Lameness Examinations 

All our vets are highly skilled with performing lameness work ups at your stable side. We deal with a wide range of lameness varying from performance horses to foot abscess and laminitis management.

Performance horse lameness work ups:

We can perform performance horse lameness work ups at your stable side providing you have a facility to walk and trot up the horse. The vet may also require to see the horse lunged or ridden. If you do not have a facility to be able to exercise your horse, please let a member of our team know.

We offer:

  • Fully trained and experienced team
  • Range of diagnostic imaging including portable x-ray and ultrasound machines.
  • Nerve blocks
  • Intra-articular injections
  • Foot balance x-ray package

Leisure horse lameness:

We commonly see horses and ponies suffering with laminitis. We offer a foot balance x-ray package so we can work with your farrier/ barefoot trimmer to get the foot balance perfect to aid the management of laminitis.

Emergencies

In an emergency,

please call 01837 214004

Our service operates on the same telephone number 24hrs a day 365 days a year – 01837 214004. Please listen to the options and select option 2. You will then be taken to our out of hours answering service, who will then take your details and pass you to the emergency duty vet. Please make sure you are loud and clear when answering the relevant questions. This will speed up the process of getting you to the duty vet.

Alternatively, you can call our out of hours call centre directly on 01209 823126.