This 12 year old gelding was referred to LEH as he was producing dark and cloudy urine frequently after exercise. A medical investigation revealed a large bladder stone, this was too big for him to pass so the decision was made to surgically remove it. Follow European Specialist in Equine Surgery, Matt Sinovich, as he performs the surgery ๐
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Julie is part of our internal medicine team at LEH. The medics provide a highly specialised 24 hour service for the investigation and treatment of problems such as neurological diseases, respiratory diseases, liver and kidney diseases, diarrhoea, recurrent colic, weight loss, as well as offering ambulatory consultations for issues such as gastric ulcers.
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Wishing you all a great, prosperous, healthy, bright and happy new year!
Weโd like to thank all our clients for placing your trust in us to look after your horses and we really hope that 2025 brings you and your horse nothing but health and happiness!
From all of us at LEH
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐
๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐
๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐
๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐
๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐๐!
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง?
Follow Willow during her stay at LEH! ๐ด
Horses remain radioactive for 48 hours after isotope injection, so they are stabled away from other horses, and contact with humans is minimised. They are usually discharged 2 to 5 days after the scan.
๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐
๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ! Wishing all of our clients and their horses a lovely weekend ๐
๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค!
Digital pulses are a common indicator of conditions causing pain in the hoof, such as laminitis...
Some of you may know that Professor Andy Durham and our laboratory team are at the fore of current international research in many different equine conditions and a lot of the work they do focuses on endocrinology, PPID (or Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction, formerly known as Equine Cushingโs disease) and Equine Metabolic Syndrome. Each year Andy participates as a member of the equine endocrinology group, an international group of experts who create guidelines for vets around the world to deal with equine endocrinology cases. We are proud to be able to share this knowledge with our clients and referring vets. Click on the link below for current guidelines on both EMS and PPID and keep your eyes peeled for updates after their 2024 meeting.
Prof Durham says: Our ability to reduce the risk of laminitis has never been as well informed and effective as it is today. Insulin testing is the only way to strike the important balance between avoiding a laminitic attack whilst maintaining your horseโs dietary and mental wellbeing. It is important to realise that laminitis results from prolonged surges in blood insulin that follow consumption of feed, grass and even hay. We can only confidently manage horses prone to laminitis by having a good idea of how they respond to what they are eating and use a simple insulin blood test to inform our management. Importantly, the focus of this approach is based on the quality of the food allowed, rather than restricting the total quantity allowed.
Although we know that overweight horses and ponies are more prone to laminitis, โbeing fatโ is not the direct cause of laminitis. The cause is high blood insulin. Although it is never wrong to encourage weight loss in overweight animals, this is an unreliable means of controlling laminitis risk. Itโs important to understand, just like humans, every horse is different and will respond differently to what they eat. With that in mind we can use insulin testing to build a picture of how
Leon was referred to LEH on new years eve 2022 for colic that hadnโt responded to pain relief at home. On admission Leon was clearly uncomfortable, a rectal exam found signs consistent with a displacement of the large colon. Medical management with pain relief was recommended initially due to the risk of operating on a horse Leonโs size, and he became more comfortable the next day. However the next morning he became increasingly uncomfortable again and the decision was made to do exploratory surgery in to his abdominal cavity.
Leon had a displacement of the large colon and caecum, and two impactions within his colon. The impacted material was flushed through, once the colon was empty it was much more manoeuvrable and the displacement was corrected.Leon recovered from surgery really well and he was allowed home a week later. He has continued to make excellent progress and is back in work.
Leon is from the Weald and Downland Living museum, and can be seen below (front off side horse) using traditional methods to bind the cereal harvest. The museum is open all year round for the public to come and see the team at work all through the seasons!
