Roaring Fork Equine Medical Center is staffed with a board-certified internal medicine specialist and supported by advanced equipment for diagnosing and treating medical disease in horses.
Medical Problems
Some medical problems that horses can experience and are diagnosed and/or treated by Roaring Fork Equine Medical Center include (but are not limited to) the following:
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Respiratory Diseases such as pneumonia, asthma, thoracic trauma, or infectious respiratory diseases such as influenza or strangles
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Gastrointestinal Diseases such as gastric ulcers, colic (both acute and chronic), diarrhea, cancer, or weight loss
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Liver Diseases such as bacterial or viral liver infections, toxic liver injury, cancer, or immune-mediated liver disease
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Cardiac Diseases such as heart murmurs or arrhythmias
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Kidney Diseases
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Neurologic Diseases including Equine Protozoal Myelitis (EPM), Wobblers, trauma, abnormal gait, or change in behavior
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Muscle Diseases which include tying up, poor performance, or weakness
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Endocrine Diseases including Equine Metabolic Syndrome or Pars Pituitary Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID - formerly known as Equine Cushings)
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Foal Illnesses such as diarrhea, failure of passive transfer, or general poor-doing
Evaluation of healthy newborn foals also available.
Equipment
Some of the advanced equipment that is used in the evaluation of our horse patients include:
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Ultrasound for echocardiograms, thoracic, and abdominal ultrasound
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1 meter endoscopy unit for evaluation of the upper airways
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3 meter endoscopy unit for gastroscopy, or evaluation of the stomach
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Full lab with equipment to run complete blood counts (CBC), chemistry panels, and blood gases
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Digital cytology unit for evaluation of samples by a virtual pathologist
Additional Services
We offer hospitalization for care of critically ill horses or those with labor intensive treatments. Our facility also includes a state-of-the-art isolation unit for horses with infectious illness.
Exercising ECG and 24-hour Holter ECG is also available but requires advanced notice to ensure that equipment can be available.
The above lists are not comprehensive and a multitude of other medical issues are diagnosed and treated at Roaring Fork Equine Medical Center.
If you are concerned and seeking evaluation of your horse with a possible internal medicine issue, please contact us or call us.
