Available for emergencies when you need us the most.
Burwash Equine Services Ltd. offers a 24/7 emergency service to our clients. In the event of an emergency after office hours please call 403-242-1913. You will reach an answering service (yes, a live person....not a recorded voice with several entry options), which will contact the on-call veterinarian who will call you back as quickly as possible.
Rehabilitaion and return to performance after colic surgery, written by Dr. Crystal Lee for the Canadian Horse Journal.
Everyone welcome to attend!
Gather on Monday, November 18th @ Westlife Church in Springbank. Doors will open at 6:30PM. There is no cost to attend this event; instead we simply ask that you bring a donation to The Calgary Food Bank.
This Lecture Series is for anyone from experienced breeders, to those of you who are thinking of trying it out for the first time. Please bring with you any questions and concerns you might have! We will be happy to discuss and provide answers. Breeding season can be very stressful and we are hoping to help you feel more confident and prepared before it begins!
Click on this link to check out a pdf of the slides from Dr. Alyssa Butters' presentation at the First Aid Seminar on March 29, 2016!
Heel bulb lacerations, even without joint involvement, are a challenge to get to heal primarily because of the amount of motion in the area. Every time the horse takes a step, the wound opens and closes, preventing effective healing. Because of this, the best method of treatment is often to suture the wound and place a cast over the foot to limit movement while the wound is healing.
Brio sustained a very deep laceration to her heel bulb while out on pasture. We examined her as soon as the owner discovered the wound, but it had likely occurred at least a week previously.
Stone came in to Burwash Equine unable to bear any weight at all on his right hind limb. He had sustained a wound on his hock that had been healing well, but had never been lame prior to the morning he arrived. By palpating the hock, doing an ultrasound exam, taking x-rays, and taking a sample of the fluid from the tarsal sheath, we diagnosed an infection of the tarsal sheath
When Luke was referred to Burwash Equine by his regular veterinarian, he was unable to bear any weight on his left front limb. His veterinarian had diagnosed a puncture wound to the sole that had likely occurred several days previously. The following x-ray shows a probe placed in the puncture wound to demonstrate which structures in the foot may have been involved. Although the probe doesn’t extend the entire path of the wound, from this x-ray and taking a sample of fluid from the digital tendon sheath, we suspected infection of both the navicular bursa and the tendon sheath.
Roy sliced the skin off the front of his knee slipping on a rubber mat over the Easter weekend. We injected saline into both his radiocarpal joint and his middle carpal joint to make sure they weren't involved in the wound, and then were able to close the wound with sutures.
