Perth Equine Hospital

02/09/2025

🚨 LOCUM NURSE WANTED 🩺🐾

Our sister clinic is on the lookout for a friendly, skilled Locum Vet Nurse to join their team and cover shifts from:

📅 September 8 – October 31, 2025

If you’re a passionate nurse who loves helping pets (and their humans!), this could be the perfect fit! 💙

📍 Supportive team
📍 Great work environment
📍 Flexible shift options

📞 Call: 9277 2231
📧 Email: [email protected]

Tag a nurse who’d love this! 👇

25/08/2025

05/08/2025

🤩🤩Congratulations to Dr. Agustin Buron🤩🤩

We extend our sincere congratulations to Dr. Agustin Buron of Perth Equine Hospital on successfully attaining Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (MANZCVS) in Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (Equine).

This significant professional milestone is a testament to Dr. Buron’s dedication, advanced clinical knowledge, and ongoing commitment to excellence in equine veterinary care. His achievement reflects the highest standards of practice in the specialised field of equine sports medicine and rehabilitation.

Congratulations Dr. Augie, this is an outstanding accomplishment and we are so privileged to have you on our team at Perth Equine Hospital

01/08/2025

🎉🎂 Happy Birthday to Every Horse! 🎂🎉

Did you know? August 1st is officially the birthday of all horses in the Southern Hemisphere! 🐴 Whether they're foals just finding their feet or wise old retirees grazing in the sun, today we celebrate them all.

From everyone at Perth Equine Hospital, we want to wish every horse a happy, healthy, and treat-filled birthday! 🐎💙

Thank you for letting us be part of your journey, from first check-ups to golden years. Here's to many more gallops around the sun! 🌟

02/07/2025

Belle’s Bumpy Ride!

Belle was having a blast tearing around her paddock one afternoon when things took a sudden turn – quite literally – and she nosedived mid-zoom! At first, there were no obvious injuries and she carried on like nothing had happened. But a few days later, her owner noticed a nasty smell coming from Belle’s mouth and discovered a deep cut on the inside of her upper lip.

Dr. Jose visited and found a deep laceration (4 x 4 cm) right in the center of the inside of her upper lip, packed with feed debris and necrotic tissue. Ouch!

The wound was flushed with a diluted chlorhexidine solution, and Belle was admitted to our clinic the next day for further evaluation and treatment. Belle was sedated and Dr Bec debrided with a tool called a curette which is like a mini sharp edged ice cream scoop. All the contamination and dead tissue was removed back to healthy tissue and the wound was packed with gauze soaked in penicillin and held in place with temporary sutures. This helped prevent contamination from feed material or dirt while we waited for the tissue to become healthy enough for suturing.

By day 3, things were looking much better! The packing was removed and the wound was clean and healing beautifully, so Dr Bec sutured it closed from the inside to the outside and Belle was happily munching again that very day. She headed home shortly after, back to her normal self (minus the daredevil stunts, we hope!). Belle has made a full recovery and has a lovely smile again ❤️

💚 We’re so glad Belle is back to being bright and bouncy! A big thank you to her owner for acting quickly when things didn’t smell quite right.

👉 If your horse ever has an accident — even if things seem minor at first — don’t hesitate to reach out. Sometimes, it’s what you don’t see right away that needs attention.

26/06/2025

𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗩𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗡𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘 - 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗘

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven registered junior veterinary nurse to join our team for a full -time role.

To be a successful candidate you will have:
• Certificate IV in veterinary nursing and registered with WAVSB
• Experience in a veterinary practice
• Outstanding organisation and time management skills
• Excellent communicator – verbal and written
• Positive ‘can do’ attitude and able to work in a team environment
• Strong understanding of customer service skills
• Be kind, honest and dependable
• Great multitasking skills
• Intermediate Rx Works suite skillset (not essential)

As well as conducting all equine veterinary nurse duties, you will take calls in a professional and friendly manner, review and respond to incoming email enquiries, and provide general data entry for various departments.

What is included for you?
• A competitive salary
• Working with a fun and close-knit team

If this looks like the role you’ve been looking for, please send your resume and a cover letter to [email protected].

Should you have any questions, feel free to call Krissie on 08 9479 1800 for a confidential chat.

𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 🐴

09/06/2025

🐴 Meet the Dream Team at Perth Equine Hospital! 🐴
We’re proud to introduce the incredible veterinarians behind our trusted care — a highly skilled, compassionate, and experienced team dedicated to the wellbeing of your horses.

👨‍⚕️ Dr Paul O’Callaghan – Practice Owner, BVSc MACVSc (Equine Medicine)
With a career spanning top equine hospitals across Australia, the UK, and the Middle East, Paul leads our practice with integrity, knowledge, and an unwavering commitment to quality equine care.

👩‍⚕️ Dr Rebecca Caslick – Veterinarian, BSc BVMS
Our dedicated repro vet, Bec is kind-hearted and incredibly thorough, she is known for her gentle approach and her dedication to ensuring every horse receives tailored, thoughtful care.

👨‍⚕️ Dr Agustin Buron – Veterinarian, DVM.
Augie’s area of expertise is in sports medicine and performance horse management, he brings global experience and a sharp eye for lameness diagnostics and imaging. Our go-to for equine athletes.

🌟 Dr Jose– Veterinarian DVM, PhD. With advanced training in veterinary dentistry from the USA, Brazil, and Spain, Jose brings a wealth of expertise and precision to both in-house and mobile dental care — complete with a dental crush and fully equipped setup.
But that’s not all — he also offers mobile gastroscopies for diagnosing gastric ulcers, providing comprehensive care right where your horse needs it.

🎉 With this team by your side, your horse is in truly exceptional hands.

12/05/2025

🚫 Is Your Horse Carrying a Hidden Sand Burden?

In Western Australia, “sand season” is really year-round thanks to our arid climate, sandy soils, and short pasture-growing season. Horses are most likely to pick up sand while grazing—particularly on loose or poorly established pasture. And while feeding horses in a controlled, sand-free environment is ideal, it's not always possible to control what they ingest while grazing.

Interestingly, not all horses accumulate sand in the same way. It's not uncommon for us to x-ray horses under identical management and find that some have a significant sand burden while the others are completely clear.

Factors that increase a horse’s risk of ingesting sand include:

🔹 Poor dentition

🔹 Inadequate access to roughage

🔹 Grazing sparse or poorly established pastures

We strongly encourage abdominal x-rays to check for sand accumulation—especially as a part of colic investigations. While sand may not always be the cause of the colic, identifying a sand burden can help guide a more thorough and effective treatment plan.

If your horse is prone to sand accumulation, or has never had abdominal x-rays as a precaution, now is the ideal time to take precautionary action. If sand is found in the large colon, we can initiate a safe in-hospital treatment protocol involving daily drenching with Epsom salts with gradually increased doses of powdered psyllium.

Why Timing Matters

Heading into winter with a “sand-free belly” is a smart move. As the first green shoots start to emerge—often loose and sand-covered—the risk of ingesting sand increases. Once we’ve confirmed your horse is clear via follow-up x-rays, management strategies (such as psyllium-based feed additives) become much more effective to help control re accumulation.

⚠️ Important Note: Administering psyllium to horses with an un diagnosed sand burden can potentially cause severe colic, and unfortunately we see this scenario quite often.

Modern digital x-rays are so sensitive that dense sand in the abdomen shows up clearly—often as visibly as bone. The images below highlight just how much detail we can detect.

For more information or to schedule sand x-rays—whether at the clinic or on-farm for multiple horses—please contact the clinic today 9479 1800.📞

10/05/2025

Happy birthday to our Dr Bec Caslick 💙

To our repro queen, ambassador of , and just great vet and person! We hope you have the best day relaxing, if you know what that is?!

25/04/2025

On this day of remembrance, I want to share some information of why this day is significant to Australia.

1. ANZAC Day marks the anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign of WWI. ANZAC is an acronym for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. It’s written as ANZAC, not Anzac.

2. Each year on the 25th of April we reflect on all Defence Force personnel, past and present, and the sacrifices they’ve made.

3. ANZAC Day is one of Australia’s most important national occasions. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during WWI.

4. Traditionally, Rosemary is worn on ANZAC Day. Rosemary is found growing wild on the Gallipoli peninsula. That’s why it’s significant.

5. The RED Poppy symbolises peace, death and sleep of the fallen servicemen/woman. While the PURPLE Poppy represents remembrance of the animal victims of war. The ORANGE Poppy represents the acknowledgement of the Service families, and also acknowledges the families’ loss due to veteran su***de. The WHITE Poppy worn between 1918 - 1939 symbolises the wearers’ commitment to peace.

6. At dawn on the 25th of April 1915, soldiers rowed ashore in boats called ‘lighters’ during the Gallipoli landings, under fire and without outboards motors.

7. Medal recipients wear their medals on the left side of their chest covering their heart; family members/descendants wear the medals on the right side of their chest.

8. It really doesn’t matter which side you wear your Poppy on, as long as it’s worn with pride. Traditionally, men on the left breast and women on the right breast.

9. The ‘Ode’ comes from the poem “For the Fallen”, written by Laurence Binyon. The verse, which is commonly known as ‘The Ode Of Remembrance’, is as follows:

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”

𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 ❤️💜🧡🤍

22/04/2025

Don’t forget it’s another short week for routine consultations- Today, Wednesday and Thursday only as we will be closed on Friday 25th for the ANZAC public holiday.

So if you need any routine consultations or medication refills, get in touch asap to book it in or place an order 9479 1800

We will as always be available for all your emergency needs.