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Animal Referral Hospital Brisbane

24 hour emergency and specialist vet hospital in Sinnamon Park.

532 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Sinnamon Park (near the Salvos).

Call us anytime on (07) 3172 0593. 24 hour emergency service for all animal issues, with no appointment necessary. Specialist referral hospital for all surgical, medical or oncology issues. Caring, compassionate and experienced staff who will care for your pet like it's their own. Australia's only medical and surgical oncology team. Brand new state of the art premises with Queensland's only high field MRI. Convenient location and 24 hour around the clock care for your pet.

$Falling down the stairs and severely fracturing his right front leg was not the lead up to Christmas that Bear's owners ...$

05/01/2026

Falling down the stairs and severely fracturing his right front leg was not the lead up to Christmas that Bear's owners had planned for him.

This beautiful three year old Greyhound had surgury with Dr Lance, who placed an external skeletal fixator to stabilise Bear's bone. This specialised device was perfect for Bear's fracture, as it uses metal pins and rods to provide stability and alignment in bone fragments with tight space and little bone availability.

Bear's owners committed whole-heartedly to his recovery and managed his post-operative care perfectly. After a few weeks of regular check-ups the fixator was removed and, with a beautifully healed fracture, Bear was up and running for Christmas!

03/01/2026

That distinctive green can only mean one thing - Maple found some rat bait over the Christmas period.

Her quick-thinking owners arrived at our hospital 15 minutes after they found her.

It takes 2-3 days for symptoms of rat bait toxicity to appear, so it was a stroke of luck that Maple was found so quickly and we were able to induce vomiting.

Her owners opted for a five week course of rat bait antidote, to make she had no ill effects.

We'll see Maple for a blood test two days after her last does of antidote, and are relieved to see her d**g so well!

29/12/2025

Do you know how to identify a paralysis tick?

Our specialist critical care vet, Dr Sureiyan, says there are three main tick types to be aware of in South East Queensland.

🐶 Paralysis ticks are the ticks we’re most worried about as their bite can be fatal. They have pale bodies and long mouth parts with all their legs grouped near their head.
🐱 Bush ticks are not as dangerous as paralysis ticks, but can still cause skin irritation and transmit diseases. Their body colour ranges from reddish brown to blue-black depending on the level of engorgement. Their legs are spread along the sides of their body.
🐶 Brown dog ticks don’t produce any disease themselves but can transmit diseases and cause skin irritation. They prefer to live on dogs and are rarely found on other animals. They are brown in colour and have short mouthparts. Their brown legs are spread along their bodies.

A tick’s body can look like a brown or grey-ish coloured bump on the dog’s skin. The area around the tick may be red and/or swollen and the size of the tick’s body varies depending on how engorged (full of blood) it is.

You may be able to see the tick’s legs along the sides of its body. It is unlikely that you will be able to see the tick’s mouth as that is inserted under the skin.

Please note that ticks in larval or nymph life stages often have different physical characteristics. Tick appearance can also vary depending on level of engorgement from feeding. An un-fed tick’s body will be more cone-shaped.

27/12/2025

Daxter's owner woke up early Christmas morning to him vomiting fabric onto her bed, and then re-ingesting it. Eek!

She brought Daxter in to our emergency team who induced vomiting and kept an eye on him to make sure he had no ill effects from his early Christmas celebration.

Thankfully, they made it home in time to celebrate Christmas Day...just with a little less sleep than planned.

Daxter is one of our special blood donors. Thank you gorgeous boy!

24/12/2025

🎄 A huge thank you to the more than 20 members of our team who are working over Christmas and Boxing Day this year, looking after those local pets needing a bit of extra love and care.

We understand what it means to give up your Christmas to help those in need and are so grateful to you all.

To our wonderful clients - we hope we don't have to see you today or tomorrow, but if we do, our team will be here with smiles on their faces and happiness in their hearts.

❤️ The ARH Brisbane Partners - Liz, Jarrod, Sureiyan, Kathleen, Elizabeth and Lance

23/12/2025

🎁Merry Christmas - with love from ARH Brisbane🎄

22/12/2025

Happy 15th birthday to our superstar Frankie!

Frankie is a beloved cocker spaniel co-managed by our oncology and internal medicine teams. He was diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma in January of 2024, a tumour of the bladder lining.

Since this time, Frankie has been largely managed by oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, visiting our oncology team every three months for staging (imaging) to assess his disease. He is concurrently managed by our internal medicine team for kidney disease.

A visit from Frankie, and his cheeky sister Penny, always brightens our day and Dr Elizabeth and Dr Emily recently had the privilege of helping him celebrate his 15th birthday. Keep going strong darling boy!

20/12/2025

🎁It's dress up your pet time!🎁

As you can see, we love Christmas dress-up here at ARH Brisbane.

How about you? We'd love to see a photo of your darling getting all Christmassy.

17/12/2025

What an effort! Our amazing surgery and anaesthesia team had a big day on Tuesday, getting through 12 major surgeries in addition to a number of minor and imaging procedures.

The surgeries included three spinal decompressive procedures, three adrenal tumour removals (two with spleen removals and one kidney removal as well), an airway surgery, two gastrointestinal surgeries, two mass removals and a spinal stabilisation!

All accomplished with care, dedication and a smile!

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the brilliant support of the entire ARH hospital... from reception, the hospital and oncology nursing team, the imaging department and our critical care team.

Well done everyone!

15/12/2025

When Jubilee's owners learnt that her liver tumour - removed by our surgical resident, Dr Casey - was benign, all their Christmases came at once!

We expect Jubilee to go on to live a long and happy life...and are grateful that our Christmases are filled with the opportunity to bring joy to our much loved patients and their owners.

13/12/2025

Do you have some fabulous Christmas scrubs?

This year we have decided the whole of December is Christmas scrubs month.

We'd love to see a pic of how your workplace is bringing the Christmas cheer to your customers!

11/12/2025

🎁Tis the season for foreign bodies🎁

Our pets love to explore with their mouths and the introduction of a whole lot of new fun - Christmas trees, decorations, presents and bon bons, to name a few - sees many local pets visiting emergency with a foreign body.

A pet with a foreign body will often have vomiting or diarrhea and can seem lethargic and out of sorts. They may have a sore stomach and be off their food.

This can be a life-threatening condition and requires immediate medical attention. Radiographs or ultrasound may be used to determine if your pet is a surgical emergency or has bad gastroenteritis requiring medical treatment.

Our advice is to get down on all fours this festive season and have a good look at your newly decorated house to identify potential risks. It’s also worthwhile putting your pet away in a safe, comfortable place when you are entertaining guests.

Address

532 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road Sinnamon Park
Seventeen Mile Rocks, QLD
4073

Telephone

+61731720593

Website

http://arhvets.com.au/brisbane

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We are a 24 hour emergency & specialist vet hospital in Sinnamon Park, Brisbane, open all day every day. We offer specialist referral services in all areas of surgery, internal medicine and oncology. Our experienced emergency and critical care vets are available when your local vet is closed to care for your pet. You don't need a referral or appointment to visit the clinic after hours.