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Laminitis Awareness

Author: Tess Horton-Fawkes MRCVS What is laminitis? Laminitis is a painful clinical syndrome that can affect horses, ponies and donkeys....

Be a Donnington Grove Equine Vets Sponsored Rider

We're on the lookout for riders to wear the Donnington Grove Equine Vets logo with pride at competitions and events. Sponsored riders can...

How can I protect my horse from Strangles?

Strangles is a contagious bacterial infection that affects the respiratory tract of horse around the world. Luckily there is now a...

What is a Bone Scan?

Author: Katherine Murray BVMedSci BVMBVS CertAVP MRCVS Nuclear scintigraphy, or “bone scan”, is a diagnostic technique most often...

Sweet Itch

Author: Lucy Carmichael BVSc MRCVS We are all breathing a big sigh of relief that spring is on its way. Sunshine, blue skies and longer,...

To worm or not to worm?

Author: Katherine Murray BVMedSci BVMBVS CertAVP MRCVS Hang in there, worming is a huge topic so this is a long read… It’s really useful...

Equine Influenza

Author: Lucy Carmichael BVSc MRCVS What is equine influenza? Equine influenza, as with human influenza, is caused by a virus. This virus...

Atypical Myopathy

Author: Katherine Murray BVMedSci BVM BVS CertAVP MRCVS What is atypical myopathy? ‘Atypical’ means irregular or abnormal and ‘myopathy’...

Cushing's disease

Author: Lucy Carmichael BVSc MRCVS What is Cushing’s disease? Equine Cushing’s is an important progressive hormonal disease which...

Caring for Horses in the Heatwave

The summer and especially the current heatwave we are in can cause some serious health issues in horses. It's important that as...

Equine Asthma- Not just a winter issue!

Author: Lucy Carmichael BVSc MRCVS Traditionally, we tend to assume that horse’s coughs and breathing issues are associated with dusty...