Central Coast Veterinary Clinic

03/03/2023

Hoping everyone has a great weekend!

03/31/2022

Just out from the CA state veterinarian. Please read if you plan on showing or traveling with your horses. Spread the word and hold other horse owners, show organizers and barn staff responsible to keep your horses safe.

03/16/2022

Just released!

03/04/2022

JUST RELEASED: The CA State Veterinarian and the CDFA is recommending that all Hunter/Jumper shows be postponed for 28-days, ALL EQUINE EVENTS be postponed for the next 14-days and ALL NON-ESSENTIAL HORSE MOVEMENTS be postponed for 14-days. Additional information can be found online: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/Animal_Health/equine_herpes_virus.html

Equine Herpes Virus

02/25/2022

https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/important-usef-mandate-on-ehv-1-restriction-of?fbclid=IwAR1x9Dkmj3niC-lSgqkDGbZ6eS4FCpBVrc5WSVN4l2RvXDLedqTVG5z3GD8

Lexington, Ky. – A comprehensive update on the EHV-1 cases will not be available until morning. However, in an effort to mitigate the risk of virus transmission, the USEF is requiring the following protocols, which are effective immediately and until further notice.

02/03/2022

12/20/2021

Congrats Susie!

Susie Schroer is the CPHA Horseperson of the year for 2021! We are excited to congratulate and celebrate Susie 🤩 Please join us at the CPHA banquet on Jan 7 in San Diego at the Mission Bay Resort. Please contact the PCHA office for reservations. Looking forward to seeing you there 😊🍾🎉

11/22/2021

The traditional four- to six-week interval aligns perfectly with what's going on physiologically in the horse's hoof.

11/22/2021

But the ability to roll the pelvis, not balance, is the key, researchers found.

10/19/2021

It’s veterinary technicians and assistants week. We are so fortunate to have two of the best! Aylish and Jeannie have been with us almost since the beginning and we can’t imagine life without them. Thank you for all of your hard work!

09/22/2021

Researchers found extra body fat causes movement asymmetries and affects horses’ performance on a chemical level.

09/16/2021

Rider weight is a hotly debated topic. How heavy can riders be and when is there too much weight on the horse's back? In this article we discuss the ratio between rider and horse weight. When is a rider too big? How much weight can different horse breeds carry on average and what are the percentages...

09/12/2021

https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/WoSJ-Exclusive-interviews/Six-tips-on-how-to-prevent-typical-showjumping-injuries-from-German-team-veterinarian-Dr-Jan-Hein-Swagemakers.html?fbclid=IwAR0l-HYs3OmwdjiGXdH8JNx99e_kk-G16mTVqAyyA4b7qbqg8b3DJxmvmnk #

Jan-Hein Swagemakers is a well-known face on the international showjumping circuit and here he shares a few basic principles on how to prevent injuries.

08/19/2021

Horse “resisting?” Perhaps think Fatigue---

When we are sitting on top, unless we have lots of empathy, the ability and the willingness to consider what the horse down below might be feeling, it’s too easy to think that a tiring horse is being resistant “on purpose.”

See this sketch of the horse and rider headed home after a long day of hunting? Do we think that this quietly walking horse started the day like that? No, he was probably up and snorting and eager. But because physical effort creates tiredness, lack of spring, loss of balance and lift, deterioration in athletic ability, this horse is probably just plodding along.

So, we are schooling a horse, say, on the flat, and we feel the horse getting less “obedient,” less willing to perform what we feel to be simple tasks, circles, transitions, the building blocks of training, It’s easy to forget that THE MOMENT that we pick up the reins and establish contact, we are creating a push into a containment, and that asks the horse to step under itself and to add lifting to what, on a loose rein, would mainly involve pushing.

Lifting is vastly more rigorous than pushing, and unless a horse is used to it, has the strength to engage and carry, fatigue soon results. If we feel that fatigue as “I won’t,” and get grinding, it’s only going to get worse. Then maybe we get frustrated, ask harder, and it all starts to go downhill.

Now I am not saying that YOU do this, only that we so often see this downward spiral. If we could instead give the horse even six to eight more weeks of slowly building, think how we could avoid much of that slide from asking him to making him.

The next time he seems to be saying “no,” try considering that maybe he’s saying “I am tired. I would if I could, but I can’t.”

It can change how you train.

08/12/2021

Nothing beats peer reviewed research.

The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) recently reported a 50% decline in equine fatalities in California horse racing, dropping from 144 to 72 over the past two years. Trending downward since 2005, the number of equine fatalities declined by an impressive 40 percent over the last fiscal year alon...

07/08/2021

https://thehorse.com/1101677/turnout-time-can-reduce-horses-risk-of-soft-tissue-injury/

Researchers found an inverse relationship between length of paddock turnout and risk of soft tissue injuries in nonelite horses.

07/01/2021

Study: To prevent exertional heat illness, handlers should reapply cool water to hot horses every minute without scraping it off.