Vets Team :: Nixon Equine Vets

Equine veterinary surgeons Stewart Hastie and Jane Nixon are dedicated to the welfare of all horses through their lifelong desire for knowledge and meticulous attention to veterinary detail. They are supported by an enthusiastic team. To read more about any team member simply click the MORE button.

Nixon Equine Vets senior equine veterinary surgeons

Stuart Hastie - Equine Veterinary Surgeon - Nixon Equine Vets

Stewart Hastie graduated from Glasgow in 1944. He worked in general practice in Kent & Northampton before joining a one-man agricultural practice here in 1956. He quickly developed a thriving companion animal section (dog & cat in those days) and in the early sixties, began to species specialise in horse work, in which he was fully occupied 10 years later. It was here that Stewart's pioneering interest in the value of ethical co-operation with recognised complementary disciplines developed.
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Stewart has always emphasised the value of animal husbandry and welfare. He has pursued the teaching of these through the Agricultural Training Board and colleges and later via the BHS Training Committee for Stable Management & Horsemastership. Stewart sat on the advisory committee of both Moreton Morrel and of Moulton Equine Studies courses and was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Society of Master Saddlers in January 2007. He is the only vet to have received this prestigious award for contribution (vet input) to saddle fitting.

For 7 years he was Hon PRO and then Hon Secretary of BEVA. He was the first veterinary adviser to the National Riding for the Disabled. In partnership with Jane Nixon, he established Nixon Equine Veterinary Practice in 2005 with special interest in musculo-skeletal disorders and associated locomotion spinal problems as these affect athletic performance. Stuart is also equine adviser to Equine Affairs.

Jane Nixon - Equine Veterinary Surgeon - Nixon Equine Vets

Jane Nixon qualified from Cambridge in 1978. Working initially in mixed practice, Jane developed the equine side of Stewart's practice before becoming principal partner of Nixon & Marshall in 1988. She formed Nixon Equine Vets dedicated equine practice with Stewart in 2005. With 25+ years experience, Jane's key interest is the performance horse. Involved in mare & stallion grading throughout the UK & Europe for 20 years, Jane is Consultant Veterinarian to the BEF Futurity Young Horse Evaluation Scheme and recently appeared on Horse & Country TV in this regard. Jane was recently voted onto the SHB GB Council. MORE

Jane is the veterinary surgeon to a large number of British and Warmblood Breed societies. She is also currently senior veterinary surgeon at Towcester Racecourse. Additional professional posts held include: British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Council member for 6 years; Member of the BEVA working Party on Artificial Insemination for 5 years and Chairman of the BEVA/ Breeders Liaison Group; BEVA Council representative to BHS Council; BEVA Council representative to BHS welfare Committee; RCVS Riding Establishments' Act Sub-Committee; Chair BEVA Stallion Grading Working Party; Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farriers and active member of the Craft committee, with particular interest in liaison between veterinary surgeons and farriers; Equine Veterinary Consultant to GENUS.

Jane pursues an active interest in sports horses in her spare time. She has owned, produced and ridden internationally top-class working hunters. Since 2001 she is Joint Master (and Field Master 2001-2007) of the Grafton Hunt and provides equine veterinary care for the Grafton Hunt horses. She now has 2 step grand children "deep in ponies and Pony Club".

Juliet Blayney - Equine Veterinary Surgeon - Nixon Equine Vets

Juliet Blayney qualified from Cambridge University in 1991, having been secretary of the University Riding Club and played polo with the University. She joined Nixon and Marshall in 2000, having worked with the Liphook Equine Hospital in Hampshire and a mixed veterinary practice in Jersey. Having gained additional experience assisting one of the leading equine vets in the SW of France she now works as an associate for Nixon Equine Veterinary Practice.
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Juliet is committed to using the very latest veterinary developments to ensure that top sports horses and family ponies, alike, benefit from rapid and efficient diagnosis and treatment. She has a keen interest in the equine heart and related performance issues and in internal medicine in general. Juliet is married with three young children of which the eldest two are just starting out in the Pony Club. Juliet empathises with the Pony Club Mum, having two extremely enthusiastic Pony Club children.

Olwen Lloyd - Equine Veterinary Surgeon - Nixon Equine Vets

Olwen Lloyd graduated from Cambridge in 2004, where in addition to studying, she spent a large amount of time breaking and training young horses of all varieties. During her final year Olwen spent some time at Utrecht University in Holland, studying and gaining experience on the most up to date fertility treatments, including embryo transfer. After a short time in mixed practice, she spent 2½ years working in a busy 1st and 2nd opinion equine practice before joining Nixon Equine Vets in October 2007.
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Olwen is a keen dressage rider and has an interest in all things equine, but her specialist veterinary areas are artificial insemination (AI), embryo transfer (ET) and foals.

Philip Ivens received an MA in 2000 and a veterinary degree in 2003 from Cambridge. He worked in mixed practice in for 2 years, then as an equine vet in a mixed practice for 18 months. He joined the Royal Veterinary College in 2006 as a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Equine Internal Medicine and Equine Infectious Diseases. He has an RCVS certificate in Equine Internal Medicine in 2008 and is enrolled for the European College of Equine Internal Medicine (DipECEIM).
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Philip recently gave a lecture on Strangles diagnosis and prevention at the Royal Veterinary College and is actively involved in Nixon Equine Practice eventing talks, especially on the subject of equine internal medicine and infectious diseases; this being his particular area of interest.

Publications: Philip Ivens

» IVENS PAS. (2008) African Horse Sickness in the Gambia
» IVENS PAS and PIERCY RJ. Equine Neurology. In Diagnostics in Equine Medicine 2nd Edition Eds Taylor, Brazil and Hillyer. October 2009. ISBN: 978-0-7020-2792-5
» IVENS PA, 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. No abstract available. PubMed ID 19783854
» IVENS PAS. Molecular Epidemiology of strangles in the UK - Focus article for the DEFRA/AHT/BEVA Equine Surveillance Report 4Q 2008.

Nixon Equine Vets equine veterinary clinic support team

Janet Valentine began working for Stewart 35+ years ago. On leaving school she worked for the Whaddon Hunt treasurer for 2 seasons. She then worked for Sally-Ann Glendinning, MRCVS, where she was in charge of the equine hospital and operating theatre. Janet also ran a small breeding yard with 4 brood mares, foaling all at home and preparing yearlings for sale. Janet has seen many practice transformations over the years. She is now responsible for logistics and the laboratory.

Louisa Thornhill has always lived in North Buckinghamshire. She went to school at Overthorpe and Furze Down in Winslow before going to college at the Fortune Centre in the New Forest, where she studied horsemanship. Louisa has been with Jane for many years, assisting with out patients as well as Jane's own horses. Louisa has her own horse and enjoys riding as much as possible. Image (left) courtesy of Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser.

Debbie Spears works Part-Time as an Equine Technician with Nixon Equine Vets. Debbie breeds and shows Highland Ponies from her small stud based in Newton Longville. She is a Highland Pony Society In Hand panel judge and also sits on the BSPS, NPS and Ponies Uk Mountain and Moorland judges panels.

Mike Cope has worked for Heart of England Equine Nutrition at Preston Capes for many years and acts as horse box driver to Jane.

Isabelle Hilton-Jones is a qualified radiographer with many years experience in hospitals. Isabelle assists Nixon Equine Vets with X-rays and also enjoys hunting and grooming to her eventing children and has recently retired as DC of the Grafton Pony Club. Picture to follow.

Vets Team :: Nixon Equine Vets

Nixon Equine Vets senior equine veterinary surgeons

Nixon Equine Vets equine veterinary clinic support team

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