Farr and Pursey Equine

23/06/2025

Who needs rescuing more, horses or vets? 🐴 Our vets Georgina and Ricky completed advanced training last week with the British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association (BARTA). Continuing education in emergency and trauma care means we’re bettering our care for you horses when they need it most.

18/06/2025

We have posted a helpful blog on our website about dispensing medication and prescriptions. It breaks down the legal requirements for new prescriptions, and ongoing dispensing of medication. We urge you to have a read through, especially if your horse is currently on medication. Please click the link below to go to the blog. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact the practice.

https://www.farrandpursey.com/prescriptions/

13/06/2025

Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute-phase protein that is produced predominantly by the liver in response to inflammation due to infection. It usually increases within a few hours of the onset of inflammation and can be detected in peripheral blood within 6-12 hours (depending on the severity of infection).

Our SAA readers can allow our vets to measure this biomarker on-site, meaning it can be identified and quantified at the time of your visit, and helps them make spot-on decisions regarding treatment. Serial SAA measurements can also be taken and compared overtime to monitor disease progression and response to treatment.

12/06/2025

With some hotter days on the horizon, it looks like these two cool dudes are going to be chillin’ out in the sunshine.😎🧊For top tips on how to keep your horses, ponies and donkeys cool too, please read below:
☀️Ensure there’s a constant fresh water supply
☀️Ensure there’s an ample amount of shade
☀️Keep them indoors during the hottest parts of the day, and turn out in evening or early morning
☀️Ride during cooler hours
☀️Consider use of fans to help improve airflow
☀️Sun protection - horses with pink skin are prone to sunburn

If your horse is showing signs if heat exhaustion (rapid breathing, excessive sweating, lethargy and excessive heart rate) please make sure you move them to the shade, offer water and cool them down gradually

09/06/2025

Nominations are now open for Petplan Veterinary Awards 2025! Nominations include:
⭐️Practice of the Year
⭐️Vet of the Year
⭐️Vet Nurse of the Year
⭐️Practice Manager of the Year
⭐️Practice Support Staff of the Year
If you think we as a practice or one of our vets, nurses, or team members should be nominated, it’s free to do so on the Petplan website.

06/06/2025

Does your horse take part in Riding or Pony Club activities? If so, they are at risk of spreading Equine Herpes Virus (EHV), which can cause respiratory disease. Vaccinate now to protect your horse, and those it comes into close contact with. Speak to your vet today!

04/06/2025

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04/06/2025

Are you expecting? Protecting pregnant mares, and those they’re stabled with, against EHV is vital! It can help to reduce the risk of abortion and death of young foals. Speak to your vet today about vaccinating your horse.
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02/06/2025

If your horse or pony is kept at a livery yard with frequent movement of horses, the smart choice is to vaccinate against EHV. While vaccination won’t prevent individual horses from developing neurological disease, it can reduce the risk of virus spread, and therefore reduce the risk of disease outbreaks.

30/05/2025

Think your horse might have Equine flu? It could
actually be EHV, as the symptoms are often very
similar. Remove the worry by making sure your horse
is regularly vaccinated against EHV, so you and your
horse can breathe easy. Talk to your vet now.

28/05/2025

Welcome to the world Daisy-May! Making her arrival on Saturday, with both mum & foal doing well.