Horses are usually castrated at the age of 2 years. Preferably, this is done in spring or autumn so that horses do not have to endure so many flies. In winter it is often too cold to perform a complete anaesthetic on a horse as it will get in a hypothermic state too fast. It is also best when a horse can move a lot after castration because by standing still the castration wound and the shaft of the horse swell too much.

An endoscope is a flexible fibreglass tube which enables us to check the inside of certain organs through a light source and a lens.

In the case of horses we especially use this device to get an image of the airways in case of respiratory problems like laryngeal paralysis or recurrent airway obstruction (RAO).

At our practice we have a portable digital radiography device that can be deployed with horses and other large domestic animals.

This is the optimal device to take photographs of limping horses as shown on the first image here below, a horse with a broken phalange.

Despite the fact that experts have only recently shown interest, gastric ulcers in horses are very common. According to scientific literature and recently conducted studies 90% of thoroughbreds and trotters suffer from gastric ulcers. This disorder is also very common in foals.

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