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Scone Equine Hospital aims to provide dedicated expert care, service and professional leadership in equine veterinary practice. We provide practical clinical training for 30-40 veterinary students and veterinarians and up to 60 veterinary nurses each year. We also provide information seminars for approximately 200 equine industry participants each year and host an “Advances in Clinical Practice” seminar every two years for 25-30 practicing veterinarians and veterinary students.
Scone Equine Hospital has the highest number of equine veterinary specialists in private practice in Australia. SEH veterinarians are regularly published in peer reviewed veterinary journals presenting at scientific conferences of new clinical and scientific research nationally and internationally.
Research highlights include:
Dr Joan Carrick (Specialist in Equine Medicine) has been researching placentitis (inflammation of the placenta) for the last six years. This condition is common in mares and was previously poorly understood and treated. She identified that high-risk mares, who had not previously delivered viable foals, had a 90% chance of giving birth to a normal foal using her monitoring and treatment methods.
Dr Catherine Russell (Specialist in Equine Medicine) has identified the common bacteria seen in sick neonatal foals and identified the most appropriate antibiotics to treat these infections.
Dr’s Jane Axon (Specialist in Equine Medicine) and Angus Adkins (Specialist in Equine Surgery) have published 3 papers on infectious orthopaedic conditions (i.e. bone or joint infections) in foals. This has identified the factors that influence the short-term and athletic performance of treatment, thereby allowing a more informed prognosis and a determination of the most appropriate treatment methods. This condition is common and can be life threatening and career ending.
Angus Adkins has made positive impacts on the industry with a new surgical technique for correction of the common problem of limb deviations in foals. He was first in the world to report the use of absorbable bone screws for this procedure.
Dr Susan Keane has reported on the use of simple biochemical tests to predict the likelihood of a neonatal foal needing veterinary attention.
Dr Catherine Chicken (currently undertaking a PhD on this subject) has identified the source of contamination of a very common lung infection in foals. The cost of this condition is high, both for treatment and potential loss of life or performance. Her research has identified management techniques to reduce the risk of this condition.
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University of Melbourne
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University of Sydney
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University of Pennsylvania (USA)
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University of Bologna (Italy).
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