RUA Equine Ltd

RUA Equine Ltd RUA Equine is a new, independently owned Equine clinic servicing all of your Equine Veterinary needs.

🦷🐴 Equine Dental Health🐴🦷Did you know that your horse’s teeth never stop growing? That’s why routine dental care is esse...
07/08/2025

🦷🐴 Equine Dental Health🐴🦷

Did you know that your horse’s teeth never stop growing? That’s why routine dental care is essential to keeping them healthy, happy, and performing at their best.

Floating — the process of filing down sharp points and uneven wear — helps:
✅ Prevent pain and discomfort when eating or being ridden
✅ Improve digestion by ensuring proper chewing
✅ Avoid bit problems, head tossing, and resistance under saddle
✅ Detect issues early like loose teeth, infections, or misalignments

⚠️ Signs Your Horse Might Need Dental Attention:
• Dropping feed (quidding)
• Weight loss despite good appetite
• Bad breath or excessive salivation
• Head tilting or fussiness with the bit
• Nasal discharge (can indicate a tooth root issue)
• Facial swelling or sensitivity
• Behaviour changes under saddle or when bridled

🔍 Horses should have their teeth checked at least once a year, and more often for seniors, youngsters, or those with known dental issues.

We provide a range of dental services tailored to each horse. To enquire or book in call our office on 028 8676 7001☎️

10/07/2025

Our recips out to fresh grass with precious embryos on board🤰❤️

09/06/2025

Foster mare required!
🙏🏻 please contact our office on 028 86467001

17/05/2025

Sorted!
Foster mare needed.
Please call 073 87808990

‼️Retained Placenta - When is it an emergency? ‼️ Any placenta still present whether partial or entire after 3 hours is ...
06/05/2025

‼️Retained Placenta - When is it an emergency? ‼️

Any placenta still present whether partial or entire after 3 hours is considered retained.

It is imperative to mare health and welfare that should this occur that you seek veterinary assistance to deliver the placenta as soon as possible.

Retained fetal membranes can lead to deadly consequences in mares such as toxic endometritis or laminitis as well as reduced breeding potential due to uterine infections.

Please be sure to call for assistance should your mare fail to pass her placenta.

To contact us or report an emergency please call: 028 8676 7001📞

25/04/2025

⚡️Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome ⚡️

Gastric ulcers are a common problem in horses, over 80% of performance horses are affected. Gastric ulcers are often a leading cause of poor performance.

The condition involves damage to the stomach lining due to prolonged exposure to stomach acid, leading to ulcer formation.

Causes of gastric ulcers:

⚠️Stress:
Intense exercise, travel or change in environment can increase acid production and decrease blood flow to the digestive tract, contributing to ulcer formation

⚠️Diet:
High starch diets and infrequent feeding can disrupt the natural balance of acid and buffer in the stomach

⚠️Management:
Stabling and restricted grazing can reduce the time horses spend eating, leading to periods of empty stomachs and increased acid production

Key Symptoms:

👉🏼Poor performance
👉🏼Changes in appetite
👉🏼Weight loss or poor body condition
👉🏼Behavioural changes
👉🏼Colic

We have a range of treatments available depending on the type and severity of ulcer detected.

If you think your horse is showing any of these symptoms please contact our clinic to speak to one our vets or get your gastroscope booked in :028 8676 7001 🫶

18/04/2025

🩺Pre-Purchase Examinations🩺

A 5-stage vetting is designed to assess horses health and suitability for its intended purpose🏇🏻

🫀Stage 1: Preliminary Examination
Includes a general exam of the horse, assessing health and conformation. Our vet may also ask about medical history and any known vices.

🚶‍♀️Stage 2: Walk and Trot in hand
The horse is walked and trotted in hand on a hard surface, allowing vet observation of the horses gait and identify lameness. Flexion tests are also performed to assess the flexibility and soundness of the limbs

🏃‍♀️Stage 3: Strenuous Exercise Phase
The horse is given sufficient exercise, to allow the vet to assess its soundness and identify issues that may not be apparent at rest

🧎🏽‍♀️Stage 4: Rest Period
The horse is now allowed to rest, during which time its heart rate, breathing and recovery are monitored.

🚶‍♀️Stage 5: Second Trot Up and Final Examination
A final trot-up is performed to assess whether the exercise has revealed any new lameness or gait issues not apparent during the initial stages.

We can tailor each vetting to a specific individual assessment based on requirements.
We also can add the additional services of x-ray and VDS bloods🩻🩸

📝It is also worth knowing that both Katie O’Connor and Conor McCrarren are members of the Cavan Veterinary Panel. The next date of sale is the 24th April 2025.

If you wish to avail of this service please contact our office on 028 8676 7001 to get booked in📞

14/04/2025

🔬Horse Sport Ireland Embryo Scheme🔬

We are a registered practice of the embryo scheme for HSI. This initiative has been developed to encourage usage of AI and ET to accelerate the dissemination of superior genes. Performance ponies may also be eligible to receive funding under the scheme.

Key Requirements for the Donor Mare:
🧬 Be registered in a DAFM Approved studbook
🧬Be 3 years old or more
🧬Meet veterinary requirements of initial examination at RUA
🧬Provide verified results that the mare meets the performance/progeny

In order to receive the funding verification of pregnancy must be sent to HSI by the associated 60 Day Scan deadline.

A full list of terms and conditions can be found on Horse Sport Ireland’s website.

07/04/2025

🤩Breeding Season 2025🤩

Another breeding season has arrived meaning it’s time to start thinking about covering your mare ⏰

We offer the following services here at RUA:

👉🏼Fresh semen cycles
👉🏼Frozen semen cycles
👉🏼Embryo transfers
👉🏼Preparing mares for natural cover

We also have a small group of recipient mares that are available for embyro transfers

📞For more detailed information on these packages please contact our office on: 028 8676 7001

🩸 Passive Transfer in Newborn Foals 🩸 Foals are born with a naive immune system meaning they’re not equipped from birth ...
31/03/2025

🩸 Passive Transfer in Newborn Foals 🩸

Foals are born with a naive immune system meaning they’re not equipped from birth to adequately protect themselves from infection and disease. There are many factors which will aid a newborns immunity including foaling box hygiene, navel disinfection but most importantly colostrum

🍼Colostrum contains essential antibodies which help build a foundation on which the newborn foals immunity will develop

🍼Failure to acquire this colostral immunity inside the first 12 hours of life is known as Failure of passive transfer (FPT). This is evaluated using a IgG measure from a blood sample.

🍼FPT can be possible for many reasons but some of the most frequently seen reasons are mares running milk in the days leading up to foaling, delayed nursing in unattended foalings or maiden mare colostral quality.

💉In the event of FPT, plasma transfusion is advisable to provide your susceptible foal with vital proteins to boost the foals immunity and overall health profile.

💉This immuneprophylactic use of plasma attained from vaccinated approved animals can help to protect from disease or can be used in the face of illness.

☎️Should you have any queries regarding your foals immunity or possible disease please get in touch to see if plasma is a treatment option on 028 8676 7001

🍼Post Parturition Guidelines🍼Did you know there is 1-2-3 rule after foaling? We follow these stages to ensure the health...
25/03/2025

🍼Post Parturition Guidelines🍼

Did you know there is 1-2-3 rule after foaling? We follow these stages to ensure the health of mare and foal

❗️Rule 1:
Your foal should be attempting to and or have stood inside 1 hour of delivery

❗️Rule 2:
Foal should nurse within 2 hours of delivery

❗️Rule 3:
Mare should pass placenta within 3 hours of delivery

If there are delays to any of these phases please make contact with one of our vets as this a critical period to ensure mare and newborn health.

Our vet’s value foal blood sampling to assess colostral intake and passive transfer to foals post foaling during their checks. These blood samples are routinely taken after 8 hours of birth which is important to consider when arranging a newborn foal and mare check🩸

Inspection of the mare placenta is an important clinical indicator for mare and foal health and welfare. Retaining these membranes for veterinary inspection can be very informative

📞If you have any queries a member of our team will be happy to help, please contact our office on
028 8676 7001 🙌🏻

Address

52 Coagh Road
Cookstown
BT80 8SY

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Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9am - 1pm

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