Export FAQs
🐴✈️⛵️Are you considering taking your horse abroad? Do you need to export your horse?🐴✈️⛵️ If you're thinking about exporting your...
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Important information regarding insurance
Insurance – are you covered? Getting a new horse is always an exciting prospect; however, regular livery fees, farriery, lessons and vets...
Acupuncture
What does acupuncture do? Acupuncture can assist the body to heal itself by causing physiological changes. For example, it can stimulate...
Equine Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography is a valuable and widely used diagnostic tool in horses, which diagnose and evaluate a number of conditions. An...
Equine Radiography (x-ray)
Radiography is an imaging modality which is an essential tool in any equine veterinary practice for looking at the bones and joints of...
Equine Fractures
Recent advances in equine fracture treatment has improved the prognosis for certain fractures hugely and the number of injuries and...
Equine Arthroscopy
Keyhole surgery of joints (arthroscopy) is now a routine procedure in human medicine. The techniques and equipment have rapidly...
Equine Arthritis (DJD)
DJD (degenerative joint disease) describes a process in the joint where the joint cartilage is progressively destroyed and changes occur...
Mare and Foal Fact Sheet
My mare is due to foal…. What to expect? What to do? Preparing your mare: When preparing your mare to foal, there are many things to...
Does Navicular Disease still exist?
The word ‘Navicular’ often sends shudders down owners’ spines when mentioned. But is this reaction still warranted? Does this ‘disease’...
Inside The Horse’s Mouth
Many of us are aware that horses and ponies require routine dental care each year, but taking time to consider the horse’s anatomy and...
Conformation – the key to soundness
As vets, we most commonly scrutinise conformation at pre-purchase examinations (PPEs) and as we start lameness investigations. We also...
Dental Awareness Month - March 2023
We will be celebrating dental awareness month in March, which is a great opportunity to take advantage of our dental offers. Check out...
Castration
We recommend that colts are castrated from six months to (hopefully!) make them a little calmer and easier to manage. This is done over...
Worming Advice - Updated Nov 2022
All horses have a degree of gastrointestinal parasitism which is more commonly known as a worm burden. High parasite burdens can cause...
Sarcoids – a scourge on the modern horse?
Sarcoids are a type of equine skin tumour that exist in the skin and the tissue layers immediately below the skin. They do not spread to...
Hoof Balance – ‘No foot, no horse’
Hoof conformation is one of the most important factors in allowing a horse to live an athletic life free from lameness. The adage ‘no...
Atypical Myopathy
Atypical myopathy (AM, atypical myoglobinuria or seasonal pasture myopathy) is a muscle disease that hit the headlines in 2014 due to a...
Equine Asthma
Equine asthma (also known as heaves or dust allergy and formerly known as COPD or RAO) is one of the most common causes of coughing and...
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