OUT OF HOURS ONLY EMERGENCY NUMBER – 07894 682937
EMERGENCY NUMBERS DURING OFFICE HOURS – 01376 513369 or 01449 744904 or
OFFICE HOURS MON-FRI 8.30AM-5.30PM | SAT 9.00AM-12.30PM
For your information here are some prices (correct as of 01/01/2025) for routine work that is carried out: Our standard charge for a 15 minute consultation is £70 including VAT. Consultations over 15 minutes are charged on a time basis at £280 per hour or part thereof.
Paton and Lee strongly recommends vaccinating horses, ponies and donkeys routinely against equine influenza (‘flu’) and tetanus. Equine influenza is still prevalent throughout the UK, with dozens of cases diagnosed in 2021 and 2022, including cases in Essex.
Paton and Lee provide a comprehensive equine dental service throughout Essex and Suffolk, from routine dental examinations and assessments, to advanced equine dental surgery and preventative treatment.
Paton and Lee offer annual worm care packages to make worming your horse as simple and cost effective as possible. With ever increasing levels of resistance to anthelmintics (wormers), a targeted and responsible worming protocol is very important.
Paton and Lee have a standing equine MRI unit at their Hoo Hall clinic in Witham. This is the first equine MRI unit in Essex and gives owners the ability to acheive the gold standard in equine orthopaedic diagnostics without having to travel long distanced to other referral centres of large equine hospitals.
PRE PURCHASE EXAMINATIONS (VETTINGS) Before purchasing a new horse it is advisable to have a pre-purchase examination carried out. This will help to identify any ailments that may prevent the horse from performing at your intended level.
Paton and Lee has long been established as a British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) approved Artificial Insemination (AI) centre. We have years of experience getting mares in foal using fresh, frozen and chilled semen.
We have our own in-house laboratory, where we are able to perform laboratory analysis on a range of different samples. Among the services we can offer at the practice are: haematology and biochemistry analysis of blood samples;
Jonathan Lee MRCVS is an official measurer for the Joint Measurement Board. We have the specialised facilities for performing joint measurements at our Hoo Hall clinic.
Getting an accurate weight for your horse is very important, especially for dosing with wormers and other medications, or as part of a controlled weight-loss or weight-gain programme for conditions such as equine metabolic syndrome, laminitis, or following illness.
From pus-in-foot to complex performance limiting lameness issues, you can get a comprehensive lameness investigation performed with Paton and Lee.
Ben heads up the practice’s equine behaviour service, but all of our vets have experience with using equitation science training techniques. We can provide training and assistance with a variety of behavioural issues
Paton and Lee are now able to offer Class 4 therapeutic laser treatment for your horse either at our practice or on-site throughout Essex and Suffolk for a range of different orthopaedic conditions .
…ge to the surrounding healthy cells. The technique can be used alone for superficial tumours, or alongside laser surgery.Paton and Lee offer a range of other more traditional tumour treatments to meet our patient’s needs,
They say team work is the key to success, and that is never truer than with horses. We are always happy to liaise with farriers about your horse’s shoeing, and we can assist farriers by providing quality xray images of the feet and either printing those images out or emailing them direct to your farrier to view
As Official Veterinarians (OV’s) registered with the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) we are able to provide a range of services to help horse owners and professionals with the export of horses, equine semen and embryos.
