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Shockwave Therapy

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...
Newest members to the Southwest Equine Family

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...
Staff News

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...
Case Report – Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

Case Report – Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

Case of the Month Bella presented to our vets at the end of November as she was showing some of the “typical” outward signs commonly reported with stomach ulcers aka Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) including poor quality coat, poor appetite, temperamental...
Equine Asthma

Equine Asthma

Respiratory disease is a common cause of poor performance in racehorses, and elite performance horses. Importantly, there has been a recent change to the way we describe conditions relating to inflammation of the lower airways specifically. “Equine Asthma”...