Churchfield Equine Clinic

05/01/2025

Lots of snow this morning one of our staff horses enjoying a bit of a leg stretch. Let’s see your snow pics and what are you doing with your horses and ponies on snowy days.

24/12/2024

A very merry Christmas to all our clients and patients.

We are here at the end of the phone 24hrs a day over the Christmas and new year period should you need advice or a visit to your horse.

Wishing you all a restful few days and a happy new year.

The Churchfield Team x

28/11/2024

11/11/2024

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them.”

19/10/2024

***Trigger Warning - Pet Bereavement***

As a team who specialises in dealing with emergencies outside of normal working hours we sadly end up dealing with many end of life situations 🤍

This is a hugely emotive area of work for us and it can often be stressful and very upsetting for everyone involved.

Our staff are very experienced and hope to be able to offer a compassionate and calm approach in all situations whilst doing the very best to reduce suffering for the animal involved. In the interests of providing the very best service we would like to know from horse owners what the most important aspect of this would be from your point of view?
How can we support you better?
Is it predominantly the welfare of the horse which is your main concern? Or are there more aspects that we can help with such as assisting with finding local cremation services etc.

We typically find owners have varied needs at difficult times like this and any information that you are able to provide will be fed back to the rest of the team at one of our regular vet meetings in the future to enable us to provide you and your horses with the very care possible 🤍

19/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟YARD VISITS! If you have three IT'S FREE!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🐴🐴Whilst some other vets only offer free visits to large livery yards, We offer free visits to small yards, private stables including horses kept at home as well as large commercial livery yards. 🦄🦄

🦄As long as there are THREE or more horses to be seen at the visit, the visit fee is waived!

🦄The three horses can be owned by different clients or all the same owner, it does not matter!

Yard visits can be booked in on any day there is availability, you do not have to book on a zone day all we ask is that they are booked 48hrs in advance so we can allow time and distribute work accordingly.

Yard visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:

🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

For more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

❗❗❗Please help us to be able to provide this popular service! Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

18/10/2024

✨✨✨✨✨Zone Visits!✨✨✨✨✨

⭐🚘Why not take advantage of our zone visit scheme? 🚘⭐

For a visit price of 🌟£28✨ you can have one of our Equine Vets come and visit your horse for around half the normal cost.
Zone visits happen every Tuesday to Friday depending on your location - please see the map for the day of your zone visit!
All you need to do is call the clinic within 24hrs of your selected day to book in, these days are extremely popular so we recommend booking in advance.
Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:
🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on yard visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

17/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Friday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrow's zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering Barnsley, Cudworth, Hemsworth, Royston, Crofton, Pontefract, Normanton, Wakefield, Walton, Great Houghton, South Hiendley, Mapplewell and Darton

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:

🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

16/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Thursday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrow's zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

🏇🏇🏿Are there three or more horses to see the vet on a yard or at home??
THE VISIT IS FREE! ON ANY DAY!! see our yard visit posts for more details!🏇🐎

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering SHoyland, wombwell, rotherham, Maltby, Coinsbrough, Dinnington, Tickhill and Mexborough

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:

🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

15/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Wednesday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrow's zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

🏇🏇🏿Are there three or more horses to see the vet on a yard or at home??
THE VISIT IS FREE! ON ANY DAY!! see our yard visit posts for more details!🏇🐎

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering Sheffield, Pen*stone, Stocksbridge, Thurgoland, Midhopstones, Dodworth, Wortley, Tankersley, Bradfield, Hathersage and Aughton.

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:

🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

14/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Tuesday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrow's zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

🏇🏇🏿Are there three or more horses to see the vet on a yard or at home??
THE VISIT IS FREE! ON ANY DAY!! see our yard visit posts for more details!🏇🐎

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Batley, Meltham, Outlane, Mirfield, Osset, Horbury, Denby Dale, Cawthorne, Silkstone, Hoylandswaine and Shepley.

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:
🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

13/10/2024

⁉⁉ What is Atypical Myopathy? ⁉⁉
🐴It is caused by eating sycamore seeds hence the lay term “Sycamore poisoning”.
🐴Seeds contain a toxin called “Hypoglycin A” which damages muscle in the body.
🐴It can affect horses of all ages, breed and s*x.
🐴Atypical myopathy is seen most commonly in the Autumn but can occur year-round depending on exposure.
🐴High winds may increase the number of seeds on pasture, if supplementary feed is not present at a time of year when grass may be sparse, more seeds may be accidentally eaten by the horse.

⚠⚠ What are the signs of atypical myopathy? ⚠⚠
🐴Dark coloured urine
🐴Muscle stiffness/weakness unrelated to exercise
🐴Muscle tremors
🐴Lethargy and quiet demeanor
🐴Colic
🐴Choke/neck spasms
🐴Sweating, depression and signs of pain
🐴Lying down unwilling to stand but eating
🐴Rapid shallow breathing

🩺🩺 How is atypical myopathy diagnosed? 🩺🩺
🐴The signs can be confused with colic, acute laminitis and other muscle diseases such as tying up so is important to rule out these causes before a diagnosis can be made.
🐴Symptoms can progress rapidly, many cases develop difficulties in eating, breathing, heart problems and unable to stand up before death within 24-72 hours
🐴There is no immediate test for the disease, testing for the presence of the toxin in the horses blood or tissue can take weeks, diagnosis is therefore made on the presence of clinical signs and history.
These include:
🐴Exposure to sycamore seeds (autumn)/saplings (spring).
🐴Other horses affected on same pasture
🐴Time of year
🐴Clinical signs outlined above
🐴Absence of any other disease/illness causing similar signs (Colic/choke/grass sickness etc)

💉💉 Can my horse be treated? 💉💉
🐴Early referral to an equine hospital is vital whilst the horse is able to stand and walk.
🐴Intensive nursing and supportive care such as intravenous fluids, anti-inflammatories, painkillers, multivitamins and vitamin E.
🐴Treatment is more successful when carried out in early stages of disease.
🐴Treatment can often fail despite early intervention and doing everything possible
🐴Treatment can be very expensive

❔❔ What is the prognosis for my horse? ❔❔
🐴Sadly, the prognosis is often poor; the disease is fatal in 75-90% of cases.
🐴Prognosis improves is affected horse survives the first 4-5 days after presenting.
🐴Surviving horses can return to their previous level of health and athletic ability.

🏇🏇 How can I prevent my horse from contracting Atypical Myopathy? 🐎🐎
🐴Prevent ingestion of the sycamore seeds by ensuring that there is sufficient alternative food available.
Therefore, the following are recommended:
🐴Section off areas around sycamore trees and collect and dispose of seeds
🐴Inspect fields to ensure seeds have not blown in from sycamore trees nearby
🐴Remove young sapling plants in spring
🐴Limit turnout; ideally stabling horses overnight between October and December
🐴Supply extra hay or haylage in field when grass growth is limited
🐴Ensure there is enough grazing for every horse
🐴Check your horse regularly
🐴Remove all horses from pastures where a case of Atypical Myopathy has been confirmed

🌟If you are concerned your horse may be at risk or showing signs of disease please call us immediately on 01226 763542 to speak to one of our Equine Vets🌟

11/10/2024

✨✨✨✨✨Zone Visits!✨✨✨✨✨

⭐🚘Why not take advantage of our zone visit scheme? 🚘⭐

For flat visit price of 🌟£28✨ you can have one of our Equine Vets come and visit your horse for around half the normal cost.

Zone visits happen every Tuesday to Friday depending on your location - please see the map for the day of your zone visit!

All you need to do to book your visit is call the clinic more than 24hrs in advance of your selected day. These days are extremely popular so we recommend booking as far in advance as possible!

☎Please call 01226 763542 to book on! 📞

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:
🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on yard visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

10/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Friday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrows zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering Barnsley, Cudworth, Hemsworth, Royston, Crofton, Pontefract, Normanton, Wakefield, Walton, Great Houghton, South Hiendley, Mapplewell and Darton

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:

🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

09/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Thursday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrows zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

🏇🏇🏿Are there three or more horses to see the vet on a yard or at home??
THE VISIT IS FREE! ON ANY DAY!! see our yard visit posts for more details!🏇🐎

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering SHoyland, wombwell, rotherham, Maltby, Coinsbrough, Dinnington, Tickhill and Mexborough

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:

🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

08/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Wednesday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrows zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

🏇🏇🏿Are there three or more horses to see the vet on a yard or at home??
THE VISIT IS FREE! ON ANY DAY!! see our yard visit posts for more details!🏇🐎

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering Sheffield, Pen*stone, Stocksbridge, Thurgoland, Midhopstones, Dodworth, Wortley, Tankersley, Bradfield, Hathersage and Aughton.

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:

🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗

07/10/2024

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Tuesday's Zone Visits🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Last chance today to get booked on tomorrows zone visits where you can get a routine visit for you horse for £28.

💫Zone visit fees can also be shared between two clients saving even more!💫

🏇🏇🏿Are there three or more horses to see the vet on a yard or at home??
THE VISIT IS FREE! ON ANY DAY!! see our yard visit posts for more details!🏇🐎

Please see the above map for the entire area but tomorrow we will be covering Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Batley, Meltham, Outlane, Mirfield, Osset, Horbury, Denby Dale, Cawthorne, Silkstone, Hoylandswaine and Shepley.

☎️ Please call 01226 763542 to book on ☎

Zone visits are provided for routine healthcare and minor ailments, examples of these include:
🐴 Vaccination✔️
🦄 Routine dental care and floating✔️
🐴 Preliminary lameness assessments (not including nerve blocks)✔️
🦄 Blood samples for wellness and medication checks✔️
🐴 General health concerns✔️
🦄 Sedation to clip ✔️
🐴 Sedation for paraprofessionals (timescales allowing) ✔️
🦄 Re-examinations of ongoing cases ✔️
🐴 Passport and Microchipping ✔️

Only routine work may be booked in on zone visits, for more in-depth examinations and procedures an individual visit will be required, this is to ensure the treating vet has the time required to treat your horse effectively as well as ensuring we have the equipment to hand we may not normally carry or need an extra member of staff to assist.

Please also note, due to the nature of the workload on these days we are only able to offer AM and PM slots when bookings are taken but can give you a more precise one hour time slots on the day. You will ALWAYS get a phone call from the clinic or attending vet 30-60 minutes prior to arrival. We are also unable to stipulate which vet is available to attend your call.

❗❗❗Payment must be made at the time of booking or on the day with the vet, if you are not going to be present pre-payment is essential. Failure to do this will result in re-instatement of the full visit fee. ❗❗❗