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Central Equine Vets

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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)

30/10/2025

Our Autumn 2025 newsletter is out now!

Read it here:https://www.onlinevetsolutions.com/sites/centralequine/documents/autumn-newsletter-2025.pdf

29/10/2025

Our vet Rebecca Davies has recently been working towards sitting her synoptic exam to pass her Certificate in Equine Practice and we are delighted to share that she has passed this exam and will now be known as Dr Rebecca Davies BVetMed CertAVP (EP) MRCVS.

HUGE congratulations Rebecca - a fantastic achievement!

24/10/2025

What a wonderful sight! Congratulations to CC Equestrian on the arrival of this gorgeous little donkey foal!

23/10/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our Client Co-ordinator, Sally Burns!

Sally is enjoying a well-earned day off today. 🎉🥳🍾🎁🎈🎊

17/10/2025

Practice Manager Gemma Williamson is currently working from the yard!

“Waiting on the vet to arrive, keeping a box rest horse company and work to be done!”

Who else can relate…?!

16/10/2025

PREPARING FOR WINTER
Winter often highlights dental issues with horses, ponies and donkeys because their diets can change, with the introduction of hay or haylage and hard feed.

It's important to get them checked at any time of year, but in Winter their teeth will be wearing differently to a more grass-based summer diet.

There are many signs of oral discomfort in horses, including:
- ‘quidding’ (dropping of feed or hay - look for little balls of partially chewed hay on the ground)
- choke
- reluctance or slow to eat
- mouthing the bit or evading the bit or contact
- head tossing, bolting, rearing
- holding the head at an angle
- head shaking
- swellings around the jaw or face
- colic
- bad breath
- excessive saliva
- loss of body condition
- poor coat condition
- discharge from a nostril (this can be a sign of a sinus infection caused by tooth decay).

📌Horses should have a dental examination once a year - unless they have conditions which require more regular checks, such as veteran mouths, diastema (gaps between the teeth), missing or damaged teeth, dental or jaw malalignment, abnormal wear, gum disease or other dental conditions that need addressing more often.

Pop a repeat reminder in your diary and make sure you keep on top of your horse's dental care.

Our vets are fully qualified to carry out dental examinations on horses, ponies and donkeys. To Register or book an appointment, call us on 0131 664 5606.

15/10/2025

Winter forage - finding the right balance.
Winter signifies a paradigm shift in the management of our horses. They move from a predominately fresh grass diet to a diet that consists more of stored forage such as hay and haylage.

This provides owners with a greater ability to control exactly what their horses eat compared to summer pasture. This represents an opportunity to allow your horse to lose weight in a controlled fashion if there has been too much weight gain during the summer.

Horses are very sensitive to excessive body condition and can quickly develop a metabolic condition that closely resembles type 2 diabetes in humans. This is called Insulin Dysregulation (ID) in equines. It is part of a group of metabolic conditions called Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS). This can strongly predispose them to developing laminitis. The condition affects young and old horses. To reduce the risk of laminitis from ID it is very important that your horse loses weight in a controlled way during the winter months.

This is the perfect time to closely assess your horse's winter forage intake and get a head start on your horse's body condition before next Spring.

If you need help and guidance, why not consider signing up to our Central Equine Vets Eq-Weigh Management programme - give us a call at the Practice for more information: Tel: 0131 664 5606.

14/10/2025

☝Did you know?
A horse's range of vision is about 340 degrees of peripheral vision. This is because the location of the horse's eyes means they have a blind spot directly to the front and directly behind them.

Horses have a relatively modest amount of binocular vision in front of them, so can use both eyes to form a single 3-dimensial image, however to gain a better range of vision behind them, they will turn their heads left or right to use one eye to look behind them. This is called 'monolcular' vision - this means that the left eye feeds one image to the brain and the right eye feeds another image to the brain.

Here are some interesting facts about horses' eyes:
- They have the largest eyes of any land mammal
- Their monocular vision means their depth-perception is poor
- They have a small amount of colour vision
- Horses can see quite well in the dark (better than humans!)

🚨Worried about your horse's vision or eye health?
🩺ALWAYS treat eye conditions as an emergency and call your vet; once the eye has been compromised through injury or infection, it is critical for diagnosis and treatment to commence urgently, in order to reduce further damage to the eye.

👉Call us to register or to book an appointment: 0131 664 5606

Address

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

Website

https://www.centralequinevets.co.uk/

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