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Are colds, mucous, and coughs interrupting your horses training programme?   Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) is a complex disease – it’s highly infectious and outbreaks

A pre-purchase exam is a fact-finding session and can be a useful tool for both the buyer and the seller. It is not a guarantee,

Great your foal has arrived! That’s one stressful part over for your mare and new-born. We now recommend that you book a post foaling check

Hot of the press!! Vet Services are very excited to have just purchased a gastro-scope! We are looking forward to now being able to offer

Selenium supplementation is a very topical issue for all horse owners. An essential component in all diets, Selenium plays a vital role in a horse’s

Horses and ponies can get a variety of problems that affect their nasolacrimal duct system, which can result in some discomfort for them. What is

Vaccination provides your horse important protection against some of the more serious and potentially life-threatening diseases that can occur. They act to stimulate the body’s

Travelling with Horses: Tips for a Safe and Healthy Journey Travelling with horses can present its challenges, but keeping your horses healthy before, during, and

Is your horse moving like its drunk, trembling, falling over, behaving abnormally, or easily spooked? If any of these symptoms sound familiar, your horse may

So, you want to breed a champion horse? Richard McKenzie outlines the factors you will need to consider when exploring artificial insemination. Finding the right

There are a number of conditions of the hind leg in the horse that cause very specific, atypical type lameness and gait abnormalities. These include

With the equestrian season kicking off in most disciplines, Spring is a good time for your horse to have its annual “warrant of fitness”. Parasites:

WHAT IS LAMINITIS? Laminitis is a very serious disease of the equine hoof that can lead to a disastrous loss of function. It occurs when

Colic, a word that strikes fear into the heart of every horse owner! But what is it and what can we do? In the simplest

Wolf teeth are technically known as the first premolar teeth in horses.  They usually erupt into the mouth at between five and twelve months of

Stomach ulcers (gastric ulcers) are a hot topic! Stomach ulceration is a somewhat confusing syndrome – the syndrome can have a multitude of clinical signs,

This is the name given not to “affectionate backs” but to over-riding or impinging of the dorsal spinous processes of the vertebrae commonly in thoracic

As many of you know, the foot is a common source of lameness; up to 90% of lameness can be located within the foot. The

It’s a question that’s come up time and time again for me over the last year or two. Often, clients will explain that their horses

The first five years of a horse’s life are critical in regards to dental development.  Like us, horses have two sets of teeth, the deciduous

Some horse owners are still drenching their animals on a six to eight weekly basis regardless of age or worm burden.  This was a traditional

The classic ‘coughing horse’ is a common sight and sound at this time of year, and often transient viral respiratory disease is to blame. But

The transportation of horse to events in NZ (such as HOY) is commonplace but in saying that it needs to be managed to maximise athletic

Johnny Atkins BVSc Vet Services Dannevirke ‘Small Strongyles’ or ‘Cyathostomes’ are the terms used for a group of over forty different species of parasites affecting