Glen Austin Equine Clinic

Welcome to the Glen Austin Equine Clinic, located within the Equicare Hospital, Gauteng.

We aim to be the practice of choice in the equine community. Our dedicated, committed and compassionate team will ensure that we exceed customer expectations by diagnosing and treating horses professionally and scientifically, and with the level of care that we would provide for our own horses.

Our team provides the highest quality of medical and surgical care, utilising state-of-the-art equipment, providing progressive veterinary care and providing a clean, safe and friendly environment at our specialist equine hospital and care facility.

The Glen Austin Equine Clinic is part of the Equine Care Hospital (Equicare) in Midrand, our hospital offers state of the art care to horses in need, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Equicare facility was established in 2000 in order to combine the resources of a number of equine practices and like-minded veterinarians who purchased a suitable property and then designed and built a modern, well-equipped equine hospital facility.

The surgical suite is located adjacent to the hospital premises at the Witbos Veterinary Clinic. Compared to other species, horses carry an increased risk of anaesthetic complications. For this reason, we take every precaution to ensure that each routine surgical case is in prime health prior to anaesthesia. Each case is evaluated comprehensively both by physical examination and blood tests performed in our in-house laboratory. General anaesthesia is performed exclusively by veterinary surgeons (not nurses or technicians).

Our hospital operates its own dedicated state of the art in-house laboratory on the hospital premises, which enables us to immediately and appropriately diagnose most disease conditions at any time of day or night. This service is complemented by access to specialised outside laboratories all over the country for testing of unusual samples and infectious diseases.

The hospital has stabling for up to 16 inpatients. All stables are large and well ventilated. Stables for critically ill patients are equipped with 24 hour video surveillance so that they can be monitored at all times. Additional isolation stables, located on remote premises, are used for horses with infectious or suspected infectious diseases in order to prevent any disease transmission risk to other patients. If beneficial to their care, patients can be turned out in paddocks. Inpatients are looked after by our dedicated team of experienced veterinarians, including veterinary specialists, and grooms to provide round the clock care for our inpatients.