The Liphook Equine Hospital

01/09/2025

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛'𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫!

Looking forward to a fantastic day of competition, community and supporting the next generation of riders.

Good luck to everyone taking part!

28/08/2025

Huge thanks to the team at Anderson Abercromby Veterinary Referrals for their help with this unusual case!

Little Peggy has been a wonderful patient, we wish her a speedy recovery.

24/08/2025

❤️𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝❤️

Thank you so much to everybody for sharing this so quickly and the kind offers of help from all over the country, what a wonderful community of horse owners we have in the UK!

𝑼𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆: 𝑭𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑶𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒂𝒍.

We are sadly looking for a foster mare for a 2-week-old foal currently at Liphook Equine Hospital.

If you or someone you know may have a suitable mare please contact us on 01428 727200

24/08/2025

𝐍𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧? 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.

Pick up a copy of this week’s Horse And Hound to see an in-depth article from our wonderful surgeon Rachel Tucker discussing radiculopathy, the signs and new treatments!

22/08/2025

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧-𝐅𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐕𝐒𝐜 𝐌𝐑𝐂𝐕𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦!
Tess graduated from University of Liverpool in 2022 and is originally from Yorkshire. After graduating Tess completed a 12 month ambulatory internship at an equine practice in Berkshire followed by a further 2 years as an ambulatory vet before joining LEH at the beginning of August
Tess’s particular interests are internal medicine and lameness and she is excited to learn more about medicine work-ups whilst at LEH.
In her spare time, Tess enjoys running, hiking, camping and walking her spaniel Wilfred in the countryside.
𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝!

18/08/2025

Professor Andy Durham joins Nicole from World Horse Welfare to talk about the hormones behind EMS and PPID, with practical tips on how to support your horse or pony.

Don't miss this episode of their fantastic "Horses Explained" series!

Many of the horse’s body processes are controlled by hormones, but what are they and what happens if they become dysregulated? In this episode, Nicole is joi...

10/08/2025

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 - 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅!! ❤️

𝑼𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆: 𝑭𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑶𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒂𝒍
We are sadly looking for a foster mare for a 6-week-old warmblood foal currently at Liphook Equine Hospital.

If you or someone you know may have a suitable mare please contact us on 01428 727200

29/07/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞!

We are upgrading our computer systems. The new system is an exciting modern product which will streamline our administrative processes making us more efficient in support of both clients and clinical teams. Our team are working hard to make the change over as smooth as possible but please bear with us as we get the system bedded in and familiarise ourselves with new software.

21/07/2025

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰...

Strangles is caused by a particular bacterial subspecies (Streptococcus equi subspecies equi) which spreads between horses through direct as well as indirect contact (such as your hands!) and from contaminated environments and objects. While we all know that quarantining horses that are new to a yard can help to avoid outbreaks, do you know where strangles ‘likes’ to live in a yard environment?
Back in 2018 we conducted a study at the LEH to try and find out which conditions the bacterium would do well in, thus helping us understand how to guide horse owners on how to keep contamination to an absolute minimum (https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/evj.12840).

When we attempted to grow the Strangles bacterium in a range of conditions we found that it was inhibited by warm, dry and sunny conditions, and for example would last a maximum of 2 days on a dry site (e.g. clothing or wood) on a warm summer’s day. However, the conditions that it thrived in were wet and cold where it survived for over a month in a water bucket in November, meaning that we can consider buckets and water troughs prime suspects in the spread of strangles!

With that in mind, we would recommend the regular cleaning of troughs using a disinfectant as well as washing buckets and leaving them out to dry as UV is pretty deadly to Strep equi.

16/07/2025

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐕𝐍’𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐕𝐍’𝐬! 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐏𝐃 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠🐴

Join us for a two-day course, covering all things veterinary nursing at our state-of-the-art veterinary hospital. There will be interactive case-based discussions alongside lectures from some of Liphook Equine Hospital’s nurses and vets, with a very strong evidence based and practical ethos throughout!

For more information, head to: https://liphookequinehospital.co.uk/news/
To book in, please email [email protected] 💙

15/07/2025

𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
Some of our ambulatory vets have undergone extra training to enable them to perform acupuncture on the road as a supportive treatment for various cases.
Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine, solid, sterile stainless steel needles into specific points in the body to prevent and treat disease. The insertion of the needles is virtually painless. The needles stimulate nerve endings, resulting in the release of hormones and neurotransmitters which have local and distant effects, as well as specific organ and systemic effects. Many horses become very relaxed during treatment.
Conditions that can be treated include:
Musculoskeletal conditions (Back and neck pain, lameness)
Recurrent colic & digestive disturbances
Respiratory disease (viral or allergic)
Post viral fatigue
Behavioural problems (often associated with pain)
Chronic eye conditions

Acupuncture is extremely safe as long as it is performed by a trained professional. It is only allowed to be performed by veterinary surgeons who have undergone additional training, due to it being an ‘invasive’ procedure.

If you would like to discuss this in any more detail or book in a session, please feel free to contact the road vet office on 01428 723594 to speak to one of our vets.

09/07/2025

We were delighted to receive these lovely cupcakes from Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging, the suppliers of our MRI equipment, in recognition of the large number of MRI scans carried out by our imaging team in June. The team performed 44 MRIs in total in June, which is the largest number of scans/month ever completed at LEH and we are told one of the highest monthly totals ever for users of the Hallmarq equipment in the UK.

We are very proud of the high standard of imaging at LEH. The team includes a European Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging, an ECVDI imaging resident vet plus a team of highly skilled imaging nurses who are all qualified or student veterinary nurses with many years of experience between them, who work closely alongside our team of Specialist Equine Surgeons.