What are these lumps?
Equine Allergies Has your horse ever suddenly developed fluid-filled lumps all over their body? If they have, you may know that this is called ‘Urticaria’ or ‘Hives’ and that it is an allergic response to allergens.An allergy is simply an exaggerated response from the...
Trigeminal-Mediated Headshaking In Horses
Trigeminal-mediated headshaking (TMH) in horses can be a difficult disorder to diagnose, treat and manage. It is still a poorly understood facial pain condition that is thought to affect around 1% of the equine population with varying degrees of severity. TMH is...
Heat stress in horses
Heat stress can occur in all horses, and can occur over a relatively short period of time, particularly in the case of unfit athletes worked strenuously in high ambient temperatures, or can occur from protracted fluid and electrolyte loss during exhaustive exercise...
Be on the lookout!
Please be aware that this year we have been seeing many horses and ponies affected with laminitis (AKA Founder). While some of this is due to underlying disorders such as Cushing’s disease or Equine Metabolic Syndrome, some cases have simply been due to access to lush...
Reproductive Services At Southwest Equine
The breeding season is upon us and at Southwest Equine we offer a range of stud medicine services. Our reproductive services include; broodmare management, ‘problem mare’ investigations, artificial inseminations as well as foal management and post foaling checks....
Lice and your horses
Lice are small, wingless insects, which can infest a large range of animals. They are however host specific so transfer between species (I.e. horses to humans or vice versa) doesn’t occur. They do however, spread easily between horses. There are two species that exist...