Buckingham Equine Vets, Milton Keynes Videos

Did you know that equine acupuncture can be used in the treatment of many medical conditions? Just like in human medicine acupuncture is an effective, evidence based, adjunctive treatment for the management of a plethora of medical conditions. We find it particularly useful in the management of musculoskeletal pain and it can be used to assist in the treatment of both poor performance and lameness cases. Vet Jess Laffan is now offering this service either at our purpose built clinic or on your yard. We ask that horses are clean, dry and in an area with no bedding ready for their treatment. Most insurance policies that include complimentary therapies, will cover acupuncture treatment if it is recommended by your treating vet. If you feel that this is something that may benefit your horse, then please feel free to discuss this with your treating vet.

That HY-50 feeling! 🐎💨 We are so pleased to see little Timothy feeling fantastic following medication of his stifles due to struggling with upward fixating patella (locking stifles). HY-50 contains hyaluronic acid, and is a great alternative to steroids for joint medications in horses and ponies at risk of laminitis. Usually for performing joint injections on the yard we ask for a clean, dry area out of the wind, such as a wash stall or a stable with the bedding swept out of the way. As you can see from the photo in the comments, Timothy’s owner went one step beyond this and said Jess and Meg could bring him all the way into the kitchen!

Buckingham Equine Vets' Clinic Aerial Video Tour
We are only a week or two away from our new website going live. We thought we'd give you a sneak peek at its content. Many thanks for the team at HexCam for their fantastic photographic skills.

Many thanks to everyone who gave us feedback in our annual client survey. We had over 180 replies all giving really useful information that can help us improve our services. All entries were entered into a prize draw and the winners are...

Facial abscess
Warning gruesome content! This poor little girl had a very large abscess on the side of her face! She is doing much better after a few days at the clinic flushing and cleaning.

Many congratulation to our Practice Manager, Debbie Spears, who for the second year running today won the Exmoor class at Royal Windsor Horse Show. She went on have a great showing in the Mountain and Moorland Championship in front of Her Majesty The Queen. Well done Debbie!

Lancing an equine abscess
Have a look at this interesting case we saw this week. Poem, a 8 year old sports horse mare, had a hot swollen area over the shoulder. The swelling was hot packed for a few days to bring it too a head. An ultrasound examination confirmed a fluid filled abscess 1-2cm beneath the skin in the muscle. The abscess was lanced under sterile conditions and flushed daily. Poem went home yesterday after being the perfect patient and is healing well.