Scottish Performance Horse Clinic
Part of the University of Glasgows’ Weipers Centre Equine Hospital.
About the SPHC
The clinic is the only dedicated performance clinic in Scotland, and is equipped with the most up to date diagnostic equipment in the world.
It was set up in September 2008 to improve the health and welfare of horses with performance problems. Based at the state of the art Weipers Centre Equine Hospital, University of Glasgow, the clinic is run by clinical specialists in equine medicine and surgery with extensive experience of diagnosing and treating performance disease.
About the Optomed Dynamic Respiratory Scope
Broadly the dynamic respiratory scope replaces treadmill endoscopy as the gold standard for the investigation of diseases affecting the equine respiratory tract. The system allows us to see directly inside the upper airway of a horse while it is working under normal exercise conditions. In addition to investigation of the respiratory system, the clinic offers performance testing, diagnosis and treatment of all of the causes of poor performance including cardiac, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal.
Staff
The Scottish performance horse clinic is led by specialist veterinary surgeons
- Patrick Pollock CertES(Soft Tissue), DipECVS, MRCVS
Senior Clinical Fellow in Equine Surgery
European and Royal College Recognised Specialist in Equine Surgery. - Dr David Sutton MA Vet MB Cert EM (Int. Med) DECEIM PhD MRCVS
Senior University Clinician in Equine Medicine
European Specialist in Equine Medicine
and supported by other members of the staff of the University of Glasgows’ Weipers Centre Equine Hospital.
Other Staff
- Professor Sandy Love BVMS PhD MRCVS Director of the Weipers Centre Equine Hospital
- Mr Lance Voute BVSc CertES(Orth) MRCVS
- Mr David Gatherer Equestrian Federation of Ireland Level 2 coach/level 2 tutor (Level 3 pending).
Scottish Equestrian Association registered Coach.
British Eventing Registered Instructor
Based at the Weipers Centre Equine Hospital, University of Glasgow and mobile clinic at locations around the UK
Demonstrations for referring veterinary surgeons on request
The Scottish Performance Horse Clinic is a referral only clinic and
all horses have to be referred by a veterinary surgeon
