Complete physical examination : An essential part of maintaining your equine athlete is ensuring any issues are promptly identified. A regular veterinary exam allows us to evaluate your horse throughout their career and detect subtle changes before they become problems.

Preliminary evaluation for gastric ulcers : Over 50% of competition horses suffer from gastric ulcers. Early diagnosis and treatment of gastric ulcers is essential to keep your horse performing at their best.

Veterinary oral exam and dental : An annual or bi-annual dental exam is essential to preventing bit and performance issues. The best way to promote good dental health and to ensure your equine athlete is oral pain-free, is to schedule regular veterinary dental exams.

Initial soundness evaluation : Lameness is one of the most common and frustrating issues affecting equine athletes. An evaluation of your horse’s gait at the walk and trot may help determine if a lameness issue is present.

Fecal egg count (4 per year) : A strategic deworming program should form the basis of any parasite control program for a performance horse. Unnecessary, over-deworming can be just as, if not more detrimental to under-deworming your horse.

Tetanus & Strangles Vaccination : We recommend annual your horse receive an annual tetanus and strangles vaccine

Drench with oil and electrolytes : Despite your best management efforts, your horse is likely going to ingest small amounts of sand whilst they are out grazing. As the sand burden increases it can cause life-threatening colic. Routine oil drenching, combined monthly psyllium therapy can help prevent sand accumulation in your horse.

Nutritional evaluation : The body condition of your horse is a key factor in maintaining a sustainable athletic career. Small errors in feeding can greatly impact your horse’s ability to perform. Research has shown that it is vitally important to examine your horse’s diet regularly to ensure their nutritional needs are met during all phases of training.

Podiatry examination : Paying close attention to your horse’s foot conformation and balance is vital. Foot pain is the source of most kinds of lameness. A podiatry exam involves an assessment of your horse’s feet and includes high-quality digital radiographs of both front feet to share with your farrier. Ensuring your horse’s feet are balanced and well maintained is the key to preventing soundness issues in your horse. This service is performed on your property using our state-of-the-art mobile digital x-ray equipment.

Ultrasound of soft tissue structures : Soft tissue injuries can be very detrimental to your horse’s career. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment is imperative to maintain their soundness. This service is performed with our high-resolution mobile ultrasound machine.

Performance horse bloodwork panel : Blood analysis can yield vital information about the health of your horse including signs of infection, muscle damage or liver and kidney issues.

Acupuncture sessions : Acupuncture allows us to address a number of issues such as back pain, lameness and behavioural issues. Dr Sundra has been trained in veterinary acupuncture from the Chi institute.