Shires Vets Equine

23/01/2025

We often get asked what work we do on our zone days?

Zone days are days were we offer reduced cost visits, we just ask you to be flexible on time.
We plan our route in the morning and give you a call to let you know your time.

Zone days are for routine work such as:
- Vaccines
- Dentals
- Medication reviews
- Blood tests
- Sedation for clipping, farrier or dentist
- Passports and identification paperwork
- Microchipping

We tend not to do major work ups such as x-rays, ultrasound scans, lameness work ups, gastroscopes on zone days.

Zone visits must be paid on the day.
Please remember we cannot give you a time until the morning of the visit, in order to have the visit at a reduced fee we just ask that you are flexible.

Don’t forget any of our clients on our rewards plan get their zone visits included.

Any queries please contact our office on 01785850218.

https://www.shiresvets.com/equine/shires-equine-reward-scheme (https://www.shiresvets.com/equine/shires-equine-reward-scheme)

Also make sure you don’t end up with the yard cat in your van in this cold weather
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17/01/2025

Limited supply! We have 13 doses left over from todays dispensing! Please ring the office if interested!
First come first served basis!
Due to the ongoing supply with heptavac we are dispensing exact doses to sheep and goat keepers on set dates: Friday 17th January and Friday 14th February
If there is enough demand we will put on more dispensing days if there is enough demand so please ring the office and let us know!

02/01/2025

Big thank you to Pool House Equine Clinic and Adeel for taking on Hector and successfully converting his rhythm back from Atrial Fibrillation to a normal rhythm!

24/12/2024

We want to wish all our clients and colleagues a very Merry Christmas! 🎁

Thank you for all your support throughout the year.

As always we will have a vet on call for emergencies over the Christmas period, our office will be open as normal Friday 27th December 🎄

06/12/2024

As we have had a lot of new clients recently we thought it would be a good idea to do a recap of the services we offer at Shires Vets Equine 🐎

We offer 24/7 veterinary ambulatory care, covering our own out of hours 🚑

Everything we offer can be done on the yard where your horse is kept.
- Vaccinations

- Passports and microchipping

- Routine healthcare and nutrition (working alongside Spillers)

- Dentistry (routine dentals, removing teeth, we work closely with local dental technicians and specialists also)

- Lameness investigations

We are very lucky at Shires to have access to a mobile X-ray machine, gastroscope, dental endoscope, shockwave machine and have an in house lab where we can run bloods and faecal egg counts.

For any further investigations required that we are not able to do, such as colic surgery or MRI we can promptly refer to one of our local referral hospitals whom we work closely with.

If your horse needs any veterinary work or advice we would be happy to help.

Shires Equine Vets

28/11/2024

What an excellent idea!
Anyone can record an incident (not just BHS members), helping to keep us and our horses safe while out and about

Take two minutes to download our Horse i app 🤳

We use incident data to:
🚓 Work with the local police to deliver close pass operations
🪧 Put up signs in your local area
📚 Hold workshops with drivers in hotspot locations

📲 Recording any incidents you have been involved in will help us drive real change.

Help us to make your local roads safer 👉 https://bit.ly/47hWM1a

12/11/2024

These two cheeky chaps were making sure our vets were giving the best care to their field mate!

30/10/2024

Update: Just to let everyone know the owner involved is receiving treatment and as far as we know is doing ok.
Thank you for everyone’s concerns.

30/10/2024

Massive thank you to the for how fast they attended a horse trampling accident today. A helicopter and medical team were on site in less than 15 minutes after the initial call to 999. Please consider donating to this fantastic charity.

Update: Just to let everyone know the owner involved is receiving treatment and as far as we know is doing ok.
Thank you for everyone’s concerns.

29/10/2024

Not many horses are taller than James but Olivia the Percheron gives him a run for his money! 🐴🐴🐴🐴

24/10/2024

We had the absolute pleasure of working with this beautiful Suffolk Punch today! 🧡

The Suffolk Punch is a rare breed, with less than 500 in the UK.

This fella was an absolute gentleman to work with. The photo doesn’t do his size justice.

23/10/2024

Introducing new horses onto your yard – whether it's to stay or simply a short-term visit – carries a high risk of infectious disease transmission 🦠

The vets from our Equine Infectious Diseases Advisory Group share their top tips for protecting your horse and others on the yard from potentially serious health risks 👇

22/10/2024

It’s a hard life for Mickel..

Patient of the day yesterday at our Eaton Park small animal branch to vet assistant today, out on the road with one of our equine vets 🌟

11/10/2024

🌟Client Appreciation 🌟

We just want to say a massive congratulations to the fantastic team that is Helen, Claudia and Tommy.

Tommy has had a busy year, keeping us all on our toes. With a lot of hard work, dedication and team work we have managed to get Tommy back to his winning ways.

Pictured below is Tommy and Claudia placing at The Royal International Horse show this summer 👏🏼

04/10/2024

So this last few weeks we have seen a fair few horses getting into disagreements with their fences🚨

We thought we would post a few photos of some of the injuries caused (with permission from all owners of course).

Serious injuries can be caused when a horse gets stuck or caught in a fence. Thankfully all of those pictured are now doing well! But it’s just a reminder to check those fences and gates, even if they have been there for years and have never been a problem it’s worth double checking they are all safe.

And not forgetting to check your horse is fully up to date with their tetanus vaccines!

02/10/2024

02/10/2024

Our phone lines are still down for out of hours emergencies call 07808309351

02/10/2024

Due to roadworks our phone and internet services have gone down!
Please call Shires at Stone on 01785 813955 if you need a vet or are requesting medicines.

Even if you’re a vet, your horses can give you a fright…. Despite first impression Winnie was fast asleep snoring!