Equine Services section

Making An Appointment

The UQ Veterinary Medical Centre Equine Hospital is open Monday to Friday (8am to 5pm) however, our clinicians may be treating hospitalised patients, in surgery or teaching students. For non urgent cases it is essential that you make an appoint...

Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia is undertaken by expert veterinary anaesthetists and supported by the latest anaesthetic and monitoring equipment. The anaesthetic induction/recovery stal...

Corrective farriery service

The UQ Equine hospital has an equine podiatry service that is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of problematic conditions of the foot. Advanced techniques ...

Equine Emergency Services

Emergency services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We provide state-of-the-art medical, surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetrical expertise for the evaluati...

Lameness

Lameness evaluations are carried out by our team of lameness and surgery clinicians. After a detailed physical examination and observation of the horse in motion, flexio...

Medicine

The specialist internal medicine service offers advanced diagnostics and treatment for a range of diseases and disorders, including neurologic, respiratory, cardiac, ophthal...

Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging

Radiology Computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) are employed at the UQ Equine Hospital to obtain high quality diagnostic images.  A powerful ce...

Reproduction & Obstetrics

The specialist Reproduction service offers a range of services, including: Mares Breeding Soundness Exam Sub-fertility assessment Twin pregnancy reduction - up to day 150

Sports Medicine & Performance Testing

The UQ Equine Hospital offers a treadmill exercise testing program to aid in determining the cause of reduced performance in the athletic horse. Horses are exercised ...

Surgery

The specialist surgery service performs a wide range of soft tissue and orthopaedic surgeries at UQ Equine Hospital. The surgical facility is comprised of two operat...

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