Town and Country Veterinary Centre

11/11/2024

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09/11/2024

🚨🚨FOUND DOG🚨🚨

A member of public has brought in a dog to us recently - we have been trying to contact the owner.

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05/11/2024

Make sure to book in your Winter Health Check before 30th November! ❄️🐴

02/11/2024

High five! It’s the weekend!! 🥳🐶

29/10/2024

🎃 👻 it’s spooky season 👻 🎃

• Remember to keep all sweet treats out of reach from your furry friends over the next dews days 🍫🍬🍭

• Think carefully about where you pop your candle lit pumpkins 🎃

• Ensure your pets microchips are up to date just incase your friends have a scare and escape 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

… Show us your spooky friends 🫶🏼

24/10/2024

Meet David 👋🏻🐴

David was seen by equine vets John and Natalia for a castration last week. His owners report he is doing very well post op. Isn’t he cute?!

If you have a horse or pony that needs castrating, Autumn is the ideal time of year 🍂

Speak to a member of our team on 01858 465 668 for more information 📞

18/10/2024

❗️ATTENTION EQUINE CLIENTS❗️

❄️ Winter Health Clinic - just £60! ❄️

LIMITED TIME OFFER - ends 30th November.

Our winter health care plan focuses on preventative health care, to give you the peace of mind that your horse is healthy and well as the winter draws in 🧣❄️

🐴 Vital Sign Check (temperature, pulse, respiration)
🐴 Faecal worm egg count
🐴 Blood sample, postage, packaging and interpretation. Specific testing requirements will be discussed at the time and optimised for your horse and needs*
🐴 Weight check, body condition score and nutrition advice
🐴 Sleip gait/lameness analysis*
🐴 Microchip & passport check
🐴 Free of charge visit for 3 or more horses.

Call 01858 465668 to book! 📞

Please note, any additional work during or following the visit is chargeable.

* Blood tests required will be variable as will the specific associated laboratory fees.
* Sleip gait analysis will be used to assess your horse for asymmetric gait/lameness. If no problems are detected or suspected you may be reassured and provided with a useful baseline for comparison should problems arise at a later date. Significant lameness will require further investigation at a separate consultation.

16/10/2024

One sleepy puppy 😍😍😍

16/10/2024

It's time to get your faecal worm egg counts sent in and find out if your horse really needs that wormer!🪱🐴

Did you know?
• 70-80% of the parasite treatments are unnecessary using WEC?
• Targeted worming is proven to be cheaper!
• Over-worming causes wormers to become ineffective.
• Resistance to wormers is already widespread
• Over-worming is damaging to the environment

As part of our commitment to fight resistance to wormers in the UK, we recommend regular worm egg counts instead of the traditional process of worming horses at set intervals throughout the year.

A sample of faeces should be submitted to our laboratory 3-4 times a year during the grazing season (from spring to late autumn/early winter). Samples are examined under the microscope and the number of worm eggs present in the faeces is counted. This gives a good guide to assess the need for parasite treatment and which treatment would be better suited.

Your horse can be one of the 70-80% of horses that don’t need worming!

In addition to Faecal Worm Egg counts we have available the Equi-Sal saliva tapeworm test and redworm blood tests.

Please contact us on 01858 465668 and we will be happy to discuss your worming needs!

14/10/2024

Flash’s dental technician did a great job of referring him for further investigation with Equine Dentistry Certificate Holder, John Abbott. 🦷🐴

On examination Flash was diagnosed with EORTH, a dental disease often affecting geriatric horses. Dental radiographs were carried out and revealed various points of concern including fractures of two mandibular incisors. A follow-up visit was scheduled and teeth of concern extracted.

13/10/2024

Introducing Bonnie!! How cute is this baby dog?!

09/10/2024

Pinworm or Oxyuris Equi 🪱🐴

In this case pinworm symptoms were spotted at a visit by equine vet John and a cellotape sample was collected. Equine nurse Ellie was able to analyse the sample in house and confirm diagnosis.

Adult female pinworms exist in the re**um and lay eggs around the a**s of the horse.

Signs of pinworm include;
- Intense itching
- Hairless patches
- Inflamed skin around the tail and bottom
- Loss of condition
- Cream coloured substance around a**s

The best way to prevent and treat pinworm is through good hygiene including; disinfecting and cleaning of environment and equipment. As well as, cleaning daily around bottom, dock and tail with disposable wipes. Appropriate, targeted worming can also be beneficial.

08/10/2024

Something fun to brighten this rainy day! 🌧️☀️

Dog-tor Bramble reporting for duty 🩺

Check out tcvets’s video.

07/10/2024

Daisy came to the practice today to be spayed. Isn’t she cute?! 🥰🌼

07/10/2024

Equine vet Natalia has made a new friend at her first visit this morning! Gary the goat 🐐

06/10/2024

Have a spare second? Please vote for Vet Michael’s sister to win an award for Best Education Website at the Lovie Awards 🏆

Lander Ward is a local marketing agency, based in Market Harborough. She’s up against Google Chrome so every vote helps 🙏

Vote for iluli by Mike Lamb / Lander Ward here:

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Thank you! 💙

04/10/2024

Canker, or proliferative pododermatitis, is a disease process resulting in chronic hypertrophic proliferation of hoof tissues 🐴

Canker causes lameness in horses and can be present in one or multiple hooves. It can originally present as thrush however has differing characteristics such as; cauliflower-like horn growth and spongy appearance of the frog, the tissue may be white in colour and have a foul smell.

Early diagnosis is important to establish prompt aggressive treatment to give the best chance of removing the canker tissue and reduce the chances of reoccurrence.

02/10/2024

Our equine vet Erica and nurse Ellie attended to a horse with a nail in his foot.

Our client did a great job and left the nail in place, keeping her horse comfortable until we were able to attend. Meaning that we were able to carry out radiographs on site to establish whether the nail had hit any important structures within the foot.🐴🩻