Adelaide Plains Equine Clinic

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1 April, 2014 Leading Equine Veterinary Services 1951 Two Wells Rd Gawler SA 5118 (Find us next to the Gawler Harness Racing Track) Phone: Fax: Inside this issue: Leading Equine Veterinary Services Don t forget the teeth! Melanomas in the Horse ISER Meeting 4 Equine Dental Vets Conference 5 At Adelaide Plains Equine Clinic (APEC) we strive to provide compassionate and practical care for your horse. We know you as owners, carers and lovers of horses want nothing but the best and that s why we have obtained the latest in diagnostic services. Our wireless, fully portable digital x-ray is top of the range and produces crystal clear bone images. This is complemented by our state of the art ultrasound and endoscope for soft tissues. A new addition is our inhouse blood analysis machines. These can produce a full equine blood profile in 30mins and allows us on the spot work-up of medicine cases. All of this equipment permits us to perform our wide range of surgical, medical, reproductive and dental services to the highest standard. Not only do we have hospital An equine kidney as imaged by our state of the art ultrasound. You can see the spleen sitting on top of the kidney. facilities for intensive care, but we can offer a wide range of surgical needs, such as cryptorchid castration, eye e n u c l ea t io n s, removal, and much more. tu m o u r If you would like to know more, please find us on Facebook, check out our website or call the clinic today. apechorse@internode.on.net Website: We are open on the following times: 9:00-5:00 Monday-Friday 8:00-12:00 Saturday 27/4 emergency call service Fodder Store Contacts 6

2 Don t forget the teeth! Many people think that and comfort, and proper conditions is early detection equine dentistry is just dental care is crucial to and correction. floating the teeth, and many owners believe that just about anyone can perform equine dentistry from the trainer to the farrier. giving your horse good quality of life. Oral care is also important for feed utilisation. The mouth is the only time that Horses can also develop periodontal disease. Tooth abnormalities can lead to packing of feed material against the gum, leading to So why should you consider food is ground up for gingivitis and eventually Dentistry is more than just a quick rasp; dental disease can be a big problem and often goes undiagnosed. Imagine your own teeth, and when things go wrong. Horses experience pain just as we do. your local veterinarian for your horses next dental? Just as you wouldn t take your precious dog or cat to someone other than a skilled, licensed individual, your horse deserves the same care and protection. Equine dental veterinarians have the training, licensing and skill to provide that piece of mind. Why are teeth so important? Why not! Imagine your own teeth, and when things go wrong. Just like our teeth, horses teeth possess nerves and blood vessels and they experience pain just as we do. Any dental pain can then affect performance consumption, so dental problems can result in undigested food. Back to the vet why bother? Veterinarians spend a minimum of six years learning how disease processes work, how to recognize them and then how to treat them. A lot more than sharp points can develop in a horses mouth. Young horses can have c o n g e n i t a l d e n t a l abnormalities (growth d e f e c t s ) s u c h a s malocclusion (parrot or sow mouth), cleft palate and wry nose, which severely affect a horse s ability to graze efficiently. The key to these tooth abscessation. Without sedation and careful oral examination with a light and mirror, these conditions are often missed by nonveterinarians and can lead to on going oral problems despite your horse recently having a dental. I have recently undergone further training in equine dentistry to augment my current knowledge and become further experienced on diagnosing and treating oral disease, as well as performance floating and geriatric dental care. Dr James Meyer Thorough oral examination using a light, mirror and pick in a sedated horse is crucial to dental care. Page 2 We regularly perform routine and cryptorchid castrations, umbilical hernia repairs, and enucleations as well as emergency surgical procedures, and much more.

3 April, 2014 We provide internal medicine and intensive care facilities and services. Our hospital allows us to monitor patients on a 24/7 basis for emergency cases. We have joined forces and are busy trialing an inexpensive tumour vaccine. Melanomas in the Horse Don t panic! Most horses ignore large or fast growing veterinarians doing trials in are going to die with their ones. dogs with an inexpensive melanomas, and not b e c a u s e o f t h e i r melanomas. Take our beloved J-Lo for instance. She is a walking storehouse of melanomas, Melanomas in young horses are particularly worrisome. We recently saw multiple melanomas in a 4 year old pony that were growing at a rapid rate. Our feeling is vaccine. This vaccine can be made very inexpensively and Adelaide Plains Equine Clinic have joined forces and we are busy trialing this vaccine. but hers are in the places that this pony will not have The trial involves injecting that really don t cause her problems, and they are growing at a very slow rate. The common sites we see are the tail, anus, vulva, commisures of the lips and salivary glands. But they can be anywhere. a long life unless something is done to arrest the development of the tumours. The treatment of choice has been cimetidine (Tagamet) which can be bought over the counter. This drug has the vaccine into a tumour and then waiting 3-5 weeks for a response. Of course J- Lo was our first trial horse. We measured her tumours with our ultrasound and then injected one of the masses. James Meyer and Naomi Wigzell, one of our nurses, ultrasounding a melanoma mass before injecting it with the vaccine. Once in a great while they are significant and should be removed. The ones near the anus can spread into the anal sphincter and cause a loss of anal pucker or distort the anus so that defecation is difficult. Twice we have seen them grow so big they have caused tails to fall off. Don t to be given for the life of the horse and has had limited success. Other t r e a t m e n t s i n c l u d e chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin, which is highly toxic and expensive. In researching what is new about melanomas and possible treatments, we came across a team of r e s e a r c h e r s a n d She was perfectly normal the next day and subsequent days. It is still early days, but in a few more weeks we should know if this is going to work. While it may only work in one-in-ten, we would still consider this a viable option for other horses. Dr Elizabeth Herbert Elizabeth Herbert and Leontien Hessel, a visiting veterinarian from the Netherlands, injecting a melanoma mass with the vaccine. Page 3

4 ISER Meeting T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Jan Rosier was one of the horses my father did. So Symposium of Equine main presenters at the when John had a new drug Reproduction (ISER) is held symposium. She knew my or idea to try, my Dad was only every four years. It is father and even had a book the lucky recipient of John s primarily for researchers to I wrote at home, given to hard work and connections. present and discuss new information about equine reproduction. This year they invited practitioners like me to attend. her, from my father. She asked to take a picture with me! Finally they had a John Hughes memorial lecture It is through those connections that I learnt my trade. These meetings are vital to learn what is new and to make connections I met the elite of the elite in which I attended. John was with people who really want the science and practice of my father s classmate and to help practitioners like breeding horses, and each was best man at each James and me. The fly Jan Rosier and Elizabeth Herbert; pretty good for old girls! learned up to the minute new things to help us get other s weddings. John Hughes was a pioneer in fishing later wasn t hard to take. your mares bred and semen handled. equine reproduction, but he didn t see the numbers of Dr Elizabeth Herbert I met the elite of the elite in the science and practice of breeding horses. Jan Rosier was talking up a storm about a California Symposium with some of the Gods of Equine Reproduction; Ed Squires, Barry Ball and Pat McCue. We offer equine frozen semen storage for $25 per month or $100 per 6 months. We also perform artificial insemination (AI) and other reproductive services. Page 4

5 April, 2014 We provide equine dental services including oral examinations, performance floating, wolf teeth removal, treatment of periodontal disease and much more. Equine Dental Veterinarians Conference Equine dentistry is increasingly being realised for its importance in overall equine health and wellness, performance and welfare. Traditionally horse owners have had dentals performed on their horses by farriers, or lay-dentists, or even not bothered at all. tutorials and hands-on practicals; both with cadavers and live horses. The importance of sedation a n d d e t ailed o ra l examinations was a real eye opener due to the number of conditions that go undiagnosed by lay-dentists. T h e t h o r o u g h extraction, molar extraction, along with performance floating and corrective dentistry. Spending the week with like -minded, enthusiastic people generated a great teamwork atmosphere and also allowed for some after hours adventures. Our James Meyer and fellow veterinarian Emma J o h n s s o n a f t e r successfully removing a molar tooth from a cadaver. Now more people are recognising the significance of oral health and seeking the advice and care of veterinarians for their horses wellbeing. To meet understanding of anatomy and pathology from our undergraduate training provides us with a unique ability to recognise and treat these conditions. shared goal is also supported by the EDV o r g a n i s a t i o n ( m.au) where you can search for local equine dental vets, I got hands on experience with both routine and advanced dentistry techniques. this need and provide even better dental services to you, our clients, I attended the Equine Dental V e t e r i n a r i a n s ( E D V ) Conference in Grafton, NSW. Practicals were both fun and intense and gave us the perfect opportunity to immediately put into practice the theory. We were given the opportunity to perform pulp capping on watch educational videos and read up on the latest dentistry issues. Dr James Meyer The week long conference exposed pulps (the blood was jam packed with 12 and nerve centre of the hour days of lectures, tooth), wolf tooth Page 5 All of the conference participants and lecturers including Oliver Liyou, Gary Wilson and Shannon Lee.

6 1951 Two Wells Road Gawler SA 5118 (Find us next to the Gawler Harness Racing Track) Phone: Fax: We have a huge range of advanced diagnostic equipment including state of the art radiograph (x-ray), ultrasound, and endoscope along with full in-house blood analysis. Visit our website today! Fodder Store Contacts Nutrition is important for both reproductive performance and oral health. Once you ve spoken to us about your feed plan and browsed our range of supplements, check out your nearest fodder store for your equine feed needs: Sander Brothers Grain & Fodder Corner 22nd & 23rd Streets, Gawler South Angle Vale Seed & Fodder Lot 207 Angle Vale Road, Angle Vale Angle Vale Hardware & Fodder Corner Angle Vale & Broster Road, Angle Vale R & J Rural 3 Applebee Road, Two Wells Klemm s Grain & Fodder 2-4 Johnson Road, Kapunda Tanunda Fodder & Grain Store 5 Shirley Drive, Tanunda One Tree Hill Fodder Shop 4/9 Blacktop Road, One Tree Hill Mallala Feed Barn Corner Dublin & Balaklava Roads, Mallala Balaklava Hardware & Fodder 19 Edith Terrace, Balaklava Dublin Pet & Fodder Shed 3, 9 Port Wakefield Road, Dublin Birdwood Grain & Fodder 12 Olivedale Street, Birdwood Globe Derby Fodder Lot 13 Whites Road, Globe Derby