• Horse visits and consultations at our Hospitals
• Acute injury treatment, "stich-ups" and colics
• Field surgery including geldings
• Preventative management – vaccinations (including Hendra), microchipping, worming
• Dentistry – In hospital (preferred) or on farm for dental exams and corrective dentistry under sedation
• Lameness examinations – nerve blocks and radiology
• Reproductive Services – follicle scanning, chilled AI, preg testing and foalings
• Mobile digital radiology
• Freeze branding services
• Australian Stud Book accredited for identifications
• Hospitalisation – stable & yard accommodation for ongoing treatments
• Referral to equine medical and surgical specialists at Charles Sturt University in Wagga or the University of Sydney at Camden

TETANUS

• All horses with an unknown vaccination history should receive an initial course of 2 vaccinations (TT) given one month apart.
• Foals are vaccinated from 12 weeks
• A booster injection should be given twelve months after the initial course.
• Thereafter a tetanus vaccination should be given every 2 to 5 years
• A Tetanus Antitoxoid (TAT) can be injected to protect unvaccinated or lapsed vaccinated horses. 

STRAGLES

• Recommended for horses interacting with other horses (pony club, shows, team penners, horses going to stud)
• Reduced risk if your horse doesn’t mix with other horses.
• All horses with an unknown vaccination history should receive an initial course of 2 vaccinations given one month apart.
• Foals are vaccinated from 12 weeks.
• A booster injection should be given six months after the initial course.
• A booster injection should be given annually thereafter. It is recommended in times of high infection risk that vaccinations be given every 6 months.

HENDRA

• Hendra is a fatal disease of horses and humans. There is no effective treatment.
• Currently there have been no reported cases south of Kempsey in NSW.
• Horses are at risk if they travel to areas where know infections have occurred or come in contact with infected horses.
• Horse must be examined by an Accredited Veterinarian to ensure they are clinically normal before being vaccinated. Horses must be microchipped before vaccination.
• All horses with an unknown vaccination history should receive an initial course of 2 vaccinations given 3 to 6 weeks apart.
• A booster injection should be given six months after the initial course.
• To maintain full immunity a booster should be given every 6 months.
• Foals are vaccinated from 16 weeks

Maintaining good dental health is such an important part of keeping your performance horse in optimum condition or your old friend healthy and comfortable.

Our equine dental vets will:

• Perform a professional oral examination under sedation
• Perform a Powerfloat to remove sharp enamel points and restore correct alignment of the arcades
• Take digital radiographs to identify diseased teeth
• Extract loose and diseased teeth. 

We recommend that horses have their faeces tested once every 2 months with a faecal egg count (FEC) and only wormed if counts are above 200 eggs per gram.

Where FECs have not been performed, horses should be wormed once every 2 months rotating drenches from a different chemical group on each occasion.