New £2.2 Million Equine Clinic Opens In South West

B&W Equine Group, the South West-based leading equine veterinary partnership, has opened a brand new, state-of-the-art equine clinic at Breadstone in Gloucestershire. The new facility, which opened on 1 October 2011, cost over £2.2 million to build and equip and is one Europe’s most advanced diagnostic and surgical centres. It significantly enhances the services offered to horse owners by the Group’s four first opinion clinics in Wales and the South West. B&W Equine Group was created in 2008, following a merger between Willesley Equine Clinic and Bushy Equine Vets. The 23 vet practice has four local equine clinics in Breadstone, Cardiff, Failand and Willesley. The new clinic, located on a four acre site at Breadstone, close to the M4 and M5 intersections, provides state-of-the-art diagnostics and advanced laboratory facilities. It houses the only equine MRI scanner in Wales and the South West, as well as a CT scanner and scintigraphy unit. Orthopaedic and colic theatres, adult and neonatal intensive care suites and separate isolation units have all been custom-designed and are supported by five examination rooms and two knock down boxes. Clinical and referral services are led by RCVS and European Recognised Specialists in surgery, orthopaedics, diagnostic imaging and internal medicine and include gynaecological management of breeding mares and pre-season disease screening. The on-site laboratory is one of only 30 in the UK to be certified by the HBLB to test for CEM and EVA. B&W Equine Group continues to provide its full, first opinion and emergency call out service, whether for a retired Shetland, a companion donkey or a competition horse. It has fully mobile endoscopy and gastroscopy equipment, offers routine and advanced dentistry services, pre-purchase vetting and insurance examinations, official JMB measures and digital radiography. Ian Camm, BVSc CertEP MRCVS, Group Director, said: “We are all extremely excited about the new clinic but our day-to-day first opinion work remains a top priority. For all our local clients it’s very much a case of business as usual but the fact that we have invested in the latest portable equipment, including video endoscopes, digital radiography and ultrasound scanners, means we can undertake more specialist work at client’s yards, as and when needed.” For further information and for access to a wide range of equine healthcare information, visit www.bwequinevets.co.uk. You can also call your local clinic for free, friendly veterinary advice – telephone numbers are listed on the website.

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