Vet-Lab

28/05/2026

You may be aware of the issues with Royal Mail postal service recently.
We have had to make a change by sending your test kits using a tracked delivery service because so many have been lost in the post and have taken its toll on our small business.
We know owning horses is an expensive hobby, and try to keep our prices as low as possible. We are introducing a nominal flat fee of £3.49 for 48-hour tracked postage for any number of kits.
This will be added shortly. We thank you once again for your understanding and support.
You can order your kits from here:
​https://vet-lab.co.uk/product-category/equine-test-kits/​
Thanks again for your continued support!
Warmest regards,
The VET-LAB Team!

07/05/2026

Our New Website is here!!!

We are delighted to announce we have a brand new name and website, so all of our products and services are under one roof.

We have also added more test kits to our range and an extensive knowledge base to the website to help with answering your questions on worming etc.

If your horse or dog is due for a worm count, you can order here:

www.vet-lab.co.uk/shop

21/04/2026

May Bank Holidays 2026

Lab Opening

When sending your samples in, please be aware of postal disruption due to the following May bank holidays.

We've listed our lab opening times below and have some advice on the best times to post samples to help prevent loss or delay in the postal system.

EARLY May Day Bank Holiday

Please post samples before Monday 27th April to ensure you receive your results before the bank holiday weekend.

Mon 4th May: Lab and Office closed
Website orders placed over the weekend will be posted on Tues 5th May, when we return to normal service.
END OF MAY BANK HOLIDAY

Please post samples before Monday 18th May to ensure you receive your results before the bank holiday weekend.

Mon 25th May: Lab and Office closed
Website orders placed over the weekend will be posted on Tues 26th May, when we return to normal service.

We hope you get to enjoy the bank holidays with your horses and dogs and pray for great weather!

from all of the VET-LAB team.

08/04/2026

**Lab Holiday Closure**
Just a heads up, the Lab is closed for testing between the following dates:
13/04/26 - 27/04/26

Last postal day for samples is: 09/04/26

;-) xx

01/04/2026

EASTER BANK HOLIDAY LAB CLOSURE

Please be aware of the post-disruption due to the Easter bank holidays on Friday 3rd and Monday, 6th of April. Please don’t post your samples after Wednesday, 1st of April to ensure you receive your results before the Easter weekend; otherwise, samples may get held up in the Royal Mail sorting office and become too old to test.

14/03/2026

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/what-will-you-do-when-the-wormers-stop-working-change-is-needed-now-to-save-horses-lives-779324

THE “writing is on the wall” for more equine disease and death if the industry does not take urgent, cohesive action against wormer resistance. This was the view of experts at the 30th National Equine Forum on 3 March, who discussed the “collective responsibility” to tackle the issue. There ...

04/12/2025

14/10/2025

The importance of doing regular worm counts.. Here is a recent message from one of our regular customers:

I just wanted to say thank you. I've used you for most of this year, I sent in 4 samples this week, 2 came back low, 2 high. Which shows how important testing is. Your results for the 2 were Strongyles, and lo and behold, after worming yesterday, this is what was in the poo:

24/06/2025

https://lab-equine.kit.com/posts/have-you-done-your-horse-s-worm-count-this-month

‘Should I use a wormer?’​Worming advice has changed. Good worm control practice starts with using faecal worm counts and tests, only administering a wormer if necessary.

20/05/2025

June Holiday Week Lab Closure NOTICE: Annual Holiday Week Lab Closure

Please be aware of our annual holiday lab closure week commencing Monday 9th of June - 16th of June. Please don’t post your samples after Wednesday 4th June to 16th of June otherwise samples may get held up in the Royal Mail sorting office and become too old to test.

25/02/2025

Worming advice has changed. Good worm control practice starts with using faecal worm counts and tests, only administering a wormer if necessary.

Resistance to wormers
Horse worms are evolving to become resistant to some worming drugs, especially those that have been around for a long time. This means we can no longer rely on keeping horses worm-free purely by giving them wormers.

It’s much better to test first and target the wormers at the infected horses and specific seasonal problems like encysted redworms, bots and pinworm. Using wormers sparingly should also mean that they stay effective for those times when our horses really need them.

Using faecal worm counts and tests
Whether you have a single horse kept on an individual turnout or run a livery yard with mixed turnout a targeted regime can work for you. Redworm, Roundworm & Tapeworm are the biggest pathological threats to horses and the parasites for which you should test regularly.