Veterinary Clinical Centre- Charles Sturt University

01/06/2025

We love following the careers of CSU graduates. Great to see Callum excelling abroad.

26/05/2025

📢Building on our trial successes and recently published outcomes (please see link to publication below), we are excited to recruit again for patients with skin tumours (melanomas excluded this time) enabling us to offer sponsor supported treatments and ongoing innovations by our lead researcher Raf Labens, at CSU in Wagga Wagga.

For you to be considered (inclusion criteria apply) please send an image of your horse’s tumour to 👉 [email protected] and we will be in touch with more information.

Background Intralesional chemotherapeutic administration represents an important treatment option for equine cutaneous neoplasia. Tigilanol-tiglate (TT), a novel molecule extracted from Fontainea pi...

25/04/2025

Thank you to all our veterinarians 🥰🥰🥰

17/04/2025

The VCC has two residency positions available soon 🤩

01/04/2025

🩸When you need a little extra 🩸

Meet Palouse 🐴 A 12-year-old pony referred to the VCC for inappetence and severe anaemia, requiring a blood transfusion from brave blood donor Buff, oxygen supplementation and intravenously administered nutrition. Palouse stole the hearts of our staff and students during his hospital stay and medical workup, with his quirky personality, expensive taste for carrot and ginger juice and gorgeous owners 🥰

Palouse is absolutely loving his life at home, spoiled with his inside time to keep him out of the heat!
As you can see he has settled back in to his natural environment on the couch and tending to some emails 💻

31/03/2025

Today’s little triumph🙌

4-week-old Milo presented to the VCC with acute onset of severe neurologic signs. Unable to stand, with all limbs fixed in rigid extension, Milo had an up-hill battle ahead to say the least!

Milo’s neurologic signs were caused by hypocalcaemic tetany, and the c**t spent two weeks in the intensive care unit at the VCC, also being treated for acute kidney injury, colitis, an umbilical infection and an eye ulcer. 😯
Thanks to our specialist internal medicine team, Milo made a full recovery and is loving life being back home 🙏🩺

26/03/2025

For those interested in the Riverina, the Veternary Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia Inc. (VNCA) is holding a CPD day in Wagga Wagga on May 3, 2025. The VCC is excited that both our equine senior nurses will be presenting.

https://www.vnca.asn.au/eventdetails/25191/vnca-nsw-seminar-wagga-wagga-lecture-day

20/02/2025

🪷Success story💐

6-week-old Irish sport horse, “Duke” and his dam came to visit this week for a re-check examination after a complicated stay in hospital earlier this year.

Duke had a rough start to life, suffering from neonatal encephalopathy (or “dummy foal”), incomplete passive transfer of immunity, neonatal sepsis and infectious neonatal diarrhoea. Duke’s dam was diagnosed with metritis after retaining foetal membranes, and liver disease. Our medical and reproduction team worked tirelessly around the clock to resolve these issues. Both Duke and his dam have made a full recovery. Pictured here is Duke stealing the hearts of some of our Veterinary Science students here at CSU today! We wish them both all the best ongoing.

17/02/2025

‼️ALERT‼️

Recently, there have been confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection in people and pigs (and detection in mosquito surveillance traps) in northern Victoria and NSW, including the Murrumbidgee district.

For people working and living in several local govt areas (LGAs), including Wagga Wagga, free JEV vaccination is available: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/jev/Pages/vaccination.aspx , which is applicable to anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated (no boosters are required, unless you are pregnant – 2 doses required).

👉What to look for in horses🐎

Many horses infected with the virus do not show any signs of illness, however some horses may develop severe encephalitis.
Common clinical signs in horses include:
• elevated temperature (> 38.5°C)
• dullness or lethargy
• reduced appetite
• neurological signs such as incoordination, difficulty swallowing, impaired vision, or hyperexcitability

⚠️How can you protect your horse🦠

🛑Control mosquitoes on your property - you can find detailed guidelines at www.farmbiosecurity.com.au

Ⓜ️Minimise horse exposure to mosquitoes
• Use mosquito repellent or netting
• Rug your horse, apply a fly mask, and if the horse allows, apply a safe insect repellent (do not spray repellent around or above their eyes)
• House horses during peak periods of mosquito activity (between dusk and dawn)

For more information, visit the NSW DPI website https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/animal/info-vets/japanese-encephalitis

Or contact the clinic on 02 6933 2604

29/01/2025

‼️UPDATE‼️

WE HAVE FOUND A FOSTER MARE 🙌

Thank you to everyone who contacted us and shared this post. We really appreciate your support.

We are urgently seeking a foster mare for a clients foal that has unfortunately lost its mum. If you or anyone you know has a mare that may be suitable please contact the clinic on (02) 6933 2604 and ask to speak with our reproduction team. Please share this far and wide to help us find this little guy a mum!

15/01/2025

Due to the storm that hit Wagga Wednesday afternoon the VCC is experiencing some technical issues with internet and phone lines. Please just keep trying our normal number but if you have an emergency please call the after hours mobile on 0419385049.

23/12/2024

The Veterinary Clinical Centre will be closed for normal business at 12.30 pm tomorrow (Christmas Eve). We will re-open for routine work on Jan 2, 2025.
As is our festive season tradition, we are still available for all equine emergencies during the holiday period. Please call our main number and follow the directions to the after-hours emergency phone.
The staff would like to wish all our clients a happy and safe festive season 🎊