After an epic time this holiday season at WestVETS Equine Hospital, Dr. Jingles and his trusty sidekick are saddling up and riding to the North Pole! 🦌❄️ With all the gastroscopes and hoof TLC we’ve learned this year, Dr Jingles is ready to keep Santa’s reindeer running like a well-oiled sleigh. It’s been a hoot, but now it’s time to trade horses for reindeer and snow boots for sleigh bells. Stay tuned for some ‘cool’ adventures ahead! 🎅🐴🌟 #DrJingles #ReindeerVet #WestVETS #HoofCareOnTheMove #SleighingIt”
Interested in OPU (Ovum Pick Up) and ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) for your horse? Please watch Dr Tori Doyle explain OPU and ICSI in the following video.
Dr Tori Doyle is WestVETS Head Reproduction Vet and she has been instrumental in bringing new techniques and improving reproductive success for our clients. WestVETS is one of the select veterinary clinics in Australia offering OPU and ICSI services. Please contact us to book your mare in!
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WestVETS is committed to equestrians sports throughout Queensland. This week, we are supporting the Festival of Showjumping at QSEC which is hosting World Cup Showjumping. Please come and check out this spectacular event if you have a chance to this weekend!
Every horse ( no matter the age or size) requires a minimum of a yearly dental examination. Younger and older horses sometimes require twice yearly dentals. A thorough dental exam is done to examine dentition and determine further treatment such as taking down sharp points and identifying other dental pathologies that affect your horses health.
This sweet foal presented to our hospital for “dummy foal syndrome” also know as neonatal maladjustment syndrome or neonatal encephalopathy. An episode of oxygen deprivation and/or systemic inflammation during the perinatal period, meaning before, during or shortly after foaling, causes this syndrome.
Signs of a dummy foal are variable and depend on the degree and duration of inflammation and oxygen deprivation suffered. They include an inability to locate the udder and nurse (i.e., “forgetting” how to nurse), aimless wandering, head‐pressing, weakness, loss of coordination, hyper‐sensitivity to sounds or touch, depression, chewing or licking stall walls and other changes in demeanor.
Early treatment can include administration of intravenous fluids to maintain perfusion, broad‐ spectrum antibiotics, intranasal oxygen and medical control of seizures. Providing nutrition through bottle or nasogastric tube feedings as well as an abundance of tender loving care are also very important components of treating these foals.
Studies show that up to 80% of foals affected with dummy foal syndrome, even severe cases, make full recoveries and mature into normal adults with careers as high‐performing athletes. Remaining vigilant and watchful for the above predisposing conditions and involving your veterinarian quickly to initiate early diagnosis and therapy will greatly increase your foal’s chance of making a full recovery.
Breeding season is in full swing! Lots of stallion collections, embryo transfers and positive pregnancy scans happening at our Reproductive Centre!
Happy Birthday to all the Horses!
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Three little embryos! Although the breeding season is winding down, we are still flushing embryos at the Equine Reproduction Centre.
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