‘Horses are in good hands’: new research shows post-surgery equine deaths are declining

DO NOT IDENTIFY THE HORSE having keyhole surgery to remove a bone chip in his kneeThe number of equine deaths associated with general anaesthesia has declined in the last 20 years, data has shown. Researchers – who formed the Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Equine Fatalities Community Interest Company (CEPEF CIC) – have published their latest phase of the enquiry, CEPEF4, into general anaesthetic-related horse deaths since the 1990s. The work, […]