The Specialist Internal Medicine Service offers advanced diagnostics and treatment for a range of diseases and disorders, including neurologic, respiratory, cardiac, ophthalmologic, gastrointestinal, muscular, infectious, haematologic, renal and endocrine disorders.
Advanced imaging of the thorax and abdomen is available through state of the art radiology, ultrasound and endoscopy equipment.
The medicine service offers complete neurological evaluations including CSF collection and analysis and cervical myelography.
Respiratory diagnostics include thoracic radiographs, ultrasound, arterial blood gas analysis and pulmonary function testing. Pulmonary function testing is performed for the diagnosis and monitoring of performance and pleasure horses with inflammatory airway disease (IAD) and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO, Heaves). Specialists in Ophthalmology and Dermatology are available by appointment to consult on cases.
Our climate controlled intensive care unit is utilised for critical neonatal foals and adults who need continual monitoring and therapy.
Common cases that we attend to include but are not limited to:
- Gastrointestinal disease
- Neonatal foal emergencies
- Endocrine disease (Cushing’s and Equine Metabolic Syndrome)
- Respiratory disease
- Neurologic disease
- Muscular disorders
- Poor performance of equine athletes
Specialist – Internal Medicine
Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care-Large Animal