Premier Equine Vets in Canterbury provide a range of Equine veterinary services to ensure the best health care for your horse. Rest assured that you can put your horse in the hands of our dedicated, professional team of Equine veterinary surgeons.

Ultrasound allows us to visualise soft tissues such as tendons and ligaments. Most commonly we use ultrasound on tendons, especially the deep and superficial digital flexors, as well as suspensory apparatus, including the suspensory ligament and distal sesamoidean ligaments. We can also use ultrasound on joints, which allows us to visualise the joint capsule, synovial structures, collateral ligaments and the surface of the bone.

Radiography allows us to visualise the bones. The difference between the digital and conventional radiography is that with the conventional method, once the plate has been exposed to radiation (the X-Ray taken) the film has to be manually developed in the dark room after the vet returns to the clinic. With digital radiography, the film is scanned through an X-Ray scanner that transfers the information to a computer and the image appears on the screen.