health & wellbeing Toby recovers from a turnout injury
When Sophie Tranter from Monmouthshire returned home from work to find her horse had suffered a nasty cut to his leg, she immediately recognised the seriousness of the injury. Six-year-old Toby had cut his front leg whilst out in the field, resulting in a flap of loose skin over a large wound. Sophie transported Toby straight to her local veterinary practice for treatment, where it was initially decided that the skin flap should be stitched down. Unfortunately, the stiches didn’t hold in place, resulting in the
skin flap having to be removed leaving the large wound open. In order for the wound to heal and to prevent infection, Toby, a 15.2hh Connemara, would require extensive bandaging with regular dressing changes. Sophie used several products from the Robinson Animal Healthcare range to dress Toby’s wound and help support his leg during the recovery process. Activate wound dressing was placed against the open wound to prevent bacteria entering, followed by Veterinary Gamgee as a second layer to protect the wound and help control any swelling. Equiwrap was then placed over the top of the Veterinary Gamgee as a final layer to hold everything in place. Due to Toby’s playful nature, the range of products was put to
the test, particularly on the two occasions when Sophie, who is a Quality Systems Coordinator for a beverage company, returned home to find he had escaped from his stable to turn himself out in the field, which Toby really enjoyed but resulted in yet another bandage change!
Another extra bandage change was required after Toby completely soaked his bandage by using his water bucket as a foot spa! Said Sophie; “All the products successfully passed the test. The bandage did not move and everything was securely held in place, even on those occasions he decided to turn himself out. “I changed the bandages myself and found the products easy to open and handle. The Equiwrap
was brilliant as it stuck to itself really easily and was easy to tear when I needed it to. “The Activate wound dressing was by far my favourite product to use, as it ensured the wound closed rapidly and I never had a problem during the healing process with infection or bacteria entering the open wound.
“It also never stuck to the wound so when the bandage and dressing was changed, it came away easily, which didn’t distress Toby. I would highly recommend products from the Robinson Animal Healthcare range to everyone.”
For more information on the range visit
www.robinsonhealthcare.com
Sophie and Toby in action
Sophie used several products from the Robinson Animal Healthcare range to dress Toby’s wound
Activate wound dressing
Activate from Robinson Animal Healthcare is an activated carbon dressing for cleansing and healing open and infected wounds. The multi-layered dressing incorporates activated carbon which has been found to attract and absorb bacteria into the dressing keeping contamination away from the wound surface. The dressing promotes rapid wound closure and improves normal healing process of wounds susceptible to exuberant granulation (proud flesh). Excellent results have been observed when Activate has been used on chronic wounds that were previously not responding to treatment. The dressings are sterile, non-adherent and absorb exudates, eliminating odours. For more information on the Robinson Animal Healthcare visit www.
robinsonanimalhealthcare.com
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Leading supplement manufacturer, Hilton Herbs, has launched a new range of liquid herbal supplements aimed at the equine athlete. The PLUS range consists of seven products formulated in accordance with the FEI Regulations for Clean Sport, with each product having been independently tested free of common contaminants and herbal naturally occurring prohibited substances. The concentrated pure tincture blends are packaged in handy ‘travel-sized’ 500ml bottles with weight-dependent dosage, and each bottle comes with a free Hilton Herbs weigh-tape. Prices from £35 with 500mls lasting a 16 hand horse approximately 25 days. For more information please contact the Helpline Freephone 0800 294 1250 or email
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