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About Us

Cotts Equine Hospital is a purpose-built, state-of-the-art Equine hospital. We offer the highest standard of veterinary care, providing both 24/7 ambulatory first-opinion and referral services 365 days per year.

 Cotts Directors

John Edwards

MA Vet MB Cert EP MRCVS

Graham Fowke

MA Vet MB Cert EM (Stud Medicine) MRCVS

Richard Coomer

MA Vet MB Cert ES (Soft Tissue) Dipl ECVS MRCVS

Shaun McKane

BVSc BSc(vet) PhD Dip. ACVIM Dip. ECEIM MRCVS

Holly Thomas

BVSc MRCVS

James Whitmore

BVetMed MRCVS

Our Mission Statment

Pembrokeshire

Monday - SA67, SA68, SA69, SA70, SA71, SA72, SA73

Tuesday - SA61, SA62, SA64, SA65

Wednesday - SA35, SA36, SA37, SA38, SA41, SA42, SA43, SA44

Thursday - SA31, SA33, SA34, SA63, SA66

Swansea

Monday - SA14, SA15, SA16, SA17, SA18, SA19*, SA32

Tuesday - SA8, SA9, SA10, SA11, SA12

Wednesday - SA1, SA2, SA3, SA4, SA5, SAG, SA7

Cowbridge

Monday - NP10, NP11, NP12, CF3, CF10, CF14, CF15, CF23, CF24, CF37, CF38, CF46,CF82, CF83

Tuesday -CF5, CF11, CF61, CF62, CF63, CF64, CF71, CF72

Wednesday - CF31, CF32, CF33, CF34, CF35, CF36, SA13

Thursday -CF39, CF40, CF41, CF42, CF43, CF44, CF45, CF47, CF48, CF81

Zone Days

At Cotts, we offer Zone Days, where routine work can be booked at a vastly reduced rate (there is no visit charge for four or more horses on a yard). All payment for routine work must be received at the time of visit for this service.  Check your postcode on the maps below for full details of when our vets are in your area, but if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

**Please note: the demand for this service is high, but can be booked weeks in advance

1. Our Promise

To continue to invest in the future and remain at the forefront of cutting-edge advancements within our field in order to provide exceptional care for every horse we treat and ensure our clients feel valued and informed at all times.

2. Our Objective

To be the first choice of care for all equine needs, delivering treatment at the highest professional level for all cases.

3.  Our People

Our people are everything at Cotts. We pride ourselves on a highly qualified, enthusiastic team that will go the extra mile at every opportunity. Continual development in our people is embedded within the business at every level in the organisation.

Is to create a world-class treatment centre for all equine owners within a caring and understanding environment, treating every horse as if it were our own and sharing our knowledge and expertise with our client family in all aspects of care.

Careers at Cotts Equine 

If you think you have what it takes to join our team here at Cotts Equine, then we want to hear from you. We will advertise any vacancies over on the News-Board as and when they arise but if you feel you are right for us, please send a copy of your CV, along with a letter explaining what you can bring to our team to :

Hospital Internship

We are seeking a motivated hard working graduate vet looking to fast track their career. The clinic is an RCVS-accredited Tier 3 Equine Hospital in South West Wales, the only one of its type in Wales.

Hospital Externship

This 2-week placement is offered to 4th and Final year veterinary students upon successful application. It is ideally suited to those wishing to pursue a career in equine medicine or surgery.

Ambulatory Students

An opportunity to spend 1 or 2 weeks with our Pembrokeshire Ambulatory Vets. Our road vets serve a wide and varied population of clients and this placement gives students the opportunity to experience all aspects of first opinion veterinary care.

Education At Cotts

Education at Cotts is extremely important, with both learning and teaching in our DNA. We offer first class hospital externships and ambulatory experience to students from all over the country. Through these educational opportunities we aim to both better ourselves as educators and more importantly you as equine professionals. We want to produce a new generation of equine specialists. Explore our areas of education or get in contact for more information. If you're interested, please fill out the application form below and attach it to your e-mail.

From happy hackers to world-class riders, we are committed to continue investing in our business's future and continue to serve as Wales’ premier equine referral centre for all equine needs.

Graham and John founded Cotts in October 2005 as an exclusively equine, practice-based near Narberth in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. We opened our purpose-built hospital in March 2008, and 2 years later, we became Wales’ first, and only, RCVS-accredited Equine Hospital.

Since then, we have gone from strength to strength and now have an additional two clinics in Cowbridge and Swansea covering the M4 corridor. Our experience and multi-disciplined team include 2 board-certified specialists and 3 RCVS certificate holders.

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