equine hospital NEWS
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| 13/04/10 |
Approval given from the planning department for further expansion of the Equine Hospital |
| 26/11/09 |
The Equine Hospital
treats the 1000th equine referral case. |
| 20/03/09 |
The lorry park is expanded
by 300 square meters to provide more room and allow for further development. |
| 03/02/09 |
First laparoscopy (keyhole
surgery of the abdomen) a bilateral ovariectomy of a mare. Later
in the day an abdominal rig (retained testicle) was also undertaken via
laparoscopy. Read more>> |
| 26/11/08 |
Fourteen vets
attend our fourth Equine CPD meeting at the hospital. |
| 14/10/08 |
The equine division of Clyde
Vet Group becomes recognised by the Royal
College of Veterinary Surgeons as an EQUINE HOSPITAL. |
| 24/07/08 |
The equine division becomes a
recognised RCVS Equine Veterinary Nurse Training Practice. |
| 07/07/08 |
Danielle
Crawford joins the equine team for a three month period as our first
equine intern. Danielle, who becomes the seventh member
of the equine team, is mainly based at the clinic assisting in the treatment
of the inpatients. |
| 15/05/08 |
Fluoroscopy (motion
X-rays) become available. This adds to our list of imaging equipment
and will particularly assist in the operating room with fracture repairs. |
| 10/03/08 |
Equine first aid talk with
practical demonstrations held at the clinic. |
| 04/02/08 |
Alan
Mueller BVM&S,BSc, MRCVS joins the equine team. |
| 05/11/07 |
The equine team complete their
100th arthroscopy since the opening of the new clinic. An investigatory
stifle arthroscopy in a dressage horse. Read
more>> |
| 06/10/07 |
irap system for treatment
of joint conditions is now available for both referral and first opinion
clients. Read more>> |
| 01/10/07 |
Due to the increased workload
the equine division moves to having two equine vets on duty for all out
of hours emergency work. |
| 20/09/07: |
Louise
Cornish BVMS
CertEP MRCVS gained the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate
in Equine Practice. This is a great achievement for Louise
and thoroughly deserved for all her hard work and dedication. |
| 27/08/07: |
Chris
Calder BVM&S
MRCVS arrives to become the sixth full time vet |
| 01/08/07 |
S-Video
Gastroscopy facility
with a 3 meter scope available for the examination of the stomach. |
| 31/07/07: |
Building work starts on construction
of further stables |
| 21/06/07: |
The
equine division of Clyde Vet Group received the inaugural
Scottish Farmer Equine Service Provider of the year award. The
award was open to all businesses involved in the equine industry
in Scotland and was supported by the Royal Highland and Agricultural
Society of Scotland . The award was a major recognition
of the entire equine team. |
| 19/03/07: |
Austen
Marr BVM&S MRCVS moves from the farm division to the equine
team. This increases the number of full time equine vets to five. |
| 26/02/07 |
David
Sutton passes
the European Diploma in Equine Internal Medicine to join only a handful
of equine clinicians in UK private practicality who
have this qualification. |
| 27/11/06: |
Clyde
vet group is added to the British Equine Veterinary Association list
of practices experienced in the use of frozen and chilled semen. For more
information see www.beva.org.uk/horse-owners/artificial-insemination |
| 23/10/06: |
A busy day in the operating room,
5 full general anaesthesias. Great team work by Fiona
Main and
the nurses and Louise undertaking the anaesthetics meant the day went
very smoothly. |
| 20/09/06: |
Andrew
McDiarmid becomes chief
examiner for the Royal college of Veterinary surgeons Certificate in
Equine Surgery (orthopaedics) |
| 30/07/06: |
The first racehorse to have
a tieback procedure undertaken at Clyde vet group wins their first race.
Read more>> |
| 10/07/06: |
One year on. A very busy year
indeed. The practice continues to expand and we've taken on a further
veterinary surgeon, and we now employ 2 part-time grooms.
The equine division has undertaken just under 100 general anaesthetics
in its first year. Plans are in progress to build a further stable
block. |
| 10/02/06: |
Services
become available for deep intra-uterine insemination for frozen semen
AI. |
| 09/01/06: |
Dr
David Sutton MA Vet MB Cert EM (Int. Med.), PhD, MRCVS arrives to join
the equine veterinary team and takes over responsibility for the equine
medicine referral side of Clyde Vet Group. |
| 31/12/05: |
After
a hectic first few months we have received referrals from 27 veterinary
practices |
| 24/10/05: |
Opening
of the scintigraphy suite |
| 01/08/05: |
Equine
division is added to the BEVA list of approved practices willing to take
equine emergencies. |
| 26/07/05: |
First
colic surgery |
| 18/07/05: |
First
arthroscopy, a carpal (knee) arthroscopy in racehorse. |
| 10/07/05 |
Opening
of the new clinic. |
| 20/02/05: |
Clyde
vet group becomes one of the first members of XLVets, a group of 40 veterinary
practices who have got together to form a marketing and buying group
to promote their services and skills. John Baillie BVM&S MRCVS becomes
a director of the company. |
| 14/05/05: |
Fiona
Main VN joins the equine team as our head nurse. Fiona’s
experience is a major assess to the development of the equine clinic. |
| 21/11/04: |
First
stem cell implantation undertaken in Scotland by Andrew
McDiarmid. |
| 01/11/04: |
Work
starts on the new clinic |
| 12/05/04: |
The
equine team of vets expands to four equine only vets. |
| 01/08/03: |
Merger
of Acorn vet centre and Clyde Valley Veterinary Centre to form CYLDE
VET GROUP. The new practice is divided into three divisions: Equine,
small and large animal. |
