Page 12 - Equine Matters - Spring 2012

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Bishopton Equine Veterinary Services was
formed from the 2011 merger of the equine
division of Bishopton Veterinary Group with
Equine Veterinary Services Harrogate and
now covers a large area of North Yorkshire
with bases in Ripon, Easingwold,
Harrogate and Pateley Bridge.
In-patient facilities at Ripon allow 24 hour
nursing care for admitted horses where
our examination area and equipment is on
hand for digital radiography, ultrasound
examinations, endoscopy, fluid therapy,
dental work, laboratory tests etc. We
perform standing surgery and medical
treatments as well as lameness examinations
and reproductive work including artificial
insemination (using chilled or frozen semen)
and embryo transfer.
Our three equine vets provide care for
a growing number of pleasure and
competition horses, hunters, studs and
racing stables as well as providing
veterinary care at Ripon Racecourse,
Bramham Horse Trials, Point-to-Points and
other local competitions.
The equine practice benefits from the
administrative support of the much larger
Bishopton Veterinary Group, which allows
our vets to maximise their time caring
for patients.
Ripon, North Yorkshire
Practice
Focus
In each issue of
Equine Matters
we feature a brief insight into a
selection of the XLVets Equine
practices. In this issue we feature
6 of our XLVets Equine member
practices from across the UK...
Barnard Castle, County Durham
Castle Veterinary Surgeons is a first opinion and
referral practice. Our dedicated Small, Farm and
Equine veterinary teams are committed to animal
care and customer service. The main surgery is
based in Barnard Castle and we cover most of
South Durham and North Yorkshire.
Our clinic is friendly and welcoming with
experienced staff providing 24 hour care.
We provide a wide range of services from
multi-limb lameness evaluations, endoscopy
and gastroscopy, foal care, reproductive and
AI programmes, dentistry, herd health
programmes as well as routine and
emergency orthopaedic and soft tissue
surgeries. For some specialist procedures we
hold visiting clinics with vets renowned in
these fields. Our vets and qualified nurses
also run regular client meetings, provide
newsletters and competitions on a regular
and wide range of subjects.
We work closely with several charities (BHS
welfare, RSPCA and RDA) and pride ourselves
on continuing evolution enabling us to offer
up to date therapies and investigations at a
sensible price.
Find us at
www.castlevets.net
and on Facebook
Wright & Morten Equine provides equine veterinary
care for horses in the North Cheshire, Stockport,
Greater Manchester and Derbyshire region. We
have full operating and in-patient facilities in our
clinic at Somerford Park.
In our region there is a large percentage of
performance horses, from eventers to high quality
dressage horses. We have a keen orthopaedics
team based at the clinic working up sometimes
complex lameness cases and devising treatment
strategies accordingly. Recently we have started
using stem cell implants for horses with tendon
strains. It is great to use new technologies and
see them improve the prognosis for the horses
under our care.
In the past few years we have focused strongly on
staff training. We have four vets close to finishing
their certificates in advanced veterinary practice,
and two vets dual qualified as equine dental
technicians. We feel this allows us to offer the
highest standards of care to all our patients.
Macclesfield, Cheshire
For more information, visit
www.wmvets.co.uk