Monday June 26, 2017

In Season at the South Australia Horse Hospital

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LOVE is in the air for horses in South Australia with the breeding season underway at the Equine Health and Performance Centre.

Monday June 26, 2017

Monday June 26, 2017

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LOVE is in the air for horses in South Australia with the breeding season underway at the Equine Health and Performance Centre.

The centre underwent a $10 million redevelopment in October last year which included a new reproductive unit.

A lot of people are very interested in continuing to breed their mares

Head of the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Adelaide Professor Kym Abbott said the unit has proven to be a success through its offering of embryo transfers, collecting and freezing semen, and artificial insemination facilities.

“We are in the final stages of recruiting a second reproduction specialist to join our staff, so it’s grown very rapidly to being quite a busy reproduction practice,” Prof Abbott said.

Veterinary doctor Michael Cathcart said high success rates have resulted in a keen interest among the horse-breeding community.

“A lot of people are very interested in continuing to breed their mares and the services here will help to improve success rates for clients,” Dr Cathcart said.

The equine hospital is also a busy training practice for final year veterinary students and practice manager Casey Hogan said the reproductive unit rotations have been highly successful.

“We were concerned that because it was new we wouldn’t have enough cases for the students to see, but we were very lucky,” she said.

Dr Cathcart hopes to see more students rotating through the reproductive unit over future horse breeding seasons.

“The clinical rotation runs up until September, and slightly into October, so they really just catch the start of the breeding season,” he said.

“We would love to be able to expand that to cover the full breeding season.”

The centre now has the capacity to hospitalise up to 10 horses at one time, with six more day stables and three isolation stables.

This is a Creative Commons story from The Lead South Australia, a news service providing stories about innovation in South Australia. Please feel free to use the story in any form of media. The story sources are linked in with the copy and all contacts are willing to talk further about the story. <h1>In Season at the South Australia Horse Hospital</h1> <p><p>LOVE is in the air for horses in South Australia with the breeding season underway at the Equine Health and Performance Centre.</p> </p> <p><strong>LOVE is in the air for horses in South Australia with the breeding season underway at the <a href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/vetsci/centres/ehpc/" target="_blank">Equine Health and Performance Centre</a>.</strong></p> <p>The centre underwent a $10 million redevelopment in October last year which included a new reproductive unit.</p> <p>A lot of people are very interested in continuing to breed their mares</p> <p>Head of the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Adelaide Professor Kym Abbott said the unit has proven to be a success through its offering of embryo transfers, collecting and freezing semen, and artificial insemination facilities.</p> <p>“We are in the final stages of recruiting a second reproduction specialist to join our staff, so it’s grown very rapidly to being quite a busy reproduction practice,” Prof Abbott said.</p> <p>Veterinary doctor Michael Cathcart said high success rates have resulted in a keen interest among the horse-breeding community.</p> <p>“A lot of people are very interested in continuing to breed their mares and the services here will help to improve success rates for clients,” Dr Cathcart said.</p> <p>The equine hospital is also a busy training practice for final year veterinary students and practice manager Casey Hogan said the reproductive unit rotations have been highly successful<strong>.</strong></p> <p>“We were concerned that because it was new we wouldn’t have enough cases for the students to see, but we were very lucky,” she said.</p> <p>Dr Cathcart hopes to see more students rotating through the reproductive unit over future horse breeding seasons.</p> <p>“The clinical rotation runs up until September, and slightly into October, so they really just catch the start of the breeding season,” he said.</p> <p>“We would love to be able to expand that to cover the full breeding season.”</p> <p>The centre now has the capacity to hospitalise up to 10 horses at one time, with six more day stables and three isolation stables.</p> Copy to Clipboard

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