May 2007
Laminitis Alert!
Please take great care. With all this warm weather and now some rain the grass will be very rich and we have started to see several cases of laminitis. Remember that the grass is at its worse from dawn until lunchtime so turn out in the afternoon if you can.
Picture Alert!
We are hoping to update our picture gallery with pictures of everybody who is working here.
December 2006
Christmas comes early
We wish you all a very happy Christmas and all the best for 2007. We couldn't wait until Christmas Day and so we opened our present to ourselves early. We have just had a state of the art digital computed radiography, a FUJI CAPSULA, system installed and are very pleased with it. This will allow improvements in diagnosis and with monitors in both examination rooms and theatre as well as a dedicated e-film workstation in the new office it should allow more rapid workflow.
October 2006
Research at Rainbow Equine Clinic
Rainbow Equine in collaboration with Edinburgh University Veterinary School have been awarded a grant to investigate the specificity and sensitivity of computed tomography (CT) versus radiography in the detection of dental and sinus problems in the horse. This grant will allow us to subsidise the cost of radiography and CT on dental and sinus cases and will hopefully yield information regarding how useful CT is in investigation of these difficult cases.
New Look Thursdays
Joelle Steyt an ACPAT physiotherapist whose base is in West Yorkshire has been looking for a base in this region and we were pleased to offer her the use of our facilities. Joelle will be holding physiotherapy clinics here every other Thursdays initially starting on 9th November. Joelle can be contacted on 07960591224 or her website is www.vetphysio.eu
The Traveller Returns
Bob has recently returned from the ACVS conference in Washington USA brim full of new ideas and opinions.
Goodbye and Hello
Rebecca Stobbs has left us to go to work in Australia. We wish her all the best. Alan Mueller has joined us. Alan, who comes from Scotland, recently finished an internship at a large, high quality equine practice in Belgium.
New Knowledge
We all attended the recent equine veterinary congress in Birmingham which allowed us to catch up with old friends and new techniques. We also took a trade stand in the commercial exhibition to advertise the practice's referral services to other veterinary surgeons. Our libary will be enlarged following one of the vets winning 1st prize of book tokens at the imaging quiz. Bob is off to the USA to attend the surgical congress and Mark has recently attended an advanced dentistry course
July 2006
Lots of news after a long delay due to work!
New faces
Pete Burton has joined Rebecca and Mark as a veterinary assistant, Pete qualified 8 years ago and has worked in equine practices in this country and New Zealand before joining us in June.
Becky Trousdale is helping on the nursing side. She joined the practice in November 2005 following a tour in Iraq with the medical corp of the TA.
New Teeth
We have recently updated our dental equipment to a state of the art mechanical system which gives us greater flexibility when treating dental overgrowths. Investment in traing and equipment is resulting in more dental work such as cheek tooth removal been done in the standing sedated horse.
This of course ties in well with the use of Computed Tomography (CT) in the standing sedated horse, we are now able to a high level of diagnosis in dental care. Please contact us if you would like more information.
New Rooms
We are at present in the middle of a building site which result in a major improvement in facilities for our clients with a dedicated waiting room and improved washroom facilities. Please come and have a look when it is all finished
New Awards
Alastair was recently awarded the Jim Gourley prize for innovation in veterinary medicine which is awarded by the RCVS trust.The article should be published over the summer in the Veterinary Times
New Grass
Please take care when it starts to rain. Due to the prolonged dry spell there has been very little grass growth which means there will be rapid growth and a possible increase in the risk of laminitis when it does rain
More news soon