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1. Brush your cats teeth every day. Ask our vets and vet nurses for advice on this if you have any questions.
2. You can feed your cat a dental diet, this will reduce plaque and tartar build up by 55%, when compared to feeding a standard dry diet.
3. You can give your cat chew toys which help reduce the build up of plaque.
4. Give your cat dental treats to reduce the risk...
21st-28th September 2015 marks the first national Horse Health Week, part of the Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy Campaign.
Horse Health Week, launched by MSD Animal Health to promote the wellbeing of the nation’s horses, is nearly upon us! During the week we will be raising awareness of the seven pillars of responsible horse ownership.
The seven pillars of responsible horse ownership aim to promote horse welfare through preventative management and raising awareness of...
Nobody likes filling in forms, so we have compiled a 6 step guide to aid you in the completion of your claim form.
1. Complete the form
Please ensure that everything that states 'owner to complete' is filled in IN FULL. This may sound obvious, but we get many blank forms handed to us.
We endeavour to turn around insurance forms as quickly as possible; if sections are left blank, it slows the process down a great deal.
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Over the past couple of weeks, the St Boniface Equine team has been delighted to welcome Jeremy Kemp-Symonds, BA (Hons), BSc (Hons), MSc, BVMS, PGCHE, MRCVS to the Equine department at Wolfgar Farm. Jeremy is an equine surgeon who specialises in the treatment and removal of skin tumours using CO2 laser with adjunctive treatments as required.
We recently had to treat a grey gelding with an irregular lesion on the upper eye lid. A biopsy of the lump confirmed it was a sarcoid (picture...
1. Brush your dogs teeth every day. Ask our vets and vet nurses for advice on this if you have any questions - pop in and collect our 6 step guide to brushing your dogs teeth.
2. You can feed your dog a dental diet, this will reduce plaque and tartar build up by 55% when compared to feeding a standard dry diet - come in and collect your discount voucher today...
We have compiled 11 top tips to help you mange your pony's weight.
Amongst our top class horses we recognise that athletic potential is hindered by excess weight. However, in the leisure horse/pony, I believe obesity is a growing concern. Historically, some sectors of the showing world perceived excess condition as more appealing to the eye.
I believe it is a multi-factorial issue. Despite a good knowledge of EMS and laminitis many owners appear less confident in the art and science of nutrition. Confronted with a huge range of feedstuffs and feeding...
What is Equine Cushings Disease?
More correctly termed Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction or "PPID, Equine Cushings Disease is one of the most common problems affecting the endocrine (hormonal) system of horses and ponies, and an improtant underlying cause of laminitis in a range of horses and ponies.
What causes PPID?
Two areas of the equine brain, the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, are responsible for producing chemical messengers...
During the Mid Devon show, St Boniface Vets had the pleasure of meeting David Bragg, who is the Founding Farmer and Programme Co-ordinator at Send a Cow. As a co-founder, David was part of the team who started fundraising in March 1988, and by July 1988 they had raised enough to send the first group of 26 in calf heifers to Uganda.
David spent many years as a dairy farmer, in Devon, and has been fulfilling a role within Send a Cow for over 16 years. Visiting the show, with...
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