Leahurst Equine Practice

01/04/2025

We’re throwing open our gates again and inviting you to come and see what we do at Leahurst.

Tickets are now available for VetFest 2025! Please use the Eventbrite link below to secure your FREE places. We look forward to seeing you on July 19th!

[https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leahurst-vetfest-2025-tickets-1301885828559?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leahurst-vetfest-2025-tickets-1301885828559?aff=oddtdtcreator)

Come along to Leahurst VetFest for a day full of awesome animal activities, and behind-the-scenes fun!

26/03/2025

🚚💊 **Inside Ben’s Truck: Your Go-To Pharmacy for Skin Health!** 🐴✨

Hey, skin-care warriors! 🌟 Ever wondered what Ben has in his truck to tackle those pesky skin issues? From creepy crawlies to hair loss, we've got you covered with top-notch treatments! Check out these must-have medications:

🔹 **Malaseb**: A powerful medicated shampoo that fights bacteria and fungi, perfect for those stubborn skin infections. 🛁🐴

🔹 **Dectomax**: A versatile injectable that targets parasites, helping keep skin irritation and itchy legs at bay. 💉🐴

🔹 **Deosect**: A potent insecticide spray to protect your animals from lice and flies, ensuring their skin stays healthy and itch-free. 🚫🦟

🔹 **Imaverol**: An effective antifungal treatment, ideal for tackling ringworm and other fungal infections. 🌿🐾

🔹 **Flamazine**: A soothing cream that provides relief from burns and wounds, promoting speedy skin recovery. 🩹🐾

We want to hear from you! 📣 Drop a comment below and share your favorite skin care products for your beloved horse, pony, or donkey. Let’s keep happy and healthy together! ❤️👇

12/03/2025

Last weekend, a group of vets from Leahurst had the opportunity to attend the Bangor on Dee P2P. 🏇🏼

The weather was SPECTACULAR ☀️ and all the horses participating looked splendid in the glorious sunshine 😍

We also had the pleasure of sponsoring the Conditions Race, awarding prices to the winner of the race, and a prize of Best Turned Out.🎀

Well done to all the runners and riders, all of whom got home safe. 😁🐴

06/03/2025

🐴🚔Police Open Day🚔🐴

On Saturday, Merseyside Mounted Police opened their doors to BHS North West members to see the team and meet the horses. Our vet Sarah was in attendance too, meeting and greeting, explaining our close relationship we have in making sure all the horses have dedicated veterinary care. 💉🐴

The police officers demonstrated the amazing abilities of the horses including in a public order situation. They also showed off PC Chunky’s ability to sniff out a carrot on anybody! 🥕

Merseyside Police are hoping to run more of the events throughout the year and would love to see you there! Keep an eye on both BHS Wirral & BHS North West pages as well as our page for the chance to get your tickets! 🤩

01/03/2025

🐴 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 🐴

Join us in celebrating the incredible bond between humans and horses. From their strength and grace to their gentle spirits, they enrich our lives in countless ways. 💜

We have delved into the archives for this photo from 2017. A baby Ben dealing with a miniature Minnie at Parkgate Pony Sanctuary. 🥰

Share your favourite horse memory or photo below!

27/02/2025

📢📍 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝘂 📍📢

Many of you have probably seen signs along the roads surrounding the south part of the Wirral. These signs read 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲. 🚨

These signs are in relation to the outbreak of Avian Influenza near Bromborough reported in the first week of February 📆

Although this outbreak do not stop us from coming to see your horse or pony, we wanted to share this post as a reminder for what to do, should you happen to keep birds on your property. 👍

Two highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 cases have been confirmed as follows:
• at a premises near Malpas, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire - although this infected premises is in England, part of the SZ extends into Wrexham, Wales.
• at a premises near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire.

3km Protection Zones and 10km Surveillance Zones have been put in place. Please check GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/bird-flu for the latest information about these cases. All bird keepers should remain vigilant and follow stringent biosecurity measures to prevent future outbreaks.

21/02/2025

📍🗺️𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲'𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆🗺️📍

Most of us would choose to sit on the beach with a cocktail in hand when we go on vacation. That's not the case for our vet Luke Edwards... 😂

Luke has just returned from a two week trip to the Gambia, where he has once again been working to improve the health and welfare of the working equids out there 🫏🐴

There was plenty of work to be done in terms of assessing teeth, lameness, and wounds. Luke has worked really hard to build a strong connection between the The Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust and the vet school, which benefits the vet students, and the donkeys, mules, and horses of the Gambia 🇬🇲

19/02/2025

Here at Leahurst Equine Practice, we offer pre-purchase examinations (vettings) for clients considering to buy a new horse/pony. 🐎🐴

We offer either two-stage or five-stage vettings:

🩺A two-stage vetting is £258.50 and includes a thorough clinical examination at rest, checking signs of injury, disease or any abnormalities, as well a lameness examination of the horse at rest and trot. We will also take a blood sample that is stored for any specific testing that may be requested at a later date.

👩🏼‍⚕️A five-stage vetting is £338.50 and includes the two-stage vetting PLUS observation of the horse under intense exercise, normally under the saddle or lunging, which allows for further evaluation of the heart and lungs. This is followed by a period of rest in the stable, for any lameness to become apparent and reassessment of the heart and lungs post-exercise. The final stage is a second examination of the horse in trot with repeated flexion tests. This will check for any lameness that is apparent after exercise.

🚨 X-rays are available upon request, but specific regions of the body must be specified.

🗺 The prices are inclusive of a standard visit fee. Travel beyond our normal 45 minute journey time would incur an increased visit fee, but this can be discussed before you book the vetting.

If you are interested, please contact us on 0151 794 6199 ☎️

14/02/2025

📌🚨 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 🚨📌

A classroom day for some of the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service team last Friday as part of their regular animal handling refresher courses which we run at the School of Veterinary Science. 🧯🚒

The course was lead by our fabulous colic surgeon and head of research Professor Debbie Archer 👩‍⚕️

Fire and rescue teams commonly have to deal with large animal rescue situations – mainly involving horses but not uncommonly they have to deal with farm animals too. This is only one part of the vital job they perform and not all FRS will have handled large animal species. Knowing how to approach and handle them safely is important to keep everyone safe and is important for the animals themselves. ❤💜💚

Our teaching horses (Angel and Thunder) 🐴, cattle 🐮, sheep 🐑 and pigs 🐖 enjoyed having some visitors who were not veterinary students, for a change.

It is not uncommon that our equine and farm animal veterinary teams are called to help with large animal rescue situations and as vets, we also undergo training with fire and rescue personnel to ensure that we all work together in a calm and safe manner. 😇

Thank you for the great work that our Fire and Rescue service personnel perform – we always enjoy having your crews here and we hope you also enjoyed your day. 😍

12/02/2025

📌☎𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚☎📌

We are excited to offer a service for our clients that are looking to travel horses and ponies abroad.

Our vet Sarah Willson is a registered OV, and is available to complete the required paperwork should you be looking to travel to Ireland, the continent, or further afield. 🤓

This is a service that requires plenty of notice, as it takes time to complete the necessary forms. If you are interested and would like more information, please give us a call.

11/02/2025

📌Bird Flu📌

We wanted to share this post from the Farm Animal Practice at Leahurst. 🐮🐷🐔

Although the outbreak of Avian Influenza does not affect our ability to come and see your horse or pony, we know many of our clients do have chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. 🪿🐓🦃

As such, we wanted to make sure that everyone had access to the relevant information. 🤓

🚨 attention all bird owners🚨
Highly pathogenic avian influenza 🦠H5N1🦠 has been confirmed on the Wirral. This places some of the Wirral under a 3km protective zone and the majority under a 10km surveillance zone.
Please see the link to the interactive map and the current government guidelines for each zone in the comments below.
🕊️🦅🦆🦜🐥🦢🐓🦩🦚🪿🦃
Whilst these restrictions are in place we can no longer accept poultry being brought to the practice for veterinary treatment. Please continue get in touch if you need any advice. We may be able to offer remote consultation or a visit if required.

10/02/2025

05/02/2025

We are continuing to run our popular gastroscopy clinics this year! 🤩🐴

Are you worried about gastric ulcers? Wanting to do the best diagnostic tests and treatment for your horse? 👨‍⚕️💊

With a saving of nearly 50% (compared to our on the road fee), your horse can have a full video gastroscope, including sedation, for £150* (*£165 if stabled with us the night before for starving). Horses must be brought into us at the clinic for this offer.
This also includes an accurate, up to date weight on the weigh bridge and an aftercare plan. (All medications and treatment are NOT included in the offer price).

If you would like to book onto this offer or require more information, please contact us on 0151 794 6199.☎

03/02/2025

🐴📌𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗘𝗜 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹📌🐴

From the 3rd February 2025, the FEI have introduced new requirements for the recording of influenza vaccinations.

At the time of vaccination, your veterinarian must record the details on the FEI HorseApp. 🤓

This applies to ALL FEI registered horses.

To ensure that we comply with requirements, and to make the vaccination process for FEI registered horses as straightforward as possible, please be prepared to:

- Provide a copy of the horse's passport at the time of vaccination. This may need to be photographed. 📸

- Allow time for a full clinical examination, this will require removal of the horse's rugs and access to scan the microchip. 🛃

- If you are the athlete, groom, owner or trainer, please enter all previous vaccinations onto the HorseApp prior to your vaccination appointment, this will save considerable time! ⏳

31/01/2025

🗺️📍𝒫𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒜𝓇𝑒𝒶 📍🗺️

How far do the vets travel to see my horse? 🤔

Here at Leahurst, we aim to try and be with you and your horse as quickly as possible. 🏃🏻‍♂️💨 And that's without anyone breaking the speed limit (including Luke...) 😜

But how big is our area? We have created a helpful purple 💜 map to give you an idea of whether Leahurst comes out to your yard 🐴🥼

We continue to provide a service to the Wirral and the greater Chester area. We are also within the range of Kelsall to southeast, and the Mold and Flint regions of North Wales. 🌎

As ever, if you would like to contact us and ask if we will come out to your horse, just contact us on 0151 7946199. ☎️

29/01/2025

🌟 Meet Our Incredible Admin Team at The Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital and Leahurst Equine Practice! 🌟

At Leahurst, we are incredibly lucky to have a team of dedicated administrative professionals who work together to provide the best support for our clients. With many of our team members having been with us for over 15 years, their passion and commitment shine through every day!

💼 Referral Team: Our two amazing staff members Sally and Jane are the friendly faces who communicate with referring vets, book appointments, and handle emergency calls with calm and care. They make sure to assist with client calls when their horse is at the hospital and assist in making sure all the paperwork is organized and ready for our clients, so things can run as smoothly as possible.

🏥 Front Desk Team and Practice: Whether it’s greeting patients or answering the phones, our two front desk staff members Sharon and Vanessa always go above and beyond. They help manage patient admissions, coordinate appointments, and keep communication flowing smoothly between clients and our veterinary team. They also assist Siobhan in making sure our equine practice runs as smoothly as possible. The Leahurst Equine Practice runs alongside the equine hospital providing top quality ambulatory services. Siobhan, Sharon and Vanessa are a phone call away and ready to assist our great practice clients.

💰 Accounts Team: Our two wonderful accounts team members Lauren and Natasha work diligently to process invoices and submit insurance claims, while providing clients with outstanding customer service and support.

Together, we are more than just a hospital—we are a family. Our team is here to help, answer questions, and support you through every stage of your horse’s care.

Thank you for trusting us with your equine family members.🐴🐴🐴🐴❤️❤️

29/01/2025

Don't forget our dental evening tonight with food 🙂 Please make sure you have a place booked as detailed below, look forward to seeing you 🐴🐴🙂