Rattlingate equestrian

30/12/2024

Watching Les Miserables and finally got to see it with Alfie Boe playing Jean Valjean

24/11/2024

🚨PUT DOWN THE PRAMOX🚨

This is your yearly reminder to put that pramox away (for now)!

🪱Equest Pramox contains both moxidectin targeting encysted redworm and praziquantel targeting tapeworm.

🪱The most important fact about redworm is that when temperatures are consistently 5 degrees celsius and below they burrow into the gut wall, become ‘encysted’ and their activity dramatically slows down. This is when we want to use moxidectin as the worms are more susceptible. With temperatures currently very mild for November we are nowhere near reaching for the pramox and you will be wasting your hard earned pennies!

🪱Before worming with pramox we’d also encourage owners to perform an equisal test for tapeworm, horses and ponies with a negative result will only need deworming with moxidectin and will not need pramox which includes praziquantel.

Wormer resistance is an ever increasing problem for our horses and ponies, there are only 5 licensed drugs to treat equine parasites in the UK and no new ones on the way so far. Using these wormers with little care will lead to no drug being effective, ultimately causing untreatable parasite problems which would be a disaster!

To tackle the problem we highly recommend doing regular worm egg counts on your horses and ponies to confirm if the use of a wormer is necessary.

For those wanting to know more about worming resistance and how you can implement sustainable equine parasite control, the canter guidelines are a very useful resource.
https://canterforhorses.org.uk/horse-owners/

This is the yearly programme we’d recommend everyone follow:

🟢 Spring - Worm egg count
🟠 Summer - Worm egg count
🟤 Autumn - Worm egg count & saliva test for tapeworm
⚫️ Winter - depending on risk, blood test for encysted red worm or treat with moxidectin (only once the temperature consistently drops!)

💩Samples for worm egg counts can be given to any of our vets or dropped into the office/collection box outside with a clear label. (We only need 3g of poo).

👯‍♀️We do a discount for whole yard worming plans so please do get in touch if you would like a vet to formulate a plan for you.

31/10/2024

Well that’s the bit of summer we had over…all fresh new beds down ready. Tried to get Cooper to help but he just kept having zoomies 🤦🏻‍♀️ grabbing a mouthful then legging it round the yard. Buster did a much better job at putting his own bed down

28/10/2024

Does anyone know of anywhere selling any unibed oil rapeseed bedding local to OL15? I have got an order of 2 pallets already placed but they can’t deliver for another week yet

15/10/2024

This is the 3rd one I have heard of this week…

11/09/2024

After 3 and a half months battling a strangles outbreak the final pony was re-tested after a positive test last month and is now negative 😃😃 that’s the whole yard now clear and can return back to normal. I want to thank all the vets at Simon Constable's Equine Vets for all their help and advice throughout this

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31/08/2024

Operation post strangles clean up has begun!!! Full yard disinfection underway. The joys of working full time and owning a yard….the work never ends

26/08/2024

Happy international dogs day 🐾🦴🐶

24/08/2024

Nutri-Baloney with Clare MacLeod!
28th August 2024 at 8:00pm – with Clare MacLeod
Join us for the amazing opportunity to hear Clare’s insights on equine nutrition. Our next Wednesday Webinar will be on “NUTRIBALONEY” with Clare MacLeod MSc RNutr, an Independent Equine Nutritionist. Make sure 8pm on the Wednesday the 28th of August is free in your diary!
Clare graduated with a first-class BSc honours degree in equine science in 1997, a Masters degree with distinction, in human and equine sports science in 2002, and became a Registered Nutritionist – with the Association for Nutrition’s UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists in 2002.
Clare’s passion for the truth meant after a few years with companies, she moved into independent practice where she could offer owners a completely unbiased source of advice.
But it doesn’t end there! We will also be giving away a place on Clare’s Online Confident Horse Feeding Course, worth £175, as our September members’ monthly prize.
Don’t miss this enlightening webinar.
Book your place for £10.00. https://intelligenthorsemanship.co.uk/.../clare-macleod.../
PLEASE NOTE: This webinar is Free to IH Members - all members will receive the link on the day of the webinar. You can join for as little as £44.50 per year. Find out more under Membership. https://intelligenthorsemanship.co.uk/join-now/
Places are NON-Refundable, whilst webinar recordings maybe available these can only be accessed by IH Members.

21/08/2024

Development of a subunit vaccine (Strangvac) from fusion of recombinant Streptococcus equi proteins offers a new tool in the management of infection with Streptococcus equi subspecies equi. Experienc...

13/08/2024

31/07/2024

Finally starting to see light at the end of the tunnel with getting 3 out of 4 negative test results back and them being let out of isolation after 6 weeks in… hopefully the other 2 will be negative soon thank you Simon Constable's Equine Vets for all your help and advice over the last few months

31/07/2024

27/06/2024