Riviera Equine Internal Medicine & Consulting

23/04/2025

Great consulting on cases for the good doctor of !

29/03/2025

This is worth 10 minutes of your time, whether opening a new facility or interested in keeping your barn safe from contagious disease.

Biosecurity Risk Calculator Tool Determine your horse’s risk for infectious disease Infection control means doing what you can to prevent disease; it’s all about lowering the odds of a sick horse. The Biosecurity Risk Calculator will show you how your horse’s farm (or stable) rates and provide...

14/03/2025

When your technician doubles as your rider for dynamic endoscopy, you know you’ve got the right gal! Thank you and for the level of excellence you provide everyday!

12/02/2025

Our telemedicine service = review of history & medical records, imaging, lab results, plus phone calls with owner/trainer/veterinarian to help solve mysteries and provide plans for better health. Today, I'm grateful for telemedicine appointments from our toasty office. In-person consulting at arenas, racetracks, boarding stables, backyards and feed rooms other days.

28/01/2025

When we say we take a team approach to consultations, we mean it! Working closely with primary veterinarians, trainers & owners provides the best outcomes. Bonus: # are just cool 😎 🐴

31/12/2024

Thank you and happy trails to our clients, colleagues, and beloved horses of 2024 ❤️

27/12/2024

Proud to serve our noble profession aaepboardofdirectors #

30/11/2024

Determining treatment endpoints when dealing with pyloric ulcers (aka glandular gastric ulcers) can be tricky. We recommend assessing clinical signs and scope images together at the time of recheck to determine when to stop medications. In some cases, the pyloric region will never look "normal" again, but the horse's clinical signs of ulcers will resolve. Research is underway to determine the effects of long-term administration of ulcer medications.

08/11/2024

11/7/24 8:01pm UPDATE: It is required that you call ahead if you're going to the Earl Warren Showgrounds with large animals. This is to ensure a member of the Santa Barbara Equine Evacuation Team is there to let you in. Thank you.
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UPDATE:
Ventura County Fairgrounds is AT CAPACITY. Santa Barbara Equine Evacuation Team is accepting large animals evacuated due to the Mountain Fire in Ventura County. Please call 805-892-4484. The evacuation center is located at Earl Warren Showgrounds: 3400 Calle Real, Gate C, Santa Barbara.

14/10/2024

Incredibly honored to receive the JT Vaughn Equine Award from . Dr Vaughn was a giant among men, a mentor and friend to all who knew him. And a weekend back at my alma mater was every kind of wonderful. 🩷

11/10/2024

Yours truly in conversation with Dr. Clair Thunes, equine nutritionist, discussing gastric ulcers 🤓

13/09/2024

Cervical “malformation” has been a hot topic recently, with more questions than answers. This paper answers some of the most important questions- namely, that the shape of C6 and C7 is variable and does NOT correlate with neck pain/stiffness, nerve root compression, or neurological abnormalities in Warmbloods.

Background There is controversy about the clinical relevance of congenital variants of the ventral laminae of the sixth (C6) and seventh (C7) cervical vertebrae and their relationship with other rad...