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EQUINE SERVICES
Heathfield Vets can cover all your horse vet needs. Call today to book an appointment with one of our vets.
EQUINE SERVICES - Dónal O’Leary MVB Cert SCVA MRCVS, is our equine vet, dedicated to providing many services including the following:
Routine care, advice and planning
Worming advice and worming programmes
Dental services – rasping and extractions where required
Equine Vettings – for insurance and purchasing purposes
Acupuncture
Export
Pregnancy diagnosis
Mobile X-ray and Ultrasound
Dónal has been with the practice since 2004, building the equine side of the practice with the support of the other veterinary surgeons
where required. Catherine Darragh BVet Med MRCVS who joined us in 2009, has a special interest in equine medicine, and provides invaluable back up to the department.
Worming Regime
March - Eqvalan Duo (killing emerging redworm larvae, bots and tapeworms)
May - Perform the 1st worm egg count (a further wormer is needed only if the worm count is high)
July - Perform the 2nd worm egg count (a further wormer is needed only if the worm count is high)
Sept - Perform the 3rd egg count (a further wormer is needed only if the worm count is high)
Oct/Nov (after the 1st frosts) - Eqvalan Duo (killing roundworms and tapeworms and bots)
