Our internal medicine and critical care team provides 24-hour specialist led care in state-of-the-art facilities for every internal medical problem in all patients from neonatal foals to geriatric equines and everything in between.
Internal Medicine and Critical Care
Our experienced team of medical and intensive care specialists are passionate about patient care and pride themselves in providing the highest level of individualised care to achieve the best possible outcome for you and your horse.
Services
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Encompasses any disease or abnormality of the internal systems, for example - the airway, heart, intestines, liver, kidneys and circulatory system.
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Our purpose-built intensive care unit allows rapid assessment and stabilisation of even the sickest patient, which is also designed to accommodate mares and foals. All intensive care boxes are fitted with the capacity for continuous IV fluid administration, in conjunction with around the clock monitoring of critical care patients.
Our separate isolation intensive care facility allows us to safely manage potentially infectious patients without risk to the general hospital population.
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Our internal medicine specialists have extensive experience in a wide range of upper gastrointestinal tract conditions, including gastric ulceration, impaction and other abnormalities of the stomach. Our specialists have access to the latest video endoscopic equipment to allow thorough examination of all areas of the stomach, including the pylorus and proximal duodenum.
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REC Equine Specialists medicine experts routinely manage a wide range of heart diseases in the horse. Through the use of the best available ultrasound and ECG (electrocardiograph) equipment our specialists are able to diagnose and treat a wide range of these cardiac conditions such as heart valve disease and arrhythmias.
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Our internal medicine specialists diagnose a variety of neurological disorders. We routinely undertake radiographic and CT myelograms under general anaesthesia to document spinal cord compression. This may be associated with cervical vertebral malformation or “wobbler” syndrome, this condition is a relatively common cause of ataxia (poor coordination and loss of controlled body movement). Less commonly radiographic and/or CT examination may identify vertebral fractures and/or arthritis.
Meet our Internal Medicine & Critical Care Veterinarians