Leverhulme Equine
Hospital is one of the
most advanced equine
hospitals in the country,
treating more than 2,000
horses each year.
redevelopment programme, as part of
its commitment to continue to be an
international centre of excellence, providing
a unique combination of clinical care,
teaching and research.
hospital, tells insight about the impact that
the improvements have made so far and
about the vision for the hospital's future.
and Shetlands to racehorses and horses
that have competed at an Olympic level.
This ensures a good range of clinical
material to enhance student teaching
but also means that we have to maintain
treatment and research facilities that are
of the highest standard.
reception, which was
funded through
philanthropic donations
and opened by HRH
The Princess Royal.
From that point onwards
we haven't looked back.
Unit (ICU), which provides state-of-the-art
facilities for the care of sick and injured
horses, as well as specifically designed
areas for the treatment of foals. The facility
comprises 11 intensive care horse boxes,
enabling us to monitor the progress of
severely ill patients.
treatment area, which includes an
observation area as well as a fully-equipped
laboratory area for rapid testing of samples.
a first in the UK. This enables us to
monitor changes in a horse's behaviour
associated with pain.
horses and the new technologies available
will help us to improve our assessment of
injuries in horses and how they are
responding to treatment and medication.
It is also playing an important role in the
teaching of undergraduate and
postgraduate veterinary students.
centre of excellence.
We not only have to ensure
that our clinical facilities are
the best, we also have to
provide the optimum
facilities for our students,
addition of a CT scanner, which will only
be the fifth in the UK, an equine
performance unit for healthy horses that
are experiencing athletic injury, and a Centre
for Colic Prevention to house our ongoing
intestinal research.
a centre for knowledge exchange
and research."
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us to provide the best
possible care for injured
and sick horses"