Burlington Equine Veterinary Services

01/04/2026

Burlington Equine update:

I’m happy to report that Burlington Equine will resume normal appointments and schedules as of January 15. I appreciate everyone’s support, understanding and patience during this extended medical leave, but it’s all ending this month. Doctor’s orders have been followed pretty well and I’m very much looking forward to returning to work and seeing all of you.

Until January 15 Susan and Linda will be at the office on weekdays for a limited number of hours then all will return to normal after that. In the meantime I can continue to be reached through the office, via email or text and will do what I can to help from here.

Happy New Year!

Randy

12/26/2025

Hello - a friend of mine sent me a FB scam that I was in a car accident and they’re doing a crowdfunding campaign. None of that is true, please disregard that. I am doing well
Thank you….Randy

11/22/2025

Hello all - While it's against my nature to post things about myself, it appears I need to do exactly that. Since starting with time off in the beginning of November and having heart surgery on the 4th, Suz and Linda have been fielding calls and texts through the office asking about my status. I have also received a number of texts and emails as well. I also promised others something would be posted on FB at some point once I had a sense of where things were going. All of the contact and interest has been so appreciated!!

Everything is going well, we are back from Johns Hopkins Hospital and my days are quiet, but filled with as many activities as I can reasonably do at his point. Generally that involves walks that are getting longer by the day. My expectation of getting back to work and seeing horses remains the same and that should happen by January 15. I'm very much looking forward to that day!

In the meantime, I'm available to help in other ways if possible and have consulted with several clients about their horses, reviewed radiographs on pre-purchase horses and coordinated care with other Veterinarians on horses I won't be able to see for another 6 weeks or so.

Hope you are all well, have a very Happy Thanksgiving and thank you so much for your continued support. Feel free to reach out if I can help you in anyway possible during this time.

[The photo accompanying this post is of a woman in 1899 doing something, not sure what, with her horse. Just loved the photo]

09/14/2025

Following my post I’ve received an unexpected and overwhelming level of support and well wishes from so many people. I feel very lucky to be the recipient of so much support and positive thoughts from all of you. My relationship with you and your horses throughout the years has been so meaningful to me and I look forward to continuing with that after this little interlude. Some of the comments have come from clients newer to the practice, some I’ve seen for over 30 years and continue to do so, and some from people I haven’t seen for 10 years or more - all are so appreciated!
Looking forward to continuing on and feel free to reach out if I can help when on stall rest between November and January.

09/06/2025

Hello all,

I have some news on Burlington Equine and some changes coming up in the near future I wanted to relay to everyone. Starting in the first week of November, I’m scheduled for heart surgery and will be out of work for 10 to 12 weeks. Fortunately, this will be over the winter months and the holidays and less disruptive than in the busier time of year. Still, it will be quite challenging for me to take this time off from work, but it’s unavoidable, and I recognize the challenges for you as well that depend on our services. Definitely not something that’s been easy to accept.

In the past when I’ve had to reduce work for any medical reasons it’s been fairly short term and as I say to my friend DVG, and she often reminds me, I like to think I’m a fast healer. This one’s a little less predictable though, and I hope to bounce back by mid January.

What this will mean is that I will not be available for appointments during that time starting on November 1st, but expect to be back to work by mid January if all goes well. Definitely will have a number of restrictions and those are already being issued by my surgeon and will abide by those the best I can.

The office will be staffed on a shorter time schedule, essentially 8:30-12:30 Mon-Fri by Susan and Linda. They will be there to respond to any needs that you have regarding records, future appointments and medications. I anticipate to, at the very least, be available to consult on cases, review radiographs, consult on pre-purchases and provide medical advice. Not sure at what point that may be post surgery; hopefully soon.

I get asked about retirement and this is definitely not that. I love what I do and working with you and your horses as well as with the farriers, other Veterinarians in the area and trainers is something I look forward to continue doing.

Thanks so much!

Randy

06/15/2022

New article on Burlington Equine's website discussing Regenerative Therapies

In the following updated article from the website I've included information on the family of blood based products used now more commonly to manage joint inflammation https://www.bevet.com/regenerative-therapies

Our options are many to manage joint issues and lamenesses and hopefully this will describe those as well as their pros and cons vs the more traditional steroid based approaches. The majority of joint conditions may still be managed with corticosteroids plus Hyaluronic Acid which are quite effective and suitable for many joint conditions, but now we have more options and they are clearly worth considering.

07/14/2021

Good Morning!

I would like to announce a unique opportunity this week for those of you that have an interest with farriery and your horse. Mike Wildenstein, the former adjunct associate professor of Farrier Medicine and Surgery in the Department of Clinical Sciences of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University (worked and taught there for over 18 years), will be consulting on a horse in Hinesburg, VT at Ginny Iverson's farm. Ginny runs After the Track - a retraining facility for OTTBs. Information on their mission and goals can be seen on their website: https://www.afterthetrack.org/ There is space for one more horse that could be evaluated by Mike regarding shoeing and trimming. Ideally this would be done with your farrier present so the horse could be evaluated collaboratively. Mike has spoken and consulted on farriery for years and now resides in Vermont where he has continued consulting and speaking at various events.

If interested, please feel free to contact Ginny or my office, either through email: [email protected] or my website: www.bevet.com

More information about Mike including contact information can be accessed through his Linked In page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wildenstein-5a915853

03/05/2021

EHV-1 Outbreak in Florida

For Vermont clients in Florida and for those that have barns in VT where horses from Florida will be returning this Spring you have and will be hearing about this developing situation. Currently things are still in the early stages, but knowing that transmission can be high and rapid with this virus and the implications to horses can be significant, it's worth noting the following, this is from our State Veterinarian, Dr. Kristin Haas on Thursday 3/5:

"Late this afternoon, we received 1) information from the Florida Department of Agriculture and USDA APHIS Veterinary Services re. a positive Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy case in Ocala, Florida and 2) information re. the steps that USDA is taking to mitigate the domestic impact of the evolving EHV-1 outbreak in Europe...This is the time of the year when resident horses may be returning to VT after wintering in the south, including Ocala. As always, we also strongly urge all horse owners and managers in VT to employ biosecurity practices whenever horses are moved to, from or between barns or comingling facilities, even after very short absences. "

The following is information released from Florida's State Veterinarian:

1. The farm is near the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Ocala. 2. The farm takes horses to and from the show grounds. Some stay for several days while competing. The index horse in an 8 year old mare that was at the showgrounds competing from for several days, returning to the farm on February 21.
3. The mare had a fever on February 23 and became acutely neurologic on Monday March 1st. She was transported to the Univ. of Florida, College of Vet Med. and is currently alive and being treated in isolation.
4. The mare was tested on whole blood and nasal swab and the whole blood was positive on PCR for EHV-1, neurotropic strain.
5. The referring veterinarian called on March 1st to report the case and we quarantined the entire farm on that same day.
6. The index farm is taking temperatures 2x per day and any horse with a fever of 101.5 or greater will be tested for EHV-1 via whole blood and nasal swab.
7. Currently the index horse is the only horse that has been reported with neurological signs.
8. There are no other premises under quarantine or suspect for EHV-1 in Florida.
9. The index horse is the only horse testing positive for EHV-1.
10. The WEC has instituted increased biosecurity measures and stopped all incoming horses but continues to allow competition with those horses currently stabled on the grounds.

Situation in Europe:

At the same time there is an ongoing EHV-1 outbreak in Europe that's being managed, but again a concern for horses being imported and similar biosecurity measures are recommended for barns receiving those horses.

Again, this is still early and if all goes well, the cases will be limited, due to the highly transmissible nature of this virus though taking precautions with traveling horses is warranted.

05/11/2020

Interesting article that was published in The Horse magazine and does an excellent job describing the conditions relating to Navicular Syndrome as well as techniques for diagnostics and management. These types of cases are seen frequently and working with the farriers we have seen an improved outcome over the years. More information on some of the approaches used b Burlington Equine are on the website: www.bevet.com

A navicular syndrome diagnosis doesn't necessarily mean the end of a horse's riding career. Learn about diagnostic and treatment options.

04/22/2020

I was just speaking to a client today and questions came up about body and neck stretches for horses. The following link will take you to the article: https://issuu.com/rfrantz22/docs/backlegstretchespdf/s/10462209 or it can be accessed through the website: https://www.bevet.com/prepurchase-pdf There are PDFs on this page that relate to neck, body and leg stretches as well as forms for pre-purchase exams.

Back/Hip Stretches #1

04/17/2020

New Burlington Equine Website: www.bevet.com

In an attempt to update the Burlington Website I ended up revamping the whole thing turning it into a much larger project than expected. That's OK, was a fun challenge. There will be changes made to previous material and some new items. The format has changed quite a bit. I could use feedback on any issues with links, pages not loading properly or suggestions on possible improvements. Also thoughts on other topics to add would also be appreciated as well as links that you might find helpful.

Previously I had a PayPal link for those of you that paid for accounts online. That became a whole challenge in itself. Now there's a payment link in the footer of each page or in the upper right corner with a symbol that will take you to a site (VCITA) where that can be processed. Options are available after entering in the initial information on the 1st screen for payment through PayPal or Stripe - both using credit cards - and there will be a client portal also you can access after payment to store information or not and access another menu for contacting us and getting confirmation. This is secure and will hopefully work well, again any feedback on ease of use or problems would be appreciated.

Thanks and hope you are all well!