St Boniface Vets are taking part in the XLVets Charity Challenge, in aid of Send a Cow & The Farming Community Network. 

We aim to walk, swim, cycle and even roller skate 453.95 miles by September!  We are already clocking up a few miles.  To track our progress, keep checking back on Facebook for weekly updates www.facebook.com/stbonifacevets.

During the Mid Devon Show, we had the pleasure of meeting one of founding farmers and senior programme co-ordinator David Bragg, who hosted a farmer from Ethiopia. 

St Boniface Veterinary Clinic of Exeter Road, Crediton has supported local families and their pets for more than six decades.  

Since 2001 St Boniface Vets has grown from a two-vet mixed practice to a 13-strong veterinary team; offering dedicated small animal, equine and large animal services.

Despite this expansion it remains a family-run business committed to providing the best in veterinary care.

With the weather improving and the lighter evenings, hopefully we are all getting out and about more with our horses.  Here we will discuss a few problems that may occur with your horse’s legs during the summer months, and how to avoid them – making sure your summer plans are not interrupted.

Devon County Show marks the start of the show season in the South West and St Boniface Veterinary Clinic of Crediton will, for the first year, be the show’s honorary vets.

Tony Kemmish BSc BVMS GPcert(DCP) MRCVS Practice Principal says: "We are proud to be continuing the Wolfgar tradition, by providing veterinary surgeons to treat the magnificent livestock"

What is it?

Colic refers to abdominal (belly) pain; there are multiple different causes ranging from minor to life threatening. Sometimes conditions that cause pain (such as pneumonia or laminitis) can cause colic like signs.

Horses (like humans) are very sensitive to problems causing pain in the intestines.  These problems can be gut spasms (cramp), stretching of the intestinal wall due to gas or food impaction, and occasionally restricted blood supply to the gut (e.g. if a length of intestine becomes trapped).

Sweet itch is an allergic skin condition which is frequently encountered in the UK horse population. It commonly affects British native pony breeds, heavy horses and other European native breeds (e.g. Haflinger, Icelandic, Friesian and Fjords), but can affect any horse or pony. As many as 1 in 20 horses may be affected and there is no known cure.