Veterinary talk

on February 1st

EQUINE veterinary medicine experts Patrick Brogan, Kevin Corley, James Gibbons, Sean Finnan, Niamh Lewis, Siobhan McAuliffe, Julie Storme, Nikki Walsh and Margaret Wilson will speak at a day-long event for equine veterinary surgeons in Glasson Lake House, Athlone, Co Westmeath, on Thursday, February 1st. Organised by the Irish Equine Veterinary Association, the event starts at 9am and concludes at 6pm. Entitled ‘Stud Medicine - Following the Evidence’, the event is sponsored by Molloy Veterinary, IMV Imaging and Veterinary Immunogenics.

Registration: irisheva.ie

IEC reports

bacteria finding

THE Irish Equine Centre has isolated Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule Type 5 from a routine CEM sample in a thoroughbred mare, the first such case in 2024. This follows on from 2023 when five cases of Capsule Type 5 and 2 cases of Capsule Type 1 were identified, by far the greatest number of cases we have seen for many years. This bacterium can cause severe uterine infection which impacts fertility and can be transmitted between horses at covering. All breeding stock should be screened for this and other infectious causes of metritis by CEM testing in advance of breeding with capsule typing of any Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae isolated. For further information please contact your vet or Dr James Gibbons on 045-866266 or email jgibbons@irishequinecentre.ie

Racing due to

cease in Macau

RACING in Macau will stop in April. The Macau Jockey Club is reportedly in debt and has agreed to hand Taipa racecourse back to the Government. The news follows a few months after the announcement that racing in Singapore will cease in October this year.