About Us Ridings Equine Vets is an equine only veterinary practice based in a village called Lumby in North Yorkshire. We aim to deliver exceptional client care to horse owners in our area both at their own yards and at our practice base. We have 7 equine vets that provide a service 24/7 including routine work, dentistry, lameness investigations, stud work, gastroscopy and much more. With in-patient facilities we are well equipped for horses to come to us for investigations, but all our equipment is also fully mobile for our ambulatory service. The practice was established in 2013 and has grow ..read more

Coming into spring with the grass starting to come through – and likely some warmer weather coming soon here is a reminder of what laminitis is and what we can do with laminitis. We have already given a brief summary on facebook (click here) and Holly has written about feeding for a laminitis prone horse / pony – click here for more details. There is also a client evening coming up on 15th May 2024 covering more detail on laminitis - have a look on our facebook page for more details. Why is laminitis such a concern? Laminitis is a very painful condition of the hooves in horses, ponies and ..read more

FORAGE Forage is an essential part of all horses and ponies diets to maintain a healthy gastrointestinal system so we need to find a balance when dieting. To assist weight loss and reduce risk of laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome diet should be low in non-structural carbohydrates (simple starches and sugars) –  ideally non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) content should be less than 10%. Knowing the starch and sugar content of your hay can be tricky, generally later cut/coarser hay is lower in NSCs however it is not an exact science. There are now various companies offering forage anal ..read more

As many of you are aware, atypical myopathy is a deadly disease with devastating consequences for both the horse and the owner. Atypical myopathy in horses occurs when components, usually seeds or shoots, of the sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) are ingested. One of the features that makes atypical myopathy so fatal is the relatively tiny amount of toxin required to cause disease in horses. Sadly, once the toxin has been absorbed into the bloodstream, there isn’t much we can do. This post aims to explain the disease process behind sycamore toxicity and why we have seen an increase in cases i ..read more

Sarcoids are types of tumour which occur in the skin. They are the most common type of equine skin tumour and have a wide range of appearances. Common places which we see sarcoids include between the back and front legs, around the sheath, eyes or ears or on the chest or abdomen. They are common in younger to middle aged horses but can present at any age, a genetic predisposition has been noted so there may be horses that are more prone to getting them. Sarcoids originate from fibroblast cells which can be locally invasive, meaning the sarcoid tissue may be present within a margin of skin arou ..read more

Melanomas are skin tumours that predominantly affect grey horses. Approximately 80% of grey horses will develop at least one melanoma in their lifetime so it is part of the course of owning a grey. Here we discuss what these tumours are, how they may develop and how to make decisions as an owner about what to do if your horse has them. What are melanomas? Melanomas are a type of skin tumour mostly seen in grey (and white skinned) horses. Approximately 80% of grey horses will develop melanomas and they are more common as the horse ages, often starting to appear around the age of 6/7 years old ..read more

Ridings Equine Vets are searching for an experienced administrator to join our growing practice in Lumby, South Milford. About Us Ridings Equine Vets is an equine only veterinary practice based in Yorkshire. We aim to deliver exceptional client care to horse owners in our area both at their own yards and at our practice base. We have 7 equine vets that provide a service 24/7 including routine work, dentistry, lameness investigations, stud work, gastroscopy and much more. With in-patient facilities we are well equipped for horses to come to us for investigations, but all our equipment is also f ..read more

Over the last 10 years resistance to horse wormers has become more widespread. We only have a limited number of chemical drugs we at our disposal for treating worms in horses, and with no new types of drugs on the horizon it is vital we protect the efficacy of the ones we have. In this article I want to look at how resistance happens and how our management of worms may actually accelerate it... What is resistance? Resistance occurs when the product we use to treat the target worms is no longer effective. In order for a wormer to be licensed for use the company needs to prove it is at least 95 ..read more

Lets Talk All About Gastric Ulcers and Infections Skin Conditions Gastric Ulcers- Recognise the signs (they can be subtle) Learn how we diagnose them How are they treated? Infectious Skin Disease Types of skin infections How we diagnose them Treatment of infections of the skin Thursday 22nd February - 6.30pm for 7pm start - Open to everyone - Free Talk - Invite your friends! Homemade baking & refreshments Darrington Golf Club, Pontefract, WF8 3BP Please text or email us to reserve your spot! Holly Donaldson joined us in 2023 and will be speaking about Gastric Ulcers Senior Vet Adam ..read more

Over the last 10 years the way we worm our horses has changed dramatically for the better. Due to the onset of resistance to wormers in livestock and horses, we have been forced to adapt and become less reliant on blanket worming plans. Back in the 90's and early 2000's it was common to have whole yards on worming plans that involved giving every horse a wormer every 6-8 weeks. We now know better, and thankfully the majority of owners have abandoned this practice in favour of worm egg count (WEC) tests. One question that crops up a lot, and many clients struggle to understand, is how horses in ..read more