Mayes and Scrine

05/06/2024

𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚? 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌! 🐴✨

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28/05/2024

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 & 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 - 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲

It was lovely to see the Mayes & Scrine banner on display at the Surrey Union Hunt Hound & Dog show this Sunday.
The gorgeous Purdy, belonging to our nurse, Georgie, also collected a very well deserved first place rosette too!

We hope all our clients and patients enjoyed a lovely bank holiday week - however you spent it ❤

23/05/2024

☀️ 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 ☀️

A reminder of our opening hours this bank holiday weekend:
Friday 24th - 8am to 5pm
Saturday 25th - Closed
Sunday 26th - Closed
Monday 27th - Closed
Tuesday 28th - 8am to 5pm

Our out of hours service will be operating as usual during this time, so in the event of an emergency please contact the office on 01306 628222 to be directed to our dedicated out of hours team.

23/05/2024

𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕! 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚 27𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒂𝒚 🐴

Petersfield Pony Club Open Horse Trials are taking place on Sunday 2nd June at Coombelands Equestrian - entries are open to all, not just Pony Club members!

Mayes & Scrine are delighted to be sponsoring the 90cm Class - best of luck to all our clients who are attending!

15/05/2024

𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒃! 😴

The lovely Lord James takes his responsibilities as a chief cat at our client's livery yard very seriously. Yesterday he had to supervise vet Debbie's x-ray technique - it's a tough job, but someone has to do it! 🐱

09/05/2024

It’s a beautiful evening here at the practice, and we’re all set up for our client evening - we are looking forward to seeing you all from 6.30pm!
We do still have a few spaces available, so please let us know if you would like to join 🐴☀️

07/05/2024

𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞 - £𝟏,𝟒𝟔𝟒 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐊

At the end of March, one of our brilliant veterinary team, Debbie Jackson, completed the Hastings Half Marathon - running in memory of her Dad, who very sadly and suddenly lost his life to pancreatic cancer. Many of her Dad's friends from his running club were also taking part, aiming to raise funds to support Pancreatic Cancer UK.

Debbie did an amazing job and raised £955.00 - £509.00 of which was matched by the wonderful Charities team at VetPartners UK, bringing the total to an incredible £1,464.00.

A huge well done to Debbie - we are so proud of you and your hard work!

If you would like to support Debbie's efforts, please see a link to her JustGiving page below:

https://bit.ly/44wIqtm

26/04/2024

🐴 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 - 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 - 𝟔.𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 🐴

Please join us here at the practice for a talk from the Mayes & Scrine clinical team on the identification and management of laminitis and equine asthma.

Drinks and nibbles will be provided, and everyone is welcome.

Places are 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 but numbers are limited, so please contact the office to reserve your spot!

We look forward to seeing you all there!

01306 628222
[email protected]

22/04/2024

𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 - 𝐄𝐇𝐕-𝟒

As some of our clients may already be aware, a case of EHV-4 has recently been diagnosed in the Surrey area. We hope this post provides some useful information about the virus, and sensible precautions all owners can take to minimise the risk of transmission.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐇𝐕?

The Equine Herpes Virus is a common DNA virus that most horses throughout the world will have already been exposed to, most often without displaying any serious symptoms. Of the four main types, EHV-1 and EHV-4 are most common in the UK.

EHV-1 can cause various types of symptoms in horses - respiratory, neurological and can cause abortion in pregnant mares.

EHV-4 most commonly causes non-fatal upper respiratory tract disease in young stock. However, it has more uncommonly been associated with abortion, and more rarely, with neurological disease. Adult horses are more likely to act as carriers of the virus: spreading it without showing clinical signs.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰?
Common symptoms: fever (a temperature of above 38.5C), lethargy, lack of appetite, nasal discharge, cough
Less common symptoms: abortion
Rare symptoms: neurological signs (wobbling, loss of coordination)

𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 - 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐝𝐨?
- Contact your local veterinarian who may wish to perform a nasopharyngeal swab or blood test.
- Monitor your horse twice daily, including taking their temperature twice a day.
- Isolate your horse from direct and indirect contact with other horses.

A nasopharyngeal swab should be repeated at the end of the isolation period to check for viral DNA - only if this is negative should the horse be released from isolation.

Ideally, a voluntary yard lockdown should be implicated should a case be diagnosed. This can be lifted 28 days following the cessation of clinical signs alongside a negative swab.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝?
- Direct nose to nose contact
- Airborne (currently it is unknown exactly how far the virus can spread in this way)
- Indirectly via physical objects (clothing, tack, grooming equipment etc.)

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐇𝐕?
EHV is given as two vaccines, the second given 4-6 weeks after the first. It then needs to be given on a six monthly basis.

The vaccine reduces viral shedding, so lowers the risk of horses transmitting EHV to each other. However, for this to be effective at least 70% of the yard needs to be vaccinated - there is limited benefit in vaccinating just one horse!

There is no vaccination that will prevent the neurological symptoms – in fact, if a horse already has been exposed to EHV there is evidence to suggest that then vaccinating them can increase the risk of them developing neurological symptoms.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, vaccination does protect against all strains, a month after the 2nd vaccination. Vaccination of pregnant mares at 5/7/9 months to prevent abortion is normal practice at many large studs. Again, this relies on herd protection, and it is important to consider that like all vaccinations, the act of vaccinating itself can (rarely) cause abortion. As a result, vaccination needs consideration and application to the individual situation, and we would recommend discussing this with your veterinary surgeon.

Practicing good biosecurity measures is essential to preventing the spread of any contagious disease, not just EHV, and we would always recommend clients prioritise this.

Should you have any questions regarding biosecurity, EHV, or vaccinating against the virus, please contact the practice for veterinary advice on 01306 628222 or via [email protected] .

19/04/2024

𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 - 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥

Sunday 14th April saw Mayes & Scrine on call for the annual Surrey Hills National Landscape Horseman's Sunday Service. 33 horses and over 100 people attended St Martha's Church to celebrate horse riding in the Surrey Hills.
We hope all who attended had a lovely time!

18/04/2024

❤ 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 - 𝒘𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔! ❤

A very sad day at Mayes & Scrine today as we say goodbye to our amazing head nurse and pharmacy manager, Claire. Claire has been a part of the team for 28 years - and is a much valued and loved member of the practice who will be very sorely missed.

She has been a brilliant support to clinical and admin staff with her wealth of knowledge and experience, and has helped many clients and patients over the years, in all areas from hands on nursing to sourcing medications and arranging referrals.

We will miss her hugely, but wish her the best of luck in her next adventure! 🐴❤

A big thank you to Drizzle and Swirl for the most amazing afternoon tea for all the team -it was absolutely delicious, and very pretty!!

17/04/2024

𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆: 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑪𝑷𝑫 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒔 & 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆

** 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 - 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐘**

Last week the Mayes & Scrine team were delighted to host equine vets from around the UK who visited to attend a Continued Professional Development course (CPD) focusing on castration, sedation and anaesthesia of equine patients in a field setting.

Run in conjunction with BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association, our clinical team, assisted by additional outside speakers, provided training and hands-on experience for twenty veterinary surgeons.

Castration can either take place under standing sedation or general anaesthesia, and vets will decide which method is best after evaluating the c**t or stallion. Various factors are taken into account, including age, size and accessibility of testicles!

The attending delegates were tasked with castrating a variety of different patients (from Shetland ponies to Warmbloods) under direction of the Mayes & Scrine vets and our visiting surgeons. They also had the opportunity to receive lectures from additional speakers and refine their nerve blocking skills, both for lameness and for ocular investigations.

It was a brilliant opportunity to share knowledge and techniques, and we hope all our delegates found it a valuable learning experience.
A huge thank you to the visiting speakers from The Liphook Equine Hospital, Three Counties Equine Hospital and Lingfield Equine Vets for their time and expertise. We would also like to thank Zoetis Equine for their sponsorship of the event.

Lastly, a well done to our own wonderful team for working so hard to make this day possible!

We are hoping to run more clinic days in the future, so please keep your eyes peeled for more information as it becomes available 🐴

28/03/2024

🌷 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔! 🌷

We hope all our clients and patients enjoy a restful bank holiday weekend - and fingers crossed for some Spring weather!

We of course hope you won't need us over the weekend, but in the event of an emergency, please call 01306 628222 to speak to a member of our dedicated out of hours team.

For all routine matters, please contact the office from 8am on Tuesday 2nd April.

27/03/2024

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲: 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐦'𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
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Alex initially attended the lovely Blossom when her owner brought her in from the field and discovered a swollen, closed eye and a wound to her lower eyelid.

Despite being well the evening before, on examination, Alex found that Blossom had significant corneal oedema and inflammation in her eye presenting as a ‘blue eye’. Alex sutured the lower eyelid wound, and Blossom's eye was treated medically for 1 week - with her dedicated owners administered her medications four times a day during this time.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that the appearance of the eye seemed to be improving, poor Blossom remained painful and did not have any ocular reflexes. On ultrasound scan it was diagnosed that Blossom had retinal detachment, resulting in blindness and the likely cause of her ongoing pain. It was very unlikely that Blossom's eyesight would recover, so following discussions with her owners a decision was made to perform an enucleation (complete removal of the eye) due to her ongoing discomfort.

Blossom attended the practice where Alex, guided by our locum vet, Georgia, carried out the enucleation under standing sedation and local anaesthesia. Blossom was able to return home the same day and has been thriving since!

A huge thank you to Blossom's owners for allowing us to share her case, and for their excellent, diligent care of her during her illness. Blossom herself was an ideal patient, and it's safe to say we all absolutely loved having her to stay! ❤🐴

20/03/2024

𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬

Friday 29th March - Closed
Saturday 30th March - Closed
Sunday 31st March - Closed
Monday 1st April - Closed
Tuesday 2nd April - 8am - 5pm

Please note our out-of-hours emergency service will be operating as usual during this time, so in the event of an emergency please contact the office on 01306 628222 to be directed to our dedicated out-of-hours team.

18/03/2024

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅?

All prescription requests must be received by Wednesday 27th of March to ensure delivery before the Easter weekend.

Please contact the office on 01306 628222 or [email protected] to submit your request.

15/03/2024

❤ 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒂𝒍, 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒚! ❤

Grace's first ever vaccination was expertly administered by Daniel, a visiting final year veterinary student from the University of Surrey. Mayes & Scrine is one of several veterinary practices partnered with the University, and approved to offer intramural rotations (IMR). Final year veterinary students see practice with our clinical team for four weeks at a time, attending routine and emergency calls, assisting with procedures and gaining valuable first-hand experience of the day-to-day workings of an ambulatory vet.

Well done Daniel for giving Grace a positive experience with her first vaccination - and thank you to Grace's owner for letting us share her photo, she is so cute! 🐴❤

12/03/2024

Don’t hoard unused antibiotics for a rainy day. Instead, we're asking horse owners to give leftover antibiotics back to their vet when they next visit.

Why should you give them back:
💊It's better for our horses
"Giving random, leftover or old antibiotics to your horse for a suspected infection could make things worse" Dave Rendle, BEVA Immediate Past President

🥬It's better for the environment
“It is crucial not to throw old medicines away in the rubbish or flush them down the loo, as they can eventually return to the environment, contaminating soil and watercourses and cause damage to wildlife,” Roger Smith, BEVA President

https://bit.ly/47hcaew

08/03/2024

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟕𝟐% 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐊-𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟒𝟓 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧?

This International Women's Day we celebrate all the inspiring, dedicated and hard-working women throughout the veterinary industry: particularly those who make up our brilliant team here at Mayes & Scrine,

Happy International Women's Day to all!
(Figures taken from RCVS Facts 2021)

06/03/2024

🌷 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝑭𝒍𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚! 🌷

She was the perfect patient, and very photogenic too! Thank you to her owners for allowing us to share her photo 🐴❤

01/03/2024

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏?

Out of date medication can be returned to the practice, or given to one of our vets, and we will ensure it is properly disposed of and the packaging recycled wherever possible.

28/02/2024

🌸 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚! 🌸

21/02/2024

🌧 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫! 🌧

We hope everyone has been keeping warm and dry in these awful conditions, fingers crossed spring is just around the corner 🤞

14/02/2024

💘 𝑻𝒐 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 - 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔! 💘

We would love to see your favourite photo of your horse or pony - please share in the comments below! These are a few favourites from the team here are at the practice ❤

13/02/2024

🌸 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓! 🌸

Saturday saw the arrival of the first foal of the year for a Mayes & Scrine client - congratulations to the owner & proud mum! 🐴

12/02/2024

☀️ 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒚! 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 ☀️

We hope you and your horses are all enjoying this beautiful spring weather!

07/02/2024

👀𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎? 👀

Debbie attended this lovely 4 year old mare, who had become unsettled in the mouth during her backing process. On examination, our client's Equine Dental Technician identified a "blind" (unerupted) wolf tooth as the cause of the issue, and advised further investigation and removal with a veterinary surgeon.

As the tooth was not visible above the gum, Debbie began by x-raying in order to assess the size and orientation of the tooth. Can you locate it in the first photo?
Please see circled area on the second photo for anyone who found it hard to spot!
As you can see from the third image, whilst the tooth itself was small, the root was far longer and thinner than initially anticipated, giving it a tadpole-like shape.

Debbie placed an infraorbital block to anaesthetise the area, made an incision in the gum over the tooth, and was able to remove it, root and all, in one piece! This lovely mare had 14 days of no bitting to allow the area to fully heal, and we are delighted to hear she is back in action, continuing the breaking process happily.

Thank you to our patient's owner for letting us share her case - she was a perfect patient and we are so happy to see her looking so well and continuing her backing journey! 🐴❤