By Kieran O’Brien MRCVS When do owners often choose to seek a second veterinary opinion on their horses? Here are…
Author: Kieran O'Brien
Kieran O'Brien
Dr Kieran O’Brien MA MVB PhD MRCVS After a long stint as a lecturer at Bristol Veterinary School, Kieran has been a senior clinician in an equine practice in Devon for the last 20 years. He is an FEI Official Veterinarian and has been a team vet for British and Irish teams. He is a regular contributor to horse magazines and has published the book Essential Horse Health. He breeds and imports Connemara sports ponies.
Dr Kieran O’Brien answers our questions about mud fever, mites and all manner of lower leg skin issues. Mud fever…
Choke is a relatively common condition that occurs when food or a foreign body blocks the horse’s oesophagus (gullet), which…
(Note: The advice here refers to ponies and horses suffering from endocrinopathic laminitis, causes by Obesity, Equine Metabolic Syndrome or…
Laminitis is an emergency and must never be underestimated. How a pony is managed from the first day can have…
One in four horses are euthanised by vets every year because of intractable laminitis, usually after a prolonged and painful…
A surprising number of horses become injured when both stabled and at grass, in what appear at first sight to…