Exercising ECG 💕 This is a really helpful tool to assess how a horse’s heart responds to the strains of exercise. Real time horse side evaluation of the hearts electrical activity can be a useful tool in a poor performance work up. Both resting and exercising ECG’s were performed on this horse 🐴 #chinehousevets #equinevet #equinemedicine #poorperformance #ecg #cardiology #horse #pony
Brian has definitely become a firm favourite with all of the hospital staff during his stay. He was referred to Chine House for colic signs and was immediately operated on. During surgery he was found to have an epiploic foramen entrapment and had to have 2ft of his jejunum removed. He recovered brilliantly from surgery. Following colic surgery horses have to spend a long period of time on box rest so we try to make this experience as fun for them as we can. Brian loved his bouncy grass ball to keep him entertained during his hospital stay. We will be sad to see him leave but delighted he is going home with his owner Amanda to continue his recovery 🐴
🎉 Our MRI unit has arrived 🎉 Thank you for your patience yesterday as our new @hallmarqveterinaryimaging MRI unit was delivered to our hospital base in Sileby. A few finishing touches and some all important staff training are all that’s left before we can welcome our first horses for imaging! #chinehousevets #equinevets #mri #diagnosticimaging #newservice #exciting #development #horse #lameness
This week a team of our vets and nurses got involved in quite an exciting case!
Seamus developed a heart condition called atrial fibrillation which is when the heart beats irregularly and can result in poor performance. The condition was quickly identified by Mark Bowen and Seamus was booked in for a TVEC (transvenous electrical cardioversion) procedure. This involves placing electrode catheters in the horses heart and vessels via the jugular vein, and taking some X-rays to confirm they are in the right place. Then a short general anaesthetic is required to attach the electrode catheters to a defibrillator and use an increasing amount of energy to shock the heart back into sinus (regular) rhythm. This is what is shown in the video. Cardioversion was successful in this case and Seamus recovered well from his anaesthetic. An ECG the following day confirmed his heart rhythm had remained nice and regular and Seamus was discharged home for a period of rest and recovery!
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Turn up the volume to hear beautiful Dove snoring away merrily after her hock medication at her yard in the sunshine this afternoon 💤 💤💤 #sleepingbeauty #snoring #pony #equinevet #hockmedication #chinehousevets
This is the beautiful Duke. Duke is a 7 month old 50kg Great Dane who enjoys testing his boundaries. The boundaries being a 5ft fence!! He jumped his owners enclosed garden and unfortunately was hit by a car. His owner realised he had been injured and rushed him to us. Unfortunately, he was suffering from a pneumothorax - a life threatening condition where the lungs leak air into the space around them causing severe breathing problems. Prompt attention from our team lead to 3 litres of air being drained from his chest. This is him the day after giving Daniella, our student nurse, a high five. Duke is recuperating well at home and we hope he has learned to take it easy!
