Emerson & Watson Equine Veterinary Surgeons

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Emerson & Watson Equine Veterinary Surgeons

Emerson & Watson Equine Veterinary Surgeons Emerson and Watson is an equine-only, ambulatory veterinary practice, providing 24 hour care for their clients’ horses across the south of England.

10/02/2025

❗FEI Influenza Vaccine Update❗

- All horses competing at FEI events are now required to be registered by their Responsible Person (usually athlete competing the horse) on the FEI HorseApp, with all previous influenza vaccines logged on the app.

- Influenza vaccinations must be recorded by the administering vet on both the horses passport 𝐚𝐧𝐝 the FEI HorseApp on the 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 as the vaccine is administered.

- Please have your passports available with the horse for all vaccinations.
https://inside.fei.org/fei/your-role/veterinarians/department-updates?year=

03/02/2025

We visited Gracie due to her urinating a little more often than usual and occasionally posing to urinate with no success. A full health check revealed very little, and her urine appeared normal to the naked eye. Further urinalysis however showed increased red blood cells and high protein levels in the urine🐴.

To investigate further, we put a camera into Gracie’s bladder to assess the area (cystoscopy) and to obtain further samples from the kidneys if necessary. As it happened, the cause of the problem was clear 🔎.

After having her bladder fully drained, administration of local anaesthetic and muscle relaxants, Gracie allowed Izzy and Ricki to manually remove the bladder stone (urolith) using a combination of small fingers and laparoscopic retrieval instruments.

We are pleased that Gracie has made a full recovery and is back to normal exercise🥳.

❗Bladder stones, or uroliths, are uncommon findings in horses❗

They are made primarily from calcium carbonate (chalk) as opposed to uroliths in dogs, cats and humans which are often composed of calcium oxalate (due to their high protein diets).
Horses excrete large amounts of calcium in their urine, as calcium absorption in the body is unlimited - what they eat, they will absorb. It is then up to the kidneys to excrete the surplus calcium which is why horse urine appears so cloudy.
If horses are fed calcium rich diets (large quantities of alfalfa, clover and beet pulp), the excess calcium absorbed will predispose them to cystitis symptoms or uroliths as seen in Gracie.

Increasing acidity in urine can also help prevent calcium deposits and can be achieved with Vitamin C or apple cider vinegar supplementation.

12/01/2025

⭐Introducing Izzy⭐

Izzy hails from South Yorkshire originally but crossed the Pennines to study veterinary at the University of Liverpool 🎓.

Whilst there she was awarded the prestigious Barrie Edwards Prize for Equine Clinical Studies, awarded to the top performing final year student in equine studies. 👏.

After graduation, Izzy was awarded a Student Travel Bursary to attend a veterinary practice in Durban, South Africa to gain experience of the busy racing scene there 🏇.

Last year, she spent time backpacking across South America for 3 months after she completed an 18 month internship at Three Counties Equine Hospital, rotating around medicine, lameness, surgery and emergency cases.

She joined us in September 2024 after returning from her travels.

In her spare time she likes hiking, swimming and hanging out with her Italian Greyhound, Snook, who can often be seen snoozing in the car on calls with her 🐾.

Izzy has been a fantastic addition to our team!

06/01/2025

Skylark sustained a significant injury when she collided with fencing in the field, resulting in a large chest wound.

Beth sedated her, clipped, cleaned & throughly debrided the wound before suturing the wound closed. For this wound, Beth used a combination of tension relieving absorbable sutures followed by nylon cruciate sutures to align the skin edges🪡.

After 2 weeks of box rest, and careful management from her owner, her sutures were removed and she came back into normal exercise again🏇.

A swift and satisfying outcome despite the nasty looking field injury👌.

22/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all our clients! 🎄

As always, we will be around to provide urgent and emergency veterinary care throughout the whole of the Christmas period.

Please just call the office phone number 01344 937937 and you will be able to get through to a dedicated member of our veterinary team.

For routine and non-urgent appointments our opening times over Christmas are as follows:

Christmas Eve: 8am-2pm
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: CLOSED
27th December: 8am-5pm
28th & 29th December: CLOSED
30th: 8am-5pm
31st: 8am-3pm
1st January: CLOSED

Thank you for your continued support this year. Have a safe and happy holiday!🎄

17/12/2024

🏇 We’re Hiring: Practice Manager 🏇🏻
📍 Berkshire | ⏰ Full-Time | 💼 Competitive Salary

We’re looking for an experienced Practice Manager to join our growing team! This is an exciting opportunity to lead, inspire, and help drive the smooth running of our practice. If you’re a proactive leader with strong management and HR skills, we’d love to hear from you.

https://uk.indeed.com/job/veterinary-practice-manager-equine-30ac10ce075ed091

21/11/2024

Great to have had the privilege of sponsoring Claudia Gilbert when she raced in the BHS Charity horserace at Newbury racecourse earlier this month⭐.
Claudia came a very creditable 4th on Outrace trained by Richard Hannon.
Well done Claudia 👏

24/10/2024

Harvey has been a long-standing patient of the practice, battling the complex condition of ERU (Equine Recurrent Uveitis).

Earlier this year, he unfortunately lost the vision in his right eye, although remains pain-free.

Despite this challenge, Harvey and his owner have been out competing through the summer and he’s taken everything in his stride with them set to compete in the National Amateur Championships held at Aintree in a few weeks time ⭐.

What an inspirational partnership👏

11/10/2024

Merlin had a swollen eye. Beth stained it and an ulcer was revealed in an area of the eye near the third eyelid. With suspicions of a foreign body Merlin was sedated and a grass seed was located 🌱
After the grass seed was carefully removed, he was prescribed eye drops to help heal his cornea and he's now back to normal!
If you ever have any concerns about your horse’s eye, including abnormal discharge, swelling or a closed eye, it is always best to get it checked as eyes are delicate 👁.

27/09/2024

Ricki was away in Holland for 3 days last week, attending the ISELP Distal Hindlimb module at the fantastic Sporthorse Medical Diagnostic Centre, just outside Amsterdam 🩺.

Excellent lectures, outstanding practical sessions and the opportunity to spend time with a wide range of vets from all over the world made this a memorable CPD event.

Also good to catch up with old friends

Thanks to all at ISELP, SMDC and the event sponsors 👏🏼

18/09/2024

Sam came in with a puffy eye. After looking at him, Lauren found an ulcer in it 👁.
Initially she prescribed eye drops but Sam was not wonderfully compliant with this meaning he wasn’t getting in the dose needed to help resolve this 🫣.
After realising he wasn’t going to cooperate with his owners, Lauren decided to place an eye lavage system (SPL-subpalpebral lavage) under sedation and local anaesthetic. This turned out to be the key as Sam tolerated this much better😅.
7 weeks of dedication from his owners and his ulcer finally healed and he was back to his normal weekends of competing regularly! 👏

13/09/2024

Happy Friday, Team Emerson and Watson had a fantastic weekend out and about last weekend ⭐
Mark brought home the Major Generals Cup at Guards Polo Club , while Fi tackled the Kimblewick Team Chase with our amazing clients, Zoe and Ottilie, as Team Emerson and Watson Vets.
Great job, team! 🏆
Do any of our clients have outings planned this weekend?!🏇

16/08/2024

Sleepy is notoriously a firecracker, despite her name.

However, she was little less fiery earlier this year when she was struggling with laminitis on and off. She was very sore but after a mixture of lifestyle management, x-rays, blood tests, working closely with the farrier and medication, she was on the road to recovery within a couple of weeks.

She is now back to her spicy ways and keeping the kids on their toes at Windsor Horse Rangers 🌶🐴

12/08/2024

🥳 Congratulations to Director Mark Emerson on his win in the Town & County Cup 🏆 at guardspoloclub this weekend. Taking home the magnificent silver samovar trophy with team mates segundodarritchon Jeremy Pemberton and Juan Pepa. 👏

08/08/2024

Congratulations to the GB Olympic Equestrian Team! 🐎🇬🇧

A massive applause to our riders and their incredible horses for their outstanding performances at the Olympics!

Your hard work, dedication and teamwork have made the nation proud. 🌟

06/08/2024

Super-vet, Dr Minnie Kerr-Dineen, teaching foot care and how to bandage correctly at the South Oxfordshire Hunt (South) Pony Club camp ⭐

29/07/2024

Rossito recently had quite the mishap, somehow, he managed to tear his lower eyelid 🫣.
Marine came to the rescue to stitch up the wound, administer eye drops, and give pain relief.
Despite the ordeal, Rossito was an exemplary patient ⭐
His eye has healed beautifully without the need for any follow-up visits and thankfully Rossito is back to his happy self, ready for his next adventure 🏇

Address

Unit 5 Cheapside Court, Ascot
Bracknell Forest
SL57RF

Telephone

+441344937937

Website

https://www.emerson-watson.com/

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