Facilities
Equine Practice vets can diagnose many conditions quickly and easily at your yard and stables. The Royal Veterinary College has unrivalled facilities including:
- Xray
- Mobile radiography (3 ultralight units)
- Mobile digital radiography allowing xrays to be viewed immediately at your yard
- Hospital based digital computerised radiography system
- Ultrasound
- Mobile ultrasonography (7 portable units)
- Digital ultrasonography (3.5MHz to 14MHz)
- Endoscopy
- Mobile endoscopy (3 flexible endoscopes from 5mm to 13mm)
- Video endoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Dental endoscopy
- Shockwave therapy
ESWT is a portable system used for the treatment of ligament injuries and back problems. - ECG
Wireless electrocardiography machines to analyse heart rate and rhythm in a standing horse and a system that enables ECG analysis on a freely galloping horse. - Nuclear Scintigraphy
Bone scans provide valuable information about lameness, especially lameness originating from the upper limb and pelvis. - MRI Scanners
Standing MRI under sedation provides high resolution soft tissue and bone images, showing injuries not visible on x-ray and ultrasound. MRI is the only technique to visualise ligaments inside the hoof and distinguishes between many causes of foot pain. High field MRI under general anaesthesia provides gold standard high resolution imaging and can be used for legs and heads, including the brain.
- CT Scanner
Standing CT under sedation allows scanning of the head and 3D visualisation of the skull, used for diagnosis of complex dental and sinus disease
CT scans under general anaesthesia allows 3D visualisation of fractures and is used for surgical planning of complex fracture repairs.
- Laboratory
Our large commercial laboratory provides an extensive range of services including blood tests for clients across the United Kingdom. 
Treadmill
Equine suite with a Sato high speed treadmill to investigate causes of poor performance