Belvoir Equine Vets

12/08/2024

Our amazing sponsored rider warming up for her second Championship competition this Summer.

We are excited to see what else she achieves over the summer….

Lottie Warham

11/08/2024

We love being part of the local community and today Meisha was volunteering at the Belvoir Castle Hunt Fun Ride.
It was lovely seeing so many clients and friends. What a beautiful day for it. ☀️

10/08/2024

Very proud to be sponsoring at the Championship show tomorrow held by Norton District Riding-Club. Good luck to everyone competing, we look forward to seeing our clients and meeting some new faces. 🐴

02/08/2024

We have a new member of the team!

Many of you will have met Meisha’s Labrador Moe, who she sadly lost in the spring. After it being very lonely in the van, we are pleased to introduce Maisie, a 10 week Labrador cross Cocker Spaniel.

We apologise if she’s slightly vocal in the van whilst at calls, she looks forward to meeting you all. 🐶

24/07/2024

The advantage of being a small business is that we try our best to keep the same vet on each case, therefore we get to know our clients and patients well. In return, sometimes you see a lot of us, and also get to know as individuals.
Meisha has known a lot of her clients for a few years now as they followed from her dental only business, which has resulted in them knowing when her birthday is.
What a lovely surprise to receive a pamper package, including some absolute essentials for a life vetting on the road.
Not a day goes by that we are ever grateful to everyone that continues to support our growing business.

20/07/2024

Today we are providing veterinary cover at the Belvoir Pony Club one day event held on the beautiful Buckminster Estate.
🐎 Good luck to all our clients competing 🐎

For emergencies over the weekend please phone the usual number.

☎️ 01664 511551

11/07/2024

Very excited to be sponsoring Norton Disney Equestrian. We look forward to seeing clients old and new on Sunday.

Another fabulous sponsor

Belvoir Equine Veterinary and Dental Services Ltd
We are a team of forward thinking, understanding Veterinary Surgeons. We have listened to horse owners in the area who would like an independent veterinary practice who provide a top quality service, with continuity of the same vet throughout your treatment and who value you as a client.

28/06/2024

WORMING PACKAGES

Worming packages are another service we offer.

Our bespoke worming package to help ensure your horses worming needs are taken care of for the whole year.
Our package contains
4 Worm Egg count kits.
1 EquiSal Tapeworm testing kit.
1 x Winter Wormer if necessary (this will be guided by our vets depending on your worm egg counts and saliva tests)

Taking the guess work out of worming and helping to support the fight against worm resistance.

Please get in touch with the office on 01664 511551 to find out more or ask your vet during your visit.
Alternatively you can email
[email protected]

18/06/2024

ULTRASOUND
Ultrasound is particularly useful for imaging soft tissue structures. This can range from tendons in a horse with leg issues, to intestines in a horse with weight loss, to ovaries in a broodmare.

We are lucky enough to have two high quality battery powered machines in the practice. This means we can assess horses fully on the yard and often at the time of visit.

These images show how we can use ultrasound to guide removal of subcutaneous thorns in a hunter.

14/06/2024

RADIOGRAPHS

We have a fully portable, battery operated X-Ray machine, this means we can provide this service whether you are in the yard or a field (particularly useful in an emergency situation). We chose this X-Ray system as it is one of the best on the market, it produces very high quality images including hard to take areas such as the back and stifles.

Our X-Ray machine has built in 4G which means we can email images whilst still on the yard. This is great for:
- Vettings to send to the potential purchaser.
- Advanced cases that may need referral for surgery as we can email straight away to the surgeon.
- Owner’s interest especially during rechecks, you can have them emailed to you straight away to compare with previous radiographs.
- No more waiting for the vet to get back to the office before you receive them.

12/06/2024

SERVICES THAT WE OFFER

We thought it would be helpful to our clients to do a few posts on the services we offer as an ambulatory practice… make sure you ‘like’ and ‘follow’ us to see the posts over the next few weeks.

11/06/2024

We love hearing from our clients, especially when things are going well. Here are some fabulous photos of Patsy who has been with us since the first day of opening the practice.

Her very caring and diligent owner, sent us these lovely words after a recent visit to the beach.
‘Just thought you might want to see Patsy living her best life at the beach. Thank you for all yours and Tom's help in getting her there. She's been absolutely fab this week.’
It’s been a journey of controlling PPID (Cushings), dental issues and wounds but at 24 she is looking brilliant.

We feel so lucky to have such wonderful clients and patients that make our job so rewarding.

31/05/2024

Meisha and Tom are enjoying a few days break. However, as always, we do have an emergency vet on call if required.

If you have an emergency please ring the office on 07827 968380 or 01664 511551. Between 5pm and 9am this phone is transferred to the emergency vet directly for your convenience.

Claire and Zoe are in the office daily to book in routine appointments, take medication requests and any other queries you may have.

21/05/2024

Popcorn kindly helping to fetch the hoof kit for his buddy with a foot abscess.

03/05/2024

Some say that animals can smell a vet a mile away……
However during this mornings vaccinations this Cat made herself right at home.

We hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday weekend.
Meisha is on call and can be contacted on the normal office numbers.

01664 511551
07827 968380

30/04/2024

Another sarcoid laser removal today.

We are getting towards (fingers crossed) warmer weather where flies can contribute towards the spread of sarcoids.

If you spot any lumps or bumps and you are unsure what they are, feel free to give us a ring.

28/04/2024

Here is Solo who we hope you will agree is moving beautifully. He had a pre-season MOT, performance checkup and FEI required vaccinations with Tom as well as regular physiotherapy sessions with Antonia Bealby at Equine Athletes as he aims for Chatsworth and Bramham 4*S

19/04/2024

SARCOIDS
There are lots of of different ways to treat Sarcoids. The treatment depends on the type of Sarcoid, location and owners preference.
The two main treatments we use are laser surgery and AW5 (formerly known as Liverpool cream) as we find these have the lowest reoccurrence rates.

Due to the location on the sheath, this one was removed by laser under General Anaesthesia.

A big thank you to Jeremy for supplying the laser and his surgical skills.

14/04/2024

No Pain? Check again!

This patient had very few signs of oral pain, he was eating well.
The fracture was picked up on a routine dental examination.
The smell was one not to be forgotten when flushing out the food material packed within the fractured tooth.
The fractured tooth was removed under standing sedation, with a nerve block and lots of local anaesthetic.
Horses are such stoic creatures and I hear it very often ‘he is eating just fine’, which is why it is so important to have routine dental examinations.

13/04/2024

Due to the popularity of our last clinic day, we have organised another one.

Save yourself a visit fee AND get 10% your routine dental fee*

Email [email protected] or call the office on 01664 511551 to book in.

*Based at Upper Broughton, just off the A46.
* Cancellation fees will apply.

10/04/2024

🏃‍♀️ How to trot up a horse?

To assess lameness we need to watch a horse walk and trot away from us, and towards us. We may also ask to watch them on a circle.
To be able to gain as much information from this examination, here are a few pointers.
🐴 Find a flat even surface to use.
🐴 A long enough strip so that we have enough strides to assess the gait
🐴 Try and keep the horse as straight as possible including the head.
🐴 Try to have a nice relaxed lead rope, when possible, as restricting the horses head movements makes it difficult for us to assess forelimb lameness

Video of trotting towards in the comments.

10/04/2024

Breeding season is well underway 🐴

07/04/2024

A very big congratulations to our 2 clients Will and Helen who both not only completed the Wynnstay Hunt Ride but managed to place 4th and 5th respectively in a race where there were only 9 finishers out of 26 starters.

A great result in very testing conditions.

Meisha was on hand to lend some Veterinary help when Ben, Will’s horse, sustained 3 thorns. If left in situ they can form abscesses so it was decided to get them out immediately under sedated standing surgery.
Video in the comments for people that want to watch.

31/03/2024

The advantages of Easter Sunday emergencies…

29/03/2024

🐣Happy Easter🐣

We would like to wish all our lovely clients a Happy Easter, we hope you get chance to enjoy some time with your horses.
Our office is closed today and Easter Monday but as always our vets are here should you need them 07827 968380.

We are always available to offer advice over the phone, even if you’re not sure if it’s an emergency!