Horse Vet Direct has been set up by equine vets practising in the UK.
We offer owners a comprehensive guide to the health of their horse or pony and provide information on over 200 conditions and diseases.
- 10/10/2011
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Equine welfare groups call for hot branding ban
Equine welfare groups are making further calls to ban hot branding after a report commissioned by the RSPCA confirmed the procedure causes "significant pain". Last year, the charity commissioned equine welfare expert Dr Mark Kennedy to write an independent report into the hot branding and microchipping of horses and ponies.
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- 10/10/2011
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Champion pony breeder receives three-year ban
Dartmoor pony breeder and judge David Hinde has been banned from keeping horses for three years, after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to a pony. Mr Hinde — who bred, but no longer owns, last year’s dual Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) and Olympia champion Pumphill Buckthorn — pleaded guilty at Beverley Magistrates Court, East Yorks on 26 September.
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- Oesophagel Obstruction (Choke)
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Choke occurs when there is the prevention of food passage down the oesophagus. This is most commonly caused by food becoming lodged, however, many other causes exist including narrowing of the oesophagus, a mass (e.g. tumour/abscess), megaoesophagus, conditions affecting nerve supply (e.g. equine grass sickness) or a foreign body.
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- Colic- Impactions
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This is when food material causes a blockage in the intestines or, in some case, the stomach. This often occurs when horses suddenly move onto drier food, e.g. when they become stabled for the winter or placed on box rest.
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- General information