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Linkswood Equine Vets is a friendly and independent equine ambulatory veterinary practice

03/09/2025

⚠️Laminitis ⚠️
We have finally started to have some much needed rain over the course of this week. However the weather is still warm and the grass is still growing! 🌱Please be mindful as there may be a spike in grass sugar levels.
We would like to remind you of the warning signs and encourage you to monitor your ponies closely.
⭕Signs of laminitis are:
*An inability or reluctance to walk.
* An increased digital pulse in the foot
*Reluctance to get up after lying down.
*A hoof that is hot to the touch
*Visible lameness on a hard surface or when turning a circle.
*Leaning back onto the hind feet
If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact us!🐎🐎🐎

01/09/2025

💥Wound update 💥
Look how beautiful this wound is looking after the suture removal. 🤩

26/08/2025

🐴 Exciting Day at the Clinic! 🐴
Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Victoria South, an internal medicine specialist, to our clinic to perform Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) Therapy on one of our patients.
PENS therapy involves inserting a tiny probe just beneath the skin, next to the trigeminal nerve and gently stimulating the nerve for several minutes per treatment. Horses typically undergo a course of three treatments, spaced out over several days to assess any improvement.
This cutting-edge treatment is most commonly used for horses suffering from trigeminal-mediated headshaking — a frustrating and often distressing condition.
🧠 So what does headshaking look like? Common signs include:
Vertical (up and down), horizontal (side to side), or rotational (round and round) flicking of the head
Nostril twitching or facial grimacing
Nose twitching and lip smacking
Scrubbing the nose on the ground, legs, rider’s boots, or stable walls
Exaggerated snorting
We’re proud to be offering advanced diagnostic and therapeutic options like PENS therapy to help improve the comfort and quality of life for horses struggling with this condition.
If you think your horse might be showing signs of headshaking, don’t hesitate to get in touch 🐎💙

22/08/2025

👀Wound Update 👀
Remember that wound we told you to keep an eye out for? well here it is! For today's visit, our vet Kita was booked out to remove the stitches and do a further bandage change. We are super happy with how the wound is healing, so thought we would update you on his progress 🌟😊.

12/08/2025

🩸Warning graphic images 🩸
This weekend our lovely vet Emma was called out to an emergency visit. On arrival she was greeted with this nasty wound on a yearling. Check out the before and after images of Emma's beautiful stitch up job. The last image is the wound after the first bandage change. We will keep you all posted on his progress, so keep an eye out 👀

11/08/2025

Check out this cool case for you to have a look at!👀👀👀

A 7-year-old warmblood gelding has the lovely habit of cribbing. On this occasion, he decided to have a nibble of his stable and got a piece of said stable lodged between his teeth, in his panic, he jolted backwards and displaced two of his incisors down!

Ben took some X-rays and found that the alveolar bone had broken but not the tooth or the mandible. With the help of Ben Portus from Paton and Lee, the Ben’s wired the horses teeth back into place. 6 weeks later the wires came out, the teeth stayed in place and the horse is happily munching away! (until he did the same thing 4 months later and the procedure was done again!)🤦‍♀️🙈.

12/07/2025

From the very beginning, we have been blessed to have the most amazing clients, who over time, become dear friends who trust us with their best friends 🐴 because in our minds- that’s Veterinary Medicine done right….

Yesterday in the blazing heat, Carolyn, Eyrin and our vet student got rather hot xraying and were then surprised with a fresh seafood spread bought straight from Mersea Island for a most wonderful lunch break in the shade.

And this is another reason we are so lucky to do what we do, for the most amazing people and their horses. Not everyone can say this is their Friday afternoon at work!

Thank you to all of you who have provided us with endless cuppas, cakes, lunches and cold drinks over the years- we are grateful and sometimes downright smug about being so lucky ❤️❤️💕💕 🐴

10/07/2025

We recently had the lovely Dr Victoria South from
in at the clinic to do some specialist ophthalmology work for a patient.

We are so lucky at Linkswood Equine to be able to work with specialists like Dr Victoria South, who visit us here at the clinic. This means our wonderful clients can have the referral level service without having to travel miles! 🌟🐎🥰

02/07/2025

Thankyou for our Petplan nominations🎉🥰.
The certificates will be displayed in our lovely treatment room♥️

23/06/2025

🥵☀️🔥Top Tips on how to keep your horses cool this summer!🥵☀️🔥

☀️ Ride early in the morning or in the evening if possible and allow ample time for cooling off.☀️
🌡Offer a drink straight after work (it is a myth that this causes colic!)🌡
🔥Continuously apply cold water to cool a horse off. Evaporation is best, not scraping off! 🔥
☀️Change water daily to avoid it becoming warm. Encouraging horses to drink in hot weather is the key to avoiding problems. Soaking feeds and hay may also be a sneaky way of getting more fluids in.☀️
🌡Horses with very shady paddocks may be better outside. Others without shade may be better stabled during the day and out at night.🌡
🔥 Apply sunblock to prevent burning of horses with pink or white noses and if you have a fly mask that covers their pink noses this can also help protect them against the sun🔥

We hope you're all enjoying the sunny weather 😊!
Love from the
Linkswood Equine Team

10/06/2025

🌟🎉The Petplan Veterinary Awards are back for another year and recognise the fantastic work that goes on in veterinary practices across the UK. You can use the link below to nominate our practice or a member of our team! It gives us a lovely boost when the certificates come in and they are displayed with pride in our treatment room.🌟🎉
https://awards.petplan.co.uk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawK0zzhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBiRGxveUZ5cjA4OU9FQmpzAR625cpSIpXbebIvARjPMkA-cxg-g-7aCgQMyUauPnueqxnmbBDYYX5VV6_Bdg_aem_IN_tT1pz-JiFlmc9mJb1MQ

07/06/2025

🥰 Cuteness overload alert! 🥰

This little lady is our second foal of the year by our fabulous repro vet Emma Wade- and isn't she adorable!

Our team of vets are always on hand day and night and love nothing more than helping to bring life into the world. Carolyn spent most of Thursday night into Friday morning with this filly because she was slow to suckle and it's so important to get that vital colostrum into them in the first few hours.

Then, Friday evening Kita went back to check her IgG levels, to tell us whether or not the colostrum did it's job in providing sufficient antibody protection to the foal in her early life. Fortunately this filly had an excellent transfer- but we were fully prepped with plasma in case it wasn't!

If you have any questions about foaling or would be interested in putting your mare in foal with one of our AI packages, please do not hesitate to get in touch 📞

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Opening Hours

Monday	08:30 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:30 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:30 - 17:00
Thursday	08:30 - 17:00
Friday	08:30 - 17:15
Saturday	08:30 - 12:00

Website

http://www.linkswoodequinevets.co.uk/

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