The Centaur: Magazine From Centaur Services Limited

Issue 68
Spring 2012
The Centaur
Magazine from Centaur Services Limited
Torbay Road, Castle Cary, Somerset BA7 7EU
Telephone: 01963 350187
Inside this edition - BSAVA 2012
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Editor: Imelda Leetch
Telephone: 01963 352216
email: imelda.leetch@cvws.co.uk Welcome to the Spring
Inside this issue Issue of ‘The Centaur’
Centaur Services at BSAVA.............................5
The long months of winter are behind us and the sunshine and the latest issue of
‘The Centaur’ magazine have arrived to mark the beginning of Spring. There is plenty
KONG.................................................................7
to keep you occupied in this issue including details of new products now available
Proudly introducing their new toys!
through Centaur including; Lily’s Kitchen pet food range, new additions to the KONG
range and the SECUROS Surgical range of instruments.
BVNA Council Elections.................................10
Vote for your council member
WSAVA/ FECAVA/ BSAVA World Congress is only days away! Held at the ICC/NIA in
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SOS Africa Success.........................................16 developments. Check out page 5 for more details!
SOS Africa children receive a brand new mini bus!
Centaur’s Easter Egg Hunt is sure to be a hit with the chocoholics out there. Turn to
Easter Competition.........................................17 page 17 to find out how you could win a hamper full of wonderful Green & Blacks
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Canine Prostate Awareness Campaign.........24
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other veterinary nurses from a wide range of backgrounds, to share thoughts and ideas on both a political
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Pat Sells & Laura Heaps
On 25th October 2011 two UK vets, Pat Sells and Hobbling injuries are also commonplace, when owners
Laura Heaps, set off on what was to be a 5,000 tether their animals at the pastern, sometimes using
mile journey, travelling through 7 countries to wire. Several educational programs organised by NGOs
reach an isolated clinic providing essential are in place to try and change these damaging practices.
veterinary care to working animals. The Gambia
Horse & Donkey Trust (GHDT) is a charity that After completing the rest of the journey (including a fairly
relies on donations and volunteers in order to hasty run through Mauritania!), Pat and Laura finally
continue its important work. The clinic was in arrived at the GHDT in Sambel Kunda on 17th November.
desperate need of a new vehicle to run mobile The clinic is set deep in the African bush amongst an
veterinary clinics in the surrounding villages (and incredible back-drop of round mud houses, tall grasses
to take sick villagers to hospital!), so rather than and Baobab trees, teeming with wildlife. The farmers of
taking the usual route via air, Pat and Laura decided the region rely heavily on working animals to provide for
to drive the much-needed 4x4 all the way down to their families. GHDT is the only NGO providing veterinary
The Gambia. Thanks to the generous sponsorship care for working equines in the country, and their work is
of several companies (in particular Vetericyn) and therefore hugely important.
many kind donations, a superb Mazda twin cab
pick-up was prepared for the trip, and filled with
veterinary supplies. And by some miracle (neither
having much mechanical knowledge),
Infectious Diseases
Having been introduced to the area only
they made it!
relatively recently, horses in particular
are very susceptible to the tropical
First Stop, Morrocco diseases that are endemic throughout
En route, they stopped at an inner city charitable the river region. In 2004, the quick
clinic in the town of Fes. The American Fondouk is response of GHDT to a deadly outbreak
a well run hospital that sees a high proportion of of African Horse Sickness with an
trauma cases. The majority of these occur when aggressive vaccination campaign
horses, mules and donkeys are worked in close succesfully stopped what could have
proximity with traffic. Many animals seen were been a national disaster.
malnourished. A general problem in the cities of
Morocco occurs when animals are turned out on Their tetanus vaccination programmes
wasteland where they ingest rubbish such as have also markedly reduced the
plastic bags. number of equine deaths in the region.
The challenge they now face is the
Hobbling injuries are also commonplace, when scourge of a disease called
owners tether their animals at the pastern, trypanosomiasis, spread by the
sometimes using wire. Several educational Fes, Morocco: A 2m length of
ubiquitous tsetse fly. Recent studies
plastic is found in the intestine
programs organised by NGOs are in place to try have shown the prevalence of infection
and change these damaging practices. of a horse that was put to sleep
in equines of the region to be above following severe colic.
70%, and Pat and Laura spent much
time gathering samples to try and help scientists based in Glasgow continue
their valuable research on this devastating parasite. It is thought that a new
strain of the disease is causing a rapidly fatal neurological disease in horses and
donkeys, although so little is known about it that vets and farmers alike are left
saddened and frustrated as one after another succumb.
Fes, Morocco: Pat and Dr Mohammed operate on a horse

that suffered a fractured skull after a collision with a car,
while Laura monitors the anaesthetic.
Gambian market: A typical case of fistulous withers in a

donkey, caused solely by poor harness design.

Harness wounds
As with many parts of the developing world, a
major threat to equine welfare is the effect of poorly
designed pack and harness, combined with
overwork. This is clearly a problem that can be
prevented, and important initiatives in harness
design and production are already making steady
progress, not least by GHDT. One important step is
to replace the traditional mouth-piece (which can be
as inappropriate as a length of string or barbed wire)
with proper metal or rubber bits donated from the
UK. Padding is important (often in the form of
donated numnahs), but the real progress is made in
addressing the harness design, thus preventing the
sores from developing in the first place.
This involves working closely with the local harness
makers and traders.
Mobile neutering clinic

Pat and Laura spent time going out in the 4x4 to Gambia: A sick donkey with suspected
neuter the stray dogs and cats at the surrounding botulism is supported with padded straps. The
villages. Cat and dog populations quickly spiral out endoscope (kindly donated by VES) is being
of control if they are unchecked, and apart from the used by Pat to assess swallowing function.
obvious welfare concerns, provide a serious risk as Despite intensive treatment, this donkey sadly
reservoirs of diseases such as rabies, which iis fatal had to be put to sleep after deterioration.
to humans.
Primary Sponsors:
Vetericyn
Secondary Sponsors:
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Mitchell Skoda
Tutavet
Elanco
Boehringer-Ingelheim
The Gambia Experience
Veterinary Endoscopy Services
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Back of the truck: a tree provides shelter Dechra
Success: Laura flushes out a septic knee
from the hot sun as Laura spays a cat Virbac joint in a donkey, which after several
and Pat helps Mumbala (GHDT Hallmarq treatments went on to make a full recovery.
employee) prepare a dog for castration. The Open College of Equine Studies
Overall Impressions
Apart from anything this was a fantastic learning
experience for two young vets, who could not have
carried out the trip without the kind and dedicated
support of a number of sponsors. Both have now
returned to the UK to continue their shared goals in
improving animal welfare, and this will by no means
be their last trip to GHDT! Patrick plans to visit Egypt
in January to carry out harness workshops with local
harness-makers, in an effort to further reduce the
incidence of wounds.
Donations are still greatly appreciated – all funds given

at the following site go directly to GHDT:
www.justgiving.com/gambiaroadtrip
There at last: The new vehicle is handed over to Heather
Armstrong (bottom right), director of GHDT, where
hopefully it will continue to help their work for many years
to come.

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Centaur’s Easter Egg Hunt
Calling all chocolate lovers!
Why not take part in Centaur’s Terms and conditions apply. A full list is available
Easter Egg Hunt for the chance to on request. The closing date for this competition
win a scrumptious Green & Blacks is the 30th June 2012. No entries will be accepted
Chocoholics hamper! after this date
I have hidden Easter Eggs of all

colours and sizes throughout the
magazine. All you have to do is iPod Touch Winner:
find them and tell me how many Congratulations to Lauren Williams of
there is. Gower Vet Surgery in Swansea, who was
the winner of our competition in Issue 66.
To enter, please complete the entry form and send
it to the freepost address below. Don’t forget to
enter the number of eggs you have found! The
winner will be the first correct entry drawn.
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Chris Geddes continued: “The support we
significant lack of understanding among clients as
received for CPAM shows that it’s a topic which
to the risk of prostate disease in dogs.
practices are keen to discuss with dog owners.
With 20% of the country’s eight million dogs
Chris Geddes MRCVS, Virbac Product Manager,
remaining uncastrated throughout their lives, the
commented: “With more than 80% of entire male
number of potential patients is certainly high. We
dogs over the age of five suffering from
offered a range of promotional materials, including
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free dog leads, and feedback on the initiative has
to give practices a reason to highlight the risk and
been very positive.”
to encourage owners to test for it. Timing CPAM
to coincide with Movember seemed a good way
According to Virbac, the traditional rectal
to interest dog owners at a time when some might
examination technique for BPH can be an ordeal
be considering the state of their own prostate!”
for both dog and clinician. It’s also sometimes
inaccurate even in experienced hands and is
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impossible in very small or large breeds. As a
practice Warwickshire-based Avonvale Vets,
solution, the company has recently introduced
added: “CPAM was an attractive campaign as it
Odelis™ CPSE, the first ELISA test to screen for,
was a bit different. It offered the opportunity to
diagnose and monitor BPH, available from three
see some of our older patients with other, less
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obvious pathologies. Non-symptomatic testicular
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tumours in particular surfaced in the checks we
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prostates so it gave us a good platform to discuss
tablet treatment for BPH, which takes effect
prostate disease with them.”
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Practices interested in taking part in Canine

Prostate Awareness Month in November 2012 are
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details of the promotional support on offer.
1. O’Shea J.D. Studies on the canine prostate gland:

Factors influencing its size and weight. J. Comp. Pathol. 1962
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Issue 68

Inside this edition - BSAVA 2012

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