Tyrrells Equine Clinic

14/05/2024

Companion Horse/Pony required......

Can you help? One of our lovely clients has very sadly lost their horse leaving their other horse without company. A new horse or pony is required to keep this retired gelding company. The companion must be retired and happy living on a working cattle farm and being turned out or stabled. A horse or pony requiring restricted grazing would be well suited as this is how the existing horse is managed. Due to the farms proximity to water a friend with sweet itch would not be suitable.

Please let us know if you have something suitable 😊🐴

22/04/2024

Another successful gastroscopy clinic here at Tyrrells Equine Clinic 🐴

Big thank you to everyone who brought in their horses and got involved with our Gastroscopy Clinic last week. We had a brilliant few days scoping and it was a pleasure to meet you all and your horses.

A special shout out has to go to our fantastic vets Olly Newman BVMedSci, BVMBVS, MRCVS, Licia Yeo BSc, DVM, MRCVS and Iris Maric-Mur BSc, BVetMed, PGDip, VCP, MRVCS without their time and expertise none of this would have been possible.

The Gastroscopy Clinic proved really popular with our clients and although this we only had limited availability for these dates, keep your eyes peeled for potentially more in the future

02/04/2024

🐴 ⭐️A couple of spaces have come available at our gastroscopy clinic ⭐️ 🐴
To book contact the office on 01763 287744 or via email [email protected]

25/03/2024

Worming Update! 🐴🐛🪱💩

Due to constantly evolving worm resistance, we have updated our protocol and recommendations.

Swipe through to learn about when to test, when to treat and how best to manage your horses. Please also be aware of the WEC price changes effective 1st of April.

As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our friendly office staff on 01763 287744 for further advice.

22/03/2024

🐴🌿Keeping a spring in your horse's step…..

With spring time officially here it's likely your horses will soon have access to lusher grass and potentially for longer periods of time. At this time of year, we will often see an increase in dietary laminitis and grass colic. Here are some tips for reducing the risks and getting your horse ‘spring body’ ready……

Dietary Laminitis
1) Body Condition Score (BCS) your horse (and be honest!). Learn how to BCS your horse or pony by following the link at the bottom.
2) If your horse or pony has a BCS of more than 3/5 or 6/9 take steps to reduce their condition. For horses with a healthy BCS it can still be prudent to consider your management as spring grass can lead to weight gain and associated health problems.
3) Reducing or maintaining your horse’s condition will likely need to involve a combination of measures including:

🐴 Using scales and weighing your horse’s daily ration. Horses needing to lose weight should have a total daily intake (grass, hay, and feed) of 1.5% of their ideal bodyweight. For example, a 450kg horse should have a total of food 6.75kg (450/100 x 1.5). Horses needing to maintain their existing weight need a ration of 2% of their bodyweight. In the example of a 450kg horse this would be 450/100 x 2 = 9kg. Hay should be weighed dry and a ‘guestimate’ will need to be made for the volume of grass ingested.
🐴 Reducing time out at pasture by stabling for periods of the day and feeding hay soaked for a minimum of 4-6 hours will limit your horse’s calorie intake.
🐴 Using a grazing muzzle, strip grazing or track system will reduce consumption of sugars.
🐴 Avoiding additional feed and treats. For most leisure horses hay and grass will provide sufficient calories for their level or exercise. Grass will provide all the minerals and vitamins they require.
🐴 Regular exercise. Ideally 5 times a week to sufficiently get them breathing deeply and breaking a sweat.
🐴 Reduce or minimise rugging. Most healthy unclipped adult horses do not require rugging. For clipped horses consider rugging below 5 degrees.

Grass/Gas Colic
As the spring grass come through it will contain increased sugars and as such is a change to your horse’s diet. As with introducing any new hard feed, spring grass should be introduced gradually to allow the microflora in your horse’s hind gut to adjust.
🌿 Start with periods of 1-2 hours on spring grass particularly if on new fields.
🌿 Build up time out grazing over a week or two.
🌿 Each horse will have a varying level of sensitivity to change of diet, introduce spring grazing accordingly.
Following these steps aims to ensure the bacteria responsible for hindgut digestion adapt to their new diet without causing gas colic.

If you have any further queries, please contact our office on 01763 287744 / [email protected]

https://www.bhs.org.uk/horse-care-and-welfare/health-care-management/horse-health/fat-scoring/how-to-fat-score-your-horse/ #:~:text=A%20healthy%20fat%20score%20for,before%20any%20large%20changes%20occur.

21/03/2024

LAST FEW SPACES REMAINING!!🐴

Give the office a call if you would like to book in one of our remaining slots!

18/03/2024

Is your horse refusing jumps, or jumping to the left or right? Having difficulty maintaining a correct canter lead? Tripping? Bucking?

Subtle lameness can be the root cause of many performance or behavioural issues. Early detection and treatment can lead to a more successful resolution of problems. Our experienced team of vets are here to help you with any performance related questions or concerns. We have a fully equipped clinic to investigate lameness and performance issues, aided by computerised lameness locator technology to assist the investigations of subtle and multifactorial lameness. Please contact the clinic on 01763 287744 to chat to a vet and help make sure your horse is ready for the season ahead! 🐎🌟🐎🌟🐎

11/03/2024

On the mornings of Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th April 2024 we are going to be opening up the practice for a Gastroscopy clinic in partnership with BOVA UK
On these days we will be offering an initial gastroscope here at the clinic at a reduced price of £140.00 without livery or £160.00 including livery. This will include:
- A full gastroscopy examination
- Any sedation required
- A report of our findings with pictures and management advice going forward
- Plus, a selection of refreshments for you to enjoy during your horse’s procedure
There will also be the opportunity for reduced price treatment should your horse be diagnosed with gastric ulcers.
We only have a limited number of spaces available for these clinics and spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
To book contact the office on 01763287744 or via email [email protected] and we will be happy to get you booked in!

01/03/2024

On the mornings of Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th April 2024 we are going to be opening up the practice for a Gastroscopy clinic in partnership with BOVA UK
On these days we will be offering an initial gastroscope here at the clinic at a reduced price of £140.00 without livery or £160.00 including livery. This will include:

- A full gastroscopy examination
- Any sedation required
- A report of our findings with pictures and management advice going forward
- Plus, a selection of refreshments for you to enjoy during your horse’s procedure

There will also be the opportunity for reduced price treatment should your horse be diagnosed with gastric ulcers.

We only have a limited number of spaces available for these clinics and spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
To book contact the office on 01763287744 Monday to Friday or via email [email protected] and we will be happy to get you booked in!

01/03/2024

CALLING ALL BREEDERS! 🐴

From 30th April 2024 the APHA will be classifying germinal products (fresh semen) arriving from the EU as high risk.

This means that semen imported from the EU will be subject to additional border checks. These border checks are highly likely to delay the semens delivery to the extent the product will be ineffectual.

With this in mind, those planning to put mares in foal after 30th April 2024 should consider an alternative semen option to that of fresh semen from the EU.

23/01/2024

Meet our first foal of the year 😍

Licia got called out to see this gorgeous c**t George on Saturday evening. Both mum and baby are doing really well and isn’t he cute 😍

17/01/2024

Please be aware from the 1st of January 2024, flu vaccination rules for British Riding Clubs have changed.

This change only affects new or restarting flu vaccination courses, amending the intervals between vaccines. Up to date and correct vaccines are not affected by this.
Please see the link below for more info:

https://brc-area20.org.uk/rules-%26-rule-changes

Please also note that 2024 is a leap year, so the extra day must be considered for the primary course of vaccinations. 🐴

05/01/2024

Happy New Year and look who is back in action! 🐎

Our lovely vet Juliette is now back from maternity leave and is available to book for appointments on Mondays and Thursdays 🥰

21/12/2023

🎄🦄✨

Wishing all of our lovely clients and their horses a very Merry Christmas from everyone here at Tyrrells Equine Clinic 🎄

Whilst we hope you don’t need us - we are always here if you do! Please see below our Christmas opening hours:

• Friday 22nd December - open as normal
• Saturday 23rd December - office closed, emergencies only
• Sunday 24th December - office closed, emergencies only
• Monday 25th December - office closed, emergencies only
• Tuesday 26th December - office closed, emergencies only
• Wednesday 27th December - open as normal
• Thursday 28th December - open as normal
• Friday 29th December - open as normal
• Saturday 30th December - office closed, emergencies only
• Sunday 31st December - office closed, emergencies only
• Monday 1st January - office closed, emergencies only
• Tuesday 2nd January - normal service resumes!

🎄🦄✨

11/07/2023

Rental property required for 1 year within 15/20 minutes of Steeple Morden for mature professional couple with well behaved dog and cat 👫🐶🐱

05/06/2023

🌿 🚩 LAMINITIS 🚩🌿

🚩 Please be advised that our practice is seeing an unusually high number of laminitis cases this year 🚩

Laminitis is a condition affecting tissues within the horses foot. It is extremely painful and in some cases it can require horses to be euthanised on welfare grounds.

Laminitis can affect any equine and at this time of year the risk is often greater due to horses and ponies having longer periods of access to an increased volume of more nutrient dense grazing resulting from the good weather. Excess weight also significantly increases the risk of laminitis developing.

Whilst laminitis cannot always be prevented, managing your horses weight will significantly help to reduce the risk. Fat scoring is a useful tool to help assess your horse or pony needs to lose weight. Information on fat scoring can be found using the link below.

Horses or ponies with a conditions score of 4 or 5 are at increased risk of laminitis and steps should be taken to reduce their intake of grass and lessen their weight. And remember - be honest with yourself about your horses condition!

Tips and Tricks for Weight Loss

🌿 Reducing time out at grass by stabling for periods of the day
🌿 Reducing the volume of grass your horse has access to through pens, strip grazing, track systems or grazing muzzles when they are out at grass
🌿 Feeding small amounts of soaked hay only when not at grass
🌿 Not feeding in addition to grass and soaked hay - for the majority of horses and ponies the grass will contain all the vitamins and minerals they require.
🌿 Avoid rugging overweight/healthy weight horses and ponies - most unclipped healthy adult horses do not require rugging unless in minus temperatures
🌿 Exercising your horse or pony regularly, ideally 5 times a week. Exercise should get them breathing deeply and breaking a sweat

In addition, please remember that if your horse is on routine steroid treatment for conditions such respiratory or allergic issues they may be at a further increased risk of laminitis.

If you have any concerns about laminitis or your horse develops any of the clinical signs (being foot sore, reluctance or inability to move, weight shifting, odd stance, digital pulses) please contact us on 01763 287744. Prompt veterinary intervention will greatly increase the likelihood of a successful outcome .

https://www.bhs.org.uk/horse-care-and-welfare/health-care-management/horse-health/fat-scoring/

11/05/2023

JOB VACANCY

🐴 Equine Veterinary Administrator and Technician –

🌟 Based nr Royston, Hertfordshire
🌟 Full-time Position
🌟 Competitive Salary plus Pension
🌟 22 Day Holiday plus Bank Holidays
🌟 Private Healthcare
🌟 Beautiful Rural Location
🌟 Fun and Friendly Team
🌟 Dog Friendly Workplace
🌟 Monday – Friday 8.30 -5.00 + evening and occasional weekend work

🐴 About us -

Tyrrells Equine Clinic is a busy independent, equine only veterinary practice. Our team of 5 vets together with support staff provide a complete range of at-the-yard and clinic-based services, both routine and emergency, for our lovely client base and their horses.

🐴 About the job –

This is a central role to the running of our practice and involves helping our clients, supporting our vets and providing care for our equine patients. Responsibilities range from reception and administration work, to preparing for and assisting with veterinary procedures, as well as monitoring our horsey patients and ensuring they receive plenty of TLC! It can be challenging and requires adaptability, but is never boring!

🐴 Essential Skills and Experience include…..

Being confident handling all types of horses, including those that are fit or stressed - the ability to ride a variety of horses would be an advantage
Having a good working knowledge of horses and the willingness to learn veterinary terminology and about veterinary equipment/procedures
Being comfortable working in an office environment with good computer literacy and telephone manner
A flare for social media and an interest in arranging client information events and evenings
The ability to stay calm under pressure
Full driver’s license

For more information about this role please call Annie on 01763 287744 or email [email protected]

www.tyrrellsequine.co.uk

13/04/2023

Rental flat or house within 20minutes of Royston sought from May for single professional female 🏠

03/03/2023

Looks like our gastroscope clinic has been VERY popular! We now only have 1 space left for on the 23rd March for a reduced price gastroscope here at our clinic near Royston in Hertfordshire.

If you would like this space please contact the office on 01763 287744 or email [email protected].

On the mornings of Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd March 2023 we are going to be opening up the practice for a Gastroscopy clinic in partnership with Bova Specials UK Ltd with our vets Oliver Newman BVM, BVS, MRCVS, Charlotte Ingham BVetMed (Hons), MRCVS, Licia Yeo DVM, MRCVS and Iris Maric-Mur BSc, BVetMed, PGDip VCP, MRCVS.

On these days we will be offering an initial gastroscope here at the clinic at a reduced price of £130.00 without livery or £150.00 including livery. This will include:

- A full gastroscopy examination
- Any sedation required
- A report of our findings with pictures and management advice going forward
- Plus, a selection of refreshments for you to enjoy during your horse’s procedure

There will also be the opportunity for reduced price treatment should your horse be diagnosed with gastric ulcers.

We only have a limited number of spaces available for these clinics and spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
To book contact the office on 01763287744 or via email [email protected] and we will be happy to get you booked in!

28/02/2023

On the mornings of Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd March 2023 we are going to be opening up the practice for a Gastroscopy clinic in partnership with Bova Specials UK Ltd with our vets Oliver Newman BVM, BVS, MRCVS, Charlotte Ingham BVetMed (Hons), MRCVS, Licia Yeo DVM, MRCVS and Iris Maric-Mur BSc, BVetMed, PGDip VCP, MRCVS.

On these days we will be offering an initial gastroscope here at the clinic at a reduced price of £130.00 without livery or £150.00 including livery. This will include:

- A full gastroscopy examination
- Any sedation required
- A report of our findings with pictures and management advice going forward
- Plus, a selection of refreshments for you to enjoy during your horse’s procedure

There will also be the opportunity for reduced price treatment should your horse be diagnosed with gastric ulcers.

We only have a limited number of spaces available for these clinics and spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
To book contact the office on 01763287744 or via email [email protected] and we will be happy to get you booked in!

14/02/2023

✨WELCOME LICIA✨

We are very pleased to introduce you all to our new veterinary surgeon Licia Yeo DVM, MRCVS who joined our team here at Tyrrells in January 2023. Licia has joined us all the way from Australia where she completed an internship with WestVets Equine Hospital in Brisbane and later worked as part of their ambulatory team.

As well as taking an interest in equine sports horse medicine Licia has grown up around horses and has previously competed at advanced level dressage with her horse “Prestige” who she trained from a 4-year-old. Outside of work she enjoys playing touch rugby and kick-boxing!

09/12/2022

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08/12/2022

🎄Christmas Office hours🎄

With the festive season in full swing please see below for our office open hours over the Christmas period:

Friday 23rd December = open as normal
Saturday 24th December = office closed, emergencies only
Sunday 25th December = office closed, emergencies only
Monday 26th December = office closed, emergencies only
Tuesday 27th December = office closed, emergencies only
Wednesday 28th December = open as normal
Thursday 29th December = open as normal
Friday 30th December = open as normal
Saturday 31st December = office closed, emergencies only
Sunday 1st January = office closed, emergencies only
Monday 2nd January = office closed, emergencies only
Tuesday 3rd January = normal service resumes

If your horse is currently on any medication, now is a good time to check and make sure you have enough stock to last until the new year as all requests for repeat medication and prescriptions must be made within office hours.

With the continuing royal mail strikes we cannot guarantee when posting medications that they will arrive in time for Christmas so the earlier you can get your orders in the better!

Contact the office on 01763 287744 or via email at [email protected] and we will be happy to help.

05/12/2022

What a night that was!

It's taken us a while but now we're getting back to normal after the success of our client evening at Shuttleworth Equestrian it seems a good time to share some pictures and more importantly some thank yous.

First, we have to thank all our amazing speakers, Mark Evans, Hanna Walton, Pippa Winkworth, Megan Ingham, Jason Tyrrell, Olly Newman and insurance guru Shirley Swanson! We couldn’t have done it without you and I think everyone will agree it was fascinating to see the different ways you as experts approach the task of buying a horse.

Next a huge thank you to Helen and everyone at Shuttleworth Equestrian who let us take over their lovely yard for the evening and made sure that everybody was well looked after.

Thank you to all our amazing sponsors who donated such generous raffle prizes we hope all our winners are putting them to good use!

And finally the biggest thank you has to go to all of you who came, we had over 100 of you join us for the evening which was absolutely amazing and together we raised some much needed funds to send to the Ukrainian Equestrian Charity to help provide care for horses displaced by the conflict.

Shuttleworth College Equine
Hanna Walton Equestrian
Megan Ingham Dressage
Cambridge Veterinary Physiotherapy

18/11/2022

Thank you to everyone who came to our client evening Shuttleworth College Equine last night! The evening was a huge success and we raised over £700 for the Ukrainian Equestrian Charity.

We have some unclaimed raffle prize that were left over after everyone had gone home so if you still have your tickets we are looking for:

GREEN 46
GREEN 51
GREEN 134
WHITE 553

If you are in possession of any of these numbers then, GOOD NEWS you've won a prize.

Contact the office either on 01763287744 or via email on [email protected] to claim it.

We have lots of photos to share with you from last night so keep an eye on our page next week to see them!

With one week to go until our client event at Shuttleworth College Equine on 17th November 2022 it’s time to share with you some of the exciting prizes we will be giving away in our equestrian raffle.

We have been very lucky that so many local equestrian businesses have been so generous and donated some fantastic goodies. Up for grabs we have everything from lessons to physiotherapy sessions and a days horsebox hire! Not to mention a whole host of goodies you can pick up on the night.

Raffle tickets will be available on the night so bring your pocket money with you. Remember: you’ve got to be in it to win it!

If you haven’t booked your place yet there are still a few spaces available. Tickets for the event will be £5pp with all the proceeds going to the Ukrainian Equestrian Charity Foundation please contact the office on 01763 287744 or email [email protected] ASAP to secure your place.

Parsons-Cole
Clare Hobson Racing
The Horse Diva
Audevard
Vestaplas
Royal Equestrian
Cambridge Veterinary Physiotherapy
Dengie Horse Feeds
Jon Bard Senior Apc

17/11/2022

We are excited to see you all at Shuttleworth this evening!

🎉Tickets have now SOLD OUT for the event 🎉

Everyone who is coming if you are able to car share where possible that would be great as be aware there is limited parking on site.

Also if you can please bring the correct change for your tickets as that will help us get everyone in as swiftly as we can!

Any questions please contact the office either on 01763 287744 or via email [email protected]

✨So here you have it our full line-up of speakers for Thursday night.✨

We cannot wait to be able to share them all with you, it promises to be an evening chock full of insightful expertise from our panel of experts.

A few house keeping points just to be aware of before the night:
- There is limited parking at Shuttleworth Equestrian so if you are able to car share where possible that would be very helpful.
- Tickets are £5pp payable in cash on the night. Raffle tickets will also be available for purchase on the night so bring your pocket money for those!
- The event will be held in the indoor arena so whilst it will be protected from the rain be sure to wrap up warm.
- There will be refreshments available on the night, including mulled wine and mince pies to help get in the festive spirit!
- We expect the event to run for approximately 2 and a half hours.

If you have any queries or concerns before the night, please contact the office on 01763 287744 or email [email protected] and we will be able to help.

We look forward to seeing all of you on Thursday night!!

Shuttleworth College Equine
Cambridge Veterinary Physiotherapy
Megan Ingham Dressage
Hanna Walton Equestrian

15/11/2022

✨So here you have it our full line-up of speakers for Thursday night.✨

We cannot wait to be able to share them all with you, it promises to be an evening chock full of insightful expertise from our panel of experts.

A few house keeping points just to be aware of before the night:
- There is limited parking at Shuttleworth Equestrian so if you are able to car share where possible that would be very helpful.
- Tickets are £5pp payable in cash on the night. Raffle tickets will also be available for purchase on the night so bring your pocket money for those!
- The event will be held in the indoor arena so whilst it will be protected from the rain be sure to wrap up warm.
- There will be refreshments available on the night, including mulled wine and mince pies to help get in the festive spirit!
- We expect the event to run for approximately 2 and a half hours.

If you have any queries or concerns before the night, please contact the office on 01763 287744 or email [email protected] and we will be able to help.

We look forward to seeing all of you on Thursday night!!

Shuttleworth College Equine
Cambridge Veterinary Physiotherapy
Megan Ingham Dressage
Hanna Walton Equestrian

14/11/2022

Time to announce our final speaker for our client evening on Thursday.

Last but by no means least we have Pippa Winkworth of Cambridge Veterinary Physiotherapy joining us to share a case study of how she was able to assist one of her clients find a horse to excel in the world of British Endurance.

Pippa has been a keen horsewoman for most of her life and has successfully trained horses throughout the levels in dressage, eventing, showjumping and endurance. In her professional life Pippa is an MSc Veterinary Physiotherapist being a member of RAMP (Register of Animal Musculoskeletal Practitioners), NAVP (National Association of Veterinary Physiotherapists) and IRVAP (The Institute of Registered Veterinary & Animal Physiotherapists).

Her qualifications give her a unique approach to each individual horse and she regularly works with elite performance horses competing in dressage, eventing and racing, in addition to working with some of the UK’s leading veterinary practices.

We are very excited to have her joining the line up for Thursday night, I think you’ll all agreed its shaping up to be a great night!
We have the last few tickets left so if you still haven’t booked in yet please contact the office on 01763 287744 or email [email protected] ASAP to secure your place.