Equine Hospital

William Bevin

BVetMed MRCVS
William qualified in 1978. After eighteen months in mixed practice in Cambridgeshire, he came to Oakham in 1979 as a general assistant with special responsibility for the agricultural side of the practice.
William became a partner in 1986. His involvement in equine work increased rapidly, including extensive experience of stud medicine and back up equine surgeon. William retains a vigorous involvement in farm practice.

Neal Ashton

Neal Ashton BVet Med Cert EP Cert ES (soft tissue) MRCVS
Neal graduated from The Royal Veterinary College in 1991. He worked in mixed practice in Newcastle, developing interests in small animal surgery and equine yard work. He subsequently moved to an equine practice in Kent and then Sussex, progressively developing an interest in all aspects of equine surgery. Neal gained his
certificate in equine practice in 1996.
In 1997 he joined Gibsons Veterinary Hospital in Oakham as principal surgeon. He gained his certificate in soft tissue surgery in 1999. He is currently a partner at Oakham Veterinary Hospital, working primarily in-house with a large first and second opinion surgical and medical caseload, he is also involved in local
competition yard work.
His main areas of clinical interest lie in general surgery and
lameness. Having worked with Martin Deacon, Oakham
Veterinary Hospital’s in house remedial farrier for five years, on a population ranging from top competition horses to scruffy ponies, he has developed vast experience in the field of foot lameness.

John Abbott

BVM&S CertEM(intmed) Dipl ECEIM MRCVS
John qualified in 1999 from Edinburgh University.
He started his veterinary career in mixed practice in Lanarkshire.
Two years on he worked for the equine hospital at Glasgow University
Veterinary School, gaining a broad range of specialist skills and
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate in Equine
Internal Medicine.
John then worked in equine practice in Warwickshire before joining
the team at Oakham. Since then he has completed the
Diploma of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine by
examination in 2005 and by the recent publication of his research
in equine clinical parasitology.
Although John enjoys all aspects of equine practice his special
interests at Oakham are internal medicine, stud medicine (including
embryo transfer) and lameness diagnostics.
He is responsible for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging service at Oakham.

Alex Knott

MA VetMB MRCVS
Alex qualified from Cambridge in 2004.  After qualifying he joined an equine practice in Huntingdon where he worked until joining Oakham in June 2007.  Alex has a particular interest in equine reproduction and is looking forward to developing the fertility services offered by Oakham Veterinary hospital.  Having competed in a number of equine disciplines himself, he is also very interested in all aspects of competition work.

Till Hoermann