FREE VISIT ZONES

We are now offering 'FREE VISIT ZONE DAYS' to all our areas. This is in response to demand from clients worried about spiralling costs and to improve efficiency and therefore our carbon footprint.

Choke

Choke is obstruction of the oesophagus or food-pipe and often appears like colic and is always after eating something. Generally it is because the horse has eaten food without chewing...

Castration

Castration is the most common surgical procedure that we perform – in our practice geldings outnumber stallions somewhere in the region of 100 to 1! It is usually performed at...

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Bone Oedema

The first time many people in the equine world will have been aware of this would be after the retirement of Totilas, the German dressage stallion, because of bone oedema...

Bone Spavin

Bone spavin is osteoarthiritis of the two lowest portions of the hock joint, the distal inter tarsal joint and tarsometatarsal joint. Signs of this start as hindlimb lameness or stiffness,...

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Dentistry

All our vets carry the equipment required to perform routine dentistry with them at all times, including a gag and a selection of tooth rasps. Routine dental care is vital...

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Poor Performance

Poor Performance in Horses. Firstly, it is important to establish the details of the problems to determine if there is a true poor performance issue. If the horse fails to...