Endell Equine Hospital

16/09/2025

Great news! 📣

Our Endell Equine Hospital is launching a new Equine Internal Medicine Service, offering a comprehensive and specialist-led approach to the diagnosis, treatment and management of complex equine medical conditions.

The service is being spearheaded by our new colleague, Dr. Sonia Gonzalez-Medina, a board-certified American Specialist in Large Animal Internal Medicine, whose extensive international experience and clinical knowledge bring an added level of excellence to our hospital.

Endell Equine has access to cutting-edge diagnostic tools — including videoendoscopy, ECG, ultrasound, radiography and an in-house laboratory — and is fully equipped to manage a wide range of medical presentations with precision and care. The new service will cover a broad spectrum of equine medical conditions, including:
• Respiratory disorders
• Weight-loss investigations
• Neurological evaluations
• Ophthalmology care
• Muscle disease diagnostics
• Dermatology services
• Liver and kidney disease assessments
• Endocrinology consults
• Poor performance evaluations
• Outbreak management for infectious diseases
• Critical care for foals
• Recurrent colic investigations
• Cardiac diagnostics

Sonia brings a wealth of experience to the role. A graduate of the University of Córdoba, Spain, she has trained and worked across Europe and the USA, including at the Animal Health Trust, The Royal Veterinary College, Colorado State University and Nottingham University. Her clinical interests span neurology, ophthalmology, muscular disorders, and infectious diseases, and she is widely recognised for her contributions to equine research.

She also continues to contribute to ongoing studies in exercise biomarkers, toxicology, and infectious disease management, and regularly presents her findings at national and international veterinary conferences. This ensures her services are not only clinically robust but also research-driven.

It's great to have you on board Sonia!

📍 Salisbury, Wiltshire
📞 01722 710046
📧 [email protected]
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28/08/2025

Some of our equine vets, nurses, yard managers and safety experts recently met with representatives from the University of Liverpool and helmet manufacturer Uvex to discuss one vital topic: The use of protective headwear to make equine veterinary work safer.

The meeting followed recently published CVS-funded research by Dr John Tulloch of the University of Liverpool which highlights the high risk of injury faced by equine vets & nurses. In response, CVS has introduced a mandatory helmet policy for all staff handling or treating horses. Colleagues have a choice of designs from riding helmets to specialist protective headwear worn by the emergency rescue services, but currently none are designed specifically for use by equine vets.

The group explored possible helmet design, shared first-hand experiences and talked about the cultural change needed across the industry to make helmet wearing the ‘norm’. They also learned from Uvex about safety standards and the rigorous testing behind protective helmets.

Change won’t happen overnight, but the message was clear: if helmet-wearing saves just one life or prevents a life-changing injury, it’s worth it.

What do you think? It would be great to hear your thoughts on this topic. Please feel free to add your comments below.

18/08/2025

Please welcome Sonia Gonzalez-Medina to the team at Endell Equine Hospital. Sonia joins us as our new specialist in internal medicine. She loves treating all horses from high performance to donkeys, and has a particular interest in ophthalmology and neurology, but enjoys all things medicine!

She’s looking forward to meeting you 🐎🫏🩺

11/08/2025

We wanted to say a huge congratulations to our surgical team. They reached a milestone number of surgeries yesterday and despite it being a middle of the night surgery you can see they are still smiling

Our hospital team are amazingly dedicated, providing 24 hour care for all our equine patients. Thank you so much to all of our vets, interns, nurses, patient care assistants, and grooms - You Rock!

05/08/2025

We are sure many of you have already seen this story about the stolen Shetland ponies from the New Forest, but lets help spread the word about these little guys, who need to find their way home. Please share on your social media

The six free-roaming ponies were thought to have been stolen from the New Forest earlier this month.

02/07/2025

Just a reminder that the memorial book for our vet, the late Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher, will close on 7th July.

If you have any messages, stories, anecdotes or memories of Rebecca that you would like to contribute then please see the link below.

https://www.newlywords.com/rebecca-hamilton-fletcher

Thank you for helping us create this special book celebrating her life and work.

After the devastating news of losing Rebecca, we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for the kindness you have shown us this week. Rebecca's loss has been a huge shock for us all, so we really appreciate all of your comments, messages, cards and gifts.

We want to create a book full of love and memories for Rebecca's family. We'd like to invite everyone to join us in sending our condolences but also to create a book full of happy memories and stories of how Rebecca impacted you and your horses life. Add stories, anecdotes, memories, photos of horses she's helped - whatever you would like to add.

Once complete, we will get this book printed and presented to Jan and Bethany as a permanent reminder of what a wonderful person Rebecca was and the positive impact she had on our lives.
Thank you for helping us create this special book.

https://www.newlywords.com/rebecca-hamilton-fletcher

This memorial book will close on 7th July 2025.

20/06/2025

*** Rebecca’s Funeral Notice ***

Dear Friends of Becca

I would like to say how Bethany and I are overwhelmed and greatly appreciate all the cards, letters, emails, thoughts and prayers we have received during this difficult period.
While the funeral is being held in a tiny church, it was necessary for it to remain private, but being aware that many people wanted to join the service we have arranged to broadcast it virtually.
So, I am sharing this link below for the livestream which will go live on Monday 23rd June @11:00.
Please share this link with whoever you think may want to pay one’s last respects to beloved Becca.
Kind Regards
Jan
https://www.youtube.com/live/upaudBydSN4?si=14A8bb-YBr8Fb8VA

Family flowers only please, but donations, if wished, to Hillside Animal Sanctuary and The Brooke Animal Hospital, may be made online at https://www.funeraldirector.co.uk/funeral/rebecca-puzio/

06/06/2025

After the devastating news of losing Rebecca, we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for the kindness you have shown us this week. Rebecca's loss has been a huge shock for us all, so we really appreciate all of your comments, messages, cards and gifts.

We want to create a book full of love and memories for Rebecca's family. We'd like to invite everyone to join us in sending our condolences but also to create a book full of happy memories and stories of how Rebecca impacted you and your horses life. Add stories, anecdotes, memories, photos of horses she's helped - whatever you would like to add.

Once complete, we will get this book printed and presented to Jan and Bethany as a permanent reminder of what a wonderful person Rebecca was and the positive impact she had on our lives.
Thank you for helping us create this special book.

https://www.newlywords.com/rebecca-hamilton-fletcher

This memorial book will close on 7th July 2025.

02/06/2025

It is with the greatest sadness that we have to tell you that Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher died very suddenly last Thursday 29th May.

The following is a message from Rebecca’s family.

It’s been an immense shock to us and we find it almost impossible to believe she is no longer with us. She was so dynamic, energetic and engaged. As we are sure you know, she loved her work with a lifelong passion. From childhood she dreamed of looking after horses, especially their care and welfare, which she achieved as a practising veterinary surgeon for 43 years.
To the end she lived the life of her dreams within the beautiful New Forest, surrounded by her family and beloved animals.

Rebecca died suddenly at home, and an autopsy will take place to confirm the exact cause. While the outcome is unknown at this stage, we expect that the autopsy will conclude that her death happened due to natural causes.

Within 48 hours Jan was in Canada to break the tragic news to their daughter, Bethany. They are now on their way home. They are of course devastated and understandably will need some time to come to terms with this tragedy before they are ready to engage again with the outside world.

They will, however, be in touch later with information about how Rebecca’s life will be celebrated with the community she was part of and loved.

31/05/2025

22/05/2025

** Saturday Groom required for Endell Equine Hospital **

Are you 16+?
Do you want to work with horses?
Are you looking for some Saturday work?

Endell Equine Hospital are looking for a hardworking, reliable groom to work Saturday mornings. The job will include all general yard duties such as mucking out, grooming and preparing feeds which must be undertaken to the highest of standards with attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have experience handling and looking after a variety of horses of all ages.
The hours are generally 8am to 10am but you will need some flexibility to stay late when needed.

Excellent CVS company benefits including discounts on veterinary care for your horse.

To apply, please send your CV / covering letter to [email protected]

22/05/2025

Our CVS Equine division has introduced mandatory personal protective equipment (PPE) for all of our veterinary colleagues. 🐴🚨

It follows our 3-year research project, collaborating with the University of Liverpool , which revealed 90% of veterinary clinicians have experienced an injury during their career.

All our vets, nurses & technicians will be required to wear a hard hat in the vicinity of a horse, pony or donkey – whether in practice, on a yard, or at a client’s premises. It is hoped the move will reduce injuries to the head – one of the most common traumas to be suffered by equine vets identified by the research, usually sustained when examining distal limbs.

Dr. John Tulloch, European Specialist in Veterinary Public Health University of Liverpool who led the research, has said: “Vet visits are not an ‘everyday activity’. Many horses will be on heightened alert. Some may be more prone to unpredictable behaviour. Vets are often in a vulnerable situation. Our research found many injuries happen when a horse kicks or pushes someone over and their head makes impact with the ground. So, wearing a hard hat will be a big step towards preventing these injuries.”

Our Equine Director Sophie Ignarski also added: “All clinicians are at risk in their day-to-day work – whether newly qualified or very experienced. So we've decided to make wearing hard hats mandatory to minimise the potential risk, understanding it can never be fully eliminated. We hope it serves to support and progress the equine veterinary industry more widely.”



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[Visual description: A CVS equine colleague wearing a hard hat with a horse]