Veterinary Services
Surgery
A horse undergoing arthroscopic surgery at Morphettville Equine Surgery.
We perform all surgical procedures in a fully equipped equine operating theatre with experienced veterinary anaesthetists, followed by intensive aftercare at the hospital. We accept many referral cases from other practices in the region, which makes up around 30% of our caseload.
At Morphettville Equine Clinic, in 2007 we operated 478 times, which makes us one of the busiest equine surgeries in Australia and certainly the busiest in South Australia.
Dr. Bill Marmion and Dr.Todd Booth carry out our surgery. Dr. Marmion is a Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Equine Surgery) and Todd is an Australian, European and RCVS recognised specialist in Equine Surgery.
Surgical procedures performed in the Clinic include:
- Orthopaedic
- Colic
- Airway
- Head and neck
- Skin grafting
- Gynaecological surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery
Radiograph of a horse with a displaced olecranon (elbow) fracture.
The same fracture after surgical repair with bone plate and screws
Radiograph of the larynx of a horse that has just undergone a ‘tie forward’ surgery for dorsal displacement of the soft palate
A horse undergoing skin grafting for a large wound on a hindlimb
Photograph of a horse undergoing
colic surgery for a strangulating
obstruction of the small intestine.
High-speed treadmill
Advanced Equine Dentistry
Quite regularly, the surgeons at Morphettville Equine clinic perform oral extraction of equine cheek teeth or surgical removal under general anaesthesia.
A horse undergoing oral extraction of a cheek tooth under standing sedation
The oral defect is plugged with a synthetic acrylic immediately post- edtraction allowing the horse to eat normally immediately after tooth extraction.