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A complete service for horses across the East Midlands.

An experienced and caring team providing 24hr care for all equines

Chine House Equine Hospital was first established in 1952. The equine practice has expanded greatly since then to become one of the largest equine practices in the East Midlands, comprising a large equine hospital and ambulatory practice.

Our 12 Equine Veterinary Surgeons have over 180 years of veterinary experience between them and are supported by a team of experienced and fully qualified nursing staff.

We are also a BEVA-approved provider of AI and reproductive medicine.

We have extensive facilities with a wide range of diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical equipment, as well as the expertise to use them.

Our equine services

We are an RCVS Accredited Equine Hospital

Based in Sileby, our modern equine veterinary hospital offers a wide range of first opinion and referral services, alongside 24-hour mobile emergency support.

We provide fully integrated first-opinion, hospital, ambulatory and referral services, with mobile team members on hand to deliver the majority of procedures at your premises.

Our patients, which range from pet ponies to elite racehorses, are in safe hands with our compassionate team, who have over 180 years of experience between them.

Meet our team

24-hour emergency care for your horses

We run our own mobile emergency service for horses 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

At our hospital, we also provide round-the-clock observation and treatment of critically ill horses, with veterinary nurses and at least two veterinary surgeons on call overnight to provide high-quality care.
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Our facility has full inpatient and monitoring facilities, including a dedicated isolation unit for infectious cases.

Emergency contact

Referrals

We support referring veterinary practices across the Midlands with equine veterinary cases, including more complex procedures and surgeries.

Refer an equine case

Our equine veterinary hospital

Our hospital facility is led by an internationally recognised specialist in equine surgery with strong back-up from our team of hospital vets and anaesthetists.

We have extensive facilities with a wide range of diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical equipment, as well as the expertise to use them.

Our facilities include:

Stabling for up to 19 horses, with designated stabling for mares, foals and horses requiring isolation or intensive care.
Two large examination rooms, including one with indoor stocks.
Fully equipped equine operating theatre for all types of equine surgery, with anaesthetic equipment and assisted recovery system.
Hard and soft surfaces for lameness assessments.
Large sand school for pre-purchase, lameness and poor performance evaluations.
Outside paddocks for grazing hospitalised horses.
Separate, large boxes, paddocks and stocks for artificial insemination cases, designed to cater for the specific needs of mares and foals.
Ultrasound, gastroscope, respiratory endoscopes (including dynamic overground scope), telemetric ECG and digital radiography.
In-house laboratory for 24-hour diagnostic testing.