Canterbury Equine Clinic

22/04/2024

🐎🐎🐎SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🐎🐎🐎
Dr. Hamish Ranken
BA BVSc (Hons) MANZCVS and Dr.Danielle Guiver BVSc

Dr. Hamish Ranken graduated from Melbourne University in 2000 and practised in Australia for two years prior to completing an internship in equine surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Canterbury Equine Clinic in 2004 and continues in his roll as a director. He has completed his membership examinations (MANZCVS) in equine surgery. In addition to his surgical skills, Hamish has a keen interest in sportshorse medicine and lameness investigations.

Dr. Danielle Guiver graduated from Massey University in 2019. Since then, she has been an integral part of Canterbury Equine Clinic, where her passion for all aspects of equine veterinary medicine shines through.
Dani enjoys working with all facets of the equine industry, from racehorses to beloved pets.
With a commitment to continual learning and improvement, Dani has pursued additional training in equine dentistry and is interested to expand her skills in internal medicine.
Her personal experience as a keen show jumper, coupled with her own horse's battle with gastric ulcers, has provided her with hands-on experience in dealing with this issue.

Dani and Hamish will discuss Gastric Ulcer Syndrome - The hidden culprit behind Performance Problems.

09/04/2024

It’s that time again - free ACTH testing is back!
We have limited availability for free ACTH testing. Please note that this is only valid for horses and ponies that haven’t been tested before.
Please contact the clinic on 033494791 to book your test.
Please note that the laboratory fee is free but there may be a sampling and processing fee.

05/04/2024

We love being able to see ex patients so healthy 🐴 'Dennis the menace' as he became known at the clinic had an unfortunate start to life but is now thriving and we are excited to see his future 🏇

19/03/2024

Exciting news! 🐴 🦷 🩺🪱
For the remainder of March and all of April we are including a complimentary health check and a Faecal Egg Count with every dental performed by one of our experienced equine vets.
To make the most of this, contact reception on 033494791

25/02/2024

Congratulations Molly and Ruby!

WINNER of the East Coast Performance Horses 5 year old in conj with Canterbury Equine Clinic

1st= Molly Buist-Brown & Granttorio
1st= Ruby Rae-Wood & Dremus

07/02/2024

07/02/2024

Waitangi day spent well! Some of our staff had the joy of driving some race horses (well the GPs) 🐎 and getting rather competitive! Thanks to our wonderful practice manager Maree for the use of her beautiful horses and property 🌸

24/12/2023

All hands on deck this Christmas break with Julie the cat giving our lovely vet Charlotte a helping hand with an emergency”

21/12/2023

The team at Canterbury Equine would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We are closed from 5pm Friday 22nd December for any routine work and reopen on Wednesday 3rd January. You can contact us on our after hours phone for any emergency work or concerns 027 471 4608.

05/12/2023

***Foster Mare Wanted***

Please contact the clinic if you know of any foster mares available for a very special foal. Ideally a taller mare as foal is large. We have contacted foster foal services. Any help is much appreciated! 🐴 The mare is still with us just needs some recovery herself.

03 349 4791

22/11/2023

A real team effort and thankfully a fantastic outcome. Welcome to the world little one!

This demonstrates the importance of closely monitoring mares, as in this case the foaling alarm would not have gone off until too late (if at all!). Foaling alarm’s absolutely have a place but do not replace having eyes on the mare!

02/11/2023

What a transformation!
This gorgeous pony was examined by our vets because her appetite was poor, she had lost weight and behavioural issues. After a dental exam by vet Katie, and blood tests which showed she was otherwise healthy, she was booked in for a gastroscope. This showed she had Grade 2 to 3 Equine Squamous Gastric Disease (stomach ulcers), with large areas of her stomach affected. She was started on a treatment straight away and her appetite soon picked up. A follow-up gastroscope 4 weeks later showed big improvement but she needed another months worth of treatment to fully heal the ulceration.
We are so pleased to see this pony looking so well, and her owner tells us she is much more relaxed and happy in herself too. What a great result and a good reminder that ponies can get stomach ulcers too!

30/10/2023

27/10/2023

Fun fact Friday! With a wormy focus 🪱
Here are three different types of worm eggs from common horse parasites when viewed down the microscope as part of a faecal egg count (FEC).
🪱Left are Strongyle eggs, either large strongyles or small strongyles (otherwise known as red worm). These are the most common worm eggs to see on a FEC and also the most common to cause disease in adult horses.
🪱 Top right is an ascarid egg (Parascaris equorum), the large spaghetti-like worms that mostly affect our young horses, and can cause very serious blockages, see the second photo.
🪱 Bottom right is a tapeworm egg, Anoplocephala perfoliata. It is not common to see these eggs on our FECs but we recommend ensuring you use a product that covers tapeworm (ie contains praziquantel) at least once per year.
🪱Faecal egg counts (FECs) are a great way to monitor individual horses egg output. They also allow you to monitor the effectiveness of a wormer. 🪱A negative FEC does not necessarily mean your horse has no worms! We are not aiming to achieve worm free horses, just to keep levels low enough that we don’t see disease. Identifying which horses are producing lots of eggs and contaminating your pastures allows you to target treatment.
🪱We are seeing more and more resistance to wormers, meaning worms aren’t killed as effectively as they used to be. This can have very serious consequences, especially for our young and elderly or compromised Equids.
🪱We can carry out FECs with same day results for $17.85 incl GST.
🪱Performing FECs on your horses and only treating those with high counts will not only save you money but also help preserve the function of wormers for future use!
🪱Foals should be treated from 8 weeks of age and then 2 monthly until a year old. Ensure that the wormers are safe for use in foals. Once they are over a year they can start having FECs done and only treated if necessary.
Speak to our knowledgable team about any worming concerns!

20/10/2023

19/10/2023

Last week we had the joy of saying a big thank you to our wonderful nurses for veterinary nurse appreciation week ❤️ We are grateful for their hard work and commitment all year, the clinic wouldn't be able to run without them! 🐴🐎🦄

15/10/2023

How gorgeous is this miniature foal? This pint sized pocket rocket came in to us at 24 hours old as he had become so weak he couldn’t stand or feed. He was diagnosed with Perinatal Asphyxia Syndrome, otherwise known as a “dummy foal”. After 48 hours of round the clock care thanks to our amazing team of dedicated vets and nurses, all closely overseen by his mum, we are delighted to report that he has made a full recovery. As part of his treatment we performed the “Madigan Squeeze”, see the 2nd and 3rd photos. Video in comments

02/10/2023

We always love to see our patients doing well! Goodoldayz underwent a standing tieback surgery and laser vocal cordectomy at the clinic for treatment of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (roarer). Certainly seems to have worked as he won his first race back! Congratulations to all connections.

13/09/2023

Spring has officially sprung and foaling season is underway. Now is the time to make sure your breeding plans are organised, please get in touch with any enquiries. We do have limited space at the clinic so it is worth booking your mares in advance.

27/08/2023

Thank you to everyone who guessed Leo’s weight - I can reveal he weighed 640kg!
We had a wide range of guesses from 472kg to 788kg, which shows the value of weighing as these people would be severely over or under dosing with their wormers.
Congratulations to the winners, Rosie Sullivan, Donnelle Glen and Linda C***s! Get in touch to claim your voucher!

16/08/2023

We have a brand new set of horse scales and to celebrate we are giving away 3 free weigh-ins to whoever can guess the closest weight for our handsome model Leo. Comment below with your guesses (to the nearest kg) and make sure you like our page and share this post to be in to win!
To give you a sense of scale, Leo is 17 hands.
(Usual price is $10 incl GST for a weigh-in) Winner will be notified in person on 23rd August, scammers may try to contact you impersonating us, please do not follow any links.

01/08/2023

A service that we hope that none of you will need, but oh so valuable if the unthinkable happens! Thank you SIFFS

And...just like that the new breeding season is here!

Wishing all our equine friends a happy birthday.

The SIFFS is back up and running for the current breeding season.

Please take the time to read or re-read the pinned post about the service at the top of the page.

It would be amazing to not hear from anyone over the next few months but please know that this is a free service for all breeders of all breeds of horses and ponies in the South Island if you need it.

Have a wonderful season everyone

02/07/2023

19/06/2023

Power is back so you can call again on our landlines. Thanks 😊

29/05/2023

One of our lovely clients have just installed a set of horse scales, which they are opening up to anyone to use.
Great for monitor weight gain or loss, and for accurate dosing, eg of wormers.

Just finished our install of some new horse scales.

Looking forward to being able to cater our feeds to an exact weight, tracking growth of our young stock and maintaining a healthy weight on our adult horses.

They will be available for anyone in Canterbury to use via appointment for a small ground fee.