🐴 Strangles Awareness Week 🐴
A snotty nose at a 4 star event?
What would you do as an event venue manager?
How do you protect present and future competitors?
That’s the topic of today’s Strangles Awareness Week podcast conversation with two prominent venues – both renowned for a range of competitions and events.
They tell us how they believe attitudes to Strangles are changing.
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Professor Scott Pirie, (The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies ) witnesses the most unusual and aggressive form of the Strangles disease as well as having to protect in patients at the equine hospital.
Amy Smith MRCVS BVetMed (Alnorthumbria Equine Vets) is a veterinary surgeon with recent experience as a lead vet supporting a client and a yard through a Strangles outbreak.
Hearing from Scott and Amy we get a vet’s-eye view of the disease plus they tell us what they need from clients to help them with smooth outbreak management.
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We’ve been hearing people’s wisdom on Strangles management and prevention through the Strangles Awareness Week podcast.
In this episode global horse shipping expert, Chris Burke (IRT), explains why the same rules apply whether working with high value horses as with happy hacks when disease risk is concerned.
We then hear from Julie Magnus (Julie Magnus Racehorse Transport) from a horse transport business who advocates for better biosecurity across yards to help transporters keep disease risk low.
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🐴Strangles Awareness Week🐴
This week we will be sharing content to raise awareness, promote openness and supportive conversations about Strangles.
Please take a look and feel free to add any comments you might want to share about this disease.
***What do feet have to do with infection?***
As frequent visitors to yards, farriers, like other visiting equine professionals, could walk disease from one horse to another. There are lots of ways that farriers keep risk low and lots of ways clients can help.
This is the topic of today’s Strangles Awareness Week podcast conversation with leading farriers Ben Benson (@btbensonfarrier) and Daniel Bennett (@farrier.mtb) who encourage horse owners to tell their farrier in advance about Strangles, have yard biosecurity in place and help the farrier where necessary.
⚠️Note for sensitive viewers - Graphic content⚠️
Our patient is definitely feeling freer after the removal of this large piece of wood!
It's not uncommon for our vets to see and successfully remove foreign bodies in horses - this one was certainly one of the largest!
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New postman at SHV!
Meet our new postie!
Happy and safe weekend to all 😊
Ducklings!
Wishing you all a safe and great weekend from our newest friends... Sue's Welsh Harlequin ducklings!
🐴 Equine Flu
EI hasn’t gone away and is endemic in the UK.
Being a horse owner has many joys and
responsibilities; keeping your horse healthy by
preventing disease is one of the easiest ways to enjoy
your life together.
#fightequineflu
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Flu Vaccination level of immunity
Do you know how the immunity provided by vaccines changes over time? Watch this clip!
As this is a very hot topic lately, we thought it was relevant to share with you a short clip about the signs of Equine Flu.
Some of them are quite generic and if you think your horse is showing one of them doesn't necessarily mean it has got flu; however, as outbreaks are still being recorded daily across the country, it is sensible to get your horse checked if you have any concerns or doubts. Most importantly, make sure you keep your horse's vaccinations always up to date not only in the face of current outbreaks but also to prevent future ones. Prevention is key!
Happy Easter everyone!
Here at Stretton Hills we hope you all have a great time, making the most of the wonderful weather and enjoying the outdoors!
Our vets are always available for emergencies, so for any concern regarding your horse that can't wait until Tuesday 23rd April, please give us a call!
Easter is round the corner!
Please make a note of our office opening times - vets will be available as always 24/7, but for general enquires, appointments and invoices the office will be closed from Friday 19th April and will reopen on Tuesday 23rd April.
If you need medications posting out, please make sure you order with us before lunchtime on Wednesday 17th April; this is to make sure the order reaches you before Easter.
And finally, have a peek at our vet Jamie's latest additions! Lovely lambs enjoying the sun today!
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