Philip Ivens MA VetMB Cert EM (Int. Med.) DipECEIM MRCVS
European Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine
Providing an equine medicine referral service – advice, procedures or whole case referrals:
 The service is tailored to veterinary surgeon and client needs to provide an efficient and practical equine medicine referrals.
 Philip can travel to the horse’s yard or referring vet’s clinic. Alternatively cases can be referred to the clinic near Buckingham.
 Discharge instructions are given to the clients and emailed/faxed on the same day. A detailed veterinary report is sent within 24 hrs.
Contact details: Philip@nixonequinevets.co.uk - Telephone: 07801 369316
Biography
Philip qualified from Cambridge University in 2003, working
initially in mixed/equine practice in Norfolk and Dorset. He
then undertook an equine internal medicine residency at the
Equine Referral Hospital at the Royal Veterinary College in
London where he gained the RCVS Certificate in Equine
Internal Medicine. In 2011 he gained by examination the
European Diploma in Equine Internal Medicine (DipECEIM)
becoming a European specialist in Equine Internal Medicine.
A member of Nixon Equine ambulatory team, Philip has a specialist interest in equine internal medicine, infectious diseases,
ophthalmology (three week sabbatical spent with Prof D. Brooks in Florida University) and oncology. He acts as a
consultant both within the practice and to referring veterinary surgeons and has lectured on infectious diseases in both this
country and abroad. Philip is also published in peer-reviewed scientific international journals.
Examples of Equine Medicine & Diagnostic Procedures Performed
Gastro-intestinal
 Endoscopy of pharynx and oesophagus
 Gastroscopy—video / CD for referring vet / client
 Gastric or duodenal biopsies
 Intestinal ultrasound
 Rectal biopsy
 Oral glucose absorption Test
Hepatology
 Liver ultrasound
 Liver biopsy
Cardiac
 Complete cardiac physical examination
 Resting electrocardiogram (E.C.G.)
 Echocardiography on ponies less than 300 Kg
Respiratory Tract
 Upper airway endoscopy including the guttural pouches
and the upper airways at exercise
 Broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL)
 Trans-tracheal wash (TTW)
 Trans-endoscopic tracheal wash
 Pleural ultrasound
 Thoracic radiography
Infectious Disease
 Disease outbreak investigation and control
 Guttural pouch endoscopy for Strangles carrier
 Investigation / treatment
Oncology
 Diode laser removal of sarcoids & dermal melanomas
 Cisplatin/sesame seed emulsion intra-lesional
chemotherapy – sarcoids and other dermal tumours
 Bone marrow aspirate/buffy coat analysis
Neurology and myopathies
 Neurologic examination
 Cervical Radiography
 Cerebral spinal fluid collection
 Muscle biopsy - Exertional rhabdomyolysis investigation
Ophthalmology
 Direct ophthalmoscopy
 Indirect ophthalmoscopy - detailed fundic examination
 Ocular ultrasound
 Intra-ocular pressure measurement
Urology
 Cystoscopy, urine analysis (ureteral collection if indicated)
ultrasound
Endocrinology
 Equine metabolic syndrome investigation
 Thyroid enlargement investigation
Clinical Pathology
 Haematologic and biochemical interpretation/advice
 Bone marrow aspirate
Miscellaneous
 Head shakers
Ulcerated fibroblastic sarcoid
8 x 6 cm on inner thigh
Clinic Contacts
Buckingham Equine Clinic
Equine Clinic, Overton Fields
Towcester Road, Maids Moreton
Buckingham, MK18 1RE
Philip Ivens Mobile : 07801 369316
Philip Email: philip@nixonequinevets.co.uk
Clinic Telephone: 01280 813258
Fax: 01280 814983
Web: www.buckinghamequinevets.com
Map and Directions
Travel directions from the South
From the Old Gaol in Buckingham main street, take the
A413 towards Towcester. Once in Maids Moreton, follow
the road past the Buckingham Arms on the left and around
the bend. The Clinic is the last property on the left.
Travel directions from the North
Take the A413 south via Whittlebury and Akeley. On entering
Maids Moreton the Clinic is the first property on the right.
Melting corneal ulcer
Diode laser removal
of above sarcoid
Publications

IVENS PAS, MATTHEWS D, WEBB K, NEWTON JR, STEWARD K, WALLER AS, ROBSINSON C, SLATER JD.
Molecular Characterisation of Strangles Outbreaks in the UK: Use of M-protein typing of Streptococcus equi subspecies
equi. Equine Veterinary Journal 2010 - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00177.x/abstract.

PRIESTNALL SL, SCHÖNIGER S, IVENS PAS, EICKMANN M, BRACHTHÄUSER L, KEHR K, TUPPER C, PIERCY RJ,
MENZIES-GOW NJ, HERDEN C. Borne disease virus infection of a horse in Great Britain. Vet Record 2011 Published
Online First: 2 March 2011 doi:10.1136/vr.6405.

OURA CAL, IVENS PAS, BACHANEK-BANKOWSK AK, BIN-TARIF KA, JALLOW DB, SAILLEAU C, MAAN S,
MERTENS PC, BATTEN CA. African Horse Sickness in The Gambia: Circulation of a live attenuated vaccine-derived
strain DOI: 10.1017/S095026881100080X. Epidemiology and Infection – Online 2011
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?
fromPage=online&aid=8271790&fulltextType=BT&fileId=S095026881100080X

UNT VE, MCSLOY A, KERBYSON N, IVENS PAS, JOHNS I. Gastrointestinal hyperammonaemia in a 35 day old Warmblood-cross
filly. Equine Veterinary Education - In press 2011.

IVENS PAS, PIERCY RJ, ELIASHAR E. Inguinal herniation of the large colon in a cob gelding four weeks after castration.
Vet Rec. 2009 Sep 26;165(13):380-1. PubMed ID 19783854.

IVENS PAS and PIERCY RJ. Equine Neurology (book chapter) - Diagnostic Techniques in Equine Medicine 2nd Edition
(2010) Eds Taylor, Brazil and Hillyer. October 2009. ISBN: 978-0-7020-2792-5.

IVENS PAS. Molecular Epidemiology of strangles in the UK - Focus article for the DEFRA/AHT/BEVA Equine
Surveillance Report 4Q 2008.

IVENS PAS. (2008) - BEVA Travel Grant - African Horse Sickness in The Gambia.

WALLER AS, NEWTON JR, SLATER JD, IVENS PAS. Strangles: dealing with an outbreak. Horse and Hound 24 th
February 2011 - http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horsecare/397/305828.html.
Arterial blood gas
Sinus bacteriological sampling