Equitait Veterinary Practice

01/04/2025

Dear All,

To mitigate our increased costs as a result of recent governmental budget changes you will see a modest increase in some of our fees.

Thankyou for your on-going support - we truly love supporting you and your 4 legged friends.

Best wishes, The Team at Equitait Veterinary Practice.

01/04/2025

We had our very own foal at the end of last week. Welcome 'Majestic Matilda', our latest out of Tilly by Bon Jovi. If anyone is interested in breeding from their mare or stallion this years please do not hesitate to get in touch.

19/03/2025

🏆Thanks to everyone who entered to win the rug in our previous strangles signs and symptoms post. We had lots of great answers, all were entered into a random number generator which selected number 18. Susan Laidlaw was our winner! Well done Susan we'll be in touch to arrange getting the rug to you 🏆

11/03/2025

STRANGLES VACCINE YARD UPDATES - We completed another 2 whole yards yesterday in East Lothian and Midlothian. Anecdotally, it is thought in Sweden between 70 - 80% of horses are now vaccinated so while we're a bit behind, we are catching up fast. The advantage of many horses having been done in Sweden is there is good data that the vaccines are safe and effective.

09/03/2025

Good luck to those competing at Duns Castle today. We will be about at Duns if anyway wants to chat to us about the strangles vaccine or enter our prize draw. For those elsewhere today enter below.

03/03/2025

Under our March strangles vaccination promotion we did our first whole livery yard today. Congratulations to the East Lothian yard in question for taking such a proactive approach to strangles control.

19/02/2025

Equitait Strangles Vaccination Campaign

Start your horse's strangles vaccination in March and we'll give you the second vaccination of the primary course free of charge.

We have a client factsheet on the strangles vaccines which we can send out if you contact the practice or comment "factsheet" below.

We will be inviting small groups of yard owners/managers to chat about the options of utilising the vaccine into their biosecurity measures. If you would like to come along or nominate your yard manager please tag yourself or them below.

Please call the office on 01361 889106 to take part or for further queries.

13/02/2025

Important information for FEI registered horse owners and riders:

From the beginning of February 2025 the FEI have deemed it compulsory for all flu vaccinations administered to FEI registered horses to be officially recorded on the FEI HorseApp. This is completed by the vet during the vaccination appointment.

Please let us know if you are booking in a vaccine for an FEI registered horse so that we can ensure that the attending vet is prepared, and we allocate sufficient time.

Please could we request that any clients intending to compete under FEI rules make themselves familiar with the new requirements and ensure the horse’s historic Equine Influenza vaccine details are uploaded to the FEI HorseApp before their vaccine appointment.

Here are some helpful links to more information and step by step guides for horse owners.

How to download and use the HorseApp:

https://howto.fei.org/content/28/75/en/how-to-provide-the-fei-with-scans-of-my-horse_s-document-using-the-fei-horseapp.html

How to register historical vaccination details on the FEI HorseApp:

https://howto.fei.org/content/20/304/en/how-to-register-a-historical-vaccination-on-the-fei-horseapp.html

FEI How To platform

07/02/2025

This week we were delighted to meet our first foal of the 2025 season at a post foaling check. Both mare and foal are doing really well!
If you have any questions regarding any breeding or stud work give us a call at the office on 01361 889106.

24/12/2024

11/10/2024

Last night was otherwordly - tried to take some pictures of our retirement liveries enjoying the Northern Lights. We have a limited number of spaces for retirement liveries so please get in touch if you would like more information.

24/09/2024

Equitait are pleased to offer a new clipping service!

22/08/2024

Congratulations to Sam Antha and Nicky (NiqNaaqPaadiWaaq) today at the ROR National Championships for the UK Dressage Champs at Aintree International Equestrian Centre. After winning the Scottish Champs, they were placed 1st and 6th in their UK tests! 🥳👏