Priors Farm: Equine Veterinary Surgery in Sussex



Introduction Home Priors Farm Malthouse Barn The Vets External Consultants The Office RCVS Standards Visit Charges Get In Touch Hours and Contacts Appointments and Map We Provide Our Services The Hospital Outdoor Facilities Diagnostics Unit Surgical Unit Prescriptions Annual Health Checks Newsletters Advice Breeding Choke Colic Cushing’s Syndrome Dentistry Equine Gastric Ulcers Insurance Laminitis Nutrition Passport RAO (COPD) Sarcoids Strangles Vettings Vaccinations Worming Wounds	passports There is still some confusion about the need for a passport to be available. The following summarises the owner’s responsibility regarding making the passport available. The passport MUST accompany the horse it describes when the horse: Is moved from its normal premises to receive veterinary treatment Is moved to other premises for competition purposes Is moved to the premises of a new keeper, for example for training or breeding Is sold or the relevant breed society asks for it Is moved into or out of Great Britain Is taken to a slaughterhouse for slaughter When a horse dies or is destroyed, the passport must be sent back to the organisation that issued it. We recommend that you sign the section nine of the passport for each of your horses. This is the part that declares that your horse will not enter the food chain. Once this section is signed there are NO additional restrictions on the medicines that can be administered to you horse. If a passport has not had the section nine signed, if the passport is not available for inspection, or if the identification contained within the passport does not match your horse’s markings, there are severe restrictions regarding the medicines that can be administered to your horse. These restricted medicines include Equipalazone (bute) and Sedalin gel/ACP tablets. Please note once the section nine of the passport is signed this is an irreversible decision. Any horse that has a passport with section nine signed can by definition not be used in the food chain. Therefore when your horse dies or is destroyed you will incur the expense of sending your horse for cremation or if applicable burial. DISCLAIMER: This advice is intended for use by registered clients of Priors Farm only. The advice offered is general advice only. Priors Farm clients who wish to discuss the individual circumstances of their horse should contact the office. To speak to a vet please phone between 8.30 - 10.00 am on weekday mornings.
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