Equine Vets | B & W Equine Group

B&W Update Statement on EHV1 We have spoken to the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket yesterday (27-3-13). They have confirmed that no new cases of Equine Herpes Virus have been diagnosed in our area over the past 7 days. This does not mean that there will be no more cases as the incubation period is up to 3 weeks (but it is encouraging). B&W is still advising vaccination of horses that regularly mix with other horses at shows, hunting, competitions ect. It is thought that Read more

Breadstone Hospital: Tuesday 9th April 2013 - from 1.o0pm onwards - Previously advertised as the 26th March Difficult Diagnostics Lecture 1: Jan Butler - Radiography - Conquering  difficult positions Lecture 2: Dr Charlotte Sinclair BVSc PhD Cert EP Cert ES(Orth) FHEA MRCVS - What is radiographically significant in the foot Lecture 3: Oliver Crowe BVSc CertES(Orth) DipECVS MRCVS - Imaging the proximal limb - what is important? Lecture 4: Chris Wright BVSc CertVR Read more

 We are delighted to have Dr Charlotte Sinclair MRCVS join our Willesley team of vets, bringing with her a wealth of expertise in the sports horse arena. Following graduation from Bristol University in 2000, Charlotte undertook an internship in equine practice to become an equine ambulatory vet. Subsequently she moved to the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) for a three year residency programme in Equine Practice and Musculoskeletal Sciences working with internationally renowned equine surgeon Read more

  B&W Equine Group would like to say a big thankyou to all who came along to our open day on Sunday 24th June, and contributed to making it such a lovely day. Big thanks go to all our equine demonstrations that came along, including Hayley Watson-Greaves (Dressage Demo) Alex Peternell, who you may have seen at the recent 2012 games (Jumping Demo) and  Avon & Somerset Police Horses Clifton and Jubilee (and their riders!). Dursley ATC volunteered their servives and did a Read more

Four vets from B&W Equine Group were able to be a part of London 2012. Ian Camm was out on the Cross Country course and Scott Milnes and Richard Hepburn were based at the arena and the stables. John Killingbeck, who was there as the Japanese team vet, was able to see the team do very well given their experience at that level compared to a lot of the other riders. Thankfully, all our vets had a quiet time at the games, but thoroughly enjoyed the once in a lifetime experience. Below are a Read more

Zone Visit Scheme Re launch - Whilst we have had a zone visit scheme for a couple of years now, the scheme has now been re-worked, hopefully to provide a better service to our clients and also to cover a larger area. If you're not aware of our zone visit scheme here is what it's are all about: If you go to the relevant clinic page, you can get details of what area's are on which days. On a certain day of the week a nominated vet will be covering routine calls in a specific area. This Read more

Lee Paul MRCVS from our Cardiff branch has been nominated for the Pet Plan "Equine Vet of the Year" Lee has been chosen as one of just three finalists for this year's Petplan Equine Vet of the year award. Now into it's fifth year, the winner of this prestigious peoples award, which is sponsored by the UK's specialist equine insurance provider Petplan Equine in association with Horse & Rider magazine, will be announced at annua; Animal Health Trust (AHT) Equestrian Awards Ceremony on Read more

Equine Health Online Facility: You can search for information on ailments and illness here, if you need further advice regarding the health of your horse, pony or donkey, please call your local Read more