Diagnostic services

Ultrasound

Our new ultrasound machine is top of the range and gives hospital quality detailed images of your horses soft tissues, such as damaged tendons and ligaments, as well as allowing non invasive imaging of the heart, chest and abdomen, should the need arise. It is also portable, so we can come to you if transport is a problem.

Endoscopy

Our flexible endoscope has a wide variety of uses, allowing close inspection of your horses’ airway, sinuses and even bladder and uterus, to give valuable diagnostic information where needed.

Radiography

Our radiography suite allows us to image any of your horses’ bones, whether it is to investigate lameness, or look for dental disease!  This machine is also portable for x-raying horses unable to travel through severe lameness, however for health and safety reasons, it is always preferable for any other able bodied horses to come to Lackham.

Digital Xray

Hale equine is now pleased to boast a modern digital x-ray machine, which not only allows instant imaging of your horse should the need arise, but also provides high quality images for diagnosing any potential problems.  It is also easily portable, so should your horse ever be lame enough that it can’t come to us, we can come to you to obtain the necessary images. We generally prefer to carry out radiography at our facility, however, due to the health and safety aspects of radiography.

Laboratory

Our in-house laboratory means a quick and accurate result from blood samples, should your horse become unwell, or just for routine monitoring as part of an annual check up. It also allows us to diagnose a variety of conditions including ringworm, faecal worm egg counts and urinary tract infections.