Another week and another amazing mare to share with you!
This is Candy, a 24 year old pony, who gave everyone on her yard a fright back in January when she was found one night in the field very distressed and bleeding from her jaw.
Richard attended to stabilise her before Lara x-rayed her the next morning. She had obviously taken a kick to the face resulting in a shattered mandible (the lower part of the jaw) which looked very impressive on the x-rays!
Lara opened up the wound to remove all the fragments of bone and packed the wound with antibiotic infused beads of bone cement before stapling the wound back together.
The beads were left in for a week before being removed, and the wound re-stapled. 2 weeks later the staples were removed.
Candy’s first x-ray, showing multiple fracture lines and fragments of bone
Starting surgery – working out how to access the fragments through the wound with a pair of sterile forceps
6 fragments of bone were removed from her jaw
The hole in the bone has been packed with antibiotic beads to prevent infection in the bone.
Candy was also given oral antibiotics and painkillers.
It is now 3 months since the injury happened and we have just re-xrayed to find the bone healing beautifully, and the big defect left from removing the bone fragment filling in. The bone looks almost ‘fluffy’ – this is how bone appears when it is healing.
There are still some fracture lines visible but as she is now completely pain free she is able to go back to being ridden!
*Covid-19 Update*
We are trying to do our best for our clients to ensure the health and welfare of their horses
Winter coughs in horses who are stabled
Winter coughs in horses who are stabled is usually down to dust particles and fungal spores….
Overnight Care
The Equine Veterinary Centre is not a hospital and hence is not staffed 24 hours a day
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Equine Veterinary Centre
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Doncaster
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