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Monday 8:30am - 5pm Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm Thursday 8:30am - 5pm Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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Our Practice is located at:
109/3A Swanston Road, Edinburgh.

Central Equine Vets is an ambulatory (mobile) equine veterinary practice for horse, pony and donkey owners based in Edinburgh, covering Edinburgh, Lothians and Central Scotland. 24hr emergency service also available 7 days a week. EH10 7DS - 0131 664 5606

and 39 High Street, Kinross, KY13 8AA - for collection of medication (arrange via our Edinburgh Practice)

28/11/2025

🎉CHRISTMAS QUIZ NIGHTS!
Don’t forget to save the date for our fabulously festive Christmas Quiz nights on Thursday 11th December in Edinburgh and Thursday 18th December in Tillicoultry!

🎄Have some festive fun with friends, testing out your veterinary, equine and general knowledge with some AMAZING prizes available!

- Festive Hampers for 1st to 3rd place
- Mince Pies
- CHAMPION TROPHY (yes!)
- CEV Wooden Spoon
- Mulled Wine, Tea & Coffee
- Santa and the CEV Elves

6.30pm for 6.45pm start

🎅Christmas Jumpers welcome!

This is always a hugely popular evening, so make sure you book your place - it’s completely free!

Drop us an email to sign-up: [email protected]

17/11/2025

🎉OUR CHRISTMAS QUIZ IS BACK!
Join us for our fabulously festive Christmas Quiz nights on Thursday 11th December in Edinburgh and Thursday 18th December in Tillicoultry!

🎄Have some festive fun with friends, testing out your veterinary, equine and general knowledge with some AMAZING prizes available!

- Festive Hampers for 1st to 3rd place
- Mince Pies
- CHAMPION TROPHY (yes!)
- CEV Wooden Spoon
- Mulled Wine, Tea & Coffee
- Santa and the CEV Elves

6.30pm for 6.45pm start

🎅Christmas Jumpers welcome!

Drop us an email to sign-up: [email protected]

15/11/2025

🎅🏻SAVE THE DATE!
🎄The fabulously festive Central Equine Vets Christmas Quiz will be coming to Edinburgh and Tillicoultry in December!

We will be at The Stables Bar, Edinburgh, EH16 6TJ on Thursday 11th December
and
Hillfoots RFC, Tillicoultry, FK13 6BP on Thursday 18th December.

🎁Let's just say that the prizes for this year have got really rather glitzy!....

⛄Stay tuned for more information....

12/11/2025

Eyes are very complex and have their own special environment that is separate from the rest of the body.

Any damage to any structure of the eye can ultimately result in image quality deteriorating, leading to some form of sight loss or blindness.

Common problems are:

- Uveitis: pronounced ‘U-V-itis’ - is a potentially serious condition that affects the structures within the eye. This condition can develop if an inflamed eye is not treated quickly enough. In the normal eye, pupil size is controlled by muscles that contract the iris to make the pupil smaller or relax the iris to make the pupil larger. In uveitis the muscles go into spasm causing the pupil to become very small. This cramping can be very painful and if not treated the iris can ‘stick’ to the lens and stay that size forever!

- Trauma: As with any part of the body, a blow or foreign object can cause damage to the eye. The eye does have a remarkable ability to heal and even eyes that have had thorns pierce them can recover with the vision intact.

- Cataracts: Often related to age and caused by the lens in the eye becoming opaque. This affects vision and in severe cases the horse cannot be ridden.

- Infections: flies are attracted to horse’s eyes and contaminate them with bacteria. Sometimes the eye gets overwhelmed and a conjunctivitis can develop which appears as an eye with swellings protruding from under the eyelids (see top picture below). Bacteria can also enter if the flies irritate the eye and the horse rubs its eyes on its front legs or other objects like a hay net.

- Abnormal Growths: Horses can develop cancer around their eyes and this must be treated quickly to ensure the eye is not lost. This usually involves surgery. The most serious form of cancer is a squamous cell carcinoma.

- Autoimmune Disease: A condition that we are seeing more of these days is a condition called ‘immune mediated keratitis’. This is seen mostly in older horses and its cause is unknown. It can result in the cornea breaking down in areas and lifting off. Despite some relief with treatment, the condition generally progresses over time until the only option is to remove the horse’s eye. Thankfully, after removal, the horse does very well and can be ridden normally.

- Corneal Damage: The bottom image is a corneal ulcer that has been highlighted using a special green dye. Most ulcers cannot be seen without using this dye. An ulcer is often easily treated but sometimes if a fungus (for example) starts to grow in the ulcer then it is possible to permanently lose the sight in the eye or lose the eye entirely.

If your horse suffers any eye infection or damage, call your vet straight away.

09/11/2025

Lest we forget.

06/11/2025

REMEMBER, REMEMBER, AFTER 5th OF NOVEMBER:

⚠Check your horse's field and stable area for spent or failed fireworks.

👉Remove any debris and dispose of carefully, so that your horses cannot eat, get caught in or injure themselves on any firework-related items.

30/10/2025

Our Autumn 2025 newsletter is out now!

Read it here:https://www.onlinevetsolutions.com/sites/centralequine/documents/autumn-newsletter-2025.pdf

29/10/2025

Our vet Rebecca Davies has recently been working towards sitting her synoptic exam to pass her Certificate in Equine Practice and we are delighted to share that she has passed this exam and will now be known as Dr Rebecca Davies BVetMed CertAVP (EP) MRCVS.

HUGE congratulations Rebecca - a fantastic achievement!

24/10/2025

What a wonderful sight! Congratulations to CC Equestrian on the arrival of this gorgeous little donkey foal!

Address

109/3A Swanston Road
Edinburgh
EH107DS

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Website

https://www.centralequinevets.co.uk/

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