“Very pleased with Dr. Santiago and the whole team that looked after my equine athlete.”
– Client, Equine Medicine
Our Service
We care for pleasure horses, race horses, breeding horses, and more. We have two climate-controlled equine wards, two equine surgery suites with state-of-the art equipment and padded recovery rooms, and the only 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for horses in the state.
Our service is staffed by specialized veterinarians 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for emergencies and by appointment for patients in need of evaluation and care from our board-certified specialists in equine surgery, internal medicine, and reproduction.
Additionally, if your horse needs the expertise of a specialist in cardiology, dermatology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, or imaging our equine veterinarians can quickly and easily consult with additional board-certified specialists available at our hospital
Services
- Digital radiology, ultrasound, nuclear imaging, computed tomography,and high-field MRI
- Extracorporeal shock wave therapy
- High-speed treadmill examinations
- Internal medicine including isolation facilities for infectious disease management
- Lameness and lameness locator
- General surgery
- Minimally invasive and laser surgery
- Reproductive surgery
- Therapeutic shoeing
- Videoendoscopy (traditional and overground) equipment for upper respiratory, urinary tract, and stomach, including dynamic endoscopy
Special Capabilities
- 24-hour emergency medicine and critical care
- 24-hour equine adult and foal critical care
- Biologic therapies for orthopedic applications
- Minimally invasive coil embolization for guttural pouch mycosis
- Pulmonary function testing
- Transvenous electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation
- Two modern surgery suites and padded recovery rooms
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