Northern Equine Veterinary Services

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.

23/12/2023

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

09/08/2023

Some recent patients getting their annual floats in Dwight, ON. With Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop.

02/08/2023

Taking care of hurting horses all over Ontario! Just back from Sudbury and North Bay, this week we're in Milton, West Grey, Dwight and Prince Edward. Please contact us for referrals [email protected]

27/07/2023

A recent client we saw at Russell Equine in Ottawa, Kieran, owned by Chantelle Kimble, with Ian Bishop DVM DAVDC-Eq and Rick Bishop.

For referrals, please see the form on our website www.northernequine.ca/referrals or reach us at [email protected] or 705 341 3141.

09/07/2023

Huge congratulations to Dr Ian Bishop for passing his board exams at the AVDC and becoming Canada's second ever board certified Equine Dentist! Our very first in Ontario!

06/07/2023

Here is a link to Dr Bishops interview with The Horse magazine earlier this spring.

X rays are valuable diagnostic tools for equine dental health that can reveal undiagnosed issues.

28/04/2022

A very nice article with Dr Elfriede Rosskopf Elfriede Rosskopf

When it comes to showing your age, you don’t need to look much further than your teeth. Human teeth shift, discolour, wear down, and fall out as we grow

18/03/2022

Dr Easley's new textbook on Equine Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery!

I cant wait to get my hands on it. 😁

Available through Cambridge Scholars. Many thanks to colleagues and friends throughout the world for contributing to this effort!

02/03/2022

Failure of the Pulp Chamber to Narrow

This image is a neat example of what can happen when a tooth's pulp is damaged.

The pulp contains the blood vessels and nerves inside the tooth. We see it on x-rays as a dark line(s) inside the tooth. As the tooth ages, more dentin is laid down around the periphery of the pulp and the pulp chamber gets narrower.

In this image, the 202 was damaged many years ago and its pulp chamber stopped narrowing. Compare the 202 to the 102 (orange arrows). These teeth are the same age and their pulps should be the same width. 🙂

This 202 was lucky. When the pulp was damaged, it managed to protect the remaining healthy section by walling itself off with a dentinal bridge (green arrow) and the root-end of the tooth survived and continued to age normally.

This horse also has Stage 4 tooth resorption of the 203. (Purple arrows) The other teeth are unaffected, so the 202 and 203 may have been damaged in the same incident many years ago.

20/02/2022

We're back!

My hand is all healed up and I've finished my total of FORTY EIGHT WEEKS with boarded equine dental specialists for my AVDC Eq residency. :D

With my nose to the grindstone, I can submit my research paper for publication in a few months and apply to sit the board exams next January 2023!

17/02/2022

PBS Eons just published a new video on the domestication of horses. It's very cool, though they should not be allowed to tell jokes...

https://youtu.be/px9Ljv0bits

Do our modern horses descend from just one domesticated population, or did it happen many times, in many places? Answering these questions has been tricky, a...

05/02/2022

I've been having a wonderful experience learning from the specialists at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and Easley Equine Dentistry.

Yesterday we had a day off, after Kentucky was shutdown by this "snow-pocalypse".

13/01/2022

I had my carpal tunnel release surgery 😁 6 week recovery starts today!

I'm already looking forward to getting back to work with great horse owners and referring vets. ... I might be a workaholic.

19/05/2021

Wait! Don't touch THAT wolf tooth! (Yet)

A colleague sent me this awesome image from a CT scan of young horse between 1 and 2 years old.

We can tell his age because the first molar ( #09) erupts at 1 year of age and the second molar ( #10) erupts at 2 years of age. His first molar is in wear while his second is just considering erupting. (We can tell that he is a "he" because developing canines can be seen elsewhere in the CT.)

Between 1 year and 2.5 years of age, the wolf tooth ( #05) can be very close to the developing adult cheek tooth ( #06). During this time there is a real risk of killing the 06 while trying to remove the wolf tooth. This horse's image is a great example. Extract that wolf tooth at your own peril!

Many horses have their wolf teeth extracted when they're gelded. This is often between 6 and 12 months of age and, at this time, the "cap" is longer and the developing adult tooth isn't so close. It's probably safe.

However, if you miss this window, consider waiting until after the adult 06 has erupted. The wolf tooth may even exfoliate on its own with the shed cap.