North East Equine Veterinary Services

06/08/2026

Sunset, couple of beers, very generous hospitality, and a run of examining some lame work horses.

01/08/2026

Some glue on shoes after radiographs for this horse. The walls are getting a bit soft and flakey with the weather and there was seedy toe under the steel shoe.

01/08/2026

🎉🐴 Happy Birthday to all our horses! 🥕🎂

In the Southern Hemisphere, 1 August is officially recognised as every horse’s birthday, regardless of their actual foaling date.

Today is the perfect excuse to celebrate the incredible horses that enrich our lives every day. They are our athletes, companions, teachers, workmates and trusted friends. They challenge us, inspire us and remind us why we are so passionate about equine health and welfare.

At the EVA we are proud to care for horses through every stage of life, from conception to newborn foals to cherished retirees.

So, whether your horse enjoys a carrot cake, an extra scratch in their favourite spot or simply a peaceful day in the paddock, we hope they have a wonderful birthday! 🥕💚

Happy Birthday, horses! Here’s to another year of health, happiness and many more adventures together. 🎈🐎

25/07/2026

Trimming to the radiographs!!

23/07/2026

We again attended the Annual Equine Vets Australia Conference, this year held in Melbourne.
The main topics of interest were nutrition and management of the elite athletic horse, horse welfare and how it should drive decisions in horse management, there were several great sessions on laminitis and EMS/ ID which is one of my personal interests and what we treat a lot of cases for this; also a lot on rehabilitation after injury and the flavour of the past few years, kissing spine!!
Seen some pretty cool new surgical techniques now available for some severe leg fractures of horses, and a great panel discussion on laminitis.
Also had a couple of nights on the sherbets with some good fun colleagues from interstate who we only see each year at this event, was fun as always to catch up.
I was particularly interested in the widespread rise of laminitis caused by hormone associated factors, mainly insulin problems, and how this is often caused by how owners manage their horses and how we are feeding them. There is a growing and well overdue push to change how horses are judged in the show ring such that obesity and over condition is not rewarded but rather penalised as this is a direct causation of some cases of laminitis.

Big thankyou to Equine Vets Australia and their organisation team for their hard work, and all the trade exhibitors for their attendance and hospitality.

We apologise for some slower than usual replies to messages during the week but we’ll catch up with them pronto as we’re back on the road already this morning taking off at bit before 6 in thick fog.

17/07/2026

Simple wet feet management.
This is one protocol we use to help manage saturated horse feet.
The products shown here are simply one option and I have no association with them nor any financial benefits from any product whatsoever I have ever used or continue to use.
We wash the foot, carefully dry the foot with a heat torch then apply a hoof hardener product, of which there are a fair few. I just happen to like this Keretex product at the moment.
Obviously the feet need to be trimmed appropriately and ensure a nice breakover, compact white line, and healthy sole and frog as best as possible.
Providing the horse with dry firm ground is also very helpful in my opinion as it provides some temporary relief from the mud.
This filly also has some mild dermatitis on the white pastern, very common, so we put some White Healer on that also. Petroleum jelly also works pretty well as a prevention to greasy heel.

09/07/2026

29/06/2026

Horse foot information session, some podiatry, some trimming principles, wet weather tips, open forum for questions, live horse demonstrations, and maybe more, who knows!!

Ok we have finalised some details
If people remain interested, it’s going to be Sunday morning 12/07/2026 @ Lismore Showgrounds, 9:00am.
Cost is $55 per person.

The plan will be very flexible so that questions can be asked and I’ll do my best to answer and explain and we’ll have some horses there to show things on live feet.
We’ll probably invite offers for a few horses of your’s to come along that we can work on, and these can be almost anything and it can put me on the spot to try make a plan, just has happens in real work situations.

To register, please send an email with your full name to
[email protected]
You will be issued an invoice for payment which is due by end of day Wednesday 08/07/2026.

We need to know numbers for the Showgrounds purposes

Please keep this simple and it will be beneficial I think to try pass on some tips to help your horse in one of their most crucial organs being their feet.

If anybody has a horse with some foot problems then please contact me direct 0427293227 with some details and photos of the feet and we’ll have a chat.
It would be good to have maybe a couple of horses with some common foot problems we see, there on site.

Regards
Bruno

24/06/2026

Being prepared is critical as Australia responds to H5 bird flu, with two confirmed cases in wild seabirds on WA’s south coast.

We’re working closely with Government and our members across the country to support a coordinated response. While the risk to humans remains low, early reporting and strong biosecurity are essential.

If you see sick birds or animals, report it immediately to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.

Farmers are encouraged to review their on-farm biosecurity plans. As our President Hamish McIntyre said: “Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.”

Stay up to date at birdflu.gov.au

🔗https://nff.org.au/media-release/vigilance-critical-following-h5-bird-flu-detection/

20/06/2026

Highly pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza has been confirmed in a bird in Western Australia.
This is the first known case on the mainland.
This is the virus responsible for mass deaths in wild birds and mammals in various parts of the world, especially Antarctica.
This represents another highly fatal disease of Australian animals which Federal and State governments have failed to prevent entering Australia.