Cambridge Equine Hospital

22/04/2025

Huge congratulations to Ange who has been announced as one of the Jonathon Hope Scholarship winners!

15/04/2025

Poisoning prevention!
Ahead of the windy autumn weather be aware of two trees that are very common and extremely poisonous to horses. Sycamore and box elder trees contain a toxin called Hypoglycin A in their seeds and leaves. It causes severe damage to muscles including heart and diaphragm and has a more than 70% mortality rate. Cases are more common in autumn when the helicopter-like seeds are dispersed, especially in the wind. If they drop into water that can be a source of toxin. It’s safest to keep horses away from these trees in Autumn. Also be aware if horses show signs of weakness, trembling or are found down. Red urine is another sign of muscle damage. These horses need emergency care and fluids, but prognosis is still poor. We have treated several of these and it’s heart breaking for everyone.

19/03/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to our Mackenzie who recently celebrated her graduation from Veterinary Nursing.
Well done Macca we are so proud of all your hard work and dedication! 👩‍🎓

17/02/2025

Tetanus vaccination! Who knows how long each of these products protects a horse from tetanus infection? Tetanus can arise from wounds, navel infections, surgery, wolf tooth removal and even where there is no obvious reason and is generally expensive to treat and fatal. There is a lot of confusion about vaccination amongst horse owners and as to what “a tetanus shot” is or does. In an unvaccinated horse, does “a tetanus shot” given when there’s a wound mean the horse is vaccinated, and how for long does it protect the horse?

15/01/2025

Great opportunity! Call ASAP to book your appointment.

23/10/2024

A special visit from our favourite client today, Happy Birthday Chief!!! 🎉 🥳

22/10/2024

Meet The Team - Ange

Originally from Canterbury, Ange came to Cambridge Equine in 2005 after working in Emergency critical care and foal ICU at The Ohio State University and Scone Equine Hospital. Since then she has enjoyed all areas of equine practice, except surgery. Ironically she is often mistaken for our surgeon Alanna Zantingh even though Alanna is Canadian. She’s most passionate about foals and enhancing health and fitness in sport and racehorses, having just embarked on using clinical exercise testing to uncover factors that limit performance. When not at work Ange is usually trying to enhance her own performance in the marathon, riding her horse or watching her 15 year old son playing football 🏃‍♀️🏇⚽

18/10/2024

Cambridge Equine Hospital is excited to be able to offer trainers and riders the opportunity to use the Arioneo Equimetre during training to gain a deeper understanding of their athletes and detect issues at earlier stages. If you’d like to know more about the information provided and using the Equimetre to assess poor performance cases please get in touch. We’re happy to demonstrate what you can learn that more traditional investigations won’t tell you.
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[ HOW TO DEVELOP THE FULL POTENTIAL OF EACH RACEHORSE? ] 🏇

Developing the full potential of each racehorse is the main concern of all trainers. However, every horse is different and in order to adapt the exercise and get the best out of each one, trainers learn to know their strengths, identify their specialities, appreciate their behavior and recognize their potential. It is possible thanks to data.

Read our full article on the website 👇
https://hubs.li/Q02SVBk90

11/10/2024

VET NURSE AWARENESS WEEK!!

Happy Vet Nurse Awareness Week to all of our FABULOUS, SUPERHERO Vet nurses here at Cambridge Equine Hospital! (A few missing that are at home sleeping after being on night shift!)
We appreciate all your hard work and dedication to the job!
🐴💉🩺

03/10/2024

This is Cath, a vet who has recently joined Cambridge equine from the UK! Cath grew up in sunny Scotland and graduated from Glasgow University.

After graduating, Cath completed an 18 month internship at an equine hospital in the UK, where she was mentored by clinicians and specialists within the hospital. Through her internship she was able to develop skills in imaging, dentistry, emergency medicine and more!

After completing her internship, Cath was bit by the travel bug and decided to make the move to New Zealand🥝 She has enjoyed her first few months with us at Cambridge Equine and is looking forward to meeting more clients and horses.

In her spare time, Cath enjoys everything outdoors; tramping, running, riding, cycling (all with much enthusiasm but very little expertise) and spends most of her free time exploring all the best sites in New Zealand. Feel free to give her some travel spots (near and far) if you see her out and about! 🌲🌄

24/09/2024

Tatjana graduated from Massey University in 2022 and joined the team at CEH as a new grad. Prior to this Tatjana completed a Bachelor of Science majoring in Animal Science also at Massey. Tatjana is involved in all areas of the practice and enjoys all aspects of equine medicine.
Outside of work Tatjana loves keeping active playing netball and exploring different hikes in NZ! 🌄

20/09/2024

Lucy is our Eco Warrior Recycling Queen 👑♻️

Lucy graduated from Massey University in 2012, and then spent 6 years in mixed practice in Tokoroa. During this time she developed a keen interest in equine practice, particularly dentistry. Lucy joined Cambridge Equine Hospital in 2018, and while she is involved in many areas of the practice, she mostly fills her days with dentistry. In 2021 she passed her Australia New Zealand Collage of Veterinary Science exams in equine dentistry.

When she isn’t working or helping to save the planet, Lucy can be found in the garden, treasure hunting at an op-shop, on a dog walk with her number 1 Archie, at a vineyard or on her favourite beach on Waiheke Island 🏖️

19/09/2024

Alanna is our very talented surgeon at CEH.

After graduating from the University of Guelph, Canada in 2008, Alanna went on to complete an internship at the Littleton Equine Medical Centre, a large referral practice in Colorado. She then undertook a Large Animal Surgical Residency at the prestigious Cornell University in New York, becoming a Board Certified Surgeon in 2014. Alanna joined CEH in 2015 after 3 years working at Murdoch University in Perth, WA.

When she isn’t working Alanna enjoys being outdoors hiking, running or cycling, and spending time with her husband and her dog Yeti.

16/09/2024

Andrea is another of our seasonal nurses and started here in August.

Andrea is a Chilean national who is a qualified veterinarian in her home country and has worked predominantly in the area of equine reproduction. After deciding to take some time off to travel, she ended up in New Zealand and became a resident in 2022.

Working with horses is her passion, and the part of the job she enjoys the most is going to farms to check on patients, assisting in surgeries, and taking care of foals.

In her spare time, Andrea likes to go for walks, swim in the sea when it's warm enough, and bake.

13/09/2024

Layla is one of our seasonal nurses and started here in August.

Layla moved from Taranaki while studying as a vet technician. She spent a season at MVS doing foals and getting out on the road and after that worked at Kilmarnock racing stables.
Layla grew up horse trekking, barrel racing and eventing. She studied at Nga Tawa, home to New Zealand's largest on-site school equestrian centre. She kept her horse here and competed on the weekends. Her favourite part of the job is looking after foals, emergencies, and unusual cases.
In her spare time, she likes to go 4WDriving with her partner and visiting family in New Plymouth.

18/08/2024

It’s a good time to remind horse owners about the dangers of these seeds for horses. They are seeds of either the sycamore or box elder tree and contain a toxin called Hypoglycin A. It causes severe muscle damage with 70-90% fatality. Seedlings or contaminated water troughs can be a source of poisoning as well. It often happens in stormy weather when the seeds blow into paddocks. Not all trees are equally toxic but it pays to avoid having these trees anywhere near horse paddocks.

13/08/2024

Meet The Team - Lowri Jones (Lowri like Flowery)

Lowri started at CEH last September after graduating with a Bachelor of Animal Science and Nutrition at Massey University. She is also currently completing her Certificate in Equine Veterinary Nursing.

Lowri was born in Worcestershire (like the sauce) in England and moved to NZ when she was 6 years old. Her favourite part of her job (apart from getting to work with her Mum) is working in the hospital and seeing all the different ranges of horses that come in.

In her spare time, she is riding and competing at dressage competitions on her horse Gamble.

28/07/2024