⚡️

28/11/2025

🛑 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀

🪣 I love a good myth-debunking session, but the following three supplements are ones I genuinely wish would stop being fed to horses, particularly when they are fed as part of a diet that has not been balanced by an equine nutritionist.

1️⃣ Copper Sulphate
While technically yes, copper sulphate can be fed to improve the copper levels of a horse’s diet, it is not the best choice because it is less bioavailable and can be linked to the onset of digestive upset and gastric ulcers in horses due to it’s harshness. Have you ever seen what copper sulphate does to an external wound?! Given copper is required in the diet in such small amounts (milligrams, not grams), feeding 1/4, 1/2, 1 teaspoon of any copper source could seriously risk a secondary zinc deficiency (as well as gastrointestinal upset) if the diet hasn’t been balanced appropriately.

2️⃣ Yellow Sulphur
Horses are perfectly capable of obtaining all of the sulphur they require from the sulphur-containing amino acids methionine and cysteine, and adding more does not unlock any additional benefits, in fact, yellow sulphur can be very toxic for horses. Topically, yellow sulphur may be useful for repelling insects however there is little evidence that suggests ingestion repels biting insects from the inside out and even if this were the case, let me remind you of the fact it can be toxic AND interfere with the uptake of other minerals.

3️⃣ Garlic
Have you ever heard of Heinz Body Anaemia? Garlic contains compounds such as thiosulfates and disulfides, which can be toxic to horses, particularly in larger quantities. These compounds can damage red blood cells, leading to anaemia or haemolytic anaemia. There has been limited research conducted on the use of garlic for equine health and subsequently there has been no established upper safe limit or confirmation on whether the compounds may be stored in the body over time. Not worth the risk!

🐴 More is not always better, and can sometimes be toxic to our equines. These supplement trends are incredibly outdated. We know better so let’s do better. 😊

28/11/2025

This morning I was preparing for a routine client visit, an important financial appointment, a medication drop in a random car park somewhere 😆🙈😂 a dentist appt 🦷 and my sons last day of school, instead I spent the first hour of the day preparing for the wrong day 🤣 and the next 4 hours in the hot sun, in the dirt of the cattle yards Drinking someone elses water, and wastinf several catheters to get this shocky sick calf to show some sign of reasonable effort to live , swearing and feeling defeated. And then I get this video, and the world is right again 🥰🐮🩺💙 Jackie has continued her 100% complication rate for the calving season like a pro! Jackie Lennon

28/11/2025

Patients begin arriving tomorrow in preparation for visiting specialist Dr Denis Verwilghen on Monday 🤗🙃😬

How bloody lovely is the green in the grass after a good storm earlier this week 🙌👏😎

Tis warm today tho is it not!?’ 🔥🫠🔆 make sure your horses are getting fresh water, and salt/electrolytes in their feed. A tincture of molasses to encourage a bit extra water intake. 💧

26/11/2025

🦅 🦎 Wild Wednesday!

Today our vet student Tristen got a lovely visit from one of our clients parrots while we were setting up for a dental. Then he came and said hello to me!

At the next Agistment we saw a beautiful big goanna!

It’s always a nice surprise when something different happens in our days 🙂

22/11/2025

Massive thank you to Hayne's Stable Stay's Premier Spelling and Recovery Agistment Services for hosting this event, it was a great morning!

Dental December Day in 2 weeekz!!!!

22/11/2025

🔗: https://myseniorhorse.com/normal-aging/understanding-aging-equines/

While aging is not a disease in and of itself, horses can develop some common problems as they get older. Some common health issues in senior horses include osteoarthritis, PPID, dental disease, and ophthalmic disease.

22/11/2025

Huge thank you to those who came along today to learn about horse feet.

It was a busy morning!
But super good.

I hope you all learnt something, or many things.

2 weeks until Dental December Day! Go ahead and follow the event page, going to be soooooo good!

21/11/2025

21/11/2025

Hairy curly coat and laminitis are advanced signs!

🐴 Information for horse owners 🐴

Check out below the summary of the signs of possible Cushings / PPID (Pars Pituitary Intermedia Dysfunction.

Thanks to American Association of Equine Practitioners

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