We have put together a few notes to help you through the process of foaling and to ensure a healthy foal and mare:

 

Know when your mare is due: Gestation range 310-374 days, (average 340 days). NB: Mares foaling in subsequent years can carry foals for different lengths of time even to the same stallion. Abortion is unusual in mares except in the early stages of pregnancy due to twin foetuses and in later stages due to infectious causes. It is possible to vaccinate against Herpes abortion and against Equine Viral Arteritis. Please ask us for details.

Alnorthumbria Veterinary Practice Ltd are proud to be sponsoring this years Hulne Park Horse Ride on 28th March

A 10 mile pleasure ride with optional jumps

start from 10am, latest start time will be 1pm

 

Contact 07971077713 / 01665 606600

 

Dates for your diary:-

Benridge       11th March

Hope Farm     12th March

 

Weighbridge visits are by private arrangement with the yard owners for their clients.

With the onset of spring (hopefully in the next couple of months) there is a markedly increased chance of laminitis.

Now is the time to take stock of body condition. If your horse is overweight NOW is the time to do something about carefully reducing it before the spring grass arrives and compounds the issue. If your horse has lost condition over the winter and is underweight, NOW is the time to review the feeding regime in order to prepare for the start of the competition season.
Remember – Feed companies offer very good free nutritional advice.

Congratulations to The Percy Hunt Branch of The Pony Club who won the final of The NFU Countryside Prince Philip Cup Mounted Games held at Horse of The Year Show (HOYS), NEC Birmingham.

Congratulations to Charlotte Jackson who won the prize of a pink grooming kit for completing the crossword on the competition page in the XL Vets Equine Review Pony Pages.

We are going to trial a system of reduced visit charges in certain geographical areas of the practice for equine work in order to reduce both the visit fees and our carbon footprint.

Grass sickness is a particularly unpleasant and potentially fatal equine condition, which damages the nervous system, leading to paralysis of the gut...

Congratulations to all our clients who participated in this years event. We are pleased to report that Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group sponsored one of the cross country fences

News of our vets working towards this highly regarded qualification

Strangles is a very infectious disease which causes a high temperature, cough, nasal discharge and abscesses of the lymph nodes of the head.  What is surprising is the variation in signs – not all horses exhibit severe disease and abscesses between the lines of the jaw; some just have a slight nasal discharge. 

MANAGEMENT OF FOALING

by

Dr Colin Barwise-Munro PhD, BVM&S, MRCVS

CHILLED/FRESH SEMEN ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

Paid in advance, to cover routine bacteriology, scanning, AI & drugs. Mares must be vaccinated for tetanus; we strongly recommend flu and herpes vaccinations.
All procedures are carried out at Wagonway Road premises.
Including:

Lesley Barwise Munro and Vicky Robertson are helping members of the Percy Hunt branch of the Pony Club to prepare for their C and C+ tests. They have regular Wednesday evening sessions at the surgery at Wagonway Road to help with the horse and pony care sections of the tests.

As the economic recession begins to bite the Equine division of the Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group are looking at ways to assist horse owners in order to maintain the essential preventive care that we should provide for our horses, ponies and donkeys.

During her time as President of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA), Lesley Barwise Munro pioneered the launch of the livery yard licencing scheme. She still acts in an advisory capacity to the organisations administering this scheme and taking the ideas forward. 

On October 2nd we were priviledged to have Caroline Powell who represented New Zealand on the Three Day Event team at the Beijing Olympics and Cedric Chan British Olympic Team Vet...

Does your horse show any of the following signs;

If you are thinking of breeding from your mare and need advice then please contact the practice...

We must inform clients insured with E & L that we require payment from you as per usual terms

We recommend that all horses are vaccinated against Tetanus, Equine Influenza & Equine Herpes...

Artificial Insemination (A.I) Costs to include the following...

An interesting case seen recently was Elsie, a 10 yr old 12' riding pony who had become unpopular on the livery yard as she had become bad tempered and started trying to mount...

On Tuesday 8 April 2008, a very successful client workshop was held at Northumbria Police Horse Stables, Kirkley Hall, Ponteland...