Thanks to the Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo locals who made me feel extremely welcome in the Pilbara W.A. for 5 weeks as the locum vet (January – March 2008). Despite a mainly small animal hospital, horses were well represented. I gelded colts, did lots of teeth and had a regular session on a Tuesday night at the horse yards where the locals came along (with their dogs and kids). The deal was - I would talk or demonstrate for 20 minutes something about horses and then everyone had to ask a horse question and at the end tell me one thing they had learned. I also treated snakes wrapped in sticky tape (use hospital universal solvent for this). I met the kookaburra with a broken leg and the pygmy python. I have returned to Victoria and look forward to the laminitis seminars we will run later in the year.
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Hot shoeing offers many advantages for shoe shaping and fitting to the foot. |
The principles of farriery are the same regardless of size or breed. |
Mission statement
My goal as a farrier and veterinarian is to make the principles of farriery available to all horse associated persons in an easy to understand and accessible form. By doing this I intend to improve the overall standards of farriery for the benefit of horses, horse-owners, farriers and vets. Judith L Mulholland.
In 2007 I am promoting knowledge of laminitis and equine cushings disease. These sections have been significantly updated. Laminitis has 3 sections - Part 3 includes a diet for laminitis.
Laminitis Seminars
Sunday 1st of June 2008,
Huntly Hall, Midland Highway,
10 km North of Bendigo.
Sunday 15th of June 2008,
Redhill Community Hall,
19-23 Mechanics Road, Redhill South,
Melway Reference - 191 B5.
Adults $40.00 under 16 free.
10.00 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Recent research and treatment options.
Carbohydrate overload / feed induced.
Equine Metabolic Syndrome.
Cushing’s Disease etc. Notes given.
Morning and afternoon tea, BYO lunch
Bookings essential. Phone 0408 565528
For seminar information, see Upcoming Events for more information.
About Dr. Jude I was foaled in 1962 and brought up in Victoria where I learned to ride and had my first horse as a teenager. I left school just before turning 16 and I have pursued my passion for horses while working in the horse industry ever since. I had done a wide variety of equine work including mustering, droving, clipping, yearling preparation, stud work and racing before settling into farriery in my late 20's. I finished my apprenticeship at 33. Then, in my mid 30's I decided to return to school and put everything into becoming a veterinarian. I graduated 6 years later. Throughout this time I was supporting myself solely by farriery and since graduation the mix of farriery and veterinary has been very rewarding. The wide range of horses I have handled and the many jobs I have done and places where I have worked has enhanced my basic foundation of knowledge of horses. "The more I know, the more I know I don't know". I am learning every day. My goal is to pass what I am learning on to you for the benefit of your horses. I am currently working in equine practice in Australia and maintain a small number of farriery clients in several states. I travel widely to teach or assist horse owners with farriery issues whenever I can. I hope that I can be of help to you.
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Judith Mulholland |
Work. During the 2007 off season (Feb – July) I enjoyed 7 weeks of locum work in Victoria and Tasmania. I travelled to Arnham land to work in two indigenous communities with a remote area dog program. I have since joined both AMRRIC and VBB (Animal management in Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities and Vets Beyond Borders). These organisations do a great deal of good within Australia and overseas (VBB). I hope to work with them in 2007 and 2008. I then went to the Bain Fallon equine veterinary conference in Perth, Western Australia where I gained new knowledge on Cushing’s disease and equine metabolic syndrome. I stayed on for an extra week working for many clients from my Uni days. Back in Victoria for the equine stud season no one could have anticipated the Equine Influenza outbreak and the effect it would have on the industry. It has been devastating and at the time of writing Victoria was still EI free. I extend sympathy to those affected in NSW and QLD. I have decided to go it alone at last and I am currently setting up my own mobile veterinary business in Northern Victoria, Australia. I hope to visit some of the smaller communities within a few hours drive, that do not have a veterinarian, on a regular basis. I am still available for short-term veterinary locum work (< 4 weeks). I look forward to doing more teaching and running farriery seminars now that I will have more freedom and may now be contacted direct on my mobile phone (refer to contact me from home page). I still manage to visit my farriery clients and their horses around all this.Judith. |
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