UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
University of Liverpool 1972-1977
Graduated with degree of BVSc with credit in clinical medicine

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
RCVS Certificate in Equine Practice 1986
RCVS Certificate in Equine Orthopaedics 1987
Diploma of Fellowship of RCVS 1993

PUBLICATIONS ; GENERAL ARTICLES & LETTERS
Letter to the Veterinary Record in response to "In Practice" article concerning the use of corticosteroids in the treatment of sweetitch. Vet Rec (1987). 121. 6. p. 136.

"Laminitis". Veterinary Practice. (1988) Vol20. No 6. 21.3.88. p 9-11.

"Laminitis". Veterinary Practice. (1988) Vol 20. No 7. 4.4.88. p 8-10.

"Laminitis". Veterinary Practice. (1988) Vol 20. No 8. 18.4.88. p 12-13.

Electrohydraulic lithotripsy for the treatment of cystic calculus in two geldings.
Equine vet. J. (1988).20. 3. 221-223

Abstraction of 'Anatomic, hoof and shoeing considerations for the treatment of laminitis in horses' T.E. Goetz, JAVMA, Vol 190, No 10, May 15 1987. for Equine vet. J. (1988).

Treatment of solar prolapse using the heart bar shoe and dorsal hoof wall resection technique.
Equine vet. J. (1989) 21. (5) 370-372. Eustace & Caldwell.

The construction of the heart bar shoe and the technique of dorsal wall resection.
Equine vet. J.(1989) 21. (5) 367-369.Eustace & Caldwell

Equine Laminitis. (1990)
In Practice. July p 156-161.

Eustace, R.A. and Redden, R.R. (1990).
Iatrogenic laminitis.
Vet. Rec. 126. 23. 586.

Wilson, A.M, Eustace, R.A., Naylor, J.R.J., and Goodship, A.E. (1993).
The effect of wedge shoeing on tendon force in the equine distal limb.
Proc. of the Assoc. of Equine Sports Medicine.

Eustace R.A. (1991)
Equine pituitary neoplasia.
In Practice. Vol 13. No 4 July p 147-148.

Eustace R.A. (1992)
Do you flounder when they founder ?
Veterinary Times 22. 9. p6-8

Adjustable Glue-on Heart Bar Shoe : Treating Laminitis, Founder and Sinker Syndrome.
Hoofcare and Lameness Report. 57. 914. p 13-14 (1992).

Eustace R.A. (1994)
Factors affecting equine hoof horn growth rate and quality.
In Practice. 16. 3. 129-131.

Radiological measurements from the feet of normal horses with relevance to laminitis.
Cripps, P.J. and Eustace, R.A. (1999)
Equine vet. J. 31. 5. pp 427-433

Factors involved in the prognosis of equine laminitis in the UK.
Eustace, R.A. and Cripps, P.J. (1999)
Equine vet. J. 31. 5. pp 433-443

Eustace R.A. (2000)
Prevention of laminitis of dietary origin.
Veterinary Times 30. 5. p26.

Eustace R.A.(2003)
Intestinal worms in horses
Commissioned article for Country and Equestrian Retailer Autumn 2003

Eustace R.A. (2004)
Laminitis in the 21st Century
Commissioned article for The Veterinary Journal April 2004

Eustace R.A. (2004) translated by Dr D. Neubert
Fütterung des Rehepferdes
Der Praktische Tierarzt 85 Heft 8 572-576

Eustace R.A. (2006)
Equine Laminitis
Commissioned article Absolute Horse

UK Vet Companion Animal - Equine section April 2005
Member of scrutineering panel, Clinical Forum
Deep digital flexor tenotomy in the treatment of equine laminitis

THESIS
Eustace R.A. (1991)
Radiological measurements involved in the prognosis of equine laminitis.
RCVS. Fellowship Thesis.

BOOKS
Eustace R.A. (1992)
Explaining Laminitis and its Prevention
R.A. Eustace. Bristol.

Two chapters in the In Practice Handbook "Equine Practice 2" (1993)
Ed Boden. Balliere Tindall.

Eustace R.A.(2002)
Corrective Farriery a textbook of remedial horseshoeing Vol 1
Commissioned chapters on Laminitis. Ed Simon Curtis. R & W publications

POST-GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT
July 1977 Qualified BVSc, MRCVS, University of Liverpool.
October 1977-March 1979; Hopkins and Nuthall M'sRCVS, Battle, Sussex. Mixed practice.
March 1979-March 1980; S. McDiarmid MRCVS, Co. Limerick, Eire. Thoroughbred stud and hunter practice.
March 1980-October 1980; J. Craven, Cossington, Leics. Equine practice.
October 1980-October 1983; Day and Partners, Newmarket, Suffolk. Specialist equine stud and racing practice. Experience gained in routine stud examinations, ultrasound echography, stud and racing soundness for purchase examinations, stud bacteriology, paediatrics, horses in training routine medicine and surgery, endoscopy, radiography, anaesthesia, and orthopaedics.
October 1983-February 1984; Scone Veterinary Clinic, Scone. New South Wales, Australia. Thoroughbred stud and racing practice.
February 1984-October 1984; Resident veterinary surgeon at Airlie Stud, Co. Dublin, Eire. Responsibility for four Thoroughbred stallions, 200 mares, foals and followers, 200 mare foaling unit.
October 1984-August 1985; Locum tenens appointments to equine practices in GB.
Stirk & Stirk, The Grange, Sutton Grange, Ripon, N. Yorks. HG4 4PB.
J.R.F. Crouch MRCVS, Billingshurst, W. Sussex.
P. Scott Dunn, Straight Mile Farm, Billingbear, Wokingham, Berks. RG11 5RW.
August 1985-October 1987; Lecturer, University of Liverpool, in Equine Studies.
Responsibility for referred equine medicine and surgery cases, student teaching.
November 1987-January 1988 Self employed on the Wirral, Merseyside.
January 1988 to May 1988 Unemployed.
May 1988; Established The Laminitis Clinic, University of Bristol, Langford.
May 1993; Moved the Laminitis Clinic to Mead House Farm, Dauntsey, Wilts.
1995 Founded registered national charity The Laminitis Trust, Director and member of the Scientific Committee.
1998 Incorporated Equi Life Ltd, distribution company for nutritional supplements, hoof dressings and laminitis related products.
2004 Developed and launched Formula⁴ Feet, TLC Frog Supports and WeighTapes.
2006 Developed, trialled and launched Solution⁴ Feet and Vitex⁴ Equids.
2007 Developed a new surgical technique for the treatment of severely affected acute founder and sinker cases.

MAJOR PRESENTATIONS
National Association of Master Farriers meeting at Stoneleigh, Warwicks. 'Heart bar shoeing technique'. December 1987 & February 1988
Organiser/Co-speaker with Burney Chapman, Laminitis Weekend Symposium, University of Liverpool. September 1987.
Lakeland Veterinary Association-Laminitis. June 1988;
East Midlands Veterinary Association-Laminitis. July 1988;
Bedford branch of Farriers Association-Laminitis. November 1988;
Sussex Veterinary Association-Laminitis. January 1989.
Cotswold Veterinary Society-Laminitis. May 1989;
Veterinary undergraduates University of Bristol, May 1990.
Society of European Equine Veterinary Surgeons, Utrecht, Netherlands. March 1991
Veterinary undergraduates University of Cambridge, May 1991.
National Association of Master Farriers AGM Stoneleigh, Warwicks. July 1991
Joint veterinary/farriery meeting in Kildare, Eire. April 1992.
Demonstration International Veterinary/Farriery meeting Knutsford, Cheshire. Nov 1992.
Lameness Congress, Cambridge England. August 1993
Annual lectures to MSc Equine Studies students, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. 1993-2008.
World Veterinary Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, three presentations Nov 1993.
88th Annual Conference of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama, USA, two presentations October 1995.
Annual Conference at the Equine Research Centre, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, two presentations November 1995.
International Conference on Feeding Horses, England, three presentations May 1996.
Veterinary undergraduates Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. February 1997.
Annual Conference of the Mexican Association of Equine Veterinarians, Guadalajara, Mexico, two presentations June 1997.
CESMAS, Cordoba, Spain. April 1998.
International Conference on the Feeding of Horses, Stoneleigh, England. September 1998.
Vaillant meeting of farriers La Roche sur Foron, France. January 1999.
Joint meeting of veterinarians and farriers Rome, Italy. March 1999.
Joint meeting of veterinarians and farriers Compeigne, France. May 1999.
World Equine Veterinary Association, Paris, France. October 1999.
Equine Event, Stoneleigh, England. November 1999.
6th Congress of Equine Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland. December 1999.
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, England. January 2000.
Farrier Focus meeting Denver, Colorado, USA. November 2000
University of New Hampshire, USA Nov 2000
First International Equine Conference on Laminitis and diseases of the foot. Ritz-Carlton Hotel, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. 8-9th Feb 2001
Hartpury College Students Feb 2001
Demo for Dengie employees April 2001
Organised National Laminitis Awareness Month May 2001
WCF Laminitis Conference, The Moller Centre, Cambridge. 26th May 2001
1The pathology and diagnosis of laminitis. 2 Medical Treatment and the Eustace Shoe
Veterinary students at Bristol, London and Cambridge veterinary schools. 2001
1st UK Farriery Convention Myercough College, Preston. Sept 2001
BHS Scotland Burgie, Inverness, Scotland. Sept 2001
Midforest Veterinary Practice lecture Lyndhurst April 2002
Hartpury College lecture May 2002
Bristol Veterinary Students lecture May 2002
Cottam lecture farriers meeting June 2002
Mullacott Veterinary Practice lecture demo July 2002
ILPH Lecture Newmarket October 2002
BHS, Edinburgh Veterinary Students, Glasgow Veterinary Students lecture, Scotland Nov 2002
Equine Laminitis BEVA/NAFBE meeting Stoneleigh Oct 2003
Farrier Focus meeting Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. November 2003
8th Congress of Equine Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland Dec 2003.The Laminitis Trust Feed Approval Mark.
Practice Meeting Penbode Veterinary Practice Feb 2004
Veterinary Practice Journal Meeting London March 2004
NW Labs veterinary surgeons meeting Preston May 2004
Lecture Demonstration C.L.A.S, Dunadry, Ulster July 2004
Lecture International Caspian Horse Society Conference, Rutland, August 2004
Lecture Lakeland Riders Group Oct 2004
Lecture AVEF Pau, France Oct 2004 and at Toulouse previously
Lecture Worshipful Company of Farriers Apprentices Meeting, Stoneleigh, England Oct 2004
Lecture Natural Healing Group, Foxham, England Nov 2004
Lecture Equine Lameness and Farriery Course, Racing School, Newmarket, England Nov 2004
Lecture VPP Ghent, Belgium Feb 2005
Lecture at Bicton College, Somerset Feb 2005
Lecture to Farrier Group, Stromsholm, Exeter, England March 2005
Lecture Finnish Horse and Pony Breeders, Helsinki, Finland. April 2005
Lifelearn farriers and vets meeting Newmarket June 2005
Lecture to Equine Veterinary Surgeons meeting Berlin, Germany, June 2005
Lecture to EqWest veterinary practice meeting, Cornwall March 2006
Lecture at Lincoln University, March 2006
Lecture for Drove Equine Practice, Swindon, April 2006
Lecture to Farrier and Veterinary Surgeons meeting Chechzin, Poland. May 2006
Faversham & District RC Lecture on Laminitis, June 2006
BHS Scotland Lecture, Lockerbie, Scotland, September 2006
ILPH Scotland Lecture on Equine Obesity, Scotland, September 2006
Fellowes Farm Equine Clinic lecture (Schering-Plough Animal Health) March 2007
Royal Veterinary College Lecture- Laminitis April 2007
Lecture/demo at Raystede Animal Sanctuary May 2007
Lecture/demo for Dengie Crops Ltd staff July 2007
Lecture on hoof care, Groningen, The Netherlands Oct 2007
Lecture to Glasgow University Veterinary Medical Association Nov 2007
Curriculum lecture to Edinburgh University Veterinary Students Nov 2007
Two lectures on laminitis, 10th Congress on Equine Medicine and Surgery Geneva Dec 2007
Coronary band splits and horn infection. World Equine Veterinary Association Moscow Russia Jan 2008
Lecture to Ardene House Veterinary Practice client meeting, Aberdeen, Scotland April 2008