Galley Hill Equine Surgery

23/09/2025

🍂 October Castration Special! 🐴✂️
Throughout the entire month of October, we’re introducing our very popular castration offer again!

📅 Offer valid: October 1st – 31st
📞 Call us on 01992 762 185 to book your appointment!

12/08/2025

🚗 TRAVEL OFFERS AT GALLEY HILL EQUINE SURGERY! 🐴

⭐️ HALF PRICE travel on Mondays & Wednesdays for visits in Zones 3–6
⭐️ FREE travel on Tuesdays & Thursdays for routine procedures in Zones 1–2

📍 Based at Dallance Farm, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 2AD
📞 Call us on 01992 762 185
📧 Or email [email protected]

Please contact us to check your zone & book in! 🐴

01/07/2025

🌡️ Heat Stress in Horses: Know the Risks! 🐴☀️

Exercising or transporting your horse in high temperatures can be dangerous—leading to dehydration, heat exhaustion, or even heat stroke. Horses can’t cool down as efficiently as humans, making hot weather a serious health risk.

🚨 Warning Signs of Heat Stress:
⚠️ Excessive sweating
⚠️ Rapid breathing or heart rate
⚠️ Lethargy or unresponsiveness
⚠️ Elevated body temperature

✅ Tips for Exercising in Hot Weather:
🌅 Ride early in the morning or late evening
💧 Provide constant access to cool, clean water
🧊 Cool your horse with cold hosing or sponge baths
🍃 Ensure shade and airflow during rest periods
🚫 Consider skipping exercising during extreme heat
🧂 Use electrolytes if recommended by your vet

🚛 Traveling in Hot Weather: What to Know:

Avoid travelling during peak heat hours (travel early or late)

Ensure good ventilation in your trailer/lorry

Offer frequent water breaks on longer

Don’t leave horses unattended in trailers/lorry in the sun

Monitor your horse closely after arrival for signs of heat stress

👉 Whether riding or travelling, if it’s too hot for you—it’s definitely too hot for your horse. Plan ahead, stay cool, and put your horse’s safety first.

15/04/2025

🐣🌸 Easter Bank Holiday Opening Hours 🌸🐣

Just a quick reminder of our opening times over the Easter weekend:

Good Friday (18th April): CLOSED
Saturday (19th April): CLOSED
Easter Sunday (20th April): CLOSED
Easter Monday (21st April): CLOSED

We are available 24 hours a day over the bank holiday weekend for emergencies should you need us! Just call our landline on 01992 762 185.

Please plan ahead for any appointments, medication collections, or orders. We will also not be accepting any worm egg count sample drop offs from Thursday 17th April but we will be back to normal from Tuesday 22nd April. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us — we’re happy to help!

Wishing you a joyful and relaxing Easter weekend! 🐰💐🍫

31/03/2025

🐴 Protect Your Horse with Strangvac – The New Strangles Vaccine! 🐴

We’re excited to introduce Strangvac, the latest innovation in equine health, offering a new way to protect horses against Strangles – one of the most common and highly contagious respiratory infections.

🐴 Strangles is caused by Streptococcus equi, leading to fever, nasal discharge, swollen lymph nodes, and in severe cases, breathing difficulties. It spreads easily through direct contact, shared equipment, and contaminated water sources.

🐴 Strangvac is a safe, non-live vaccine that stimulates immunity without the risks associated with traditional live vaccines. It significantly reduces the likelihood of infection and lowers the severity of symptoms if a horse does become exposed.

🐴 Unlike previous vaccines, Strangvac is administered via injection (rather than intranasally), making it easier to give and reducing side effects like injection site reactions.

🐴 Strangvac does not contain live Strep. equi or Strep. equi DNA. Therefore, horses that have been vaccinated with Strangvac will not test positive for strangles in diagnostic culture or PCR tests, unless they have been recently infected with Strep. equi. In addition, Strangvac does not contain the proteins used in the strangles blood tests, so vaccinated horses will not test seropositive unless they have been exposed to Strep. equi.

Who should consider Strangvac?
✅ Horses in livery yards, training yards, or competition circuits
✅ Young horses or those frequently traveling
✅ Any horse at risk of exposure to new equine groups

Vaccination is a key step in preventing outbreaks and protecting your horse’s long-term health. We do have a vaccine amnesty currently; if you have your 1st vaccination in the month of April, you will get the 2nd vaccination FREE! The course involves two intramuscular vaccinations 4 weeks apart.

If you’d like to learn more or schedule your horse’s vaccination, contact us today! 📞

21/03/2025

🦠Strangvac🦠

Strangvac is the new strangles vaccine now available. It has undergone extensive testing and has been in regular use in Scandinavia for a few years and has proved to be very safe and effective in reducing strangles cases.

It is given like to flu/tetanus vaccines as an intramuscular injection with 2 injections 1 month apart. Depending on risk boosters can be given any time from 2 months of age onwards

This new vaccine DOES NOT interfere with or affect the result of the strangles testing, either bloods of guttural pouch washes. At Galley Hill Equine we firmly believe this new vaccine is a huge step forwards in combating strangles and improving the health and welfare of all horses and ponies we care for. As a reminder though no vaccine can replace good biosecurity and hygiene which of cause should be maintained

20/02/2025

🌸 MARCH CASTRATE OFFER 🌸

Please call us on 01992 762 185 to book in!

10/02/2025

FEI Vaccination Changes 💉

From the 3rd January 2025, there are some mandatory changes to how FEI vaccinations are recorded.

All horses that are competing under FEI rules will require their vaccines (specifically Equine Influenza) to be recorded not only in the passports but ALSO online with the official FEI app which is then logged and recorded by one of our vets.

Things to do as an owner:
🐴 Have the passport present at the time of vaccination
🐴 Download the FEI HorseApp (https://inside.fei.org/fei/your-role/it-services/mobile-apps/fei-horse-app) and enter all previous historical vaccinations prior to your appointment
🐴 Be prepared for the vet to perform a full clinical examination including scanning your horses microchip or taking photos of your horse

For more information follow the link below:
https://inside.fei.org/fei/your-role/veterinarians/biosecurity-movements/fei-horseapp-vaccination-module -for-veterinarians

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions 😃

Watch the video below to see how a veterinarian uses the FEI HorseApp during the vaccination process. In accordance with the FEI Veterinary Regulations, the equine influenza vaccination details must be recorded on the FEI HorseApp, in addition to being recorded in the Horse’s Passport. The new vac...

19/12/2024

⭐️ Christmas & New Years Opening Hours ⭐️

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄

We will be available 24 hours a day during the festive period should you need us in an emergency.

We kindly ask all our clients that has horses on ongoing medication, that they arrange this with us and collect prior to the holiday period to avoid disappointment!

29/11/2024

❄️ As the weather gets colder, changes in your horses turnout, eating and drinking habits can increase the risk for colic especially impaction colics. If you suspect your horse is suffering from colic, alert your veterinarian immediately. Galley Hill Equine is available 24/7 in case of emergencies. 🐴

27/11/2024

What is your horses worm risk? 🪱

Wormer resistance is a threat to equine health and welfare and is now reported in all common horse worms. To reduce the risk of resistance, guidelines recommend that worm control with worm egg counts (WEC), management strategies and informed treatment decisions will help avoid blanket treatments that are known to promote resistance making the drugs less effective.

‘What’s Your Worm Risk’ has created a very useful free risk assessment that provides information that helps decisions on management, testing and worming. “What’s Your Worm Risk” calculates the potential level of risk based on widely accepted principles related to equine worm infections. Depending on horse-specific information, it classifies the risk of infection for each horse as either low, moderate, or high. By using this test, it should help reduce the wormers administered and reduce the risk of drug resistance!

https://www.whatsyourwormrisk.com/

Click on the link above to evaluate your horse’s risk! 🪱

27/11/2024

What is your horses worm risk? 🪱

Wormer resistance is a threat to equine health and welfare and is now reported in all common horse worms. To reduce the risk of resistance, guidelines recommend that worm control with worm egg counts (WEC), management strategies and informed treatment decisions will help avoid blanket treatments that are known to promote resistance making the drugs less effective.

'What's Your Worm Risk' has created a very useful free risk assessment that provides information that helps decisions on management, testing and worming. “What’s Your Worm Risk” calculates the potential level of risk based on widely accepted principles related to equine worm infections. Depending on horse-specific information, it classifies the risk of infection for each horse as either low, moderate, or high. By using this test, it should help reduce the wormers administered and reduce the risk of drug resistance!

https://www.whatsyourwormrisk.com/

Click on the link above or scan the QR code to evaluate your horse's risk! 🪱