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Donview Veterinary Centre scoops prestigious industry award.

The Inverurie and Kintore based practice have been named the Mixed Veterinary Practice of the Year, Scotland 2016 by Global Health and Pharma Awards.

The programme aims to acknowledge and reward those who have gone beyond their duty of care to improve the welfare, care and health of animals. Each of the award winners was chosen through a combination of votes gathered from a network of respected industry partners and the programme’s own rigorous in-house research.

Nominees were scrutinised on a broad range of criteria including performance over the past 12 months, commitment to innovation and methods. In addition nominees were benchmarked against their competition to ensure that only the most deserving names walk away with one of the prestigious trophies.

Charlie Carnochan, Director at Donview Veterinary Centre said ‘We were delighted to hear that we had won the award. This is excellent recognition for our 33 staff who work tirelessly to ensure we operate to the highest standards of care and customer service.’

The awards program was run by Global Health and Pharma, a global information sharing platform and a multi-disciplinary members community.

Donview Veterinary Centre which was established over 100 years ago in Inverurie. consists of 15 vets and 18 support staff, making it one of the veterinary largest practices in North East Scotland.

***TAPEWORM DOSING IN HORSES***

With the cold and wet weather more of our ponies are coming in off their summer grazing for longer periods of time, this is the perfect opportunity to be thinking about Tapeworm.

For other intestinal worms we usually recommend faecal sampling each horse 4x a year.
If there are less than 200-250 worm eggs per gram of faeces then there is no need to treat with a de-wormer. This saves money and reduces the risk of resistance forming to the de-wormers we use.
Unfortunately it is not possible to reliably test faecal samples for tapeworm eggs. However, there is a blood sample we can take to test for exposure to them.

We usually recommend DOSING FOR TAPEWORM ONCE IN THE AUTUMN (NOW!) and again in the Spring. Ideally we blood sample to check for tapeworm exposure in the spring and if this is negative then dosing would not be required.

Wormers which dose for tapeworm include drugs called Pyrantel (double dosing treats for tapeworm) and Praziquantel.
It is worth estimating your horse’s weight as accurately as possible before dosing. Usually a weigh tape is the easiest method but we would recommend dosing for 10% more than the weight displayed to allow for error.

***We have tapeworm de-wormers in stock, pop in any time or call us at the practice for more information.***

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Donview Vets stand at Robert Gordon’s College careers convention today, ready to meet future members of the profession! Charlie is also doing a 30 minute presentation entitled ‘So you want to be a Vet?’
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FIREWORK FEARS – 40-50% of dogs have a noise phobia. Don’t let your dog suffer this year – a new and very successful product has been launched today and will be in the practice on Thursday. Please give us a call and speak to a Vet to find out more! (This is a prescription medicine so we can’t mention the name of the product on Facebook!)

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Happy Halloween to all animals and their owners from Donview Vets! ????

This pumpkin was expertly carved by Alan one of our Vets!

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Lindsay loves her job – baby animal cuddles all day! ?Meet Freya who was in today for her vaccinations to protect against Myxomatosis and VHD. There’s an outbreak at the moment so it’s great to know little Freya will be protected!

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We’ve just had 7 puppies in for their microchips before they go to their new homes. Lots of cuddles from Lindsay and Fiona!

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Alfie the Angora Rabbit was in visiting Diana the vet yesterday for his vaccinations and microchip. So now the gorgeous Alfie is covered for Myxomatosis & RHD (Rabbit Haemorrhatic Disease). If you would like your rabbit covered for these please do not hesitate to give us a call at the practice on 01467621429 to book an appointment. ?

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