What's New :: Nixon Equine Vets
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SUMMER 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Get your Hunter Fit
Jane Nixon MA, Vet MB, BSc, MRCVS, MFH recently wrote an article for Central
Horse News on “getting your hunter fit”; a topic on which she is well qualified to speak, not only as an experienced equine vet, but in her role as Field Master of the Grafton Hunt.
An extract from this article, including advice for getting fit any horse required to do a serious job can be read on our GET YOUR HUNTER FIT page in the ADVICE section.
Image right: Jane Nixon jumping her horse Paddy »
Flies & other pests
Love them or, more likely, hate them, flies are everywhere during the summer months. They seem to have a ceaseless desire to annoy and cause harm to both human and animal. And horses seem to be at the top of their targeted species. Buzzing around the ears, biting their bodies and laying eggs (and subsequently maggots) in any exposed wounds if given a chance. So if you’d like to know how we can fight this foe, how we can best protect our horses from their attacks, and what can be done if our carefully laid defences are breached, vet Andrew Wallace will tell you more on our FLIES page in the ADVICE section.
“West Nile” Disease
With West Nile Virus now reaching central Europe; please see Philip Ivens’ article on this disease on our WEST NILE VIRUS page in the ADVICE section, or for more information on the new WNV Vaccine, please email philip@nixonequinevets.co.uk.
Winslow Show Horse Show 2010
As official vets for the Winslow Show Horse Show we will again be sponsoring a Show Jumping class in Ring 2 this year and our client coordinator Debbie Spears, will judge the Ring 1 Showing classes. Winslow Show is on Bank Holiday Monday August 30th. A class schedule can be found on the show website www.winslowshow.org.uk. Entries are all taken on the day!
Milton Keynes Riding Club
About a year ago, our client, Annerly Wyatt (pictured 4th from the left below) recounted her dream to start a riding club for Milton Keynes to Jane Nixon. Agreeing that it was a good idea, Jane immediately offered Annerly the use of the Nixon Equine Equine Vets clinic facilities, to help her realise that dream!
- Milton Keynes Riding Club officially launched on July 1st 2010 at Nixon Equine Vets Clinic, as a brand new affiliated riding club for Milton Keynes and the surrounding area. The club hopes to offer a wide variety of club events, with a friendly atmosphere. Membership is open to both horse owners and non-horse owners.
- Events will include sponsored rides, clinics for jumping, cross country and flatwork, clear round evenings, and, as of 2011, club shows for all levels of experience. It is anticipated that events will be held either at Nixon Equine Vets clinic using our large all-weather arena or paddocks; at Salcey Forest Ridings, and at Greenacres in Puxley. Clinics for non-horse owners will take place at Blackmires Farm where horses can be hired. Un-mounted events will include visits to places such as the hunt kennels.
- For more info visit the club's new website at www.miltonkeynesridingclub.weebly.com.
WINTER / SPRING 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Look and you will see!
The Feb-March 2010 edition of Chiltern Rider magazine carries an article on the Vets page written by Jane Nixon. In this article, Jane discusses the key points for preparation of the horse for mutual pleasure and success and to avoid disappointment. Click here to read the full article.
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Nixon Equine Vets recently polled its client base online, asking which shortlisted charity it should support. The overwhelming result was Bucks Fire & Rescue who do a fantastic job of rescuing injured, trapped or stranded horses. Nixon Equine Vet Juliet Blayney recently trained with Bucks Fire & Rescue on emergency rescue procedures for equines and we are very pleased to be able to support the charity with donations for this very worthy cause for at least the first half of 2010. You can help too by signing up for our newsletter now!
Tips on managing your horse during prolonged frost and snow
3 important areas to watch for in severe weather are water, feed and exercise:
- Water...
- • Water – unfrozen must be regularly available
• Water from forage is decreased – frozen grass – so your horse needs to drink more.
• Fresh water and break ice regularly on troughs & stable buckets.
• Tepid water on return from exercise
• Buckets in the corner of box; put into tyre & pack with straw to insulate against freezing
• If there is insufficient water there is a greater chance of impaction colic or choke. - Roughage - long fibre...
- • Adequate roughage - long fibre
• Supplement with high quality hay/haylage up to 15Kg per day (small bale) for average horse
• To keep a horse warm feed more hay & supplement feeds containing fibre for internal warmth
• Feed succulents,carrots,sugarbeet [avoid frozen beet water which may cause colic]
• Reduce cereal feed,whose digested biproducts may cause colic,tying up and lymphangitis.
• Assess droppings regularly re number and volume, any reduction requires increased water intake to avoid impaction colic. - Exercise...
- • Carefully manage returning to exercise after box rest or reduced exercise to avoid cramping
• Gently increase exercise, keep warm with exercise blankets
• Per week in box – about 3 days walking followed by 3days trotting before canter
• Do not return to usual working diet until cantered 3 times.
Practising What We Preach- You can view a larger picture of Jane Nixon riding Dinky at the Sport Horse Breeders Championship 2009 on the events page.
- On a lovely Saturday morning in September, some 20 or so clients and their horses set out from the Nixon Equine Vets clinic for a ride around the Stowe Estate. Read more & view a video clip on our events page.
Special Offers- Mindful of the pressures on horse owners during the current economic recession, Nixon Equine Vets is pleased to be able to help make non-emergency horse welfare related services more affordable.
- Nixon Equine Vets currently has "special offers" available on endoscopy, dental treatment, clipping sedation, microchips and first aid kits. We continue to offer free visits for yard appointments booked 5 working days in advance.
- Visit our offers page for our latest offer details
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- Forthcoming evening talks in 2009
- For full details of all our Client Evening Talks at the Clinic please visit our Talks Page which lists both forthcoming evening talks plus past talk topics that have proved popular with our horse owning clients.
- We have a smart new brochure
- Visit our Brochure Page to view our new practice brochure or call the Equine Clinic on 01280 813258 to request a brochure in the post.
- Opinion Leaders Meeting
- As the credit crunch began to bite in 2008, Nixon Equine called a meeting of local equine "Opinion Leaders" to discuss the effect of the depression on equine welfare. Building on joint experience, we met again recently to discuss welfare trends.
- Boehringer Ingelheim
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Our recent opinion leaders meeting was kindly sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, known for equine veterinary products such as Buscopan, Ventipulmin and Metacam and new to the UK, Equitop Myoplast equine feed supplement scientifically designed to boost muscle development, available through vets like Nixon Equine. Visit www.equitop-myoplast.co.uk to download a £15 off voucher before ordering.
