Bourton Vale Equine Clinic is a prestigious, well-equipped, equine clinic situated in the heart of the Cotswolds since 1951.

The practice has 12 equine vets working from a purpose built clinic mid-way between Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold. They pride themselves on offering an excellent standard of care to all horses, from Olympic athletes, world champions and Cheltenham Festival winners to the smallest pony and donkey, covering areas in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire.

BVEC has a full surgical unit for orthopaedic and soft tissue operations along with comprehensive medical equipment which is constantly renewed and updated to keep at the forefront of the veterinary profession.

They have a specially designed surgical table with innovative mat design to minimise muscle damage (myositis) during surgical procedures. The recovery boxes are set up for rope recovery to minimise problems post surgery.

Equipment in use includes digital radiography, both fixed and portable, ultrasound imaging, video endoscopy and nuclear scintigraphy (Bone Scanning).

Nuclear scintigraphy (bone scanning) is an established and invaluable diagnostic tool used mainly for equine lameness investigations and poor performance evaluations. Nuclear scintigraphy provides useful complementary information to other imaging techniques (eg. radiography, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging) that can help the veterinary surgeon reach a diagnosis.

All this can be done in their large digital radiography suite at the clinic and digital radiography, ultrasound imaging, video endoscopy onsite.

BVEC also have a portal extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) unit. Equine shock wave is used for the treatment of musculoskeletal soft tissue pain and disorders in horses. Short and sedation-free equine shock wave therapy sessions provide successful relief of acute and chronic pain. Equine shockwave also helps to restore mobility and promotes faster healing by stimulating bone growth, tissue regeneration and the release of endorphins.

The practice has an excellent reputation throughout the country for its reproductive services led by partners Charlie McCartan and Greg Staniek, in which they carry out embryo transfer, artificial insemination using both chilled and frozen semen, semen collection and semen freezing if required.

They also cover dental work (hand and power tools), pre-purchase examinations, lameness and poor performance investigations in race and sport horses.

Bourton Vale Equine Clinic is available 24/7, and with their out of hours service you will always talk to a veterinary surgeon in the first instance.

For more information call 01451 820137 or visit www.bvec.co.uk