INTERNAL MEDICINE

Diagnosis and treatment of contagious disease, colic, stomach ulcers, respiratory conditions, urinary conditions, metabolic disorders, muscle diseases, cardiovascular conditions, and neurologic disease. Internal medicine consults are available with specialist, Dr. Marie-France Roy.

With the opening of our new facility, our hospital includes two full isolation stalls for infectious cases, with windows into the main barn aisle and dedicated outside entrances.

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Why Your Horse Needs Vitamin E
Why Your Horse Needs Vitamin E

Horses in Alberta are often deficient in Vitamin E given our lack limited grazing season and lack of access to pasture for many horses.

Equine Emergencies
Equine Emergencies
Regenerative Medicine and Orthobiologics
Regenerative Medicine and Orthobiologics

An informative assessment of Regenerative Medicine and Orthobiologics in veterinary medicine and how regenerative medicine can help your horse

Osteoarthritis by Dr. Katy White
Osteoarthritis by Dr. Katy White

Read Dr. White’s article on equine osteoarthritis in the summer 2022 issue of the Canadian Horse Journal.

Respiratory Disease Round-Up
Respiratory Disease Round-Up
Strangles
Strangles
Understanding PPID
Understanding PPID

Many people have heard of PPID or Equine Cushing’s Disease, but it can be a difficult disease to fully understand. By reading this blog post you can better understand what PPID means, how PPID presents clinically, how we can diagnose PPID, and what we can do to manage our PPID patients.

Defying Age
Defying Age

Maintaining and Managing the Senior Performance Horse

Fall Seminar 2015 - Equine Infectious Anemia
Fall Seminar 2015 - Equine Infectious Anemia

Dr. Alyssa Butters gives an update on the prevalence and implications of Equine Infectious Anemia. (Fall Seminar, part 2 of 4).

Flor - Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID)
Flor - Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID)

Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is an endocrine disease that is thought to affect between 15-30% of aged horses. The most obvious clinical sign in more advanced cases is hypertrichosis (hair growth, abnormally long curly hair, and/or a failure to shed out normally in the summer). Other clinical signs can include increased drinking and urination, chronic infections, muscle wasting, weight loss, regional fat deposits, and an increased propensity to develop laminitis (founder). Because this disease occurs in older horses, it is often missed as the owner assumes that their horse isn't looking and feeling as well merely because they are getting older. The following is a report of one case in a horse used for competitive polo, written by her owner Connie: