Tuesdays with Tony
A weekly blog for horse owners written by Tony, the official Springhill Equine Veterinary Clinic cat.
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Equine Dentistry – The Anesthetic Plan
Hello there! Hope you are having an enjoyable weekend - I know I am, still cast-free and finally without a limp! A couple weeks ago we offered a cat's eye view of equine dentistry. This week, I thought it would be important to discuss a little bit further...
West Nile Virus
In line with our continued discussion of basic vaccinations and horse health upkeep, I wanted to complete our discussion of what we consider “core” vaccines. Core vaccines are those that every equine (and equid for that matter!) should receive – they include...
Equine Dentistry. A cat’s eye view.
So this week Danielle, one of our technicians, brought her horses into the clinic for their annual dentals. She sat down and told me afterwards all about how Dr. Lacher let her practice using the power tools on her own horses' teeth and my was it fascinating! Danielle...
So what’s with that EWT vaccine?
SO I know everyone is dying to know, so I have to announce to the world that MY CAST IS FINALLY OFF!! I am feeling free and happy, and can go outside again!! I’m still limping a little bit, but since I really haven’t stopped my usual routine of jumping on my front...
Clostridium – Botulism and tetanus and gangrene, oh my!!
After last week’s discussion on Rabies, I decided it was important to discuss another readily-controlled, animal-killing pathogen – Clostridium. This genus, or group of bacteria has more species members than any other genus of bacteria. A book could be, and...
Rabies!!!
I would like to talk about a very serious subject in this week’s blog: Rabies. Dr. Lacher and Dr. King recently heard about a case of Rabies in a pony in North Carolina and asked me to share some information about Rabies and its management in horses. I was...
Happy Holidays from Tony!!
We at Springhill Equine (by we I mean Tony, and of course the other staff and Doctors), want to take a moment to wish all of our wonderful clientele a very happy and peaceful holiday and joyous transition into the new year! We are very excited to start seeing our...
Cold Weather Colics
Brrr!! The weather outside is frightful (well for Florida anyway) and your horse is far from delightful…because he’s colicking. This time of year Dr. Lacher and Dr. King stay very busy treating colicking horses. While I was making them scratch my right ear...
57th Annual AAEP Convention in San AnTONYo!!
Tony here – recovering slowly but surely. The foot is feeling better, but the folks at the office think it’s a great idea to have me on a diet so I lose some weight – I couldn’t disagree more. There has been a lot of talk about all the conferences the Doctors and...
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