Central Equine Vets

Central Equine Vets Our Practice is located at:
109/3A Swanston Road, Edinburgh.

Central Equine Vets is an ambulatory (mobile) equine veterinary practice for horse, pony and donkey owners based in Edinburgh, covering Edinburgh, Lothians and Central Scotland. 24hr emergency service also available 7 days a week. EH10 7DS - 0131 664 5606

and 39 High Street, Kinross, KY13 8AA - for collection of medication (arrange via our Edinburgh Practice)

News from Brand Ambassador Imogen Casely Dressage 🎉
21/08/2026

News from Brand Ambassador Imogen Casely Dressage 🎉

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!We have run our entries for the Kinross Show hamper giveaway through random selection and the winn...
20/08/2026

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!

We have run our entries for the Kinross Show hamper giveaway through random selection and the winner is...

ROSS MITCHELL

Congratulations, Ross!

👋Getting to know our vets...Our vets get to know all about your horses, but now you can get to know our vets too!We chal...
18/08/2026

👋Getting to know our vets...

Our vets get to know all about your horses, but now you can get to know our vets too!

We challenged our vets with 10 questions - today you can learn about Chloe:

1. If you'd not become a vet, what do you think your job would have been?
A: Zookeeper

2. You're stranded on a desert island; what's the one thing you can't do without?
A: Coffee

3. If you could be a guest on a TV show, what would it be?
A: Great British Bake Off

4. What do you prefer: sweet or savoury?
A: Sweet

5. What is your Go To on-the-road snack?
A: Cookies

6. What is your favourite sport to watch or take part in?
A: Formula 1

7. If you could have 1 secret power, what would it be?
A: Talking to animals - it would make my job easier!

8. What is your favourite Emoji?
A: Smiley face

9. If you could choose 2 famous people to have dinner with, who would they be?
A: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

10. Tell us something that we might not know about you?
A: Veterinary Medicine was my second degree

👋Say Hello to our (now not so) new vet Chloe!Many of you will already have met Chloe, who started with us at the end of ...
11/08/2026

👋Say Hello to our (now not so) new vet Chloe!

Many of you will already have met Chloe, who started with us at the end of Spring.

Chloe Simm BVM&S MRCVS graduated from Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in 2020. She worked in both mixed and equine practices in Jersey and the Scottish Borders, before completing an internship at Liphook Equine Hospital. During this time she developed a keen interest in poor performance and lameness investigations.

As an active person, Chloe loves spending time outdoors accompanied by her Tibetan terrier Clemmie, her wirehaired Dachshund Monty and Labrador Florrie. She particularly loves running, sea swimming and taking any opportunity to ride whether it be horses or bikes. She is also a keen baker!

Hmmmm, now do we see a new TV series 'The Great British Vet Bake Off'?...

Crib Biting - what is it and should we stop it?Crib biting - also known as 'cribbing' is a repetitive action seen in som...
10/08/2026

Crib Biting - what is it and should we stop it?

Crib biting - also known as 'cribbing' is a repetitive action seen in some domesticated horses whereby the horse will place their upper incisors (their top front teeth) on a firm object such as the top of a stable door, a metal gate, a wooden fence post, etc, arch their neck and pull back on the object. They usually make an audible grunting noise while doing this. Research has shown that whilst very little air is drawn in during this behaviour, much of it ends up in the upper oesophagus, rather than travelling down the gastrointestinal tract.

We often see horses with this behaviour and some horse owners are worried that it is detrimental to their horses' health.

The habit is still relatively misunderstood but it is now believed to be a coping-mechanism born from stress, anxiety or other management factors within the horse's environment.

There are some common factors in horses that crib bite, including lack of enrichment, long periods in their stables, not enough forage, too much hard feed versus forage, lack of social interaction/direct contact/socialisation with other horses, gastrointestinal discomfort, trauma during weaning, boredom and stress.

Should horse owners try and prevent the horse from crib biting? We do see issues linked to crib biting, such as colic, loss of condition, insufficient intake of forage whilst grazing (due to the horse standing cribbing for long periods of time), gastric ulcers (it is still unclear if cribbing is the cause of ulcers or if the horse is cribbing because it has ulcers), worn-down incisors and head pain (specifically linked to Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy), not to mention damage to the items the horse cribs on.

If your horse shows signs of ill health linked to crib-biting, contact your vet and assess the management of your horse. Your vet may also suggest referring your horse to an Equine Behaviourist.

08/08/2026

We are set up and ready to go at Kinross Show today!

Please pop by and say hello, we are up at the main event trade stands and look forward to seeing you all! 😁

Operation 'Lose the Blinkers' were out locally in Edinburgh yesterday. This is a great initiative by Police Scotland Mo...
07/08/2026

Operation 'Lose the Blinkers' were out locally in Edinburgh yesterday. This is a great initiative by Police Scotland Mounted Unit and Road Policing Unit working in partnership with BHS Scotland.

This operation relies strongly on horse incidents being recorded on the BHS Horse i App - if you haven't already, we encourage you to download the App and encourage others to do so. The British Horse Society uses this data to lobby for change in safety laws.

You can read more in the attached post, and you can download the App from the Apple App store and from Google Play.

We're looking forward to attending the Kinross Show this Saturday 8th August.This is always a fabulous show and a lovely...
06/08/2026

We're looking forward to attending the Kinross Show this Saturday 8th August.

This is always a fabulous show and a lovely day out. We are proud to be sponsoring the light horse section and will have a stand up in the main event area.

Be sure to come along to the show and pop by our stand whilst you're there - we will have CAKE...🍰😁 and of course some of our team and vets there for you to meet and chat to.

Good luck to all the competitors and let's hope the rain stays away and it's not too hot!🤞🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What a fabulous evening we had last week for our presentation event with Laura Hamilton - Hamilton Physiotherapy!It was ...
05/08/2026

What a fabulous evening we had last week for our presentation event with Laura Hamilton - Hamilton Physiotherapy!

It was a full house and Laura covered some really crucial aspects of how - and why - physios and vets work together.

A HUGE thank you to Laura for her time; it was a really engaging topic and some great conversations were had.

Stay tuned for information about our next presentation evening - these events are FREE to attend and are open to all; clients and non-clients.

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109/3A Swanston Road
Edinburgh
EH107DS

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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