Preventive Health Care

I offer comprehensive preventive health care programmes from the moment of birth until ripe old age.

The foundations of the preventive equine health care program are:

 

  • Behavioral analysis
  • Dental exams
  • Dewormings
  • General monitoring
  • Nutritional advice
  • Reproductive monitoring
  • Vaccinations

Equine Health Check-up Plans

1. Pregnancy Check-up:
  • General examination + Blood analysis.
  • Precocious pregnancy diagnosis, before 34 days.
  • Establish a deworming and vaccination plan.
  • Nutritional plan and supplementation.
  • Management & Special care.
  • Birth alarms
2. Birth Check-up:
  • Immunization
  • Examination of mare and foal (evaluation of the colostrum, mammary gland, release of the meconium, and the umbilical cord).
  • Establishing a deworming and vaccination plan.
  • Nutritional plan for both mare and foal.
  • Specific care for the newborn and mare.
  • Extra immunity supplementation.
3. Years 2-3 Check-up:
  • First dentistry consultation (introducing the animal to the intervention).
  • “Resenho” for legal and institutional matters.
  • Crucial period for behavioral issues.
  • Education for veterinary procedures (it is very important to be able to handle your horse in case of an emergency).
  • Check-up of the musculoskeletal system, to see if everything is alright to start training the horse.
  • Castration.
4. Geriatric Check-up:
  • General examination + Blood analysis.
  • Establish a deworming and vaccination plan.
  • Nutritional plan.
  • Monitoring the most common diseases that affect the geriatric population, such as, endocrine diseases and arthritis.
5. Annual Equine Report Check-up:
  • Equine report

Overall we find our clients increasingly more and better informed about specific and technical information, leading to a much better care of the animal. That’s why we feel obliged to raise the standard and develop, according to criteria implemented in the United States, an Annual Equine Report.

  • Vaccination

We provide and strongly recommend annual vaccination for your horse for tetanus and Influenza. Horses that compete in national competitions (FEP) will need a bi-annual vaccination to be able to compete.

6. Pre and Post Purchase Check-up:
We can help potential buyers to make a more informed decision regarding the purchase of a horse by providing them with:

  • A complete and thorough medical exam with specific recommendations.
  • An assessment to establish if the animal has any type of pathology that would impair his intended use or family integration.
  • Advice and guidance on the correct care and management of the new animal from a medical, nutritional, and educational point of view.

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