๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐? ๐คโฃ
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Here is a gastroscope showing ulcers in both the ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ) and ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ) parts of the stomach.โฃ
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๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ affect the top part of the stomach and are often caused by โacid splashโ where acid from the bottom half of the stomach splashes up (๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ) and irritates the lining of the upper stomach where the stomach lining is less protected from the harsh environments of the lower stomach. Ulcers in this region can develop relatively quickly and are often caused by limited access to forage and may lead to poor performance. These are the most common type of ulcers and why they can be seen in up to 80% of performance horses ๐ ๐จโฃ
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๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐ affects the lower part of the stomach. Disease in this region usually happens gradually over time and is often caused by the mucus lining being affected and although the causes are less known, they are thought to have links to stress.โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐:โฃ
๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ โฃ
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๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ โฃ
๐ช๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌโฃ
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โ๏ธ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง on Wednesday 23rd October, We
Congratulations to everyone involved in Burgham International Horse Trials. Fantastic organisation with nearly 1000 horses over 5days. We are honoured to be involved.
Below Ollie Townend on his way to winning the CCI4*.
CCI3* under way at Burgham. Harry Mutch Eventing having no problems at the Alnorthumbria Vet Group fence.
๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐คโฃ
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๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ is a painful condition affecting horses and ponies, where the trigeminal nerve (which provides sensation to much of the face) reacts to normally innocuous stimuli ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. This condition is often overlooked, as it is easy to assume these head movements are caused by flies, or are โ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ตโ. โฃ
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๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐. This results in (vertical) head shaking and nose rubbing, like the head movements seen in this video. There has been no physical cause found, unlike in humans, and therefore it is assumed to be an abnormal function of the nerve. Many of these horses resolve spontaneously over the winter but then the disease recurs each spring ๐ โฃ
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๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฑ-๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐.โฃ
Happy Pancake Day! ๐ฅ
Today at Fairmoor Equine Clinic, nurses Megan and Libby kindly made the team pancakes to celebrate. There was no one quite as excited as Patch the dog though! Patch belongs to Nerea the vet, and some of you may have met him before on their visits.
Lesley spent last week at Burghley Horse trails working as part of the treating vet team. Some of you might have see her interview focusing on treatment of horses at the end of the cross country phase and in particular cooling horses
Weโre trying to be better with safety around horses and we know that vets are notoriously bad at prioritising their safety compared to other professions!
Check out the video and let us know what you think ๐
Equine Department of Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group Our dedicated equine vets provide 24h care for the horses, ponies and donkeys of Northumberland and beyond.
