Dooneen Equine Veterinary Clinic

27/03/2025

Great video explaining a thorough dental examination - thanks Equine Dental Clinic Ltd, really shows how important it is to have your horse sedated so nothing gets missed!

05/03/2025

Here are some steps you can take to minimise the risk of flu on your
yard and limit the spread of disease.

03/03/2025

Do you know what’s normal when it comes to your horse?
It might help you identify abnormal signs which may indicate health
concerns such as equine influenza.

02/03/2025

As the days lengthen and the season kicks into full swing- Just a quick reminder regarding stocks and scanning mares.


And thanks again to our colleagues at KR Equine Veterinary Services Ltd for highlighting such an important topic. “Unfortunately within the last 10 years a survey was released summarising the inherent dangers associated with the equine veterinary profession. As a practice we must consider this seriously. Recently we have been in lengthy discussions about the responsibility we have to look after our vets safety! 🥽🦺⛑️”

We too think our team is pretty awesome and definitely function as better vets when not in hospital. So ~ no stocks ~ no scanning or stitching !

We do have a stocks at the clinic so mares can be brought in to be stitched and scanned etc.

01/03/2025

The aim of flu vaccination is to stimulate an immune response against the
flu virus so that if your horse is exposed to flu in the future the immune
system is already primed to quickly protect your horse

01/03/2025

Very special VIP ( very important pony!) had a full pre pony club season check up this week ~ trot up, heart,eyes, teeth and bloods to check for PPID ( Cushings) ~ and he’s got the all clear to crack on with his little jockey.

It’s so much easier to find solutions for small problems that we can pick up with an annual MOT rather than waiting for them to become big problems! And we really don’t want children getting unnecessary frights and falls. So many ponies have issues with pain and blindness that are just blamed as being naughty ponies. Especially when they get to “ a certain age” 😉

28/02/2025

Lots of different types of horse passports - Did you know that it’s a legal requirement to have a passport and a premises number?

And! We need the passport to be able to provide treatment for your horse.

Why? Because some medications that we routinely use in horses are NEVER allowed to enter the human food chain, so to use those medicines the passport must be signed and stamped “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION”

This is why ask all new clients and owners with new horses to send us passport details before a visit and to have the passport available at the time of veterinary examination. If this option is not selected then there are meds that we can’t offer to that animal.

27/02/2025

Your horse is not protected from flu until 14 days after the 2nd
vaccination. Between the 2nd and 3rd vaccinations in the primary course
your horse’s antibody levels decline*. The third vaccination is vital to
ensure that your horse continues to be adequately protected**.

25/02/2025

While some horses are more vulnerable than others to equine flu, ALL
horses are at risk of catching the disease. Even those who don’t leave
the yard. Vaccination is essential to help stop the spread of flu.

23/02/2025

It’s not just through the air that the flu virus can spread, it can be
transmitted on clothes, yard equipment, troughs and feed buckets.
It can remain viable for up to three days* so make sure you’re taking the
proper precautions to ensure it doesn’t spread.

21/02/2025

Did you realise ALL horses are at risk of flu, even if they don’t leave the
yard*? Once the flu virus is airborne, it can travel further than you
think!

14/02/2025

06/02/2025

🚨FEI VACCINE CHANGES!

From today it is a requirement that ALL FEI registered horses need to have their influenza vaccinations recorded on the FEI HorseApp at the time of vaccination by your vet when they attend the horse. Please let us know at time of vaccine if your horse has an FEI Passport as both completion of the passport and updating of the FEI Horse App must now be completed.

To make this process as easy as it can be, please could you ensure that:

1) Passport is present at the time of vaccination

2) Please remove rugs prior to vaccination as it is necessary for the vet to photograph both sides of the horse to confirm identification

Athletes, Grooms, Owners or Trainers:
After updating your app to the most recent version please enter the previous vaccinations onto the FEI HorseApp prior to your horses vaccination date. This will save considerable time for when the first vaccination is given and recorded after 3/2/25.

How to enter historical vaccinations:
https://howto.fei.org/content/20/304/en/how-to-register-a-historical-vaccination-on-the-fei-horseapp.html

06/02/2025

Tis the “season”

06/02/2025

06/02/2025

Thanks to KR Equine Veterinary Services Ltd for highlighting such an important topic. We too think our team is pretty awesome and definitely function as better vets when not in hospital. So ~ Same as Davids team ~ no stocks ~ no scanning or stitching !

🐴🐴 2025 Breeding Season 🐴🐴

*Change of practice policy*

We are excited to see glimpses of hope that the evenings are lengthening and with that comes the arrival of a new stud season! 🌅🌅🌅

Unfortunately within the last 10 years a survey was released summarising the inherent dangers associated with the equine veterinary profession. As a practice we must consider this seriously. Recently we have been in lengthy discussions about the responsibility we have to look after our vets safety! 🥽🦺⛑️

As such from 2025 we will no longer be scanning or stitching mares (or any other routine procedure that requires us to be standing immediately behind the horse!) without the use of stocks.

Slots will be available to bring mares to the clinic for scanning allowing us to perform these procedures in a safe environment for our vets. Should you have stocks at home we will of course be pleased to continue to scan on yards.

If you would like to consider purchasing stocks for your yard we would be happy to point you in the right direction.

Thank you in advance for your understanding 😊

01/12/2024

🚨 Attention Stud Farms & Veterinarians 🚨

Arvac vaccine will be shipped to Covetrus by 9th December 2024. This vaccine must be administered by 10th Dec 2024 to ensure stallions are released from quarantine for the ITM Irish Stallion Trail (10–11 Jan 2025). 💉

Blood samples must be collected on 7th Jan 2025 and delivered to Backweston by 10:00 AM the same day. 🩸

It is advisable for vets (who are planning to administer vaccine on December 9th/10th) to pick up the vaccine directly from Covetrus on December 9th to avoid delays! ⏰

For more information, visit our website: https://itba.info/News/EVA-Vaccine-ARVAC-Update/1200757/Index.html