In-house laboratory

Services we offer 

Our onsite laboratory is based at our North Tawton practice. We are able to run an extensive range of tests in-house to get quick, reliable results for your Equine.

In-house blood machine

We have a hematology and biochemistry machine which can analyse blood profiles within just 15 minutes. This machine can  enable us to look further into problems such as weight loss, anemia, infections, liver/ kidney function and muscle damage. We recommend routine health profiles for older horses to check the function of vital organs and allow us to provide support for these organs as early as possible.

Faecal worm egg counts

FWEC (faecal worm egg counts) can be performed in-house with results back the same day. We always recommend having a FWEC done before worming your horse. We recommend you should worm your horse against tape worm once a year.

Urinalysis

Various urine tests  can be performed in-house.

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.