Rangiora Equine Services

Rangiora Equine Services Offering quality veterinary care for racehorses, sporthorses, brood mares and companion equines in the Christchurch/ North Canterbury region

24/12/2025

As we wind down to Christmas and a brand-new year, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal clients and four hooved friends a very wonderful and safe Xmas and New Year.
Please see below for Office opening hours, and schedule for our vets and appointments. Please note, ringing the office on 033125935 is the ONLY way to find out our on-call vets’ phone number, so you can call them, so please remember to do this. Texting office phones and vets’ phones is not a fail-safe way to get in touch, as the office is closed, and these messages will not be monitored or seen until we reopen on January 5th, and vets are often busy and text messages can be missed.

OFFICE HOURS
THURSDAY 25TH – CLOSED – (EMERGENCY CALL OUTS ONLY)
FRIDAY 26TH – CLOSED - (EMERGENCY CALL OUTS ONLY)
MONDAY 29TH – OFFICE CLOSED – PICK UPS BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT, (EMERGENCY CALL OUTS ONLY)
TUESDAY 30TH - OFFICE CLOSED – PICK UPS BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT, (EMERGENCY CALL OUTS ONLY)
WEDNESDAY 31ST - OFFICE CLOSED – PICK UPS BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT, (EMERGENCY CALL OUTS ONLY)
THURSDAY 1ST – CLOSED - (EMERGENCY CALL OUTS ONLY)
FRIDAY 2ND – CLOSED - (EMERGENCY CALL OUTS ONLY)

MONDAY 5TH JANUARY – BACK TO NORMAL OFFICE HOURS AND SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS

21/01/2025

What is Strangles?
Strangles is a bacterial infection which affects the upper respiratory tract in horses. It is highly infectious and can spread quickly through nose-to-nose contact or shared equipment. The bacteria can travel up to 3 metres through the air. Symptoms to watch for include:
• Fever (>38.5°C) and or depression.
• Thick, pus-like nasal discharge.
• Swelling or abscesses around the head and neck (lymph nodes) usually where the throat latch would sit on the bridle.
• Cough, difficulty eating, reduced appetite.
• Respiratory noise or breathing issues.

How Can You Protect Your Horse?
• Vaccinate: A Strangles vaccine can prevent infection in some horses and reduce symptoms in others. – PLEASE NOTE When horses and foals are vaccinated against strangles for the first time, they require a primary vaccination course consisting of three doses of the Strangles Vaccine. The three doses are given with an interval of not less than two weeks between injections. Immunity is not complete until after the last injection, and the vaccine does not always provide complete immunity. Booster doses should be given at least annually, and six-monthly revaccination should be considered in circumstances where the risk of infection is known to be high. In common with other respiratory diseases, such as canine cough and feline respiratory disease, immunity is short lived and incomplete. In fact, 25% of horses infected with strangles do not appear to develop immunity. This makes it very difficult for a vaccine to provide complete protection and it is not claimed that the vaccine is an absolute preventative. However, field experience has shown that vaccination can control the disease by reducing the degree of clinical disease and reducing the number of horses affected.
• Isolate any new arrivals for 3 weeks and monitor temperature.
• Limit Contact: Avoid nose-to-nose contact and sharing equipment with infected horses.
• Stay Put: Do not move horses on or off a yard with infected horses.
• Be Cautious When Traveling: Consider the risks of transporting your horse, especially if unvaccinated.

If your horse shows any symptoms, isolate them immediately and contact us for testing and advice.

20/12/2024

We would like to wish all our loyal clients and four legged friends a wonderful and safe Xmas and New Year.
Office hours for pick ups etc over the next 2 weeks are as follows:
Monday 23rd DEC 8.30am-4.30pm
Tuesday 24th DEC 8.30am-4.30pm
Wednesday 25th DEC office shut (Emergency call outs only)
Thursday 26th DEC office shut (Emergency call outs only)
Friday 27th DEC Office shut (Emergency call outs only)

Monday 30th DEC 8.30am-4.30pm
Tuesday 31st DEC 8.30am-4.30pm
Wednesday 1st JAN office shut (Emergency call outs only)
Thursday 2nd JAN office shut (Emergency call outs only)
Friday 3rd JAN Office shut (Emergency call outs only)

Monday 6th January - back to normal hours and appointments!
Cheers from the team at Rangiora Equine Services

The team( pictured below looking VERY festive at work today) at Rangiora Equine Services would like to say a big thank y...
22/12/2023

The team( pictured below looking VERY festive at work today) at Rangiora Equine Services would like to say a big thank you to all our wonderful clients and wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year.

Our office will be shut on the stat days and only have our on call vet on. The 27th, 28th and 29th of December we will be open but with only 1 vet so emergency and reproductive work only! We are all back on the 3rd of January ready for 2024.
Again thank you all, best wishes, eat lots and be merry and we will see you in the new year.🥳

25/10/2023

Does anyone need some chilled semen transport boxes?? Please ring us at the clinic 😁

31/08/2023

And the season is underway 😁
We still have some spaces left here on farm for your breeding and foaling needs.

Bit late 😁 but formally introducing Lisa to Rangiora Equine. Lisa has been with us since March many of you would have al...
28/08/2023

Bit late 😁 but formally introducing Lisa to Rangiora Equine. Lisa has been with us since March many of you would have already dealt with her. She is our superstar office guru ✨️

Welcome back Lasmai!! Lasmai is back with us for the season after doing the stud season in Ireland 🇮🇪 dealing with sick ...
23/08/2023

Welcome back Lasmai!! Lasmai is back with us for the season after doing the stud season in Ireland 🇮🇪 dealing with sick foals and making new ones 😆. Day 1 making her truck nice and tidy we love her for that!

15/05/2023

Hi team, as most of you already know, our lease on this property is coming to an end. If anyone knows of some land with a house, or at least some outbuildings to lease in this area, let me know! (Selwyn District)

Pic is just a wee collage of photos from the last few years, Its been a rollercoaster thats for sure 😊

09/01/2023

Please to all our lovely clients.
Don't txt the vets as they miss txt messages all the time. Plus if they are lucky enough to be away they will not look. Please call the office if we don't answer its only because we are on the phone. We will get back to you.
Happy new year.

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