Quality health care at equine hospital

ROUSE House Stables is a horse hospital in Seville that was established 10 years ago with the aim to provide the best quality horse care and facilities in the Yarra Valley and surrounding area.
While providing the usual ambulatory service for field visits, many cases benefit from the access to diagnostic tools and facilities that only a hospital situation can provide.
The following are some examples:
Lameness diagnosis is more easily achieved where the horse can be trotted up on a bitumen road, lunged and ridden on an arena.
A safe clean examination area to perform nerve blocks, intra-articular anaesthesia. Radiographs and ultrasounds can be taken and evaluated on the spot, before instituting treatment.
Surgical operations and repairs under general anaesthetic are routinely performed in the surgical suite and recovery room.
Medical management of colic cases may require intravenous fluids, continuous monitoring and care.
Foaling down of high risk mares. Where difficulties in foaling have been experienced before, monitoring and intervention by a veterinarian is best for a healthy outcome as the labour process is very short, 15 minutes is the difference between a live or dead foal when difficulty is encountered.
Mares are accommodated in lush post and rail paddocks during the day and under lights in large purpose built stalls with video surveillance at night.
Advanced dental procedures to extract teeth, reduce impactions, ramps and overgrown teeth.
Bite plates for the correction of parrot mouth in young horses and intra-oral splinting for jaw injuries.
The practice principle Dr. Andrew Whitting has over 20 years in equine veterinary practice, with many years in racetrack and stud practice in Australia and the U.K. before establishing the horse hospital.
He encourages horse owners to call and discuss any of their concerns about their horse health care with nurses Kim and Leanne at hospital on 5964 2400.