What To Expect When You’re Expecting!
You’ve had all the pregnancy scans, waited 11 months, now its time for foaling. What’s normal? Parturition in the mare is a very rapid process that occurs in three steps.1. Preparation stage This is the hours or days before birth when the mare is displaying restless...
Shockwave Therapy
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) or just Shockwave Therapy is a method of using sound energy waves in strong pulses created by the shockwave machine and then transferred through a probe which is then applied to all kinds of tissue for varying effects. It was...
Case Report – Fixed in a Flash
Flash is a two-year old miniature pony with a big personality! His owner contact us as he was dragging one of his hindlimbs. Following examination, Flash was diagnosed with upward fixation of the patella, also known as ‘locking stifle’ or ‘locking patella’. What is...
Newest members to the Southwest Equine Family
Welcome our newest staff member! Dr.Catherine Marsden Dr. Cat Marsden grew up in South East Queensland and has had a keen interest in horses from a young age. After school she was employed as a working pupil for a showjumping stable, she then moved down to Wagga to...
Geriatric Horse Management
Coming into winter its important to consider the old horses in our paddocks and what we can do to ensure that they are in their best health before the cold weather hits. In general, special care needs to be given to nutrition, dental care and annual health...
Staff News
Welcome Reike! Reike has recently relocated from Melbourne with her family, husband and 2 young boys. She started working with horses at a young age, working for a trail ride school in her teenage years and then becoming a dressage rider with her warmblood in...