Northern Equine Veterinary Services

01/01/2025

27/09/2024

Warning for disturbing images.

We often get to hear from clients “I don’t believe my horse is in pain, he’s still eating.” The horse in these images has a very painful dental disease known as EOTRH, or Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis, which was diagnosed when a freak accident caused all the incisors to break off at the gum line as they were diseased and weak. Despite this, the horse was still eating grass when our team arrived to perform the dental surgery, as can be seen in the video below.

We can't use a horse's willingness to eat to guess how much pain they're in. Horses have nerve endings in their gums and roots of their teeth, just like we do and there is no reason to believe they would not feel pain.

We thank this horse's owner for letting us use these images for this example. With Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop, Technical Assistant.

13/08/2024

Thank you to the wonderful team at King Animal Hospital today for the open house.
From left to right; Linda Nordén, Rick Bishop, Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Vicki Bishop DVM.

22/07/2024

We were thrilled to be able to help Petal the hippo at the Toronto Zoo a couple of wks ago! With Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop.

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19/07/2024

We treat all sizes of equines ☺️
A couple of today's dental patients in Perth, ON
With Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop.

13/05/2024

Did you know we travel all over Ontario for equine dental surgery? Here are just some of our appointment locations we've traveled to this spring: Kingston, Gilford, Coldwater, Brantford, Baden, Renfrew, Napanee, Centreville, Uxbridge, Carp, Beachburg, Russell, Oshawa, Victoria Harbour, New Liskeard, Smith Falls, Caledon, Milton, Ravenna, Everett, Reaboro, King City, Lanark, Almonte, Port Perry, Stayner and many more.

Picture from last weeks visit at Penbar Equestrian in Hamilton with Cinnamon Spice getting her annual float.

10/05/2024

Today we got to help a Chili the Llama with an ouchy tooth at the Serendipity Farm & Sanctuary, Alpacas & Llamas

With Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop

22/03/2024

If you are at the Can-Am Horse Expo in Ancaster today, don't miss the presentation by Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq on Equine Dentistry at 2pm!

06/03/2024

Big thanks to the amazing team at the The Toronto Zoo for welcoming us in to help out yesterday!

Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop at the Toronto Zoo Wildlife Health Centre.

31/01/2024

Some recent restorations ("fillings") by Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq, not all diseased teeth has to be extracted.

01/12/2023

A recent EOTRH surgery on farm in Marm, ON
With Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop

25/10/2023

Celebrating Ians Board Certification with the AVDC today at the 2023 VDF in Kentucky.

24/10/2023

Bare with us as we are traveling to the Veterinary Dental Forum in Kentucky this week. We will have limited phone access but you can still reach us by email.

10/10/2023

We hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend! This week we are off to Harcourt, Brantford and Victoria Harbour, ON.

21/09/2023

This week we are in Manitoba, at Elm Creek Equine Veterinary Services, where we helped this little Welsh Pony, Roughclouds Wynnetou, with his multiple fractured incisors. With Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop.

14/09/2023

Cookie became our first mini pony to try our new custom made stocks with adjustable flooring 🥰

08/09/2023

Harry Potter is enjoying his post-op mash at Saddlewood Equestrian Centre after dental surgery with Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq