Equine Veterinary News

    New mobile equine practice management system

    Eclipse Veterinary Software has released a new mobile addition to its equine veterinary practice management system. Eclipse Mobile allows veterinary surgeons to access up-to-date clinical information wherever it is needed, be that on the yard, at...

    Fort Dodge working to bring West Nile Virus vaccine to Europe as outbreak hits Italy

    Fort Dodge Animal Health has announced it is working with the authorities to put measures in place to make its West Nile Virus vaccine, licensed in the United States, available to the European equine market. These measures will ensure a vaccine is readily...

    Researchers to test mint extracts for laminitis

    Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies are to start testing whether a compound of cooling chemicals, extracted from mint, can be used to treat laminitis, a condition which affects seven per cent of...

    New AHT research shows saddle slip may indicate lameness

    The Animal Health Trust has presented the results of a study which has identified a significant link between hind limb lameness and saddle slip, showing consistent saddle slip in some horses with hind limb lameness, even when the lameness is fairly...

    Levy board launches Code of Practice for equine diseases

    The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) has launched an online version of the Codes of Practice on equine diseases, ready for the 2011 Thoroughbred breeding season. The website, codes.hblb.org.uk is a replica of the 2011 booklet, but with an easy...

    Hold Your Horses

    The British Equine Veterinary association has launched 'Hold Your Horses', a free-to-members online CPD course presented by Gemma Pearson RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine (Equine), to help equine vets and clients minimise patient stress...

    New equine wormer given as a treat

    Intervet/Schering-Plough has launched Vectin chewable tablets, an ivermectin wormer for horses which is administered as a treat straight from the hand rather than in the traditional paste or granule formulation. According to the company, syringe handling...

    Equistro introduces new product for equine liver support

    Equistro has introduced Legaphyton to its range of supplements. Legaphyton has been developed to support liver function. It incorporates a new and patented complex called Siliphos®. Siliphos® is a complex of concentrated Milk Thistle fruit extract...

    Research shows 40% of horses injured each year

    A research project funded by equine charity The Horse Trust has found that 40% of horses suffered a traumatic injury within the past year. Only 13% of injuries occurred during ridden exercise, while 62% occurred while the horse was turned out in the...

    VetCell wins Gold Cup Trial

    VetCell is celebrating a win at Cheltenham, after 'Knowhere' won the Cotswold Chase following pioneering stem cell treatment for a serious tendon injury. Knowhere had had a good start to his racing career as a four-year-old, winning his first...

    Two new guides to equine MRI, free for vets

    Two guides for equine veterinarians have just been produced by Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging covering the role of MRI in diagnosing lameness. MRI Cases in the Standing Sedated Horse looks at fourteen cases from seven clinics in the Hallmarq user...

    Rose Tallon shares her top picks for BEVA Congress

    BEVA Congress committee Chair Rose Tallon has shared her top picks for this year's event, running from the 10th-13th September at the ICC Birmingham. Super early bird tickets are available till 28th May. Rose’s programme recommendations are: ...

    Dechra offers vets free Identichips®

    Dechra Veterinary Products is offering vets free Identichips® worth £100 when they order Equipalazone® Powder 100s. The European Union (EU) has now approved regulations that any equine foal born after July 1 2009 should be micro-chipped...

    Vets use horsepower to raise money for SPANA

    A team of top equine vets is aiming to raise £125,000 for the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) by travelling 3000 miles through Europe by motorbike between 22nd August and 9th September. Sponsored by Elanco Animal Health, the seven...

    BEVA offers free practice benchmarking service

    BEVA is giving its members the opportunity to participate in a free practice benchmarking survey, to help them ensure their business is being run as efficiently and profitably as possible. The results of the research will be released at BEVA Congress...

    XLEquine and AHT launch equine disease prevention guide

    XLEquine and the Animal Health Trust (AHT) have launched Plan, Prevent, Protect , billed as the UK's first equine biosecurity booklet for horse owners and yard managers to work through with their veterinary surgeon, to minimise disease risk on yards...

    Survey says limbs not feet are main cause of lameness in horses

    Blue Cross has announced the results from its National Equine Health Survey (NEHS) which show that lameness is three times more likely to be caused by conditions such as osteoarthritis in the limb rather than problems in the foot. Blue Cross runs...

    AHT vet enters international hall of fame

    The Animal Health Trust's (AHT) Dr Sue Dyson has been awarded a place in the International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame, in recognition of her contribution to hoof care in horses. Sue, who is Head of Clinical Orthopaedics at the AHT, has...

    New guidance on controlled drugs legislation

    The RCVS has brought out a new publication to help members of the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions understand their legal and professional obligations regarding controlled drugs. Controlled Drugs Guidance is a consolidation of existing...

    Genitrix brings new autologous equine treatment to UK

    Genitrix has launched a new system called Osteokine, which produces Platelet-Rich-Plasma (PRP). PRP, an autologous solution containing therapeutically significant concentrations of platelets, is known to accelerate the healing of injuries and is already...

    Strongid™-P introduces 'Love your horse'

    Pfizer, manufacturer of the wormer Strongid™-P has launched a new promotional campaign. Love your horse is based on simple, straightforward and unbiased educational messages to help ensure the optimum health and wellbeing of horses and ponies in...

    Retraining of Racehorses receives BEVA / Blue Cross Award

    The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) welfare award 2008, sponsored by The Blue Cross, has been presented to the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) organisation for their contributions to equine welfare in support of the re-training and re-homing...

    Free special edition of the EVJ explores the link between human behaviour and equine welfare

    The Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) has published a special virtual edition with a free collection of 20 articles exploring the relationship between horse-owner behaviour and equine health and welfare. Until now, research in equine veterinary science...

    New award to recognise exceptional equine vets

    The British Equine Veterinary Association has launched the BEVA One To Watch Award to recognise exceptional early-career equine vets, nominations for which open on 26th April. Anyone - clients, colleagues or mentors - can nominate a young vet who they...

    New owner leaflet about equine back pain

    Ceva Animal Health has produced a leaflet to help horse owners understand the cause, diagnosis and management of equine back pain. The company says the management of back pain in the horse can be a particular challenge to vets and a source of...