Equine Veterinary practice covering Berks, OXON, Wilts, Hants. See website for more details! Hampshire - Basingstoke, Tadley and Andover.
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We offer a friendly and professional service backed up by the latest technology and many years experience. What makes our practice unique in the area is that we are a 100% mobile dedicated equine veterinary practice based near Newbury, covering a large area of the Thames Valley and beyond, including:-
Berkshire - Wokingham, Reading, Henley, Thatcham, Newbury, Hungerford and Lambourn. Oxfordshire
- Wantage, Abingdon and Oxford. Wiltshire - Marlborough, Swindon, Faringdon and Devizes. We are small enough to care about you and your horse, but large enough to provide a high level of service and 24 hours emergency cover, with state of the art equipment. We are a five vet practice with a fully staffed office where you are guaranteed a top level of service. The Practice
The Practice provides services to a wide range of horses including stud work, racing, polo, competition horses, hunters and riding horses and ponies. Being fully mobile we are able to carry out examinations and diagnosis, investigations and treatments on your own premises. We understand how important your horse or pony is to you. All of our vets regularly take part in programmes to keep them up to date with the latest techniques and thinking in diagnosis and treatments so that we can bring you the best possible care and cost efffective therapies for your horse.
Gold Star 🌟 and Top Client Award 🥇 for Cassie who has successfully implemented and perfected her track system, keeping the gorgeous Peaches at a perfect weight and free from laminitis 😍
It has the added benefit of a beautiful wild flower meadow in the centre, and then the central grass keeps Peaches going through most of the winter too 👍
For those of you who took up our special offer of the Strangvac course last year, your annual Strangles booster will be due around now! Please check your vaccination records and get booked in to keep your loved ones safe from this devastating disease.
For those of you considering starting a course:
Highly recommended for those on busy livery yards, or who travel to lots of shows
Course of 3 vaccinations - Day 0, then 4 weeks later and then 3 further months after that.
Very effective after the first 2 vaccinations, over 90% effective at preventing strangles after the 3rd vaccination!
Call and speak to one of our vets for more information! 01488 657575
Great information from World Horse Welfare regarding laminitis, well worth a read if you have had laminitis, or worry about laminitis in your loved ones
Ellen putting her body on the line in order to personally research the clinical benefits of our Class IV laser in cases of osteoarthritis! Our Continuing Professional Development this week involved learning about new and exciting uses of Class IV laser as a course of treatment for arthritic joints. Speak to one of our vets to find out if your horse could benefit
Join the British Horse Foundation's Spring Webinars for 2024, where we will be keeping you up to date ahead of the breeding season.
Here is the full list of events in the Spring Webinars. You can find all the details and register for FREE at https://www.britishhorsefoundation.org.uk/spring-webinars-2024
📅 29th Feb - Responsible Breeding
📅 7th Mar - Covering and Reproductive Techniques
📅 14th Mar - The Pregnant Mare and Foaling
📅 21st Mar - The Foal and Youngstock Management
📅 28th Mar - Stable Biosecurity
All webinars are on Teams and start at 19:00
In this morning's Equine Health Week podcast, nutritionist Ruth Bishop explained about using a weigh tape and condition scoring to monitor your horse's weight and fat coverage.
Find out how to carry out these important health checks, plus other useful resources, in our online guide 👉 https://bit.ly/BritishEquestrian_WT_BCS
If you missed Ruth's podcast episode, you can catch up on all major podcast platforms or via our website 👉 https://bit.ly/BritishEquestrian_EHW24
If you caught this morning's Equine Health Week 2024 podcast episode on taking a holistic approach to horse care, you'll have heard Ben Benson Farrier sharing some fascinating facts about horses' hooves and how to care for them.
Here are just a few of his top tips for winter hoofcare...
💧 Pick out hooves every day to remove mud and stones – wet mud carries moisture into the hoof wall, then wicks it out again as it dries.
💧 Apply a topical hoof dressing before turnout – this will help to protect the hooves from moist conditions.
💧 Keep moisture levels as consistent as possible – wet hooves can be as much as a quarter of an inch wider than dry hooves.
💧 Book farrier visits every four to six weeks to maintain a consistent hoof balance, or every four to five weeks if you’re competing regularly.
Follow everything that's happening during Equine Health Week 2024, including today's podcast episode, via our website 👉 https://bit.ly/BritishEquestrian_EHW24
🙌 Equine Health Week is back! Join British Equestrian for Equine Health Week 2024, a campaign to promote equine wellness and wellbeing. You can listen to their podcast series with experts in equine sport science and medicine including our own Jane Nixon.
Whether you are a casual rider, a horse owner or a yard manager, you can help improve the health, wellbeing and welfare of our equine partners. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about equine health and care!
Happy New Year, Happy New Rules!
From 1st January 2024 vaccination restart rules for Equine Flu have changed in accordance with advice from the BEF.
Vaccination intervals now have reduced date ranges between the 1st and 2nd vaccinations, and between 2nd and 3rd vaccinations. Don’t get caught out!
Any horse restarting Flu vaccinations after 1st January 2024 will be affected by the changes, but vaccinations that are up-to-date prior to this will not be affected, and boosters should continue at either 6m or yearly (within 365 days) according to your particular governing body.
New vaccination course intervals:
1st - 2nd = 21-60 days
2nd - 3rd = 120-180 days
We will do our best to inform you when we vaccinate, with reminder stickers and sms messages, but ultimately it is your own responsibility to ensure that your vaccinations are up to date and comply with requirements.
Happy New Year!
Happy Christmas from team M&G 🎄🎅🏼☃️
We do all the veterinary work for the Hall Place riding school horses (and many of their liveries too 😉) and can truly vouch for the fact that all the horses are really well cared for, get lots of love and attention, and live a very happy, healthy and useful life here. If you have a pony or horse who may be suitable, or maybe needs more exercise that you can give, you might like to consider this:
Due to business growth Hall Place Equestrian Centre are looking for additional equine friends to join our riding school team. All our horses are looked after as individuals, enjoy a varied lifestyle and are looked after like they are our own. We are currently looking for horses and ponies between 12.2hh and 17.2hh that are safe and sound, able to work in the school, hack out, jump and do our fun shows that take place at Hall Place. Please do get in touch if you have a horse/pony that may be suitable by phone on 01189426938, on email [email protected] or on here. We look forward to hearing from you
Christmas has arrived at M&G HQ 🎄🎅🏼☃️🤶🏼
Updated RCVS Guidelines
As of 1st September 2023, new guidelines from the RCVS (the governing body of veterinary surgeons in the UK) have brought into place changes in the way that veterinary surgeons can prescribe prescription-only medication. A clinical examination must now be performed before a veterinary surgeon can prescribe antibiotics, some external parasitic treatments, antivirals or controlled drugs. This includes all forms of antibiotics, whether that be injectable, oral or topical (ointments/creams).
These new guidelines have been introduced to protect antibiotic usage and with future human and animal health in mind. We understand this may on occasion come with a degree of inconvenience; however, we hope you can support us as we endeavour as a profession to be good antibiotic stewards, protecting antibiotic usage for the future.
We would also like to take this opportunity to highlight that antibiotics are not effective to treat viral infections, and neither are they appropriate to dispense in such scenarios due to the risk of rare secondary gastrointestinal complications that can be associated with them. Your veterinary surgeon may determine that taking a blood sample to assess your horse’s inflammatory profile is an appropriate first step in ascertaining if your horse’s infection is limited to a viral infection or if there may be a bacterial component requiring additional treatment.
A lovely surprise in the post today!!!
PETPLAN PRACTICE OF THE YEAR 2024 NOMINATION
We are very grateful to the wonderful clients who have nominated our practice for this prestigious award and to all our clients for their support over the past year. .
This will be the 25th year that Petplan are celebrating the hard work and dedication that practice staff show every day and we are especially grateful that this has been recognised.
If you would like to find out more about the Petplan awards visit
https://www.petplan.co.uk/about-petplan/vets/
Reminder for those who adopted the 15-month 'flu vaccine booster extension back in Autumn 2022:
Where a 15-month extended booster interval was adopted in Autumn 2022, please remember that the subsequent vaccine booster interval should be no more than nine months from the date of the delayed 2022 vaccine. This will result in administering two boosters in two years, which should facilitate the resumption of adequate protection without the need to 'restart' with a primary course.
Due to electrical work being carried out our power will be down until 11am. Please only call if you have an emergency. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Practice Receptionist /Administrator
We are a well established Equine Veterinary Practice based in Hungerford who pride ourself on excellent customer care. We are looking for a Practice Administrator to join our friendly, professional team. The role would be very varied, challenging, and involves a wide range of office skills.
An excellent telephone manner is key with proven customer service experience and good computer skills. You must be able to organise your work load and be able to communicate with other members of the admin team and vets to triage calls as they come in using our cloud based practice management system. An interest and knowledge of horses is essential and training will be given on our management software and systems.
This would be an afternoon part-time position Monday to Friday, with the ability to be flexible for holiday and sick cover. Salary is commensurate with age and experience. Employees also enjoy the benefits of private medical cover and generous discounts on veterinary fees.
If you would like to discuss the position further, please call for an informal chat with either myself or a member of the admin team, or send your C.V and a covering letter to:-
Practice Manager
McGonnell and Gillatt
1 Denford Manor Barn
Bath Road
Hungerford
Berkshire
RG17 0UN
Or Email: [email protected]
Internet and phones are back online. Thank you for your patience while we sorted the problem out.
Due to our internet and telephone systems being down we are working from home today so it may take a little longer to answer your calls. If it is not urgent you can email [email protected] and someone will get back to you as soon as they can.
🗓️TWO WEEKS TO GO!🗓️
On the 3rd May, Dr David Marlin will chair a brand-new conversation about strangles, in our Strangles Awareness Week webinar, hosted by World Horse Welfare.
The webinar will feature speakers Caterina Termine, Senior Veterinary Advisor to the Fédération Equestre Internationale, and Professor Ashley Boyle from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, a research specialist on the disease, alongside horse owners, vets and venue managers sharing their learning from their own strangles experiences.
You will discover how to find out if strangles is in your area and the simple biosecurity steps everyone can take to protect their horse and their yard from an outbreak – including why everyone is talking about a low cost and often-overlooked tool - temperature checking!
Register to join us here ➡️
https://worldhorsewelfare.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016794980804/WN_h1l6_87CT7-Gvj2PCwyVeg
The British Horse Society
Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy
MSD Animal Health Nederland
Royal GD
Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Dick Vet Equine
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
SVA- Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt
The Horse Trust
Dechra UK
Mare and Foal Sanctuary
*ATYPICAL MYOPATHY ALERT*
Unfortunately we have now had our first spring case of Atypical Myopathy this year, and with the way the sycamore seedlings seem to have sprouted, it may not be the last. Please check your paddocks for sycamore seedlings, as they are potentially carrying the mycotoxin that causes the all too often fatal condition.
Take action now, and if seedlings are present, please either:
1) move to a different pasture
2) fence off any areas with seedlings
3) mow areas of seedlings, and collect the mown material for safe disposal, and provide extra hay to discourage close grazing where the seedlings were.
Of in any doubt, please give us a call to discuss.
Horse and Hound article about the new strangles vaccine….. 😉
We have been delighted with the uptake from our dedicated and conscientious clients, but the more horses we get vaccinated, the less likely we are to repeat the horrors of this winter’s outbreaks. See previous posts for more details, and how to book your course!
Horse owners are being encouraged to take advantage of the equine strangles vaccine which launched in the UK last autumn after 25 years development
Strangvac - the facts:
•94% protection after course of 3 intra-muscular injections
•Annual vaccination thereafter, or a booster in the face of a local outbreak for extra immunity
•Does not interfere with the strangles blood test
• Can be done on a Zone Visit, and at the same time as other vaccines
•Dose at 0, 1 and 4 months
Book and prepay before the end of March for our special offer of all 3 vaccinations for £150
(Normally £60 per vaccination)
Phone 01488 657575 now!
As many of you will be aware, it has been a particularly challenging winter for Strangles outbreaks locally. Despite Strangles being such a highly contagious, difficult, distressing, and potentially deadly disease, it is not notifiable and remains at large, endemic throughout the UK and the rest of the world. But good news is around the corner, and an exciting new vaccine has come onto the market, which is proving extremely effective against infection and transmission. Watch this space for news on what is involved and how to sign up!
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Wanted urgently, foster mare for foal, needed within next 24 hours, can collect, will be in veterinary hospital.
Overwhelmed by the response, big thank-you to you all, we have secured a foster mare and will keep you updated. AGAIN A BIG THANK YOU
1 Denford Manor Barn, Bath Road
Hungerford
RG170UN
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We all love a happy ending! Cintia walking out of her tree trunk cage, totally unharmed, just slightly wobbly from the sedation!
More videos of yesterday’s miracle in the storm - Cintia was being held and reassured by her breeder on the far side of the logs, out of sight and out of danger
