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Stretton Hills Equine Veterinary Practice

Established in 2005, Stretton Hills Veterinary Practice is a dedicated and experienced team of equin
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Dedicated Equine Veterinary Practice covering Shropshire and surrounding counties

05/06/2024

13/01/2024

Please share, found tonight in Lower Wood, All Stretton.

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22/12/2023

🎅Best wishes for a lovely Christmas to you all from the whole team at Stretton Hills Veterinary practice!⭐️

Our vets will be working for any emergency as usual throughout the festive period, whereas our office will be open again for general enquiries and bookings from the 2nd January.

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12/10/2023

As many of you know, one of our valued staff members has left us due to retirement; practice manager Sue has spent many years with Stretton Hills Veterinary Practice and she will be greatly missed. We wish Sue all the best in her retirement!
We would also like to welcome two new members of staff who will be helping in the office: Sallyann and Nolan will be happy to take your calls and answer any queries you might have.

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11/10/2023

***Please read and share***

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) introduced new regulations on 1st September 2023 that affect how Veterinary Surgeons can prescribe ‘prescription only medications (POM-Vs)’ such as antibiotics and controlled medications.

The key changes that will affect horse owners are:

*Any type of antibiotics, controlled drug (Ventipulmin, Codeine, Gabapentin, etc) or POM-V can only be prescribed after your horse has had a physical examination by a vet. This applies to all antibiotics, including oral, injectable, and topical (creams and ointments). Antibiotics cannot be given based on photographs only - a physical examination of the animal is required legally.

These changes have been implemented by the RCVS to ensure the safeguarding of both animal and human health against the risks posed by excessive antibiotic usage and the development of resistance. They will also aid in guaranteeing that antibiotics and some other medicines are prescribed only when essential and when an alternate treatment is unsuitable.

Further information can be found here:
https://www.rcvs.org.uk/setting-standards/advice-and-guidance/under-care-new-guidance/

Please do contact us or speak to one of our vets if you have any questions.

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05/04/2023

*Easter opening hours!*

Our office will remain closed on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th April.
Our on-call vets will be available 24 hrs a day for emergencies only as normal.

Wishing you all a great time this Easter break!

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16/12/2022

❄️❄️Christmas opening times❄️❄️

Our vets will be available 24/7 for emergencies throughout the Christmas period; the office will remain closed from the 24th and will reopen to normal working hours on the 3rd January. Please check your supply and make sure all your horses' drugs are ordered in advance!

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26/11/2022

**ROYAL MAIL STRIKES**
Royal Mail have more strike action planned over the next few days.
The dates are:
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Thursday 1st December 2022
These strikes could affect the delivery of drugs that we send out to clients, so please keep these dates in mind when ordering medications for your horse. Any urgent medication requests during these strikes can be collected from the practice.

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16/11/2022

With several Equine Influenza outbreaks being confirmed across the country, we remind all owners the importance of keeping your horse's vaccinations up to date. If you are in doubt on whether your horse needs a flu booster, please give the practice a call.

We would also like to remind you all of our special offer for this month and the next on EHV vaccinations - check if your horse is due one!

We have a special offer on EHV (Herpesvirus) vaccinations for November and December!

If your horse's EHV booster is due or you would like to discuss if he/she would benefit from a new course, please contact the office
Equine Herpesvirus can cause respiratory infections and/or neurological symptoms as well as abortions and neonatal diseases. Most at risk are competition horses and those who frequently get in contact with others as well as pregnant mares. The vaccination schedule for broodmares is at 5,7 and 9 month of the pregnancy.

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07/11/2022

13/09/2022

The practice will remain closed on Monday 19th September; only emergencies will be attended.

02/07/2022

Foal spam alert🐴
Here are some of the 2022 foals that are currently at the practice; we would love to see yours! Feel free to share your photos below in the comments😊

29/06/2022

The unpredictable British summers don't put our vets off!
Days are filled with lameness work ups, gastroscopies and stud work. Plus all the routine and emergency calls needed to keep your horses in top form.
For any concern or even just for an enquiry, don't hesitate to call or drop us an email!

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08/06/2022

Another busy day for our vets with horses coming in for follow up gastroscopies!
Follow ups are extremely useful - they help us monitor healing and adjust treatment if required.

If you wish to discuss EGUS with us, don't hesitate to get in touch!

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07/06/2022

View from the practice!

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01/06/2022

👑We are all looking forward to the Jubilee celebrations this weekend!
Our vets will carry on being available for emergencies throughout the weekend; the office will be open again for all enquiries on Monday.

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20/04/2022

Can you help?
Tetris is a grey & white neutered male cat who went missing in Welshpool in February 2022 but has been fostered out in Shropshire.
The owner would be very grateful if you could spread the word about missing Tetris.

For any useful information, please contact the practice on the below.

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12/04/2022

Wishing all our clients a Happy Easter this Sunday!

Our vets will be available for emergencies only from Friday 15th to Monday 18th April.
The office will be back for general enquiries and appointments on Tuesday 19th April.

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06/04/2022

Setting up our Equinosis for a lameness work up today - an extremely useful diagnostic system to objectively measure a horse's movement. It is well tolerated and it's especially useful for subtle lameness; a great addition to our diagnostic tools!

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30/03/2022

Stud season is fast approaching for most of our clients, and our vets are already busy with mares. If you're thinking of getting some more information get in touch with the practice and we will be happy to discuss with you all the options available; more details on the packages and prices for 2022 below.

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http://theequinevet.co.uk/breeding-work/

Reproduction Our practice is proud to work with many breeding owners every year with a very good success rate, in particular in mares with fertility problems. We offer multiple comprehensive packages to suit your requirements including frozen AI and the fertility work is either performed at your yar...

01/03/2022

🌼Spring is in the air today!
We hope you are all enjoying the welcome sunshine today.
We'd love to see your horses enjoying this beautiful day, post your photo on comments below!

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28/02/2022

Equine Flu Awareness Week is running from 7th-13th March 2022; this is to remind horse owners of the importance of flu vaccination to keep all horses healthy.
Is your horse up to date with flu jabs?

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15/02/2022

Thank you!
Once again, James and the practice have been nominated for the Pet Plan Veterinary awards.
Thank you to all our clients, we are very delighted to receive the 2022 nominations!

09/02/2022

🐴Fancy a FREE vaccine for your horse?

We're running a competition for the best Valentines' horsey photo!
Post yours on the comments👇

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04/01/2022

Our office is back to normal working hours!
If you have any queries, don't hesitate to contact us on the below number and email.
For out of hours emergencies your call will be picked up directly by the on call vet.

Happy 2022!

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10/12/2021

**Please note**

If your horse is on a medication and you require drugs posting out to you before Christmas, please order on or before the 17th December!

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🎄Festive season is upon us!

Please take note of our office opening times below; if you require dispensary drugs, order no later than 20th December and if you require drugs posting to you please order on or before 17th December.
This will ensure you do not run out over the festive period, avoiding an interruption of your horse's medication.

24th December 9:00 - 15:00
25th, 26th, 27th, 28th December EMERGENCIES ONLY
29th and 30th December 9:00 - 17:00
31st December 9:00 - 15:00
1st, 2nd, 3rd January EMERGENCIES ONLY

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02/12/2021

25/11/2021

*** EDIT - Back up and working now! ***

Due to a software upgrade, our computers are currently down.
Our phones are working as usual, but we will struggle to arrange appointments for the next couple of hours.
We apologise for the inconvenience!

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02/11/2021

With Bonfire night approaching, we thought we'd share some helpful information to try and reduce the distress caused to horses by fireworks.

✔️ It's helpful finding out whether there are any fireworks display planned near where your horse is kept; you could explain your concerns to the organisers and agree on a mutually suitable time for it.
✔️ Try to keep your horse's routine as usual, but make sure the area is safe and secure (secure fencing, no loose strings or protruding nails, no sharp objects).
✔️ Leaving the lights on can lessen the effect of sudden bright flashes in the night sky.
✔️ Make sure someone is present with the horse at the time of the firework display; should any concerns arise call the on call vet asap.
✔️ If you know your horse gets very distressed around fireworks, consider moving him for the night or talking to your vet about sedation.

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Address

Redcote, Lower Wood
Church Stretton
SY66LF

Telephone

+441694751748

Website

http://www.theequinevet.co.uk/

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🐴 Strangles Awareness Week 🐴 A snotty nose at a 4 star event? What would you do as an event venue manager? How do you protect present and future competitors? That’s the topic of today’s Strangles Awareness Week podcast conversation with two prominent venues – both renowned for a range of competitions and events. They tell us how they believe attitudes to Strangles are changing. 📞 01694 751748 📧 [email protected]

Professor Scott Pirie, (The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies ) witnesses the most unusual and aggressive form of the Strangles disease as well as having to protect in patients at the equine hospital. Amy Smith MRCVS BVetMed (Alnorthumbria Equine Vets) is a veterinary surgeon with recent experience as a lead vet supporting a client and a yard through a Strangles outbreak. Hearing from Scott and Amy we get a vet’s-eye view of the disease plus they tell us what they need from clients to help them with smooth outbreak management. 📞 01694 751748 📧 [email protected]

We’ve been hearing people’s wisdom on Strangles management and prevention through the Strangles Awareness Week podcast. In this episode global horse shipping expert, Chris Burke (IRT), explains why the same rules apply whether working with high value horses as with happy hacks when disease risk is concerned. We then hear from Julie Magnus (Julie Magnus Racehorse Transport) from a horse transport business who advocates for better biosecurity across yards to help transporters keep disease risk low. 📞 01694 751748 📧 [email protected]

🐴Strangles Awareness Week🐴 This week we will be sharing content to raise awareness, promote openness and supportive conversations about Strangles. Please take a look and feel free to add any comments you might want to share about this disease. ***What do feet have to do with infection?*** As frequent visitors to yards, farriers, like other visiting equine professionals, could walk disease from one horse to another. There are lots of ways that farriers keep risk low and lots of ways clients can help. This is the topic of today’s Strangles Awareness Week podcast conversation with leading farriers Ben Benson (@btbensonfarrier) and Daniel Bennett (@farrier.mtb) who encourage horse owners to tell their farrier in advance about Strangles, have yard biosecurity in place and help the farrier where necessary.

⚠️Note for sensitive viewers - Graphic content⚠️ Our patient is definitely feeling freer after the removal of this large piece of wood! It's not uncommon for our vets to see and successfully remove foreign bodies in horses - this one was certainly one of the largest! 📞 01694 751748 ✉️ [email protected]

New postman at SHV!

Meet our new postie! Happy and safe weekend to all 😊

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About Us

Established by James Bowdler in 2005, Stretton Hills Veterinary Practice is a dedicated and experienced team of equine vets covering Shropshire and surrounding counties. We believe in keeping a small, permanent team that provides a personal service and continuity of care for you and your horse. We are an ambulatory first and second opinion practice and our high quality, mobile equipment allows us to investigate problems in your horse either at your own yard or at the practice. Our strong relationships with local and national referral hospitals ensure optimal ongoing care should your horse require surgery or advanced diagnostic imaging.

We provide 24/7 emergency cover all year round, and your out of hours call will be always answered but our on call vet.