Chine House Equine Hospital is a large specialist equine vet practice in the East Midlands. Veterinarian
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This weekend is the Avon Valley Endurance Ride where vets Millie and Lucile have been working, and today nursing assistant Janina is taking part with her horse Savannah. It’s a beautiful blue sky day here and the vets have noted how well turned out a lot of the horses have been
Last week Lucy and Heather went to assist the fire brigade with a pony that had ended up in the canal. The recent hot weather has caused horses to seek different ways to cool down but I think we can all agree this was a bit extreme. The fire and rescue team worked fantastically to help keep the pony calm and the whole rescue went very smoothly!
This week Millie went to the Atherstone Hunt branch of the Pony Club’s junior camp to talk all about pony care, from dentistry to wounds. The three groups asked lots of interesting questions and the sessions were split between a talk, and a practical element involving body condition scoring their ponies and practicing taking pulses and temperatures 🐴
We love to receive updates from our clients! It is always fabulous to see the horses we have cared for, back out enjoying themselves. This lovely photo (credit to Barry Barnard Photography) of Natasha and her horse Jack shows the beautiful bond this pair have 🐴
Today we said goodbye to Jen who has just completed her internship with us. Jen joined us soon after graduating from the University of Cambridge and has been based in the hospital over the last year. Jen has been an asset to the practice, with a particular skill for anaesthesia. We will miss her greatly and wish her all the best in her new job 🐴
On Friday evening Simon, Kyle, Kat, Jemma, Lucy and Tim took part in the BEVA Grand Prix 🏁 This go-karting race saw teams from various equine practices take part in a race where our boys team of Simon, Kyle and Tim took second place overall! Kyle has no more excuses left for being late to visits now that he has proven his speed on the track 🏎️
They did it!! Everyone made it across the finish line within the target of 12 hours. This was a very tough challenge, with some very sore feet and legs! Thank you to everyone who has donated to support our charities, StreetVet and The Matt Hampson Foundation. We absolutely smashed our target.
You can still donate at Just Giving …
https://www.justgiving.com/page/chine-house-veterinary-hospital-1717060285892
https://www.justgiving.com/page/chine-house-veterinary-hospital-1714383747329
And they’re off!! The Yorkshire 3 Peaks team are heading north, ready to tackle their charity challenge tomorrow!
We will keep you updated with how they get on ⛰️
When this brave yearling was treated for his nasty leg wounds there was a lot of discussion about the best course of action for him. It was decided that wound repair under general anaesthesia, followed by a leg cast was the best plan. After 6 weeks in a distal limb cast we are delighted with how well his injuries have healed
FRIDAY 21st JUNE - please note the Equine Hospital is are open for EMERGENCIES ONLY on the afternoon of Fri 21st June as the team are taking part in our charity event, the Yorkshire 3 Peaks.
We are supporting 2 charities, StreetVet and The Matt Hampson Foundation - if you would like to support the team please head to our Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/team/chinehouse
Thank you
Help Chine House Veterinary Hospital raise money to support The Matt Hampson Foundation
This time next week Team Chine are tackling the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge. Please support their fundraiser if you can 🙌🏻
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Help Chine House Veterinary Hospital raise money to support The Matt Hampson Foundation
We are delighted to see Trixie back out enjoying her first jumping show since undergoing an olecranon fracture repair at Chine House last summer. Surgeon Lewis Smith carefully repaired Trixies broken elbow and has allowed her to continue a fulfilling ridden career 🐴
The end of May is also the end of Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month. Our nursing team work tirelessly around the clock from caring for our inpatients, maintaining surgical kits and equipment, prepping and assisting in theatre, dispensing medications and discharging patients, taking x-rays and changing bandages, placing IV cannulas and taking blood samples, to being the reassuring voice on the end of the phone in an emergency, our nurses do it all. It takes 3 years to obtain the qualification of Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN). We are so proud of our team of fabulous nurses and grateful for their hard work each and every day (and night!)
Some of our patients are such good citizens 👮🏻♂️ Pictured here is Ted, helping with driver training and improving awareness of road safety around horses. Ted is a big lad and generously volunteers his time (in exchange for a few carrots I’m sure) to try and make local roads safer for our horse riders. Thanks Ted 🐴
Age is just a number - 24 year old Blaze is back at home recovering from colic surgery. Blaze was admitted as an emergency recently when a mass in his abdomen cut off the blood supply to some of his small intestine. The photo from surgery shows the portion of dead bowel which had to be removed. Blaze is happy to be back at home and in his field 🐴
Not quite the patient we were expecting to see pop their head over the stable door this morning
FYI for any clients who may feed these 🐴 Please soak until all the pellets have formed a mash to avoid choke and a visit from one of your favourite vets!
Due to environmental issues, coupled with equipment supply problems, the following feeds with batch dates in April may take longer to soak.
Feeds: Fast Fibre, Veteran Light & Care & Gain
Rest assured, the formulas are unchanged and provide the same excellent nutrition, therefore the feed can be fed as long as all pellets are thoroughly soaked.
please soak until all pellets are fully dissolved and a mash is formed, we suggest making your evening feed in the morning and vice versa.
National Receptionists Day
Chine House are very proud and grateful to our wonderful reception team, 14 great ladies who do so much more than answer the phone and book appointments.
Well done, enjoy the fizz and chocolates
Team Chine Challenge - Yorkshire 3 Peaks
Last Saturday some of our intrepid walkers (and dogs!) took on Edale in the Peak District as training for the forthcoming 3 Peaks challenge on Saturday 22nd June 2024.
We are supporting 2 charities, StreetVet and The Matt Hampson Foundation. See our Just Giving page for details of these charities and you can donate to support the team and these good causes.
https://www.justgiving.com/page/chine-house-veterinary-hospital-1714383747329
Reminder - our referring vets MRI CPD evening is this week! Open to vets and farriers, please let us know if you would like to join by emailing [email protected] 🐴
Last week our vets Millie, Lucy and Jen volunteered at the BHS welfare clinic in Newark alongside lots of other vet and nurse volunteers from the BEVA trust. These clinic days see lots of horses and ponies receive dental treatments, passports and microchips, as well as castrations. Millie was the lead veterinary surgeon for the day and the whole team worked fantastically well together! Over the years the BEVA trust has helped to facilitate the castration of almost 1,000 c**ts and stallions! Our vets regularly attend these clinics and really enjoy the work they carry out **t
Team Chine Challenge
Following the tremendous success of our National 3 Peaks Challenge in 2019 where we raised in excess of £7000 for charities, Team Chine's next challenge is the Yorkshire 3 Peaks in June this year.
32 of us will be attempting the walk, a total of 38.6km within 12 hours. Pen-y-Ghent (694m), Whernside (736m) and Ingleborough (723m).
Our chosen charities we are supporting for this challenge are:
StreetVet:
Victims of the UK homelessness epidemic often have scant support, except for, in a growing number of cases, the companionship of their pets.
Many have had their pets since before losing their homes, which makes their bond even more profound, such that their pet's well-being is a life-shaping priority.
Their volunteer vets and vet nurses provide accessible fundamental veterinary care. They vaccinate, microchip, treat for fleas and worms, prescribe pain relief, help fight infections, perform surgeries and sometimes just sit and listen.
Matt Hampson Foundation:
The Matt Hampson Foundation inspires and supports young people seriously injured through sport through its unique Get Busy Living centre in rural Leicestershire. The centre provides expert physiotherapy, specialist personal training, support, mentoring and advice to people suffering a life-changing injury.
The centre’s doors were opened in 2018 by Founder and ex-England and Leicester Tigers rugby player Matt Hampson, who himself experienced a life-changing injury in 2005.
It would be amazing if you could support us with our target of £3000. You can donate via our Just Giving page:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/chine-house-veterinary-hospital-1714383747329
Today is World Veterinary Day! This year’s focus is on how the application of veterinary science contributes not only to animal health and well-being but also to humans physical, mental and social well-being. We would like to celebrate all of the hard work our veterinary teams do every day to care for your horses and ponies. If you have any nice stories to share about how your vet has helped you and your horse please do so in the comments 🐴
⭐️ This post contains an image from colic surgery ⭐️ The handsome Amo was referred to us for emergency colic surgery last week after a blockage in his jejunum (a portion of the small intestine) made him very unwell. Prompt referral and a quick work up in the clinic revealed lots of distended small intestine, and a speedy surgery has resulted in a full recovery. Ammo was a star patient and we look forwards to hearing how he gets on with his recovery at home 🐴
Our laser sarcoid offer finishes at the end of April. Book in ASAP to get your horses sarcoids treated before the sun (eventually) arrives and the warmer weather brings the flies with it! Early intervention with the treatment of sarcoids often results in better outcomes
Improving patient safety is really important to us. Before, during and after every surgery we carry out at Chine House, we go through a surgical safety checklist. This helps us to decrease errors and adverse events, and increase teamwork and communication during surgery. The checklist goes through over 20 points including a patient ID check, surgical kit sterility monitoring and a discussion of any patient specific concerns. This is a tool adopted from human medicine which has been proven to improve patient outcomes
We are hosting an MRI CPD evening for veterinary professionals on Thursday the 9th of May.
If you would like to attend please RSVP, we hope to see you there!
Should you wish to contribute a case for the round table discussion please email Julia at [email protected] by 29/04/24 so she can collate them.
Please keep your eyes peeled for Ozzy the budgie who has gone missing from his house in Quorn. He belongs to the family of one of our equine team members and they’re desperate to get him home. Any sightings please give the practice a call. Thank you
Why is now an ideal time to treat your horses sarcoids? Believe it or not with the recent weather, spring is just around the corner! Flies are a nuisance to sarcoids and can make some lesions a lot worse. The flies can also be a menace around healing surgical wounds. So get booked in ASAP before the warm weather and the flies arrive. This offer finishes at the end of April 🐴
Vets Millie and Lucy are on duty today at Thoresby Hall for the Spring Eventing Carnival 🐴 Good luck to any of our clients competing today and let’s hope the sun continues to shine ☀️
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Exercising ECG 💕 This is a really helpful tool to assess how a horse’s heart responds to the strains of exercise. Real time horse side evaluation of the hearts electrical activity can be a useful tool in a poor performance work up. Both resting and exercising ECG’s were performed on this horse 🐴 #chinehousevets #equinevet #equinemedicine #poorperformance #ecg #cardiology #horse #pony
Brian has definitely become a firm favourite with all of the hospital staff during his stay. He was referred to Chine House for colic signs and was immediately operated on. During surgery he was found to have an epiploic foramen entrapment and had to have 2ft of his jejunum removed. He recovered brilliantly from surgery. Following colic surgery horses have to spend a long period of time on box rest so we try to make this experience as fun for them as we can. Brian loved his bouncy grass ball to keep him entertained during his hospital stay. We will be sad to see him leave but delighted he is going home with his owner Amanda to continue his recovery 🐴
🎉 Our MRI unit has arrived 🎉 Thank you for your patience yesterday as our new @hallmarqveterinaryimaging MRI unit was delivered to our hospital base in Sileby. A few finishing touches and some all important staff training are all that’s left before we can welcome our first horses for imaging! #chinehousevets #equinevets #mri #diagnosticimaging #newservice #exciting #development #horse #lameness
This week a team of our vets and nurses got involved in quite an exciting case! Seamus developed a heart condition called atrial fibrillation which is when the heart beats irregularly and can result in poor performance. The condition was quickly identified by Mark Bowen and Seamus was booked in for a TVEC (transvenous electrical cardioversion) procedure. This involves placing electrode catheters in the horses heart and vessels via the jugular vein, and taking some X-rays to confirm they are in the right place. Then a short general anaesthetic is required to attach the electrode catheters to a defibrillator and use an increasing amount of energy to shock the heart back into sinus (regular) rhythm. This is what is shown in the video. Cardioversion was successful in this case and Seamus recovered well from his anaesthetic. An ECG the following day confirmed his heart rhythm had remained nice and regular and Seamus was discharged home for a period of rest and recovery! #equinevet #chinehousevets #af #atrialfibrillation #tvec #shocking #defibrillator #cardiology #horse #anaesthetic #equinemedicine #equinecardiology
Turn up the volume to hear beautiful Dove snoring away merrily after her hock medication at her yard in the sunshine this afternoon 💤 💤💤 #sleepingbeauty #snoring #pony #equinevet #hockmedication #chinehousevets
This is the beautiful Duke. Duke is a 7 month old 50kg Great Dane who enjoys testing his boundaries. The boundaries being a 5ft fence!! He jumped his owners enclosed garden and unfortunately was hit by a car. His owner realised he had been injured and rushed him to us. Unfortunately, he was suffering from a pneumothorax - a life threatening condition where the lungs leak air into the space around them causing severe breathing problems. Prompt attention from our team lead to 3 litres of air being drained from his chest. This is him the day after giving Daniella, our student nurse, a high five. Duke is recuperating well at home and we hope he has learned to take it easy!
Chine House Veterinary Hospital
Cossington Road
Pinfold Vets - East Leake & Keyworth
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