Naturaliste Veterinary Services in Cowaramup, Western Australia | Veterinary surgeon

Naturaliste Veterinary Services

Locality: Cowaramup, Western Australia

Phone: +61 417 769 665

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25.01.2022 A good horse owner-farrier-vet relationship is paramount in troubleshooting lameness! Lameness is the number 1 reason for poor performance in horses. From abscesses through more complex lameness, early consultation can prevent longer lasting debilitating issues. We cant stress enough how much the chances of a good recovery reduce without early intervention.

24.01.2022 Our response to COVID-19 These are uncertain times, however as veterinarians we are trained in disease outbreak mitigation and are taking our role in this very seriously. We feel the veterinary profession is an essential service, critical for animal health, welfare and biosecurity, as well as human health, food safety and food supply quality and continuity and will continue to support our clients through our services. As always, the health, safety and wellbeing of our emplo...yees and clients is one of our top priorities. As a precautionary measure to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19, our veterinary teams may ask you whether you or anyone else on farm has travelled overseas or felt unwell in the past fortnight - please do not be offended. We will bring another team member to handle the animals in the instance and ask that you self-isolate. We also ask that only 1 person is present to assist the veterinary teams with animal handling, or 2 if required for larger herd work. Please do not make physical contact with members of our team, as always we will smile and wave. These measures are an attempt to limit face-to-face contact and enforce social distancing. Our aim is to do our part to slow transmission as much as possible, so that our healthcare system has a chance to cope. #flattenthecurve As the current situation is rapidly developing, we will closely monitor official advice and keep you updated with any changes to our services as they occur. Thank you for your patience and understanding during these trying times.

24.01.2022 Team work makes the dream work Dr Stefan, Dr Bettina and Murdoch University vet student Mzuri synchronising the oestrus in this beautiful heifer This lovely girl will be artificially inseminated with a pedigree Scottish Highland in approximately 10 days

24.01.2022 Social distancing for cow-lovers! A small reminder to stay safe! #socialdistancing #keepdistance

24.01.2022 Dr. Bettina gave Copper a hand to deliver these beautiful kids this morning. Another day in paradise

24.01.2022 Best practice for worming, and to ensure we do not create resistance against our current anthelminthics, is to do a faecal egg count and to only treat those who have a count. This is a great way to get it done for the price of a wormer.

24.01.2022 Our friends at thehorse.com have put together information about some common dental issues that can negatively impact your horses performance and how they can be corrected. https://thehorse.com//equine-dental-care-painful-points-/

23.01.2022 Calling all beef and dairy farmers! We are currently recruiting cattle for a PhD research project into a new means of diagnosing bovine respiratory disease. The non-invasive, radiation free imaging provides real-time imaging of lung function. Why is this research important to the beef and dairy industries?... Currently respiratory disease is a significant cost to Western Australian farmers through prevention, diagnosis, treatment and production loss. You will get a clinical work-up of your cattle and will be contributing to improving our understanding of bovine respiratory disease. Email us at [email protected]

22.01.2022 Interesting Case of the Week: A young sport horse filly had a history of poor performance and respiratory noise during work. We performed a standing upper respiratory endoscopy and found a picture similar to below. The diagnosis - pharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia. The equine pharyngeal mucosa houses lymphoid follicles (immune tissue) which respond to antigenic stimuli from allergens, viruses, bacteria and respiratory irritants. The local tissue responds by secreting mucous and... producing immunoglobulins. Young horses are exposed to many new antigenic stimuli as a result of travel, mixing with other young horses, competition and stabling. The finding is not uncommon in young horses, and should not be performance limiting alone. The symptoms tend to resolve with age. If there is associated respiratory noise during exercise or poor performance further diagnostics should be performed (over the ground endoscopy) to rule out laryngeal disease such as dorsal displacement of the soft palate or laryngeal hemiplegia (roarer). See more

20.01.2022 One of our gorgeous patients Smudge had triplets last month Good effort Cath and Smudge

20.01.2022 We bought a gastroscope! Gastroscopy and our stable side faecal blood tests are the only reliable diagnostics of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome or colonic bleeding. Even with the best management practices in place, EGUS affects more than 60% of competitive horses. Make sure ulcers are not keeping weight off your horse or effecting their performance!... Management practices which will help reduce the incidence of EGUS is to ensure your horses have free and ready access to roughage 24/7, a small feed of lucerne chaff or hay prior to transport or riding, minimising stress and ensuring you perform regular and thorough sand prevention.

20.01.2022 The two most important times in your management calendar (aside from medical and surgical treatment) to include your veterinary team is pre-joining and pregnancy testing. Pre-joining ram breeding assessments should be conducted 6-8 weeks before joining. A quick yard assessment and physical examination of your breeding rams can rule out reproductive issues before they affect your bottom line. Your ewes should be pregnancy tested 75 days after the rams are introduced. Ideally, your ewes would then be separated into smaller mobs based on the number of lambs theyre carrying where they can be better managed according to their nutritional requirements to ensure you get better lamb birth weight and survivability, improve your weaning %, get better quality wool and reduce your incidence of dystocia and metabolic disease around lambing.

20.01.2022 Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year from Team Naturaliste Vets! Stay safe on the roads and enjoy time with family and friends! Our holiday hours are as follows:... Wednesday December 25th - 24/7 emergency care Thursday December 26th - 24/7 emergency care Friday December 27th - open Saturday December 28th - open Sunday December 29th - 24/7 emergency care Monday December 30th - open Tuesday December 31st - open Wednesday January 1st - 24/7 emergency care Thursday January 2nd onwards - business as usual

19.01.2022 Huge congratulations to our vet nurse Lisa who just received her offical vet nurse registration from the Veterinary Surgeons Board! Fabulous effort, its been great to watch you develop your veterinary nursing skills

18.01.2022 Current research indicates that conservative work at a young age applies enough stress to improve bone and connective tissue development, applying too much stress, obviously, is detrimental, none, perhaps counterintuitively, can cause underdevelopment for their future performance. Another point is that the overzealous use of anti inflammatory medications and injecting areas of pain and damage with corticosteroids can, in some instances, be counterproductive to the strength o...f repair, and effectively becomes a bandaid procedure. We all have the very best intentions for our horses, however, do need to ensure we tailor our treatments to the individual, the injury received and however counterintuitive it may seem inaction (read: rest, time off, a judicious approach to treatment) can improve the longevity of our horses careers. Over treatment can be equally as dangerous as no treatment

17.01.2022 Happy (collective) Birthday to all the horses in the Southern Hemisphere The 1st of August is also a date which reminds horse owners in Australia to review their annual vaccines (Strep. equi equi, Clostridium tetani, Equine Herpes Virus 1 & 4, Hendra Virus, Salmonella typhomurium, Rotavirus and Equine Influenza), take baseline blood tests and get geriatric horse blood screens done Help doctors and vets manage preventable diseases!

15.01.2022 Can you have your steak and eat it too? Were really excited about the sciences which are being developed in response to agriculture and food production shortages and concerns. There is no room for extremism on either side of the bench, but if we all realise there is a problem, we are that much closer to a solution. ... #letssupportourfarmers https://mobile.abc.net.au//seaweed-for-cows-coul/11414724

14.01.2022 Not sure if your horse is feeling off? Know your horse's vital signs, these are among 3 of the first things we do when assessing your horses health.

14.01.2022 Do you know how to recognise pain in your 4-legged friend? https://ivapm.org/assess-horses-pain-level/

13.01.2022 We are after a surrogate mum to orphan a foal, if anyone has unfortunately lost a foal and can spare the mare! Thank you in advance. Please share! Call 0417769665

13.01.2022 Scoping your horse is the only way to determine if and where they have gastric ulcers. Why does that matter? Because the treatment regime is quite different depending on whether your horse has squamous or glandular ulcers. It also allows you to see whether your treatment regime is effective. We have a portable gastroscope, so scoping your horses on-farm has never been easier.

13.01.2022 We absolutely love vetting at local events! Fabulous to watch and help out if needed. Well done again MRPC for always hosting a great show!

12.01.2022 The thoroughbred breeding season is off to a racing start this Spring! This beautiful mare has been synchronised for breeding by Dr. Stefan, and with a whopping 38mm follicle and an ovulation induction treatment last night, is off to stud today!

11.01.2022 With the young green pick around horses are picking up a lot of sand as they graze. To help reduce the risk of sand impaction you can implement a few management changes: - remove horses from short, green pasture... - feed bulk physically effective fibre, forage such as hay is perfect (at least 1.5% of your horses body weight) - feed your horse psyllium husks to assist in moving sand burdens - get your horse drenched at high risk periods - monitor your horses faecal sand content If you are concerned your horse is showing signs of colic, do not do any of the above and call your veterinarian, early intervention gives you the best prognosis. ** please note preventative sand drenches can bring on abdominal discomfort and your horse should be monitored for 2-3 days after.

11.01.2022 Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (stomach ulcers) are a debilitating issue for all horses. Over 60% of performance horses and 50% of foals have ulcers. Ulcers are a medical and a management disease. Anytime a horse goes off feed (diet, no 24/7 turnout or forage replacement) or undergoes stress (transport, paddock politics, overnight stabling, shows) or is moved without a layer of forage in their stomach (exercise, transport) they become susceptible to gastric ulcers. So what c...an you do for your horse? 24/7 turnout or access to roughage reduce stress always feed a small roughage based meal prior to movement if you suspect your horse has ulcers, book in for a gastroscope session Happy riding

10.01.2022 Hump day came early for Dr. Bettina and Murdoch University vet student Mzuri with a visit to this dromedary camel

10.01.2022 We are seeing a lot of sand colic at the moment. If your horse is on a sandy lot, monthly psyllium feeding regimes or prophylactic sand drenching can avoid the stress of sand related enteropathy. Ventral abdominal x-rays can help you determine the success of your treatment program.

08.01.2022 We have had quite a few clients contact us with confusion or misinformation regarding Omeprazole therapy in the horse. Please see below a video by the EVJ regarding the role diet plays on Omeprazole efficacy. Gastroscopy remains the gold standard for diagnosing squamous ulcers and pyloric glandular ulcers. As always, we are more than happy to discuss our recommendations on acid suppression therapy with you. https://vimeo.com/207766307

07.01.2022 To our wonderful veterinary community, we wish you a safe, healthy and happy Easter and hope you have the opportunity in these unconventional times to take some time for self-reflection and care, a cuddle with your puppy, a horse ride outside or a drive around your fresh calves . All the best... Dr. Bettina, Stefan and Lili See more

07.01.2022 We are so pleased that Marvin is back to being a happy, healthy kid. Well done, Cath, on always being on top of your herd!

06.01.2022 We are taking bookings now for the 2020/2021 breeding season. Mare and stallion evaluations are best performed 4-6 weeks prior to breeding.

05.01.2022 Faecal egg counts are the best way to determine whether your parasite control program is working, whether you are facing a worm burden, if you have any horses in your herd who are high shedders and require extra attention or if you can put a new horse out to pasture.

05.01.2022 Trying to make sense of a feed analysis? This article has a nice explanation of the difference between ‘Dry matter’ vs. ‘as fed’ or ‘as sampled’ in your feed analysis. https://thehorse.com//horse-hay-analysis-dry-matter-vs-a/

05.01.2022 Welcome to the World Sundance! Why is it so important to have a vet check 12-24 hours post-foaling? In a post-foaling vet check we assess the mare for any birthing trauma, uterine infection, and udder health and assess the foal’s vitality, umbilical health, check for hernias, congenital conditions or limb deformities as well as checking the foal’s plasma IgG levels to determine whether colostrum quality and intake has been adequate.

04.01.2022 Great to see so many people taking advantage of our July Sand Prevention Drench Special! If you havent already, we are still offering sedation, intubation, mineral oil, water and electrolyte sand prevention drenches for $150 including travel until July 31. If your horse isnt great at eating their psyllium husks in feed , we also have stock of these GritBix which are a low sugar molassed tasty and easy to administer biscuit made in mini, pony and horse size. We recommend feeding (healthy horses only) up to a cup of psyllium daily or a GritBix a day for up to 6 consecutive days per month in sand prone areas If your horse is showing signs of colic, do not feed your horse, offer water and call your vet out ASAP.

04.01.2022 This little guy was brought in with a severe impacted meconium. Dr. Bettina did a thorough exam and treated him with i.v. fluids, an enema, softened his stool and ensured he was nursing well. The first faeces of the newborn (the meconium) are dark brown and either pasty or firm little faecal balls. It is important for the foal to pass the meconium within 3 hours after birth and the best way to stimulate gut movement and passage of the meconium is nursing properly. A healthy... foal should: - stand within 1 hour - start nursing within 2 hours - pass the meconium within 3 hours after birth If the meconium is not passed within this timeframe, it is imperative to call your veterinarian and ensure prompt treatment. Foals become anorexic and quickly become hypoglycaemic and it can quickly become an emergency requiring critical care.

02.01.2022 This little guy had a text book birth on Monday, but it soon became apparent he wasnt too clued on to how to nurse and he had retained meconium. The mare was also reluctant to allow him to nurse initially, which is common with milk let down discomfort. We milked the mare and ensured he got plenty of colostrum and then went on our way about teaching him to nurse. Then we gave him 8 enemas throughout the day to help him pass the meconium. Neonatal care is such a highlight of o...ur job, and because we got onto it early this guy hasnt looked back! If youre foaling down make sure you know the critical times: Standing within 1 hour Nursing within 2 Passing faeces within 3 If you have any deviation from this, call your vet. Early intervention gives you the best chance of success. Here is a great article: https://aaep.org/horsehealth/evaluation-care-newborn-foals

01.01.2022 Naturaliste Vets are incredibly excited to announce the latest editions to our team; Dr. Bettina Carstens and her sidekick Eddie have joined our veterinary team. Having graduated through Murdoch in 2017, Dr. Bettina brings with her a wealth of the latest knowledge in herd health and management in both dairy and beef practice general practice medicine and equine practice . Bettina also has a sound knowledge of the South West having practiced here for over a year. Bettin...a has been on the road together with Dr. Stefan and RVN Lisa to get to know our clients and practice. We are incredibly excited to continue to grow our clinic and team! We give a warm welcome to Bettina, be sure to say gday to her if you see her on the road