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March: First Aid Lecture!

April 24, 2018 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
March: First Aid Lecture!

On March 10th, Swiftsure Equine and Eden Equine hosted a Basic First Aid lecture at the Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association. Due to popular demand, we had to add second lecture time in the afternoon! Dr Danica began the lecture with a short...

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February: Scarlett – A Community Coming Together

April 24, 2018 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
February: Scarlett – A Community Coming Together

Scarlett is an older Thoroughbred broodmare who needed to have surgery to remove her ovaries. Usually a very sweet mare, she recently had been demonstrating some strange behaviours: She was showing some aggression towards her herd mates, showing...

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January: Lady – Wound to the Armpit

January 30, 2018 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
January: Lady – Wound to the Armpit

Lady, a TB mare, like many horses, has a history getting herself into trouble. This was not more evident than her recent escape attempt at her new barn. Something spooked her in the early morning in November and she attempted to jump a 5 foot...

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December: Marty – A New Smile

January 15, 2018 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
December: Marty – A New Smile

Marty is a 26 year old Thoroughbred gelding, who had some abnormalities noticed on a routine dental exam. His incisors showed excessive gingival recession and a combination of both tooth and bone resorption. Marty had already lost two of these...

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November: Lacey – The Blind Horse

December 13, 2017 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
November:  Lacey – The Blind Horse

Lacey is a 14-year-old appaloosa mare who developed glaucoma and vision loss in her left eye a few years ago. Glaucoma is a disease of the eye associated with increased intraocular pressure and loss of vision. It is a painful condition for the...

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October: Vitamin E – Your Horse is Likely Not Getting Enough

November 1, 2017 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
October: Vitamin E – Your Horse is Likely Not Getting Enough

It has come to our attention that most of our client’s horses are deficient in Vitamin E. In fact, EVERY horse that we have tested for Vitamin E lately has come back deficient! Why is that? In order for horses to receive adequate amounts of Vit E...

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September: Saying Goodbye to Leo

October 3, 2017 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 1
September: Saying Goodbye to Leo

It is with a very heavy heart we would like to inform you that Danica has euthanized her horse Leo this past weekend. Although Leo was making wonderful progress in his rehab program earlier this spring, he suffered an avulsion fracture and...

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August: Zeke – Abscessed Tooth Removal

September 11, 2017 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
August: Zeke – Abscessed Tooth Removal

This summer Zeke developed a foul-smelling discharge from his right nostril. When Zeke’s oral exam was unremarkable, radiographs were taken of his skull and teeth. The radiographs showed a dramatic sinus infection associated with an infected...

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July: Josie – Screw in the Foot!

August 3, 2017 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
July: Josie – Screw in the Foot!

Josie’s owner noticed that her horse was limping in her paddock, so after diligently searching the sore leg, she picked up the foot and noticed the head of a screw protruding from the bottom of her foot. Immediately, the owner gave us a call and...

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June: NEW OFFICE!

July 6, 2017 by Abi Brady in Case Of The Month 0 0 0
June: NEW OFFICE!

All of us at Swiftsure Equine are delighted to announce that our new office has finally officially opened for business! With some bumps in the building process, weeks of hard work from the entire Swiftsure team and then a delay during our busy...

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