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Burwash Equine Services

Compassionate horse health care For over 40 years, Burwash Equine Services Ltd. has devoted its veterinary practice exclusively to "the horse".
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This means a horse of every breed, every discipline, plain and simple. Our staff of veterinarians, along with our support staff, combines the latest knowledge in veterinary medicine along with years of experience and understanding of the horse. Trust your equine veterinary needs to the practice that has dedicated itself to you and your horse.

11/09/2024

We will be closed this coming Monday, November 11th for Remembrance Day. If you have an emergency, please call our clinic at 403-242-1913 to speak with our on-call veterinarian.

10/30/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who came out for our Fall Seminar and to all our amazing sponsors! We had a great evening of education and conversation, and we are looking forward to another fantastic seminar next fall! Hope everyone learned something new!

10/28/2024

For those of you that haven't been to our clinic, here is a map of our location for tonight's seminar.

Our address is 252140 RR 42, Calgary. We are south of Cochrane on highway 22, on the east side of the road.

10/27/2024

Just a reminder that our fall seminar and open house is tomorrow. Please join us for a great evening!

10/26/2024

As the Fall Seminar gets closer, we wanted to share a list of items that the Cochrane Food Bank is in need of this time of year. Donation boxes will be in our reception area when you arrive for the seminar.

10/21/2024

We're getting excited about our upcoming Fall Seminar on October 28th!
Look at some of the awesome door prizes our sponsors have dropped off (and more to come!)
Clinic tours start at 5:30pm and lectures start at 6:30pm.
Make sure to bring a donation to the Cochrane Food Bank when you arrive and enter our door prize draw!

See you there!

10/18/2024

On Oct. 30, join AAEP member veterinarian and board-certified theriogenologist Dr. Dale Kelley for a one-hour webinar discussion that will cover the basics of reproductive biology of the horse, the logistics of breeding season, and what to expect when breeding your mare.

Registration is FREE but required. Attendees are also encouraged to submit their questions in advance through the registration form. A recording of the webinar will be available if you miss the live event.

Register here: https://aaep-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CHkvKjmpTlGOiPMbwhEtBA #/registration

This informative session is brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

10/16/2024

Looking to get into the breeding business? Want to learn more about the logistics of breeding a mare? Now's your chance! The AAEP is offering this FREE webinar to help teach you all you need to know to navigate the breeding season! Here's the link to register:

This webinar is directed toward horse owners/managers either new to breeding horses or those with limited experience. It will cover the basics of reproductive biology of the horse, logistics of breeding season and what to expect when breeding your mare. Our presenter for this session is Dr. Dale Kel...

10/16/2024

We know many of you have been waiting to see a photo of this little one - Dr. Katy White and her husband Colby welcomed baby Finn White Whelan on June 19. How precious is he?!

10/11/2024

HOT OFF THE PRESS!

While Rabies is a disease that is often overlooked in Alberta, recent data from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency shows that Rabies cases do indeed occur in Alberta. In fact, there have been 5 confirmed cases of Rabies in bats in Alberta so far in 2024. This disease presents a significant concern to human health should a person be exposed, and is inevitably fatal in horses. If you do not already, you may want to consider vaccinating your horse for Rabies!

https://inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/rabies/canada/rabies-cases-2024

10/01/2024

You're invited! Burwash Equine Services is hosting our fall seminar with guest speaker Dr. Doug Myers from Boehringer-Ingelheim on October 28th. We will also be offering behind-the-scenes clinic tours prior to the lectures. Tours will start at 5:30pm followed by lectures at 6:30pm. Grab a coffee, enter our door prize draw, chat with our vendors and enjoy an educational evening! Also please check your email for details regarding an exciting offer occurring at our seminar.

09/25/2024

📣‼️🌟GIVEAWAY ALERT!🌟‼️📣

CFR50 is just around the corner and we are excited to cheer on all the equine athletes and their humans who have qualified to compete at Rogers Place in Edmonton! To help you get in on the excitement, we are offering up a set of 4 tickets to go see the action yourself at the Thursday night performance, Friday night performance, or Saturday matinee performance.

Here's what you have to do to get entered in the draw:
1) LIKE our page
2) SHARE this post
3) TAG a friend who you would want to go with in the comments!

Tickets will be transferred electronically.

NOTE: We see that the Facebook trolls are out in full force and while we thank them for increasing traffic on this post, we wanted to let you know that winners have not been selected yet (sorry for the spam comments)! You have until Friday, Sept 27 to get in on the draw. Winners will be notified by DM 🤗

Contest is closed! We hope that Monica Kippers, Keely Sutherland, and Marti McKie enjoy!

09/22/2024

So happy to be a part of this handsome devil’s team!

📣 STATS ARE IN 📣 RHC’s conception rate was 8️⃣4️⃣% ➕ this year with over 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ mares bred! This includes both Fresh & Frozen contracts 👀 Can you say STRONG 🏊🏊🏊!
The 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Stallion Breeding Reports have been completed so be sure to look for foal registration in the mail closer to Christmas 💌
2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ breeding information will be released the last week of September and discounted contracts will be available October 1st to December 31st.
Breeding season will be here before we know it!

📸 have-dog-will-travel productions

09/13/2024

We're very excited to announce that we are hosting our annual fall seminar at the clinic this year! Come at 5:30pm and get a behind-the-scenes tour of our clinic and surgery suite, then head over to our repro building to visit with vendors, grab a coffee and get cozy for our evening lectures.
More info and lecture topics to come soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

09/06/2024

Hey everyone! Now that fall is coming up, we wanted to reach out and get your opinion regarding the Fall Seminar that we have done for past years. Please comment below if you would be interested (or not) in attending an in-person information seminar this fall on a selection of relevant equine topics. You can also let us know if you have a preference for weekday, weekend daytime, or weekend evening. Finally, please let us know if you have any specific topics that you would love to have more information on!

09/01/2024

Dr. Lee had the most fun this weekend, teaching ultrasound and chatting with over 300 third year vet students from across North America in Lexington, Kentucky at OEPS (Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar). So happy we get to be a part of shaping the future of this industry!

07/26/2024

Congratulations to Patty Lee for winning the two tickets for the Cochrane Fair tomorrow! Please pop by the clinic by 5pm today to grab them or reach out if you need us to make alternate arrangements!

If you guess PPID (aka Equine Cushings) then you are bang on! Horses with PPID have enlargement of the middle lobe of their pituitary gland (located at the base of their brain), which results in overproduction of certain hormones, such as ACTH. This condition typically affects horses older than 15, but has occasionally been seen in younger horses. Clinical signs can vary depending on the severity of the disease, but can include a long curly hair coat that does not shed well, generalized muscle loss (especially over the top line), laminitis, lethargy, recurrent infections, and skin problems. They also can have issues regulating their blood insulin levels. Luckily we have blood tests that we can run to diagnose this condition and a daily oral medication that can help to manage it!

07/25/2024

It is time to once again play “What’s Your Diagnosis?” Like this post and comment below what you think the image shows by tomorrow morning at 10am and you will be entered to win two tickets to the Cochrane Fair this Saturday!

Address

252140 Range Road 42
Calgary, AB
T3Z2J8

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+14032421913

Website

http://www.burwashequine.ca/

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Happy Tech Appreciation Week!! Our technicians work so hard each and every day to help keep your horses feeling their best and we don’t know what we would do without them. A big thank you to them for always holding down the fort when their vet is off, lending a hand wherever, making sure our patients receive gold standard care and for being so warm and welcoming to all our clients! #techappreciationweek #equinevet #burwashequineservices

Happy September Long Weekend!! 🎉 We get all types of patients here at Burwash and we love to learn all sorts of tricks to get them to take their meds. Anyone have a good suggestions? Just a reminder we will be closed on Monday apart from emergencies! If you do have an equine emergency please do not hesitate to call us at 403-242-1913. #burwashequineservices #equinevet

It is the next level of betrayal when your coworker gets coffee without you! We also wanted to say a big thank you to anyone who has dropped off treats or coffee for our staff, especially during the busy season! You have no idea how excited everyone gets and how much we appreciate it! #burwashequineservices #equinevet #coffeeislife☕️

Happy August long weekend! Our outstanding technicians here at Burwash Equine really can do it all! We love you guys!! Just a reminder, we are only open for emergencies on Monday. If you have an emergency please do not hesitate to call us at 403-242-1913 #burwashequinevetservices #equinevet #vettechlife

We get all sorts of calls here at Burwash Equine! Never hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns regardless of how big or small they may seem to you. We would always rather you ask than leave something for too long. We are here to help! #burwashequineservices #equinevet

Happy Friday! Have you ever wondered how we place horses under general anesthesia and move them to our surgery table? We are very lucky to have a state of the art surgery suite here at Burwash Equine Services that allows us to do anything from emergency colic surgery to elective orthopaedic procedures! Posted with owner permission #burwashequineservices #equinevet

Happy Friday! Did you know that Burwash Equine Services has two isolation stalls where we can keep highly contagious cases, like colitis or strangles, to keep the rest of the barn safe? #burwashequineservices #equinevet

Happy Hump Day everyone! Spring/summer is always a crazy time for equine vets and this is how our technicians feel when their vet goes MIA in the middle of a busy day🤣 #burwashequineservices #equinevet #humpdaymotivation

We love new foal exams around here!! We recommend having any new foal assessed by a veterinarian within the first 12-24 hours after birth to ensure that they have received adequate colostrum and we can address any issues early! Also, just a reminder that any concerns in a foal, such as lethargy, straining, diarrhea, not nursing appropriately etc, should be treated as an emergency and you should call your vet ASAP! #foalingseason #burwashequineservices #equinevet

Happy Tuesday everyone! Did you know that each horse has a different worm (parasite) burden? It is important to determine which horses in your herd are “low shedders” and which are “high shedders” so we treat the horses that are contributing the most to re-infecting the herd and limit the amount of over-deworming that can lead to resistance in our parasite populations! Majority of horses only need to be dewormed once or twice a year and the spring time is the perfect opportunity to run what we call a fecal egg count. This test measures the number of parasite eggs in your horse’s feces and helps us to determine which horses in your herd need to be dewormed at this time. We are always more than happy to receive and test your horse’s samples to help guide their maintenance care! #burwashequineservices #equinevet #fecaleggcountsmatter

Time for another Man Crush Monday! This stunning stallion, Red Hott Cat, who stands at Burwash Equine Services has been enjoying his spa treatments with his new Bemer Blanket! #burwashequineservices #equinevet #mancrushmonday #redhottcat

It is time for another Win Wednesday! We diagnosed this young gelding with an injury to his left hind proximal suspensory ligament in September of 2022. He was placed on stall rest and his treatments began with 3 injections of IRAP around that ligament at two-week intervals. IRAP (Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein) is an anti-inflammatory protein that is produced from a horse’s own blood and aids in the healing process. During this time, he was also placed under a short general anaesthesia to have CenTrate Bone Marrow Aspirate placed into the tear in the ligament. CenTrate is a system that allows us to use the horse’s own bone marrow stem cells to help in tissue repair and healing. On recheck ultrasound, there was improved tissue filling of the tear and the defect itself was harder to appreciate, meaning that some healing was starting to occur. He then had 3 once-per-week treatments of shockwave therapy, which has been shown to reduce inflammation and stimulate healing. This led to a slight improvement in both lameness and ultrasound appearance, but we were still able to appreciate the fiber disruption associated with the lesion and the attachment of the ligament to the bone still appeared unhealthy. At this stage, we had just gotten our new Smart RLT regenerative laser, and so this gelding underwent 24 regenerative laser treatments over a period of 2 months. At the end of this treatment the lameness had resolved and the ligament was virtually back to normal on ultrasound. The tear was no longer visible, the scarring that was previously seen had resolved, and the attachment to the bone looked great. The laser stimulates the release of growth factors and has been shown to regenerate tissue, re-align fibers, reduce scar tissue and provide pain relief to the horse. To get him back in shape, he went to a rehabilitation centre for water treadmill to allow him to start the conditioning process with minimal impact on the ligament and then back home for