Southwest Equine

24/07/2024

More exciting things coming to SWE 😍 watch this space.

❗THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS❗
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Only a week left until the Paris 2024 Games, and the equestrian competitions will be held from July 27th to August 6th.

We want to wish the best of luck to the horses and riders in the competitions.

INDIBA and K-LASER are part of the recovery process for many athletes and animals. Therefore, we want to highlight the importance of this technology for muscle recovery in sport horses, thus improving performance during competitions, especially in events with shorter recovery times.

If you are interested in K-LASER technology, contact us.
www.k-laser.com.au

24/07/2024

🎉 Southwest Equine has an exciting announcement 🎉
We are increasing our services in the Hamilton Region.
This includes increasing our circuit area to include Casterton and Coleraine.
Our Equine Vet Allison Burgess will be the main veterinary surgeon in the area and we are SO excited for you all to meet her.
Please call the clinic to book in or discuss and spread the news.
As a business we are so grateful to have build up relationships with clients in the Hamilton area and are excited to continue to grow. Your support as always is so appreciated.
Call the clinic on 0437380302 for bookings.

16/07/2024

21/06/2024

Farewell and best of luck to everyone's favourite Irish vet. Southwest Equine is sad to say goodbye to Dr Feargal Ross. Feargal has been an integral part of SWE since the beginning and his passion, expertise and most of all his sense of humour will be greatly missed by our team and our clients.
We wish him all the best in his move to QLD and beyond.

11/06/2024

Hamilton visit 19th June. Call Southwest Equine on 0437 380 302 to book in.

26/03/2024

Southwest Equine Easter opening hours are as follows:

Good Friday 29th March - closed
Saturday 30th March - closed
Sunday 31st March - closed
Easter Monday 1st - closed

If you require a vet please contact us on 0437 380 302

Hope everyone has a lovely Easter weekend 🐇

26/03/2024

Exciting news for Hamilton and Surrounds!
The Hamilton region is growing, and Southwest Equine is so excited to look at providing more run days to the area. The support and loyalty of our client base in the area means we are now able to look at opening more run days to you!!
Watch this space for further updates and comment below which day of the week best suits you for another run day!

14/03/2024

A sad day at Southwest Equine. Our amazing vet Kelly's last day with us. We wanted to say a massive thanks to Kelly for all her hard work and dedication to our clients and their horses. Kelly has been here since the start of SWE and we will miss her busy, bubbly, health crazed personality around the clinic. We wish her all the best for her future endeavours ❤️

24/01/2024

Southwest Equine wishes everyone a lovely Australia Day and long weekend.
If you require assistance please call 0437 380 302 to reach our on call vet for emergencies.

02/01/2024

Hope everyone had a wonderful festive break.
Starting from next week Monday the 8th January 2024 the following changes to our run days will apply.

21/12/2023

Merry Christmas 🎄

12/12/2023

Is your horse on regular medication?

If so, please ensure you have an adequate amount of his or her medication to last the busy Christmas and New Year period.

Give the clinic a call on 0437 380 302 if you need to stock up before Christmas 🐴

09/11/2023

Our local lawn mowers Dennis and Heymidge, are out on this beautiful sunny day working hard at Southwest Equine 🌞🐴

25/10/2023

Draining 5L of pus filled fluid from a mares uterus is a satisfying feeling!

We are in full swing with the breeding season here at SWE, and this mare was in for an infertility investigation. The answer in this case is a condition called Pyometra, which means a 'uterus filled with pus'.
A uterine swab was taken, the fluid drained, and the uterus was infused with antibiotics. We will rescan next week to see how her uterus is looking without all that fluid!!!!

02/10/2023

Laminitis alert!!

We are at the time of the year when the spring grass is well and truly growing! This, although being an excellent source of nutrition for many animals, it often provides an excess amount of NSCs (non-structural carbohydrates) for ponies and horses.
Please be aware of the quality of your grazing pastures, especially if you have a horse that is prone to laminitis. Now is the time to be alert...
As always, get in touch if you are concerned about your horse's hoof health.

0437 380 302

16/07/2023

For anyone wanting upto date information regarding the current situation with horse deaths in Victoria, please see the agriculture Victoria response. Best place for upto date information.

Media release: Agriculture Victoria investigating sudden deaths in horses

Agriculture Victoria is working with local veterinarians to investigate the cause of multiple sudden horse deaths which have occurred since Tuesday 4 July.

An investigation is underway to understand the possible cause of illness and death.

To date, there have been ten confirmed horse deaths on three separate properties. The properties are located on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east Melbourne and southwest Victoria.

The investigation is in the early stages. It is not yet known what has caused these deaths and to date common links are not evident.

Read more: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/about/media-centre/media-releases/agriculture-victoria-investigating-sudden-horse-deaths

11/07/2023

🐴 Gastroscope Day 🐴
Held at our clinic on Friday 28th of July.
If your horse is under performing, has behavioural changes, poor appetite, poor coat condition or pain on girthing, they maybe be suffering from gastric ulcers. Using gastroscopy to visualise the horses stomach, we are able to see whether ulcers are present or not. From there our vets can offer advice and prescribe a specific treatment regime. Most horses with ulcers are treated for 28 days, after which a gastroscope is repeated.
Book your horse in for a discounted gastroscope with us, please call 0437 380 302 to book in.

08/06/2023

***graphic warning!!!**

Have you ever heard your vet mention the word sequestrum?? Don't know what it is??

Well, a sequestrum is a piece of dead bone tissue formed within a diseased or injured bone, so we occasionally see this when managing leg wounds, particularly over the cannon bone. This unfortunate horse got tangled in a fence and her dedicated owners have been regularly bandage changing, and things have been going well...until a large piece of diseased bone made itself known.... this was then removed and the leg can get back to healing!

03/05/2023

Southwest Equine will be closed tomorrow, Thursday the 4th of May, for the May races public holiday.

For emergencies only, please call 0437 380 302

24/04/2023

Southwest Equine will be closed for the ANZAC day public holiday on Tuesday the 25th of April.
If you have an equine related emergency, please call 0437 380 302 to speak to ur on call veterinarian.

06/04/2023

🐰 Southwest Equine will be Closed for the Easter period. 🐣
Good Friday- Easter Monday

We are back to normal working hours Tuesday 11th April.
For Equine related Emergencies please call 0437 380 302 to be put through to the on call veterinarian.

23/03/2023

Timely reminder to ensure your horses are upto date with their tetanus vaccinations. Such an easily preventable disease...
Hope this little one pulls through!

10/03/2023

Southwest Equine will be closed for the Labour day holiday on Monday the 13th of March.
For equine related emergencies please call 0437 380 302 to be put through to the on call veterinarian.

08/03/2023

Happy International Women's Day!!

Where would we be without the hard working gals here here at Southwest Equine!
Thankyou for everything you do!!!!! What a great bunch to work with! 😍

07/03/2023

Circuit Days 2023!
Keep upto date with our travel days to your area, as there have been some changes to our run days!

Monday & Thursday: Portland & surrounds.
Tuesday: Timboon/Terang & surrounds
Wednesday: Hamilton & surrounds.

Appointments on these days receive a flat rate travel and do fill up fast, so please ring ahead if you require our equine veterinary services!

Call the office between 8-5 Monday to Friday on 0437 380 302.

24/02/2023

Hello! We are having some phone issues. If you have trouble ringing through please send us a text as we can still receive them. Sorry for the inconvenience 😔

23/02/2023

Good luck Wraighty!!!!!!

A BIG RIDE FOR BIG LIFE

Tomorrow, Michael Wraight is doing The Big Ride, which is a 300km bike ride from Melbourne to Warrnambool, in support of Big Life.

From everyone at SWE, we wish you the best of luck!!!

If you would like to read more about Big Life and support their life changing work please click the link

https://abigride.com.au/page/MichaelWraight-86547059

16/02/2023

A BIG RIDE FOR BIG LIFE

On Friday 24th February, Southwest Equine vet, Michael Wraight is doing The Big Ride, which is a 300km bike ride from Melbourne to Warrnambool, in support of Big Life.

Big Life was formed in response to the ever increasing wave of mental health issues presenting amongst school students and now works at eight fantastic schools, Warrnambool College, Brauer College, Woodford Primary School, Grasmere Primary School, Koroit & District Primary School, Woolsthorpe Primary School, Merrivale Primary School and Warrnambool West Primary School.

The aim of Big Life is to empower school age kids to face life’s headwinds full on and lead big lives without the crippling effects of mental health issues.

If you would like to read more about Big Life and support their life changing work please click the link

https://abigride.com.au/page/MichaelWraight-86547059

The ride raises money for a program supporting the mental health of students at south-west school.

24/01/2023

We are closed for the Australia day public holiday tomorrow, Thursday the 26th of January.
For equine emergencies please call 0437 380 302