Ashbrook Equine Hospital

Ashbrook Equine Hospital Our hospital is the only Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Approved Tier 3 Equine Hospital in Cheshire.

Keeping you informed from the only RCVS Tier 3 Equine Hospital in Cheshire, offering ambulatory and Hospital based services for first opinion and referral work. This means we have passed a rigorous inspection and have met the highest standards possible for Equine Hospitals. We have a nurse on site 24 hours a day, providing the best care for your horse, and peace of mind for you. The hospital is easily accessible from the motorway network and from across the north west.

💡As promised!!! A free evening of education, together with the chance to chat with Topspec, benefit from some freebies a...
14/01/2025

💡As promised!!! A free evening of education, together with the chance to chat with Topspec, benefit from some freebies and vouchers and eat some pizza kindly provided by TopSpec and Bova Specials UK Ltd . 🙏Please could you share this far and wide so as many people as possible can benefit from this amazing evening? 🙏

Tuesday 28 January
7pm for pizza
Plumley Village Hall

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🦄🤩What are the most common causes of poor performance?Poor performance in horses can stem from various factors, spanning...
08/01/2025

🦄🤩What are the most common causes of poor performance?

Poor performance in horses can stem from various factors, spanning from lameness issues to environmental influences and dental issues.

Common causes of poor performance:
🦄 Lameness/back issues
🦄Nutritional deficiencies
🦄 Overexertion and fatigue
🦄Improper tack and equipment
🦄 Environmental factors
🦄Behavioural issues
🦄 Dental problems
🦄Gastric ulcers

If you're concerned about your horse's performance, why not book an examination with one of our experienced team today. We can even bring the equine gait analysis software out for a free assessment at your yard (results will be discussed once uploaded back at the practice!) Please call the office on 01565723030 to arrange.

Impaction colic alert!Please be aware that the current inclement weather means we've seen more cases of impaction colic ...
07/01/2025

Impaction colic alert!

Please be aware that the current inclement weather means we've seen more cases of impaction colic in the last few days.

Horses will often present with...
🐴 Mild colic symptoms, lip curling, pawing, lying down
🐴 Quiet or depressed
🐴 Reduced faecal output

Some simple management changes may help reduce the risk, but colic can still happen despite our very best efforts and careful dietary management.
🐴 Ensure access to water at all times (try to prevent freezing!!)
🐴 Moisten hard food and hay
🐴 Provide some access to grazing/hand picked grass if possible
🐴 Regular exercise even if it's just hand walking can help the digestive system
🐴 Monitor faecal output and please do call us if you're worried

Thank you to all of our customers for choosing to use Ashbrook Equine Hospital throughout 2024. We'd like to wish you a...
31/12/2024

Thank you to all of our customers for choosing to use Ashbrook Equine Hospital throughout 2024.

We'd like to wish you all a happy and healthy 2025!

😀How to make make Steph happy? 😀Here's Steph with the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth, after extracting...
30/12/2024

😀How to make make Steph happy? 😀

Here's Steph with the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth, after extracting a diseased tooth from this horse. Steph has been with Ashbrook for 5 years and loved by many clients. She has recently passed her CertAVP in Equine Dentistry and loves nothing better than a good dental case.

⛔⛔Save the Date - Tuesday 28 January!⛔⛔Have you ever wondered whether your horse is suffering from gastric ulceration? ...
29/12/2024

⛔⛔Save the Date - Tuesday 28 January!⛔⛔

Have you ever wondered whether your horse is suffering from gastric ulceration? Why not come along to our horse owner's evening to hear more about this disease and how it may affect your horse. We'll have goodies, vouchers and pizza kindly provided by sponsors TopSpec and BOVA. Watch this space for details!

Gastroscopy is the only true way to diagnose ulcers, despite many other claims, so do give us a call if you want a chat before our informative evening.

🐴🦷Has your vet ever mentioned peripheral caries to you after a routine dental examination? Peripheral caries are a dise...
27/12/2024

🐴🦷Has your vet ever mentioned peripheral caries to you after a routine dental examination? Peripheral caries are a disease whereby the outside aspect of the teeth become demineralised, in just the same way as we have caries. When it is superficial, there is little impact on the horse, but if severe, although rare, they can erode through into the sensitive areas of the tooth.

🦷Although we don't know exactly what causes this disease, standing water sources or cereal rich diets together with certain types of oral bacteria, may all be implicated.

🦷This horse is a perfect example of peripheral caries, which are the black and grey areas on the inside edge of the upper cheek teeth, with a rim of more healthy cementum and enamel erupting from the gum. In this case, we attributed the improvement to a change from haylage to a grass based diet, but we will monitor carefully at each routine dental.

🐴🎁🎄Happy Christmas!!!🐴🎄🎁We'd like to wish all of our customers, past, present and future, and their 4 legged friends a v...
25/12/2024

🐴🎁🎄Happy Christmas!!!🐴🎄🎁

We'd like to wish all of our customers, past, present and future, and their 4 legged friends a very merry Christmas! Do share any festive photos of you and your equines enjoying the day! 🐴👇

A gentle reminder that our office shuts at 2pm today and normal office hours resume on 27th December at 8am. We're still...
24/12/2024

A gentle reminder that our office shuts at 2pm today and normal office hours resume on 27th December at 8am.

We're still on call 24/7 to help you and your horses, ponies or donkeys so do give us a call on 01565723030 if you need us.

We'd like to take the chance to say a huge thank you to all our staff for working so hard to ensure your animals have the very best of care throughout the year.

Here are our office hours over the festive period! We're always around to help, whether it's an emergency visit, referra...
20/12/2024

Here are our office hours over the festive period!

We're always around to help, whether it's an emergency visit, referral for surgery, or even just advice, so do call us on 01565723030 if you want to chat with one of the team.

Our RCVS Hospital status means our facilities are staffed 24/7 by the nursing team and, as well as our duty vet, we always have a surgeon on call too, ensuring your horse, pony or donkey is treated to the very best of care should they need veterinary treatment.

After getting festively dressed up by the nurses, Roger headed out on his calls this morning!! 🌲 🤶
19/12/2024

After getting festively dressed up by the nurses, Roger headed out on his calls this morning!! 🌲 🤶

🐴 🐴🐴 HAPPY FRIDAY CASE🐴🐴🐴⭐️This young pony presented to Ashbrook last Monday with a wound (not fresh) to the back of the...
13/12/2024

🐴 🐴🐴 HAPPY FRIDAY CASE🐴🐴🐴

⭐️This young pony presented to Ashbrook last Monday with a wound (not fresh) to the back of the pastern region of his right fore.

⭐️ The area was clipped and clean and assessed to ensure the wound had not entered the pastern joint.

⭐️ A cast was applied to the foot and pastern region and the pony went home for box rest

⭐️ The pony returned today to have the cast removed and we were all delighted to see how well the wound had healed!

🐴 wounds heal so well and quickly when they are properly immobilised. This is very hard to achieve with bandages but is very well achieved with a cast.
🐴 cost wise: applying a cast is cheaper than bandages with changes every 3 days for several weeks.
🐴 for many wounds on the heel bulbs, coronary band & pastern regions this is a great way to get fast and cosmetically superior healing!!

Anthony the Elf asks if you could check your medication supplies and prescriptions are sufficient to last through the fe...
12/12/2024

Anthony the Elf asks if you could check your medication supplies and prescriptions are sufficient to last through the festive season?

We will always endeavour to help you if you have an emergency requirement for a prescription; however, it is easier for the team if you can give us 48 hours notice!

If you need any more medication, please do call on 01565 723030, or if it's easier, email [email protected].

Gastric ulcers can be tricky to spot, but with the precision of a gastroscope, vets can get a clear view of what's happe...
11/12/2024

Gastric ulcers can be tricky to spot, but with the precision of a gastroscope, vets can get a clear view of what's happening in your horse's stomach. Whether your horse is showing signs of discomfort or you simply want to be proactive about their wellbeing, scheduling a gastroscopy can provide peace of mind and pave the way for targeted treatment if needed.

Watch this space...we'll be hosting a client evening in January to discuss gastric ulcers, feeding and how we can treat to maximise your horse's performance in 2025.

For more information, please contact us on 01565 723030.

We're really sorry, but we've had to cancel our mince pie afternoon! Nikki will be delighted to tell you all about acup...
09/12/2024

We're really sorry, but we've had to cancel our mince pie afternoon! Nikki will be delighted to tell you all about acupuncture after the New Year and we'll still treat you to goodies (though we promise it won't be out of date mince pies!)

All attendees will be 'phoned personally, but please do spread the word, thank you all for your patience and understanding.

Worming advice continues to evolve and our experienced team are always on hand to answer any queries you might have. Fa...
08/12/2024

Worming advice continues to evolve and our experienced team are always on hand to answer any queries you might have. Faecal worm egg counts and tapeworm blood or saliva testing are readily available and a vital tool to help reduce the chance of worm resistance developing. Do call the team on 01565 723030 if you need any help.

Address

Middlewich Road
Knutsford
WA169JQ

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+441565723030

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🐴🛑FREE! MINCE PIES INCLUDED!🐴🛑 We're excited to be hosting an afternoon session of acupuncture on Wednesday 11 December 2025 at 4pm in Ashbrook. Numbers will be strictly limited so please do book your space on 01565723030 or [email protected]

Nantwich Equine Vets challenge accepted! After numerous out-takes we succeeded! Rainbow Equine Hospital Harper & Keele Veterinary School we're looking forward to seeing your version (and the out-takes!) 🤣 We also think our combined age was pretty impressive - 93 when you total Sandra and Vicky's years of life experience! We'll be donating some of our biscuit fund to BBC Children in Need instead of a cake Friday!

#electroacupuncture Guess who's been learning new acupuncture techniques?! Our amazing vet Nikki has been offering acupuncture to the benefit of horses throughout Cheshire, for over a year now. If you're interested, please do have a chat with Nikki on 01565723030. Remember 5 horses = a free visit if a group of horses want to try the benefits!

Have you ever wondered how many different challenges a nurse can face on a daily basis? We were delighted that our video was runner up in a recent VetPartners competition! Millie's work putting it together meant the nurses won a great hamper of treats which made everyone very happy!

We did it! Thank you all for entering and we're gutted we only had 1 Joey to give away! Huge congratulations to HAPPA - Horse & Pony Protection Association - please can you contact [email protected] to arrange collection.

What a cracker of an abscess! Do you think it's worthy of The Hoof GP ?! This little horse is hopefully much happier once this has drained and been poulticed! As a side note, we'd always recommend your horse's tetanus vaccines are up to date to ensure the abscess does not result in a case of tetanus.

🐴🤩Ready for tomorrow's client meeting? Here's the video of Nikki placing an acupunture needle as a teaser!

The secret is revealed.... Breeding night is reinvented and Roger, Millie and Hannah will be answering all your questions! Please email in any questions in advance to [email protected] #ashbrookequinehospital #breedinghorses #cheshirehorses

Here's our very first Tiktok reel - why not go and find us there!

Hock medications!
Hock medications!

Here's Cedric injecting a hock in a very well behaved horse! We're loving the portable stocks, thanks to Equisafe Horse Stocks !

Here's vet Sophie placing a stifle joint block in our beautiful new Equisafe Horse Stocks . Did you know there are 3 separate joint compartments in a stifle joint and, in order to be sure if a lameness originates from the stifle, all 3 compartments should be anaesthetised? This little dude was an absolute trooper and stood like an angel while he was blocked.

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