Rachel Agass

Rachel Agass biogRachel Agass graduated from the RVC in 2014 and undertook an internship at Rainbow Equine Hospital.
She then worked in practice in England and Australia, before returning to Rainbow to begin a residency in equine surgery shared with the University of Glasgow.

December 2019

Management of equine pain in the field – part 2

Rachel Agass and Kate Loomes discuss options for long-term analgesia, as well as the use of scoring scales for monitoring the response of patients.

29 mins

June 2019

Updates on common performance limiting respiratory problems in the horse

Rachel Agass and David Rendle discuss the diagnosis and management of some of the most common diseases of the equine respiratory tract: recurrent laryngeal neuropathy, palatal dysfunction and equine asthma.

54 mins
Management of equine pain in the field: part 1

Rachel Agass and Kate Loomes review the basic pathophysiology of this issue and explore some of the options for analgesia in the short term.

48 mins

December 2017

Common disorders of equine joints: causes to treatment

Rachel Agass and Barny Fraser describe conditions affecting joints in horses, while also considering various diagnostic and treatment methods.

45 mins

July 2017

Equine pain control breakthroughs and guidance to spotting subtle signs

This article reviews the basics of the physiology and pathophysiology of pain, before focusing on the tools to recognise it in our equine patients.

67 mins

August 2016

Equine wound management

Moses Brennan and Rachel Agass discuss advances in a variety of techniques developed for treatment and closure of wounds present in horses.

29 mins