RVC Equine

RVC Equine Our dedicated team of experienced equine vets and our state-of-the-art hospital offer world-class equine care, in and around the Hertfordshire area.
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We are a dedicated team of equine-only vets who combine many years experience with the most up-to-date clinical methods. We aim to provide the highest quality of advice and treatment at a competitive cost, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Equine Practice work throughout Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties, aiming to care for your horse, as far as possible, in their home environment, carrying

out most of our services during visits to your yard and stables. Portable equipment used to support us includes:
• Advanced digital x-ray machine with immediate on-site viewing
• Ultrasound machine for stud work and orthopaedic leg scanning
• Endoscopy for investigating respiratory conditions

Our services include:
• Lameness investigation
• Poor performance investigation
• Castrations
• Vaccinations
• Stud work – including artificial insemination
• 2 and 5 stage prior to purchase examination
• Export certification
• Joint Measurement Board height measurements (at RVC)
• Shockwave therapy
• Acupuncture
• Routine health advice
• Worming programmes
• Equine Dentistry

As well as being equine vets we are all experienced in equine dentistry, having performed routine rasping and corrective work on over 30,000 horses with both manual and motorised electric dental equipment. The Equine Referral hospital is staffed by a dedicated team of accredited, internationally recognised clinical specialists who provide a comprehensive and sophisticated service including medicine, surgery and diagnostic imaging, supported by a team of highly professional Equine Veterinary Nurses, Equine Technicians and Senior Clinical Veterinary Students. The hospital provides a specialist 24 hour emergency service for equine referrals 365 days per year. For more complex and surgical cases, we have state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities which include:
• Powerful ultrasound scanner for legs, soft tissue and cardiac conditions
• High field computerised x-ray facilities
• CT scanner for head and neck imaging
• Standing MRI for advanced lameness investigations on the feet and legs
• On-site diagnostic laboratory for blood tests and sample analysis
• Electrocardiography (ECG)
• Gamma Scintigraphy for diagnosis of skeletal disorders
• Video arthroscopy for ‘keyhole’ surgery
• Full operating and hospitalisation facilities with 24 hour monitoring
• Specialist farrier for corrective shoeing

One for our practice vet community members!Melanie Perrier, RVC's Senior Lecturer in Equine Soft Tissue Surgery shares h...
25/06/2024

One for our practice vet community members!
Melanie Perrier, RVC's Senior Lecturer in Equine Soft Tissue Surgery shares her insights into equine headshaking in the latest edition of our 'Clinical Connections' Newsletter
➡️️ https://rvc.uk.com/equine-headshake-CC2024
✍️Subscribe to RVC Clinical Connections Newsletter https://rvc.uk.com/cc-subscribe

Great event coming up featuring our small animal emergency team Nab a place before they all go!
18/06/2024

Great event coming up featuring our small animal emergency team
Nab a place before they all go!

Are you a cat/dog owner living in AL, EN, WD or SG postcode area?
Want to know more about helping your pet in an emergency?
🆘 Pet First Aid Evening - designed for cat and dog owners
📅 7th December 5:30 - 8:00pm
📍 RVC Hawkshead Campus (near Potters Bar, Herts)
Featuring speakers from RVC's emergency team at Europe's largest small animal hospital - RVC Queen Mother Hospital for Animals
👉 https://rvc.uk.com/pet-first-aid-Dec-2023

Calling all horse and pony owners - living in UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand? Is your horse/pony mor...
18/06/2024

Calling all horse and pony owners - living in UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand? Is your horse/pony more than 10 years old?
Has it been recently tested for Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) also known as Equine Cushings ?
We'd like to hear from you regardless of whether the outcome was negative or positive.
We are investigating the quality of life of older horses both with and without PPID.
Survey takes approximately 10 minutes
https://rvc.uk.com/PPID-test-survey-2024SM

🏆   - we are delighted to announce that RVC Equine's very own Keziah Beels won the 'Rising Star' award at this year's RV...
14/06/2024

🏆 - we are delighted to announce that RVC Equine's very own Keziah Beels won the 'Rising Star' award at this year's RVC's Veterinary Nurse Awards.
These awards celebrate RVC’s outstanding RVNs and student VNs from all three of the RVC’s hospitals. These inspiring individuals consistently go above and beyond to provide outstanding patient care and leadership, or enhance our students’ clinical experience.

13/06/2024

👂 Listen to how different a horse's heartbeat sounds!
Intrigued ? Want to learn more?
Come to our evening event on Wednesday 19th June. Our speaker is Dr Jenny Reid, RVC’s Lecturer in Equine Internal Medicine and part of our Equine Hospital team.
❤️She’ll be revealing insights into the equine heartbeat and heart conditions, and showing how your horse’s circulatory system influences health and performance.
This event is for horse owners, riders and paraprofessionals.
📍 Venue: RVC Hawkshead Campus, near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
£10 per person - book online today - limited places
https://rvc.uk.com/equine-heart-event-2024

🐎 New research from the RVC has revealed a fundamental difference between how the cells which line blood vessels (endoth...
13/06/2024

🐎 New research from the RVC has revealed a fundamental difference between how the cells which line blood vessels (endothelial cells), react in horses compared to humans.

➡️ Read more: https://rvc.uk.com/horse-endothelial-cell

🐑 Are you a sheep farmer?  Can you help us with a research study on how orphan lambs in the UK are managed?⏲️ This anony...
10/06/2024

🐑 Are you a sheep farmer? Can you help us with a research study on how orphan lambs in the UK are managed?
⏲️ This anonymous survey takes 10-15 minutes to complete
📅 Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2024

➡️ Complete survey here: https://rvc.uk.com/orphan-lambs

Feel Good Friday!This morning we welcomed twins to RVC Equine! Two embryos were retrieved by our stud team this morning ...
07/06/2024

Feel Good Friday!

This morning we welcomed twins to RVC Equine! Two embryos were retrieved by our stud team this morning from an embryo flush out of a beautiful 6 year old dressage mare.

This mare is a maiden mare (first time breeding) and was inseminated 9 days ago with frozen semen from triple world champion stallion ‘Sezuan’.

When an embryo flush is performed, we have no way to know before the flush is checked whether the mare is pregnant or not, so to get two embryos is very special. Horses cannot carry twin pregnancies, so these embryos will be transferred into two recipient mares.

We offer a transported embryo service with kind thanks to our partners Newton Stud in Devon and Twemlows Stud in Shropshire, meaning clients do not need to provide their own recipient mares. This allows us to breed from competition mares in full work during their reproductive prime, rather than having to wait until they are injured or retired. Our first RVC Equine embryo transfer foals have been born this year.

If you would like to speak to one of our vets regarding embryo transfer or breeding please call 01707 666 297

Congratulations to the mare’s connections and we wish the embryos all the best for the rest of their gestation!

🦙 Are you an alpaca owner in the UK?  We need help to better understand alpaca husbandry relating to foot health of alpa...
07/06/2024

🦙 Are you an alpaca owner in the UK? We need help to better understand alpaca husbandry relating to foot health of alpacas.
⏲️ This anonymous survey takes around 10 minutes to complete
📅 Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2024

➡️ Complete survey here: https://rvc.uk.com/alpaca-foot-health

“Vets with Horsepower” is an annual event which is a perfect mix of charity and veterinary education! A group of well-es...
05/06/2024

“Vets with Horsepower” is an annual event which is a perfect mix of charity and veterinary education! A group of well-established Equine Vets tour Europe on their motorbikes, delivering some fantastic CPD lectures and generating charitable donations along the way!

This year the Team of 17 Equine Vets tour the following destinations (31st May – 8th June):

- Brno, Czech Republic
- Milan, Italy
- Saarlouis, Germany
- Bern, Switzerland
- Ghent, Belgium

Two of RVC Equine’s very own Specialist Hospital Clinicians, Mike Hewetson and Roger Smith have taken part in this great initiative.

You can find out more about “Vets with Horsepower” and what the Team have been getting up to, via the below link:

https://www.vetswithhorsepower.com

Meet the Team Monday!Cheryl joined the RVC Equine Referral Hospital in 2016 as an Equine Technician after completing a D...
03/06/2024

Meet the Team Monday!

Cheryl joined the RVC Equine Referral Hospital in 2016 as an Equine Technician after completing a Degree in Equine Management . She spent 18 months enjoying her role of handling a variety of horses, and witnessing a number of procedures before joining the Reception team in 2018 where she spent a further 4 years assisting RVC clients, then joined the Equine Nursing team in 2022.
She is currently undertaking her Equine Veterinary Nursing Diploma and will finish her studies this year.
She most enjoys the rush of multiple emergencies and the practical aspect of her job such as placing IV catheters and bandaging. Most of Cheryl’s free time is taken up with her college work, but she still makes time to enjoy long walks with her beagle and visit her old horse, Slinky.

🏆 Congratulations to Emily Wedd. She is the winner of our 'Guess the weight of the RVC horse' competition and wins an eq...
29/05/2024

🏆 Congratulations to Emily Wedd. She is the winner of our 'Guess the weight of the RVC horse' competition and wins an equine first aid pack.
⚖️ Bosco our teaching and blood donor pony currently weighs 689kg!
Plus we have 3 runners up - Barry Hewitt, Suzanne Rahman and the Andersen family.
Thanks to everyone who came to visit our stand at Hertfordshire County Show last weekend - we hope you managed to dodge the rain showers!

29/05/2024

⏳ Nearly time for our next evening event for owners and riders!
Come on a 'tour' of an equine's heart and lungs
• Learn how to recognise heart or lung disease in your horse
• Discover how we investigate cardiac and respiratory problems
• See how management can improve equine asthma
• Explore new therapies for cardiac disease
📍 Venue: RVC Hawkshead Campus, near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
£10 per person - book online today - limited places
https://rvc.uk.com/equine-heart-event-2024

Our dedicated team of experienced equine vets and our state-of-the-art hospital offer world-class equine care, in and around the Hertfordshire area.

❗ There are planned roadworks on Hawkshead Lane on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st May currently meaning that access to th...
29/05/2024

❗ There are planned roadworks on Hawkshead Lane on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st May currently meaning that access to the hospital is restricted to the Welham Green side only (approach through Brookmans park).

If you are visiting us, please allow extra time for your journey.

🌞Day 1 of Hertfordshire County Show yesterday - and our RVC Equine and public engagement team enjoyed the show 'buzz'. D...
26/05/2024

🌞Day 1 of Hertfordshire County Show yesterday - and our RVC Equine and public engagement team enjoyed the show 'buzz'. Delighted to have so many Royal Veterinary College Alumni come and say hello as well as meeting the general public.
🐎 Today is your last chance to 'guess the weight of the pony' and win a prize.
Pop along to see what delights we have waiting for you on our stand.

The sun is out and the sky is blue! If you are coming to Herts County Show over this weekend, pop down to the RVC stand ...
25/05/2024

The sun is out and the sky is blue!
If you are coming to Herts County Show over this weekend, pop down to the RVC stand to say Hello and enter our competition to win a prize!

RVC Equine Practice will be operating an 'on call vet only' service this weekend and on Bank Holiday Monday 27th May🆘For...
24/05/2024

RVC Equine Practice will be operating an 'on call vet only' service this weekend and on Bank Holiday Monday 27th May
🆘For emergencies, call 01707 666297
RVC Equine hospital will be open for emergency equine vet referrals only
From all the RVC Equine team - we wish our clients and the equine community a happy and healthy Bank Holiday weekend

Are you (or do you know) an Equine Technician looking for a new job? We need an Equine Technician to join our Clinical S...
23/05/2024

Are you (or do you know) an Equine Technician looking for a new job?
We need an Equine Technician to join our Clinical Science and Services Department. Based at Hawkshead Campus near Potters Bar, Herts

• Full-Time Permanent
• £25,616 - £27,626 Per Annum including London Weighting

📆 Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
👉 Apply Here: https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=1403&forced=1

We require an enthusiastic Equine Technician to work in the Equine Referral Hospital at the Hawkshead campus of the Royal Veterinary College.  You will work as part of a team, providing routine care for resident and hospitalised horses and farm...

Any plans for this coming weekend? Come to Herts County Show! We are proud to be the official equine vet supporting the ...
22/05/2024

Any plans for this coming weekend? Come to Herts County Show! We are proud to be the official equine vet supporting the competitors at this year's . As well as helping our equestrian community - we'll be on hand to answer your questions about our work and wider RVC questions like
❓ What is life like as a vet student ?
🩸 Is my cat or dog suitable to become an RVC pet blood donor?
🔍 Can I help RVC research team with future equine health research?
🤞 If you're competing - we wish you the best of luck!
Check out your email if you are a client or a past attendee of equine events for Herts County Show offers and RVC equine event information.

Are you (or do you know) an Equine Nurse looking for a new job? We need an Equine Nurse to join our team within the Clin...
21/05/2024

Are you (or do you know) an Equine Nurse looking for a new job?

We need an Equine Nurse to join our team within the Clinical Science and Services department, based at our Hawkshead Campus near Potters Bar, Herts.

• Permanent, Full-Time role.
• £31,326 - £33,891 per annum inclusive of London Weighting and Nursing Allowance

📆 Applications deadline: 16 June 2024
👉Apply online: https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=1392&forced=1

⏳ Just one month to go before our next evening event for owners and riders! Come on a 'tour' of the equine's heart and l...
19/05/2024

⏳ Just one month to go before our next evening event for owners and riders!
Come on a 'tour' of the equine's heart and lungs with Jenny Reed, RVC's Lecturer in Equine Internal Medicine
• Learn how to recognise heart or lung disease in your horse
• Discover how we investigate cardiac and respiratory problems
• See how management can improve equine asthma
• Explore new therapies for cardiac disease
📍 Venue: RVC Hawkshead Campus, near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
£10 per person - book online today - limited places
https://rvc.uk.com/equine-heart-event-2024

🏇 Researchers from the RVC are calling for owners and previous owners of former racehorses in the UK to participate in a...
17/05/2024

🏇 Researchers from the RVC are calling for owners and previous owners of former racehorses in the UK to participate in a new survey and share their experiences of rehoming racehorses to uncover the different factors that influence a successful outcome.

➡️ Read more: https://rvc.uk.com/life-after-racing

Feel Good Friday!Astyn, a 32-year-old Warmblood gelding, was referred to the RVC Equine Hospital by another practice as ...
10/05/2024

Feel Good Friday!

Astyn, a 32-year-old Warmblood gelding, was referred to the RVC Equine Hospital by another practice as an emergency with extensive bleeding following partial amputation of his p***s because of an aggressive tumour.
On arrival, Astyn presented in hypovolaemic shock. Our medical team, led by Bettina Dunkel, had to act quickly to stabilise him and undertook diagnostics, including blood work and and ultrasonographic investigation, to assess the extent of the damage. During this initial period Astyn was treated with a blood transfusion, antimicrobials, and intravenous fluid therapy, as well as packing of his prepuce with gauze to temporarily staunch the bleeding. This allowed for time for discuss options with his owner and to establish a plan forward. The decision was made to take Astyn to surgery. Under general anaesthesia, the bleeding pe**le stump was retrieved and oversewn in three layers by our surgeons David Bolt and Manon Peeters. Subsequently, the prepuce was again packed with gauze for recovery. The surgery successfully stopped the bleeding. Nevertheless, Astyn needed a second blood transfusion during the procedure.
After a further 48 hours on antimicrobials and after removal of the packing, Astyn was discharged from the hospital to return home to his owner. We are pleased to report that Astyn has made a good recovery and is continuing to do well.

🐎 RVC staff Jessica Timmins, Equine Practice Assistant and Roger Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics were joined by ...
07/05/2024

🐎 RVC staff Jessica Timmins, Equine Practice Assistant and Roger Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics were joined by students Liam Bird, Emily Wilson, Luchia Johnson & Allyson Pace at the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2024 at the weekend.

They had the role of health checking equine competitors after their cool down to monitor appropriate recovery and alongside competition officials, flag any welfare issues. Thankfully all driving marathon competitors returned safe and sound and no further action was required.

We are proud that RVC Equine team members are providing veterinary support for competitors at Royal Windsor Horse Show 2...
02/05/2024

We are proud that RVC Equine team members are providing veterinary support for competitors at Royal Windsor Horse Show 2024 . The event includes show jumping, dressage, showing as well as driving competitions.
On Saturday, we will be providing health checks for the International Driving Grand Prix – The Marathon
We wish the best of luck to all those taking part - especially to our clients!
📸 Are you taking part? We'd love to see your pictures - please add them onto the post's comments thread below

We are proud to be part of BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association AI (artificial insemination) Approved Practi...
02/05/2024

We are proud to be part of BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association AI (artificial insemination) Approved Practice List. Only three equine practices in Hertfordshire have achieved this rating.
Successful reproductive care involves disease control, ultrasound scanning, the detection and treatment of any problems and pregnancy diagnosis. The BEVA Approved AI List features veterinary practices that have met BEVA's high standards. These standards are designed to maximise the mare's chances of delivering a healthy foal.
Need support with equine fertility or foaling ?
Our practice team are happy to support clients with all aspects of reproduction - call us on 01707 666297
Our hospital has a dedicated area for mares and foals and a neonatal foal intensive care unit
https://www.rvc.ac.uk/equine-vet/hospital-and-specialists/facilities/mare-and-foal

01/05/2024

📅 At the RVC we employ over 200 registered veterinary nurses providing progression to a diverse range of career opportunities

Throughout May we'll be spotlighting the vital work they do in caring for our pets as part of

➡️ Find out more at: https://rvc.uk.com/what-vns-do

A great second day of learning for Lauren and Candice at the VMG Congress.They have also taken opportunity to work on re...
26/04/2024

A great second day of learning for Lauren and Candice at the VMG Congress.
They have also taken opportunity to work on relationships with Chloe Round, Practice Manager from one of our valued referring practices, Farr and Pursey Equine- it’s nice to spend quality time in person rather than always over the phone.

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