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ESSENTIALS OF EQUINE PRACTICE 1st -3rd July 2016

Do you have any members of the practice that would be interested in attending our Essentials of Equine Practice course?

This is a 3-day residential course held at Dunford House in Midhurst, and at the Liphook Equine Hospital. The course is aimed for recent graduates and more experienced colleagues wishing to refresh their knowledge of general equine practice. The course is also suitable for final year veterinary students. The course focuses exclusively on what you need to know in ambulatory equine practice and has a very practical emphasis.

There is a charge of £495 which includes 2 nights’ accommodation, food and entertainment for all 3 days.

For further information please click here.

If you would like to book a place (or places), please complete a booking form. For further information please email tasha.wilson@theleh.co.uk

LEH Equine Vet CPD Lecture Evening – Tuesday 12th January 2016

CPD 12th Jan 2016

Main Phone Line – Changes

In order to streamline the service we offer we are changing the way our main phone line is answered. When you dial 01428 723594 you will now be offered the following options:

Please dial:
1 for the road vet team
2 for the hospital and referrals
3 for accounts
4 for the lab

We are doing this to try to avoid people being passed around the practice or kept on hold so we hope that this change will mean that your calls are dealt with even sooner. Please feel free to give us your feedback when you have had a chance to see how it works.

The out of hours message on this number will be the same and the emergency direct line is still in operation 01428 727727.

The other direct numbers for departments are all valid and will take you straight to the team you wish to speak to:

Hospital: 01428 727200
Accounts: 01428 725309
Lab : 01428 729509jane phone

Laboratory Christmas and New Year 2015-16

Liphook Equine Hospital Laboratory Christmas Opening Hours 2015

 

Microbiologist/Laboratory Technician Vacancy

The Liphook Equine Hospital is a world-renowned, fully equipped, state-of-the-art equine referral veterinary hospital providing 24 hour specialist clinical care to horses, ponies and donkeys referred from our own practice and from veterinary practices across the UK. Samples are submitted to our laboratory on a daily basis from within the UK, continental Europe and further afield. The reputation of the hospital requires that a very high standard of service is provided and that previous experience in clinical diagnostic microbiology is ideal. Although team-work is an important facet of the role, there will also be a requirement to perform advanced microbiologic techniques competently without supervision.

We are seeking an additional laboratory technician who will assist in various laboratory roles including microbiology. Knowledge of polymerase chain reaction methods (conventional and real-time) along with automated microbial identification systems would be helpful. We perform daily testing Monday-Saturday in haematology, biochemistry, microbiology, parasitology and serology. The successful candidate will also be required to support the rest of the team in general sample handling, administration and analysis.

This position is offered on a full time permanent contract (Monday-Friday) and includes working Saturdays on a rota basis for which time off in lieu is provided.

As you will be based in a rural location at the Liphook Equine Hospital, a current driving license is ideal and access to a vehicle is necessary.

A salary package commensurate with experience and qualification is offered.

Please apply to the Practice Manager enclosing your CV and the names of at least two referees. Please include details of your notice period and current salary package.

Applications should be sent either by mail to Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, GU30 7JG or by email to post@theleh.co.uk

Vet CPD evening – useful downloads

Thank you to those who attended our Vet CPD evening on Tuesday 10th November.  It was lovely to gather together over a glass of wine on such a cold, dark November evening to discuss investigating Strangles, reproductive (rig/GCT/pregnancy) testing and also some new thoughts on EMS testing.

Please see our Guide to Strangles Diagnosis which summarises Prof Andy Durham’s lecture.

Please see our Guide to Guttural Pouch Lavage for handy tips for successful entry into the guttural pouch.

We welcome feedback from vets about our CPD evenings, so if you have any thoughts or suggestions for topics you would like us to discuss, please feel free to contact us.

 

LEH Equine Vet CPD Lecture Evening – Tuesday 10th November

LEHCPD

Visit us at BEVA Congress – Stand 432

Come and see us at the BEVA Congress 09th – 12th September, at ACC, Kings Dock Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L3 4FP, stand 432

After 13 years at Liphook Equine Hospital we have said a very sad farewell to Kirsty Linfield

Kirsty is starting an exciting new adventure as Practice Manager for a brand new small animal practice in Alton, and we wish her all the best. Lindsay Munro is our Laboratory Admin Manager and will be the primary contact in the admin department for laboratory enquiries.

 

CT Scan (Computed Tomography) – Coming Soon!

Liphook Equine Hospital is excited to report that we will soon be able to offer a CT scanning service. Building of the new unit has started today and we hope to be able to start scanning horses within 3-4 months.

We are proud to be one of very few equine hospitals in the UK that will have the facilities to carry out CT imaging both in the standing horse and under general anaesthesia.

What is CT?
CT scanning uses a rotating x-ray tube to a take series of x-ray images at high speed circumferentially around the area of interest so giving an image of exquisite anatomical detail allowing the clinician to see subtle changes in bone and soft tissue related to injury and disease. The images can be reconstructed to look at the same piece of anatomy in different orientations and to create a series of detailed slices through the area of interest.
How is CT performed?

CT requires the part of the body to be imaged to be placed into the CT scanner for a short period of time (usually a few minutes). Whether the horse require sedation or general anaesthesia depends upon which part of the horse is being scanned.
Which parts of the horse can be scanned?

The Liphook Equine Hospital plans to install the only large bore (bariatric) CT scanner available for use in horses in the UK. This will allow us not only to scan heads and lower limbs but also mean that we will be able to scan the complete neck of adult horses, the whole body of foals and the proximal parts of the limbs, including stifles.

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