Oral Extraction of Equine Cheek Teeth - A practical seminar
Rob Pascoe, one of our vets who is both a qualified veterinary surgeon and equine dental technician, is organising a training course for vets on Saturday, 3rd March 2012 on oral extraction of Equine Cheek teeth.
The Saddle Research Trust Conference
THE SADDLE RESEARCH TRUST involving Anne Bondi BHSI, who lectured to us at the meeting we organised last year on the equine back for both vets and therapists, is organising a day meeting in Cambridge on Saturday 18 February 2012, which...
International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology course on The Equine Pelvis
Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic is pleased to announce the first ever International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology (ISELP) module to be held in the UK on 18th – 21st April 2012.
ISELP, led by Professor Jean-Marie...
Winter Colics
We have seen an increase in the number of colic cases recently. This often occurs during the winter months and can be related to changes in stabling, exercise and diet. Large colon impaction colics are particularly common in cold weather...
Wishing you all a Happy New Year
This year we have produced a new 2012 wall planner for your stables and tack rooms with photos of our vets and nursing staff for everyone....
Taking Care of the Older Horse and Pony
A very successful client evening was held on 12 October 2011 inconjunction with Saracen Horse feeds. The hall at Hadlow College was packed out to hear presentations by Dr Joanne Ireland MRCVS from the Animal Health Trust on...
Congratulations to our Nurses
CONGRATULATIONS to Felicity Suttill, one of our nursing team, who has just passed her final practical exams and is now...
OCTOBER 2011 - STOP PRESS - Equine Flu Alert
STOP PRESS:Two outbreaks of Equine ‘flu have been confirmed in East Sussex and Devon recently - please be on the alert about this too. We recommend that your horses, ponies and donkeys are vaccinated against this disease.
Another New Arrrival for MRI!
Congratulations to Catherine Garlick and her partner James on the arrival of their baby daughter. This is the third baby girl born to members of our MRI technician team within the past year! Is this just coincidence or is there something...
Bell Equine Open Day - 2011
Bell Equine held a very successful open day for clients on Saturday 17th September. Around 120 people visited the equine hospital and raised £316 for the equine welfare charity, The Horse Trust.
Tim Mair wins the Richard Hartley Clinical Award
Congratulations to Tim Mair, who has received the Richard Hartley Clinical Award for the best British...
Bone Scanning or Nuclear Scintigraphy
We have just upgraded to a new, state of the art digital gamma camera. this is used for performing ‘bone scans’ and, whilst our old camera has served us well, we were keen to take advantage of recent technological advances in...
Welcome to our new intern, Keri-Lee Dobbie
Our new intern Kerri-Lee Dobbie has recently started at the hospital and will be living at and mostly working in the equine hospital to provide round the clock care for our inpatients. Kerri Lee has recently graduated from the University...
Just Jabs?
Recommendations for the use of vaccinations still seem to confuse a lot of people. Here are a few notes to help clarify things…
Equine Influenza: We recommend that horses, ponies and donkeys should be...
BHS Horse Accident Surveillance
The British Horse Society has launched a new initiative to gather meaningful data that will help improve horse and rider safety in Britain. If you have been involved in an incident with your horse including road accidents, dog attacks, low...
BEVA South East Regional Meeting
BEVA South East Regional Meeting Bell Equine hosted the British Equine Veterinary Association regional meeting for vets at Hadlow College on February 2nd 2010. The meeting was an enormous success with more than 50 vets from the South...
Overground Endoscopy
We now have an overground endoscope available for the diagnosis of upper respiratory tract disorders in exercising horses. This 
Hints for Foaling
With spring on the way, some of you will be expecting foals this year and it is worth addressing the key facts for foaling. If you have a mare that is due to foal, we have some very...
Another New Arrival for Bell Equine
Congratulations are due to Kelly and Laurie Tillet on the arrival of Ava Rose on 22nd February 2011 at 3.03am. She weighed 7lbs 1oz, both Mother and baby are doing well. As soon as the picture arrives we will share it with...
Thank you for your help
At Bell Equine we have always worked to advance equine veterinary care by pioneering new treatments and technologies. During 2009, a number of our patients with laminitis were involved in a trial of a new blood test (fructosamine) to...
Congratulations Gemma and Chris!
Congratulations to Gemma Lemon and her husband Chris on the arrival of their baby Sophie. Mother and baby are both well and we were delighted to welcome baby Sophie to Bell when she was just two weeks old!
WARNING: Equine Grass Sickness
We have seen a number of cases recently as April, May and June are the peak months for this dreadful disease. The current weather conditions play a large part in the occurrence of EGS, so please watch out for any signs.
Passports
We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the new passport regulations which came into effect in 2009, more details can be found on the BEVA (www.beva.org.uk) and DEFRA (www.defra.org.uk)...
Equine Grass Sickness
April, May and June are the peak months for cases of this dreadful disease. We wanted to use our website to warn horse owners about the condition as there have been a number of cases seen recently.
What is this disease...
Weight Watchers
At Bell Equine we see far more problems with overweight horses and ponies than those that are too thin. So we would remind everyone to watch their horse and ponies weight.
The very simplest way of monitoring weight is by checking...
Chips with everything!
Traditionally we have used a written description of colour and markings such as whorls to identify an individual horse, but times are changing, technology is advancing and now microchips are a far simpler way to identify any horse and link it...
Prescription Fees
As of November 1st 2008, the regulations relating to veterinary prescriptions changed .
Now BELL EQUINE will not charge for prescriptions for medication that we dispense from our own pharmacy, but for written...
Congratulations to our new EVN Nurses!
Congratulations to Jo Gregory, Matthew Legg and Terri Malyon -...
Evening for the Hospice in the Weald with William Fox-Pitt
Bell Equine was proud to host a wonderful evening with William Fox-Pitt in aid of the Heart of Kent Hospice. This memorable event was to mark the retirement of Richard Jones MRCVS from the partnership. We are most grateful to William...
Equine Influenza Virus
Equine Reproduction and Obstetrics course - Hadlow College
This course was attended by local practitioners and considered by all present to have been extremely successful and worthwhile.
Grant Fraser an Associate Professor from the Ohio State University talked about poblems...
The Equine Back
The Equine Back CPD Evening
• An equine physiotherapist’s approach to the equine back
17.30 -18.00: Sally Coulthard MSc MCSP ACPAT(cat A)
St Lawrence Church Flower Festival, Mereworth
The flower arranging geniuses in the practice, Kelly Russell assisted by Linda Loines, did a beautiful display for the village flower festival at St Lawrence Church, Mereworth. The festival theme was 'This Fair Earth' and our...
Bell Equine sponsors the RDA Knole Park Pleasure Ride
Bell Equine was once again proud to sponsor the Bradbourne Riding for the Disabled (RDA) Knole Park Pleasure Ride on the sunniest Saturday in October ever! We were delighted to see so many of our clients riding on such a wonderful sunny...