15/09/2025
New for 2025 Our Winter Horse Health Examination for £140.00 running between 1st October 2025 to 31st March 2026
What’s included?
An in-depth examination and includes a heavily subsidised blood test.
Your vet will:
Listen to the heart and lungs with a stethoscope.
Look in his/her eyes with an ophthalmoscope.
Assess the legs, including feeling their joints, tendons/ligaments and looking at their hooves.
Look in the mouth and advise on what dental treatment may or may not be needed.
Assess the skin, including looking at any lumps or bumps of concern.
Your horse will then be trotted up to look for any subtle signs of lameness or more generalised stiffness.
Finally, a blood sample will be submitted for a general health profile, to look at their haematology and biochemistry markers. This can flag up issues such as liver, or kidney problems, inflammatory disorders etc. before external signs become apparent.
If your horse is due, or would benefit from an ACTH test for Cushing’s, this can be done at the same time (a fee may apply for the lab test if the horse is not eligible for a free test voucher – please ask our team if you’re not sure).
Also, if your horse is on long term prescription medication which necessitates a regular examination, eg. Prascend for Cushing’s or ‘Bute’ for arthritis, this can also be included in the assessment, as well as any guidance you may need from us about when to consider certain treatments or supplements.
We are offering this examination, including the blood sampling and laboratory fees, for a 50% saving of the usual fees, a great opportunity to pick up on any concerns you may have this winter.
To book a Winter Horse Health Examination for your horse or discuss this further with us, please call us on 01409 255549.
