Equine Veterinary Services
Veterinary care for all illnesses, injuries, and preventive health care for your horses
Preventive Health Care
- vaccinations
- parasites—testing, administration & scheduling of deworming programs
- dental --teeth floating & basic dental exams
--wolf tooth extraction
--sedation for advanced dental procedures
--scheduling and assistance with advanced dentistry and treatment
Soundness / Lameness / Sports Medicine
- lameness evaluation and treatment
- referrals to the state-of-the-art equine centers for advanced diagnostics and therapeutics
- radiographs & ultrasound (we can schedule on-site digital or conventional radiographs within hours, if necessary)
- scheduling and assistance
- podiatry, examinations & evaluations of the hooves
- farrier consulting & sedation for farrier work
Complete Purchase and Pre-Purchase Exams
Diagnosis & Treatment
- infectious diseases
- metabolic diseases & conditions
- endocrine conditions
Health Certificates & Coggins Tests
- Requirements vary by state and country
- Please call Dr Hartley for the current requirements of your destination
- Note, Kentucky now requires Piroplamosis test for horses coming from Texas
Emergency Services - 24 hours a day
- injuries, illness, acute lameness
- GI disorders including colic
- equine rescue
- on-site digital or conventional radiographs (within hours, if necessary)
Laboratory
- all lab work for evaluation of infectious or metabolic diseases & conditions, including testing for & treatment or management of: -- insulin resistance
- Coggins tests - we can provide results in 24-hours if needed
(even shorter turn-around in some cases).
-- Cushings syndrome
-- thyroid levels
Geriatric Care - evaluation of geriatric conditions & nutrition
Prescriptions & Medications
- 24-hour pickup available; or delivery to your home or stable
- supplements also available
Ophthalmic
- examinations
- evaluation of eye injuries
- diseases & conditions
Skin Conditions - diagnosis and treatment
Management
- stable management
- home horse health care
Nutrition
- nutritional requirements
- feeding plans for overweight or under-weight horses
- geriatric
- growing horses
- performance horses