Equine Veterinary Clinic Services
The Equine Veterinary Clinic provides a 24 hour/365 days a year ambulatory service for routine as well as emergency attention for your horse. The Clinic also boasts modern inpatient facilities, equipped with state of the art equipment for diagnostic investigations and advanced procedures. Many of the routine services we offer, such as vaccinations, dental work and examinations, can be performed on visits to your horse. However if you wish to save on a visit fee we are more than happy for you to bring your horse to us.
Some of the services we offer:
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- Routine visits and examinations - vaccinations, micro-chipping, routine rasping and wolf tooth removal, and health checks
- Pre-purchase examinations
- Poor performance examinations
- Lameness examinations
- Dentistry - molar extraction, electrical rasping, and correction of conformational abnormalities and diastemas
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- Medical investigations - weight loss, liver disease, chronic coughing, skin disease, recurrent colic, neurological disease, eye injuries and disease
- Specialised surgical procedures - For example arthroscopic treatment of joint infections and osteochondrosis, 'tie-back' and Hobday surgery for larngeal paralysis, chronic foot pain or hind limb suspensory ligament injurys and surgery to correct foal limb deformity.
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- Stud medicine - pre-breeding assessment of mares and stallions, artificial insemination (AI) of fresh, chilled and frozen semen, collection of semen, and embryo transfer - click for more details
- Neonatal care – post-foaling checks, plasma transfusions, correction of angular and flexor limb deformities, hernia repair
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- Export health certificates
- Referral work - we welcome referrals of cases from other veterinary practices for investigation and/or treatment
- Event support - we provide veterinary cover for shows, hunter trials, one- and three-day events, endurance rides, and harness racing
- Education - we are happy to talk to livery groups, riding and pony clubs about any aspect of horse health and care
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- Shock Wave therapy unit - shown on the left, this is a relatively new technique proving invaluable in the treatment of arthritis, navicular syndrome, injuries to the suspensory and annular ligaments, splints, and a range of back problems.
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- Static inhouse and mobile radiography - including full sets of pre-purchase and insurance radiographs.
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- Ultrasonography – an imaging technique in which deep structures of the body are visualised by recording the reflections of ultrasonic waves directed into the tissues. It is used for a variety of purposes, including scanning tendons and stud medicine.
- Video Endoscopy - used for direct, visual examination of internal structures – including the larynx, trachea.
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- Video Gastroscopy - an endoscope especially designed for passage into the stomach to permit examination of its interior for ulcers etc.
- Arthroscopy System - this system allows us to perform keyhole surgery on infected or injured joints by allowing visual examination, It is also used to treat problematic tendon sheaths and bursa.
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- Surgical Theatre – including bespoke made theatre table, winch from the knock down box to theatre table to the recovery box and full anaesthetic circle.
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- Artificial Insemination - Dummy mare for semen collection from stallions.
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- E.C.G and Full Anesthetic Monitoring . - including arterial blood pressure monitoring. All procedures performed by a veterinary surgeon.
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- In-house laboratory - including routine blood Biochemistry and Haematology and joint fluid testing.
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- Weigh Scales – to accurately determine a horses weight for drug dosage and worming.
- 12 Stables – including 2 fluids boxes, isolation facilities and foaling box.
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Referral Services
The Equine veterinary clinic accepts referrals from other veterinary practices throughout the UK. This can only be achieved if the first opinion vet refers the case to The Equine Veterinary Clinic. In order to facilitate this we ask that the veterinary surgeon initially contacts us and then proceeds with a full history faxed through to 01505 610510 for our perusal.
