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DENTISTRY AWARENESS MONTH AT LIPHOOK EQUINE HOSPITAL:

June 1, 2016

Liphook Equine Hospital is dedicating June as Equine Dental Awareness Month!

Over the month, on our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/The-Liphook-Equine-Hospital-219012241471613/), we will be providing you with lots of information to promote the importance of horses receiving regular dental examinations.

Dental care is extremely important to the health and welfare of our horses. As herbivores they rely on the efficient grinding mechanism of their teeth to obtain adequate nourishment.

Dental/Oral disorders can be painful and cause suffering.

In recent year’s equine dentistry is an area in veterinary medicine in which there has been many significant advances.

At Liphook Equine Hospital we take equine dentistry very seriously. All of our vets have up to date knowledge and skills in dental examination and treatment, and are fully equipped with modern dental instruments. We also have a fully equipped dental clinic in which advanced procedures and surgeries may be carried out.

We believe that prevention is better than cure and encourage our clients to have their horse’s mouths examined on a regular basis. A thorough examination is key to maintaining dental health.

From Thursday 9th June, Tom McGinley who has an RCVS certificate in Equine Dentistry, will be holding a fortnightly afternoon dental clinic at the hospital for both routine and remedial dentistry. During Dental Awareness Month (June) horses which have a dental treatment at the hospital or groups of four or more horses on a yard can receive a FREE Oroscope exam.

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Liphook Equine Hospital invites you to a evening on PENS therapy and Recent Advances in Imaging the Horse:

May 31, 2016

Come along to our informative evening talk on Wednesday 8th June 2016. Doors open 7pm, prompt 7.30pm start.

Venue: Millenium Hall, 2-10 Ontario Way, Liphook, GU30 7LD.

To reserve your FREE place, please call our reception team on: 01428 723594, message us on Facebook, or email: tasha.wilson@theleh.co.uk

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Liphook Equine Hospital is pleased to announce that we can provide a new treatment for headshaking horses.

May 20, 2016

This therapy is called PENS (percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) and was pioneered by Veronica Roberts from Bristol Vet School. PENS therapy aims to desensitise the overactive sensory nerve in a headshaking horse’s head. It can be used for all headshaking horses that do not respond to a face net or nose net. Horses are checked for internal pathology such as infections, tooth problems, abscesses and growths that might be causing head pain or nerve damage before PENS treatment is given.

PENS is well-tolerated in headshaking horses and is performed with local anaesthetic and mild sedation at the Hospital. A course of three procedures are given with 5-7 days between the first two, and 10-14 days between the second and third treatments.

For more information or to discuss if PENS therapy would be suitable for your headshaking horse please ring the Hospital on 01428 727200 and ask to speak to one of our medicine specialist vets, Andy, Victoria or Jamie (https://liphookequinehospital.co.uk/all-the-team/equine-hospital-vets/).

We are also hosting an informative evening talk on the 8th June 2016 (for more information click here) and we would welcome any and all horse owners with an interest in headshaking to come along.

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STRANGLES TALKS ARE NOW BOTH FULLY BOOKED!

April 8, 2016

We now have a reserve list for both evenings, and so if you have booked a place and are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible, by calling 01428 723594 or by email tasha.wilson@theleh.co.uk.

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Liphook Equine Hospital invite you to: An Evening on Strangles

April 6, 2016

Hosted by Andy Durham BSc BVSc CertEP DEIM DipECEIM MRCVS, Partner and Internal Medicine Specialist at Liphook Equine Hospital

Tuesday 3^rd May 2016

Doors Open 6.30pm / Prompt 7pm Start

Venue: Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, GU30 7JG

To reserve your FREE place, please call our reception team on:
01428 723594, or email: tasha.wilson@theleh.co.uk

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April 4, 2016

Liphook Equine Hospital are pleased to announce that our CT scanner is up and running. Please see the link below for more information:

Liphook Equine Hospital – CT Scanner

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We would like to wish everyone a happy Easter break. Should your horse need us we are open for emergencies 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

March 24, 2016

Date: OPENING HOURS:

Friday 25th March – Out of hour’s service

Saturday 26th March – Urgent calls only 8.30am – 12.30pm.
From 12.30pm onwards is the out of hours service

Sunday 27th March- Out of hours service

Monday 28th March – Out of hours service

Tuesday 29th March – Normal opening hours

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First wide bore CT Scanner installed at Liphook Equine Hospital

March 22, 2016

The Liphook Equine Hospital has installed the first wide bore CT scanner available for horses in the UK. The design of our CT suite is unique and purpose built in order to accommodate all shapes and sizes of patients. Our CT scanner has been specifically designed so that we can scan the head and neck of horses under standing sedation, and the limbs of horses under general anaesthesia. The extra-large bore CT scanner means that we will be able to scan more of the horse than ever before. The CT scanner has an inner diameter of 80cm wide which means that whole body scans will be possible in smaller patients. The CT suite has an innovative platform which is unique to Liphook and can be used to lift and lower the standing patient into position as well as doubling as a bed for the anaesthetised horse.

What is CT?

CT stands for computed tomography and is an imaging technique that uses computerised x-rays. A moving gantry scans 360 degrees around the patient which produces thousands of images. These images can then be reconstructed and viewed in many different ways. This imaging modality is very useful when imaging anatomically complex regions such as the head and will help to identify dental disease, sinusitis and neck abnormalities as well as much more.

Our CT, in addition to our MRI, will allow us to offer the most advanced imaging modalities to our patients. We look forward to the progress this will allow us, in diagnosing and treating disease in our patients.

What does it involve?

The CT suite is a temperature controlled room in a quiet corner of the hospital. The scan time is very short (around 30 seconds). During the scan the horse is required to keep absolutely still. When horses are having scans under sedation, the horse will be sedated and positioned with their head resting in the CT scanner. Positioning for the scan can be a timely procedure and requires lots of patience. During the scan the area of interest is moved slowly through the scanner on our air table. Once the scan is completed your horse will head back to the stable while their sedation wears off.

For more information, please contact our hospital reception team on 01428 727200

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Liphook Equine Hospital – Isolation Facilities

March 18, 2016

Liphook Equine Hospital has always maintained a strict and effective isolation area for when horses need to be admitted to the hospital whilst suffering from a potentially contagious disease (such as strangles). The facilities and protocols are very strict and despite regular equine visitors to the isolation facility, there has never been a single instance of these isolation facilities failing to fully contain any infectious disease at our hospital.

Each horse is admitted under strict conditions and all areas are rigorously disinfected once the horse leaves. Within the isolation unit each horse has two stables, one of which is utilised solely to allow the staff to dress appropriately in protective clothing including boiler suit, lab coats, wellies, hairnets and where appropriate face masks. Prior to leaving the area all contaminated clothing is removed and the staff member changes into clean clothes and disinfects. If required members of staff will shower prior to handling any other horses.

For further information on strangles, please refer to https://liphookequinehospital.co.uk/wp-conte…/…/strangles.pdf