April Case of the Month: A Long Road of Cellulitis Abby’s owner called when she noticed Abby’s right hind was swelling up. Shortly thereafter, the swollen leg started forming draining abscesses and the mare was very lame. Cellulitis is a...
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March Case of the Month: A New Procedure for Equine Head Shaking Syndrome Dr Danica has been trialing a new procedure for Equine Head Shaking Syndrome (EHSS). This procedure was initially developed in the UK and more recently adopted by...
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February Case of the Month: A Real Eye Sore Eddie’s owner noticed a wound on his forehead one morning at breakfast. Dr. McDonald was called out and found a fresh laceration associated with a fracture of the frontal bone penetrating into the...
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January Case of the Month: When it Rains it Pours We often half-joke about how our horse is ‘high maintenance’, but this horse, Ellie, exemplifies the saying ‘when is rains it pours’ and ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’. In fact, we have...
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December Case of the Month: A Tricky Situation Why do horses get themselves into such tricky situations? If you’ve owned a horse long enough, you will find yourself, at some point, scratching your head wondering how on earth did your horse get...
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November Case of the Month: Unwelcomed Guests Jeremy recently returned to Vancouver Island from the interior of BC and was having a gastroscopy performed after experiencing a few episodes of mild colic. Given his under condition, travel history...
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September Case of the Month: A Pain in the Mouth Rouleaux is Dr. McDonald’s 5-year-old warmblood mare, who was found on a routine dental to have a cheek tooth that had shifted to an abnormal angle and developed a small fracture between her twice...
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August Case of the Month: Eye See a Problem Cherry is a 14-year-old Gypsy Vanner mare used as a therapy horse. She was diagnosed with uveitis – inflammation within the eye – this spring. She was being managed well with steroid drops into her...
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July Case of the Month: The Hairless Spot Doxsey is a 3-year-old paint gelding who’s very observant owner noticed a funny hairless spot on his right cheek that was slowly growing over time. When she first pointed it out to SEVS, we suspected it...
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June Case of the Month: Social Butterfly Lucky is a social gelding that suffered a kick when he was out running in the field with his buddies. At first it seemed like a gentle graze on the front leg, removing the hair. However, Lucky was not...
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