Independent Horse Vets Near Tring, Aylesbury

Preventative Care

Gastroscopy

Contrary to popular belief having a gastroscopy done is not as bad as you think. We are able to scope horses on your yard and only require them to be starved overnight. The whole procedure only lasts 15-20 minutes and you can see everything we do at the same time. You can ask questions and we can send you all of the images and video from the scope itself for future reference.

Alpha 2 EQ

New injectable orthobiologics used for performance horses

Prescriptions

Written prescriptions are available on request

Gastroscopy

We offer imaging of your horse’s stomach – a fully mobile service

Have a look at what's normal

The Equine Stomach

The horse's stomach can essentially be divided into two portions:

Non glandular – the top of the stomach, which has no acid

Glandular – the bottom of the stomach which holds the stomach acid.

There are several areas where issues more commonly occur: the greater curvature, the lesser curvature and around the pylorus.

The Normal Stomach

Greater, Lesser Curvature and Pylorus

Here you can see a video showing the lesser curvature and pylorus. The lesser curvature is like a “shelf”, whilst the pylorus is the exit from the stomach into the small intestine – seen as a round circle towards the end of the video.

You can also see the acid sat in the bottom of the stomach