horses Archives | Petz https://www.petz.co.za/vet-directory/wpbdp_tag/horses/ Pet products and service in South Africa Tue, 11 Jun 2019 12:21:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital https://www.petz.co.za/vet-directory/1690/blue-cross-veterinary-hospital/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:06:55 +0000 https://petz.co.za/?post_type=wpbdp_listing&p=1690 Welcome to the Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital. Our Vets have qualified at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort and are members of the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC). We adhere to the high standards of excellence and ethics demanded by the SAVC. Our hospital offers the quality care that your pets’ deserve in…

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]]> Welcome to the Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital.

Our Vets have qualified at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort and are members of the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC). We adhere to the high standards of excellence and ethics demanded by the SAVC.

Our hospital offers the quality care that your pets’ deserve in all aspects of veterinary medicine. We know that each pet is an individual with his or her own personality as wel as being an important member of the family. We want the best standards for our own pets, and we aim to provide that same standard for all of our patients.

Small Animal Hospital Services at Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital

  1. Digital Radiographs
  2. Dental Radiographs
  3. Dental Cleaning and Polishing
  4. Dental surgery
  5. Orthopaedic Surgery
  6. Soft Tissue Surgery
  7. Diagnostic Ultrasound
  8. Pregnancy Ultrasound
  9. Artificial Inseminations
  10. Laboratory Diagnostic Services
  11. Video Endoscopy
  12. Rhinoscopy
  13. Sterilizations

Read more about our small hospital service

Large Animal Hospital Services:

  1. Mobile Digital Radiographs
  2. Ultrasound
  3. Medical Specialists
  4. Lameness Evaluations
  5. Neonatal Care
  6. ECG and Cardiac workup
  7. Colic Surgery
  8. Arthroscopic Surgery
  9. Endoscopic examinations
  10. Four in-house-stables for stablining sick and recovering patients and use by referal specialists.

Read more about our large hospital services

In our Equine Hospital we offer:

Mobile radiography – including full sets of pre-purchase and insurance radiographs. The mobile unit enables our staff, doctors or nurses to take the unit to the patient rather than having the patients come into the hospital.

Ultrasonography – an imaging technique in which deep structures of the body are visualized. It is used for a variety of purposes, including scanning tendons, colics and stud medicine.

Video Endoscopy – used for direct, visual examination of internal structures – including the nasal cavity, guttural pouch, larynx, trachea, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and descending colon.

Education – we are happy to talk to livery groups and riding and pony clubs about any aspect of horse health and care. In fact, with the kind sponsorship of the pharmaceutical companies we often have information evenings. These are sometimes held at the hospital or at venues in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town.

Medical investigations – weight loss, liver disease, chronic coughing, skin disease, recurrent colic, neurological disease, poor performance examinations and lameness examinations.

Referral work – we welcome referrals of cases from other veterinary practices for investigation and/or treatment.

Neonatal care – post-foaling checks, plasma transfusions, correction of angular and flexor limb deformities, hernia repair.

E.C.G and full cardiac workups for show, race and endurance horses patients is important and is done either in-hospital or at the stable.

Colic surgery is routinely performed in our in-house equine theatre. Careful consideration and treatments are discussed with the client before surgery is performed. Colic surgery is not taken lightly and performed only when necessary at the discression of the surgeon and usually with consultation with our medical physician.

For all surgical procedures the patients have a full anesthetic monitoring team, as well as the surgical team. This consists of a vet and nurse that monitor the aneasthetic and the patient throughout the procedure. This includes arterial blood pressure monitoring, ECG cardiac monitoring, Carbon Dioxide output and oxygenation of the blood.

Lameness workups are done either on the farm or at the hospital. This is a complex problem and often requires lengthy diagnostics with nerve blocks, radiographs and ultrasound examinations. These lameness examinations can lead to surgery which is often performed by our surgeon via the arthroscope. This too is done under full general aneasthetic.

In-house laboratory – including routine blood Biochemistry and Haematology, joint fluid cytology, vaginal and blood smears and Worm Egg Floatation.

Referral Pathology laboratories are used for further blood biochemistry, histopathology and serological testing.

We have four in-house stables for stabling sick or recovering patients. There are also outdoor paddocks for keeping the patients with an examination stall

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]]> Glen Austin Equine Clinic https://www.petz.co.za/vet-directory/1843/glen-austin-equine-clinic/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:07:12 +0000 https://petz.co.za/?post_type=wpbdp_listing&p=1843 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…

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]]> 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.

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