This time its a horse with character! The deserving patient is Jacob, a very young, docile cob who was brought as a foal from abroad. We don’t really know how he got himself into mischief, as usually happens in these cases. Owner found him with a cut on his leg. They called the on-call Vet
Read moreCase Study : A 17 year old Standardbred trotter who is retired from racing was found in his paddock with an injury to his knee. The wound was assessed at the stables by Dr Claire, but due to the depth and severity of the wound he was taken to the Vets On Wheels Marsa clinic
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Cryptorchids, also known as Rigs are stallions whose testicles do not descend in their scrotum as they mature. It is especially problematic in horses as it results in a low sperm count and decreased fertility, yet the testicles still produce testosterone which result in a stallion-like behaviour as the horse grows older. In the
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