Minster Equine Veterinary Clinic – Vets in Upper Poppleton
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Clinic Overview
- Owners regularly mention calm, kind handling, especially for horses that are nervous during vaccinations, teeth checks, and other routine visits. - Communication is a recurring strength, with praise for clear explanations, sensible treatment plans, and quick answers to follow-up questions. - Reviews give good examples of both routine and more involved care, including gastroscopy, lameness rehabilitation, urgent help for choke, and a well-regarded clipping service.
Services
- •Routine equine care: Regular horse and pony care includes vaccinations and teeth checks, with several owners highlighting calm, low-stress visits for horses that are nervous around vets.
- •Diagnostics and treatment planning: Owners describe a gastroscopy clinic where ponies may stay overnight before scoping, followed by tailored treatment plans and prompt follow-up answers. Lameness assessment and rehabilitation planning also remains a notable area, with one owner crediting a structured rehab programme for returning a very lame horse to soundness.
- •Reproductive services: The clinic offers reproductive work, including embryo transfer, and is a BEVA Approved Artificial Insemination centre.
- •Urgent care and follow-up: Emergency veterinary support remains part of the service mix, including a review describing a rapid response to a horse with choke and continued help by phone afterward.
- •Clipping: The practice also offers a clipping service, with reviews praising professional results, including clipping a very difficult horse under sedation and hot clothing afterward.
- •Ongoing routine support: Some owners also mention health plans covering routine care such as vaccinations.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Pol Avril-Casellas: Frequently praised for clear explanations, practical treatment planning, and confident equine handling. Reviews particularly mention his work in lameness rehabilitation and his approachable manner with owners.
- •Katherine: Repeatedly mentioned for calm, gentle handling during vaccinations and teeth checks, especially with horses that are anxious about vet visits.
- •Sarah: Thanked by name for responding to an urgent choke case and for continuing to answer questions afterward while helping the owner stay calm.
- •Becky: Praised for a professional clipping job, including with a difficult horse.
- •Wider team: Reviews also mention knowledgeable, approachable vet nurses, a helpful student accompanying one visit, and a friendly, attentive reception team.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.9/5 from 16 reviews. Feedback is mostly very positive, with a strong focus on horse handling, communication, and support around treatment decisions.
- •Owners regularly mention calm, kind handling, especially for horses that are nervous during vaccinations, teeth checks, and other routine visits.
- •Communication is a recurring strength, with praise for clear explanations, sensible treatment plans, and quick answers to follow-up questions.
- •Reviews give good examples of both routine and more involved care, including gastroscopy, lameness rehabilitation, urgent help for choke, and a well-regarded clipping service.
- •One more recent review was mixed, praising the initial help around a horse’s death but criticising how the attending vet handled the injection and how the practice responded afterward.
Special Services
Emergency Services
Vet Nurse Training
