Scone Equine Hospital

10/12/2024

10/12/2024

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Equine Specialist Surgeon Dr Jessica Partlow, Rotating Intern Dr Molly Renowden, and Surgeon Dr Nic Bimson joined forces to perform a life-saving colic surgery on a foal. ✨

Their expertise and collaboration highlight the exceptional care we provide to our equine patients, no matter their size or age. 🐴

09/12/2024

Ho-Ho-Howdy 🤠🎅

On Saturday night, we swapped our uniforms for cowboy boots and celebrated the year in true Western style at the SEH Christmas Party. 🌵

It was an evening of cowboy hats, country tunes, and plenty of laughter as we toasted to another amazing year. A big thank you to Kelly O'Meara for organising a fun evening for everyone. 🐎

06/12/2024

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Following a C-section procedure, this mare and her foal shared their very first meeting under the watchful care of Medicine Coordinator Tina Hassall. 💖

05/12/2024

Rotating Intern Dr Ange Fleming reviewing x-rays with her most curious patient looking on.... 🖥️

Team work makes the dream work, right? 😄

04/12/2024

🚧✨ Breaking Ground on Our New Laboratory! ✨🚧

Today marks a monumental moment as we break ground on the final piece of our hospital expansion - the Laboratory! 🎉

We were honoured to have Department Head, Anna Blishen and her dedicated team join us on-site to turn the first soil. Anna has been a cornerstone of this project, contributing her expertise to countless discussions and designs. After 20 years of planning and perseverance, the dream of a state-of-the-art laboratory is finally taking shape at 406 Bunnan Road, Scone.

A 6 month project…… stay tuned for updates as we build a future of innovation and excellence! 🏗️💉

03/12/2024

An informative evening! Great work Dr Penny Dow, Dr Jannah Pye & Dr Pete Carrigan. 🤩✨

01/12/2024

Our Pharmacy will commence 🆕 trading hours, as of today 2 December.

01/12/2024

The best sight of all time. 🙌

29/11/2024

🎉 A huge congratulations to Dr Jordan Flood on securing an Equine Internal Medicine Residency! 🎉

Jordan has been involved with Scone Equine Hospital since February 2022, first accepting the 12 month Rotating Internship, followed by a Medicine Fellow in August 2023, and is currently an Ambulatory Veterinarian for the season. She will be heading to the University of Queensland in 2025 to commence her Residency. 🐴

Well done, and best of luck on this exciting new journey! 👏👏

28/11/2024

🌟 Surgery Nurses and Vet Technicians 🌟

Thank you to the exceptional team of surgery nurses and vet technicians at Scone Equine Hospital! 💉

Under the leadership of Ebony Dashwood, this incredible team handles everything from preparing operating theaters to delivering critical care during procedures and ensuring patients recover smoothly. 🐴

Your dedication, skill, and compassion play a pivotal role in the success of every surgical case. We are grateful for all that you do! 🙌

27/11/2024

POSITION AVAILABLE | Equine Medicine and Neonatology Fellow | SCONE

We have a seasonal position available for an Equine Medicine and Neonatology Fellow in our newly completed state-of-the-art hospital. Commencement date is the 28th July 2025 and the position will run until the 21st December 2025.

The position will be hospital based with exposure to a large number of intensive neonatal and adult equine medicine cases guaranteed. The successful applicant will work alongside five equine medicine specialists to provide a high level of veterinary care to critically ill neonatal foals, adult horses, and post-operative patients. We admit approximately 800 medicine cases to the ICU per year, of which more than 200 are critically ill neonatal foals. The on-call roster is a 1 in 3 roster for weeknights and weekends and the Fellow will be provided support from an equine medicine specialist for all on call duties. Participation in weekly journal club rounds will be expected.

The position would be suited to a candidate in pursuit of an equine medicine residency position who has completed an internship programme, a medicine resident who has recently completed their training programme, or a current ECEIM medicine resident in an alternate programme. A research project is encouraged.

Scone Equine Hospital is the largest equine veterinary practice in Australia, employing approximately 40 equine veterinarians during the breeding season. We have support from a large team of senior veterinarians, specialists and experienced equine nurses. With the recently completed state-of-the-art hospital, we can provide our patients and clients with the latest in surgical procedures, medical techniques and diagnostic equipment in a modern and advanced facility. Available equipment includes a 3m video-gastroscope, video-endoscopy, dynamic endoscopy, ultrasound machines, a Telemetric ECG, digital radiography, computed tomography, and full diagnostic laboratory. Additional information about our hospital is available on our website.

The applicant must meet the necessary requirements to be registered with the Veterinary Practitioners Board of New South Wales.

For more information and how to apply for this position, please visit 👇
https://www.sconeequinehospital.com.au/blog/job-openings/equine-medicine-and-neonatology-fellow/

26/11/2024

All smiles from our Medicine Fellow Dr Hannah Mason & 5 current Rotating Interns Dr James Manley, Dr Molly Renowden, Dr Angela Fleming, Dr Kaile Vuyk & Dr Erin McGilvray.

What a team! 😃😃

25/11/2024

Minty's Case Story 🐎

A common condition in foals which can cause very serious, sometimes even life-threatening disease is the neonate foal with diarrhoea. Last month, a quarter horse filly "Minty" presented at a mere 5 days of age with severe watery diarrhoea and was not interested at all in nursing. 👩‍⚕️

Causes of diarrhoea in the neonate foal include Rotavirus, Salmonella spp, Clostridium difficile and perfringens and Crytosporidium. 🧫

Many cases in the neonate can also be caused by septic enteritis where-it-be the foal has a generalised, systemic bacterial infection (common in foals) and it localises to the gastrointestinal tract. The real serious aspects to diarrhoea in foals are that:
1️⃣ severe dehydration and electrolyte disturbances can result and this can lead to secondary organ dysfunction (such as kidney injury) and serious illness;
2️⃣their immune system is often very naïve and very prone to any infection;
3️⃣ the bacteria present in the intestines (naturally) can cross the compromised intestinal wall into the bloodstream and then lodge in other places (lungs causing pneumonia or joints causing a septic joint);
4️⃣ severe damage can occur to the intestinal lining such that diarrhoea can be long-standing;
5️⃣ foals have very little reserves when they are young and not nursing and
6️⃣ causes can be infectious in nature and can then infect other horses and even people (zoonotic disease).

Hospital treatment in intensive care is often very important for these foals so they can have intestinal rest, giving their intestines time to heal. Thus, they have no access to milk and get nutrition and fluids intravenously. 🩺

Little Minty had just that, she was off the mare for a few days till her diarrhoea resolved and during this time she received intravenous fluids and intravenous nutrition (called total parenteral nutrition), broad-spectrum antibiotics (to help fight infection) and gastroprotectants (to help against further injury). She also received hyperimmune plasma to help support her immune system. The cause to Minty’s diarrhoea was septic enteritis. 📖

After a week in intensive care, she was bright, nursing well with a dry tail and ready to send home (albeit much to the nurses’ sadness after she won so many hearts!). 💗

Here is a picture of her back in the paddock at home. A great team effort from our Medicine Department 🙌

22/11/2024

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Rotating Intern Dr Kaile Vuyk shares a bittersweet moment during her two-week Medicine rotation, caring for an ICU baby.

21/11/2024

🌟 Equine Medicine Nurses 🌟

Behind every success story at Scone Equine Hospital is a team of exceptional nurses whose expertise, care, and compassion are invaluable. 💙

Led by our dedicated Medicine Coordinator, Tina Hassall, our nurses provide the highest standard of care to our equine patients. 🐎

A special thank you to all our nurses for your unwavering commitment and passion. Your efforts make all the difference, and they are truly appreciated! 🤗

19/11/2024

Morning rounds in the ICU with our nurses Rhiannon Oliver and Emily Fenton. ☀️🩺

15/11/2024

Nurse Emma Bailey with this adorable Clydesdale cross foal during morning rounds in the ICU. 😍

We couldn’t do what we do without our incredible nurses—here’s to Emma and all the nurses who make a difference every day! ✨