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Whilst about 60% of performance horses and 40% of leisure horses and ponies are estimated to be affected by stomach ulcers, many still go undiagnosed. This is because the signs of ulcers can be vague and could apply to a number of other conditions such as back problems, teeth problems, or hormones, or even put down to just being a ‘stressy’ or ‘poorly behaved’ horse!
So how can you tell if your horse has ulcers?
The only definitive way to find out is to have a...
In the UK there are at least 20 species of fly which feed on cattle. Different species of flies feed on different secretions or tissues. Some pierce the skin and feed on blood; while others feed on sweat, skin secretions, saliva, or tears (some flies also feed on urine or faeces).
There are two ways in which flies cause harm to cattle:
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The National Johnes Management Plan – What is it?
The National Johne’s Management Plan has been developed to help provide strategies to manage the control of Johne’s Disease on your farm.
PHASE II of the NJMP seeks to manage and reduce the incidence of Johne’s disease on farms through implementing one of the six strategies agreed by the group, and monitored on each farm by trained vets
Why bother?
Johnes is a complicated disease and any control...
Over the next 4 weeks, we will be discussing gastric ulcers; a common but often preventable and treatable condition. We will cover the following 4 areas;
1.The risks and what to look out for
2.How and why do our horses get them?
3.How we can prevent and treat them
4.Success! Owner experiences
For more information on EGUS and gastroscopy, you are invited to join us for a FREE client evening at 7pm on Thursday 10th August at the practice in...
St Boniface Equine Vets are excited to be able to offer laser surgery for the removal of skin growths, including sarcoids, at our Wolfgar Farm facility.
Often carried out under standing sedation with local anaesthetics, laser removal is very quick, results in minimal post-operative pain, swelling and inflammation and low rates of post-operative infection.
Laser wounds are not stitched but left open to heal. Although these wounds can look intimidating, and may weep a little in...
We know how hard it can be to make sure you are spending money on a good quality supplement for your horse! With the plethora of tubs, tubes and boxes for sale in tack shops and feed stores, how can you be sure you are feeding a good quality supplement that really will do what it claims?
Here are St Boniface we are helping to remove the risk and uncertainty by supplying you with our own range of Equine Supplements. Produced for us by Hestevard Equine with high quality formulations...
Dental health for horses is very important, as it can hinder their ability to eat or perform at their best.
Veterinary Surgeon, Fran, has a particular interest in Equine Dentistry. Before qualifying as a veterinary surgeon, she completed a degree in Equine Dental Science at Hartpury college and completed an apprenticeship. She also holds her BAEDT (British Association of Dental Technicians) qualification and completed a studentship alongside Professor Paddy Dixon at Edinburgh...
When you sign up to our Lifetime Care Club, we take away the stress, by ensuring all treatment is dispensed and ready for collection before the due date, all you need to do is pop in and collect from one of our branches.
The plan also offers FREE nurse appointments, so we can administer the treatment at the same time.
PLUS - If you sign up to one of our Plans during July or August, you will automatically be entered into a raffle to win a Pet Hamper of wonderful goodies for...
To help celebrate this milestone, we are running a promotion throughout the month of July and August 2017.
Anyone who signs up to one of our Plans during this time, will be entered into a raffle to win a Pet Hamper of wonderful goodies for your pet.
Our Lifetime Care Club provides all the preventative support your pet needs for a long and healthy life. By spreading the cost across the 12 months, with manageable direct debit payments, you are not only saving...
We all know that excessive negative energy balance around calving causes problems - including poor fertility, LDAs and lameness.
Preventing this negative energy balance and the mobilisation of body fat reserves it causes, requires a multi-pronged approach.
Body condition scoring tends to rely on a lot of things going right; on most farms there is the potential for one or more parts of the jigsaw to change, often without really being noticed until suddenly a problem is...
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